期刊
ACS BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
卷 1, 期 7, 页码 463-480出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.5b00122
关键词
poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG); tissue engineering scaffolds; amphiphilic polymers; biodegradable; block copolymers
资金
- National Institutes of Health [R01AR055615, R01GM088678]
- Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs [W81XWH-10-0574]
Biodegradable tissue engineering scaffolds have great potential for delivering cells/therapeutics and supporting tissue formation. Polyesters, the most extensively investigated biodegradable synthetic polymers, are not ideally suited for diverse tissue engineering applications due to limitations associated with their hydrophobicity. This review discusses the design and applications of amphiphilic block copolymer scaffolds integrating hydrophilic poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) blocks with hydrophobic polyesters. Specifically, we highlight how the addition of PEG results in striking changes to the physical properties (swelling, degradation, mechanical, handling) and biological performance (protein and cell adhesion) of the degradable synthetic scaffolds in vitro. We then perform a critical review of how these in vitro characteristics translate to the performance of biodegradable amphiphilic block copolymer-based scaffolds in the repair of a variety of tissues in vivo including bone, cartilage, skin, and spinal cord/nerve. We conclude the review with recommendations for future optimizations in amphiphilic block copolymer design and the need for better-controlled in vivo studies to reveal the true benefits of the amphiphilic synthetic tissue scaffolds.
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