期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
卷 22, 期 12, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms22126438
关键词
electrical stimulation; pulsed electromagnetic field; piezoelectric scaffold; bone tissue engineering; electroactive biomaterial; stimuli-responsive materials
资金
- Ministry of Education-Singapore [MOE2016-T2-2-108]
- Nanyang Technological University
- Agency for Science, Technology, and Research [A18A8b0059]
This study fabricated piezoelectric scaffolds with PVDF coating and found that the combination of PEMF and PVDF coating could enhance cell proliferation, mineralization, and late osteogenic gene expression.
Bone exhibits piezoelectric properties. Thus, electrical stimulations such as pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMFs) and stimuli-responsive piezoelectric properties of scaffolds have been investigated separately to evaluate their efficacy in supporting osteogenesis. However, current understanding of cells responding under the combined influence of PEMF and piezoelectric properties in scaffolds is still lacking. Therefore, in this study, we fabricated piezoelectric scaffolds by functionalization of polycaprolactone-tricalcium phosphate (PCL-TCP) films with a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) coating that is self-polarized by a modified breath-figure technique. The osteoinductive properties of these PVDF-coated PCL-TCP films on MC3T3-E1 cells were studied under the stimulation of PEMF. Piezoelectric and ferroelectric characterization demonstrated that scaffolds with piezoelectric coefficient d(33) = -1.2 pC/N were obtained at a powder dissolution temperature of 100 degrees C and coating relative humidity (RH) of 56%. DNA quantification showed that cell proliferation was significantly enhanced by PEMF as low as 0.6 mT and 50 Hz. Hydroxyapatite staining showed that cell mineralization was significantly enhanced by incorporation of PVDF coating. Gene expression study showed that the combination of PEMF and PVDF coating promoted late osteogenic gene expression marker most significantly. Collectively, our results suggest that the synergistic effects of PEMF and piezoelectric scaffolds on osteogenesis provide a promising alternative strategy for electrically augmented osteoinduction. The piezoelectric response of PVDF by PEMF, which could provide mechanical strain, is particularly interesting as it could deliver local mechanical stimulation to osteogenic cells using PEMF.
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