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Regeneration of sciatic nerve injury through nanofiber neural guidance channels containing collagen hydrogel and acetyl L carnitine: An in vitro and in vivo study

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DOI: 10.1177/08839115221137654

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Neural guidance channel; peripheral nerve repair; acetyl L carnitine; electrospinning

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This study developed a nanofiber nerve guidance channel (NGC) for delivering acetyl L carnitine (ALC) in a rat model of sciatic nerve injury. The results showed that collagen hydrogels containing 5% ALC had a more favorable effect on nerve repair. Therefore, ALC-delivering NGCs have the potential for treating peripheral nerve injury.
Unlike the central nervous system (CNS), peripheral nervous system (PNS) injuries are partially repairable. Nerve guidance channels (NGCs) have been shown to improve the level of nerve repair after injury. In the present study, we developed a nanofiber NGC for the delivery of acetyl L carnitine (ALC) in a rat model of sciatic nerve injury. NGCs were produced by electrospinning a polymer blend of polycaprolacton and gelatin. The physicochemical and biological properties of developed scaffolds were investigated using Scanning electron microscopy, surface hydrophilicity measurement, porosity measurement, tensile strength studies, cell viability assay, and cell attachment assay. ALC was included in the collagen hydrogels at three weight ratios of 1%, 3%, and 5%. Cell viability assay showed that the hydrogels containing 5% ALC demonstrated a more favorable effect on PC-12 metabolic activity. Therefore, this concentration was chosen to treat PNS injury. The NGCs were implanted in rats and then their lumen was filled with collagen hydrogel + 5%ALC. The results of histopathological examinations and functional recovery studies showed that NGCs filled with ALC containing hydrogel have significant recovery potential compared to NGCs loaded with collagen hydrogels without ALC. Our results support the potential use of ALC-delivering NGCs in the treatment of peripheral nerve injury in the clinic.

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