期刊
COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES
卷 149, 期 -, 页码 105-114出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2016.10.003
关键词
Spiral ganglion neuron; Neurite outgrowth; Cochlear implant; Biofunctionalized peptide-based hydrogel
资金
- European Union (NANOCI) [281056]
- Bundesministerium fur Bildung and Forschung (BMBF) (OtoPep) [13N11301]
Cochlear implants (CI) allow for hearing rehabilitation in patients with sensorineural hearing loss or deafness. Restricted CI performance results from the spatial gap between spiral ganglion neurons and the CI, causing current spread that limits spatially restricted stimulation and impairs frequency resolution. This may be substantially improved by guiding peripheral processes of spiral ganglion neurons towards and onto the CI electrode contacts. An injectable, peptide-based hydrogel was developed which may provide a permissive scaffold to facilitate neurite growth towards the CI. To test hydrogel capacity to attract spiral ganglion neurites, neurite outgrowth was quantified in an in vitro model using a custom-designed hydro gel scaffold and PuraMatrix (R). Neurite attachment to native hydrogels is poor, but significantly improved by incorporation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), covalent coupling of the bioactive laminin epitope IKVAV and the incorporation a full length laminin to hydrogel scaffolds. Incorporation of full length laminin protein into a novel custom-designed biofunctionalized hydrogel (IKVAV-GGG-SIINFEKL) allows for neurite outgrowth into the hydrogel scaffold. The study demonstrates that peptide-based hydrogels can be specifically biofunctionalized to provide a permissive scaffold to attract neurite outgrowth from spiral ganglion neurons. Such biomaterials appear suitable to bridge the spatial gap between neurons and the CI. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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