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ACTA BIOMATERIALIA
卷 5, 期 6, 页码 1956-1965出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2009.01.040
关键词
Tissue engineering; Chitosan; Injectable hydrogel; Thermosensitive; Cartilage regeneration
资金
- Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea [02-PJ3-PG6-EVII-0002]
- Ministry of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea [13020214]
Injectable hydrogels have been studied for potential applications for articular cartilage regeneration. In this study, a thermosensitive chitosan-Pluronic (CP) hydrogel was designed as an injectable cell delivery carrier for cartilage regeneration. The CP conjugate was synthesized by grafting Pluronic onto chitosan using EDC/NHS chemistry. The sol-gel phase transition and mechanical properties of the CP hydrogel were examined by rheological experiments. The CP solution underwent a sol-gel transition around 25 degrees C at which the storage modulus (G) approaches 10(4) Pa, highlighting the potential of this material as an injectable scaffold for cartilage regeneration. The CP hydrogel was formed rapidly by increasing the temperature. The morphology of the dried CP hydrogel was observed by scanning electron microscopy. In vitro cell culture was performed using bovine chondrocytes. The proliferation of bovine chondrocytes and the amount of synthesized glycosaminoglycan increased for 28 days. These results suggested that the CP hydrogel has potential as an injectable cell delivery carrier for cartilage regeneration and could serve as a new biomaterial for tissue engineering. (C) 2009 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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