期刊
ACTA BIOMATERIALIA
卷 6, 期 9, 页码 3640-3648出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2010.03.004
关键词
Porous scaffold; Hydrogel; Polysaccharide; Mesenchymal stem cells
资金
- INSERM, Universities Paris 13 and Paris 7 and IFR Paris Nord Plaine de France
- Fondation de l'Avenir
- Fondation de France
- French National Research Agency (ANR)
- European Community
Biocompatible three-dimensional (3-D) porous scaffolds are of great interest for tissue engineering applications. We here present a novel combined freeze-drying/cross-linking process to prepare porous polysaccharide-based scaffolds. This process does not require an organic solvent or porogen agent. We unexpectedly found that cross-linking of biomacromolecules such as pullulan and dextran with sodium trimetaphosphate could be performed during freeze-drying. We have demonstrated that the freeze-drying pressure modulates the degree of porosity. High freeze-drying pressure scaffolds presented pores with a mean diameter of 55 +/- 4 mu m and a porosity of 33 +/- 12%, whereas low freeze-drying pressure scaffolds contained larger pores with a mean diameter of 243 +/- 14 mu m and a porosity of 68 +/- 3%. Porous scaffolds of the desired shape could be easily obtained and were stable in culture medium for weeks. In vitro viable mesenchymal stem cells were found associated with porous scaffolds in higher proportions than with non-porous scaffolds. Moreover, cells penetrated deeper into scaffolds with larger pores. This novel combined freeze-drying/cross-linking processing of polysaccharides enabled the fabrication of biocompatible scaffolds with controlled porosity and architectures suitable for 3-D in vitro culture and biomedical applications. (C) 2010 Acts Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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