期刊
ACTA BIOMATERIALIA
卷 10, 期 5, 页码 2086-2095出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2013.12.053
关键词
Polyhydroxybutyric acid; Porosity; Nerve guide conduit; Nerve regeneration; Neural cell
资金
- German Research Foundation [Ni 709/3-1]
Traumatic peripheral nerve lesions can cause local anesthesia, paralysis and loss of autonomic control. Reconstruction using engineered nerve guidance conduits (NGCs) is rarely successful due to the sub-optimal characteristics of the conduits. To address the demands of clinical practice, we developed a hierarchically structured NGC from slowly resorbing poly(3-hydroxybutyric acid) (P3HB). The NGC consists of a permeable single-lumen tube and melt-spun fibrillar lumen fillers. Permeable tubes were constructed from P3HB/poly(epsilon-caprolactone) (PCL) blends or poly(3-hydroxybutyric acid-co-4-hydroxybutyric acid) (P(3HB-co-4HB)). Polyvinylpyrrolidone was used as a porogen in solvent-free thermoplastic processing, followed by selective polymer leaching. All tested material compositions showed hydrolytic degradation after 16 weeks in phosphate buffered saline, whereas P3HB/PCL tubes maintained mechanical strength compared to (P(3HB-co-4HB)). The porous scaffolds allowed diffusion of large molecules (similar to 70 kDa). In vitro studies demonstrated that mouse fibroblasts survived and proliferated inside closed porous tubes. An in vitro model of axonal regeneration using dorsal root ganglia and sympathetic cervical ganglia demonstrated that the NGCs successfully supported neuron survival and neurite outgrowth. The introduction of fibrillar lumen fillers promoted oriented neurite growth and coating with extracellular matrix proteins further increased ganglia attachment and cell migration. In this study we show that P3HB-based NGCs scaffolds have potential in long gap peripheral nerve repair strategies. (C) 2014 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
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