期刊
BIOELECTROMAGNETICS
卷 34, 期 3, 页码 189-199出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/bem.21766
关键词
conductive polymer; polypyrrole; osteoblasts; electrical stimulation; polylactide
资金
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
- Quebec Health Research Foundation (FRSQ)
- Scientific Research Start-up Capital Project of Chongqing Technology and Business University [CTBU: 2011-56-06]
Electrical fields are known to interact with human cells. This principle has been explored to regulate cellular activities for bone tissue regeneration. In this work, Saos-2 cells were cultured on conductive scaffolds made of biodegradable poly(L-lactide) and the heparin-containing, electrically conducting polypyrrole (PPy/HE) to study their reaction to electrical stimulation (ES) mediated through such scaffolds. Both the duration and intensity of ES enhanced cell proliferation, generating a unique electrical intensity and temporal window within which osteoblast proliferation was upmodulated in contrast to the downmodulation or ineffectiveness in other ES regions. The favourable ES intensity (200mV/mm) was further investigated in terms of the gene activation and protein production of two important osteoblast markers characterised by extracellular matrix maturation and mineralisation, that is alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and osteocalcin (OC). Both genes were found activated and the relevant protein production increased significantly following ES. In contrast, ES in the down-modulation region (400mV/mm) suppressed the production of both ALP and OC. This work demonstrated that important osteoblast markers can be modulated with specific ES parameters mediated through conductive polymer substrates, providing a unique strategy for bone tissue engineering. Bioelectromagnetics 34:189199, 2013. (c) 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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