期刊
CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY
卷 38, 期 3, 页码 703-713出版社
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-017-0535-8
关键词
Gelatin; Melatonin; Neural guidance conduit; Platelet-rich plasma; Polyurethane; Schwann cells
资金
- Tehran University of Medical Sciences [95-01-87-31294]
The current study aimed to enhance the efficacy of peripheral nerve regeneration using a biodegradable porous neural guidance conduit as a carrier to transplant allogeneic Schwann cells (SCs). The conduit was prepared from polyurethane (PU) and gelatin nanofibrils (GNFs) using thermally induced phase separation technique and filled with melatonin (MLT) and platelet-rich plasma (PRP). The prepared conduit had the porosity of 87.17 +/- 1.89%, the contact angle of 78.17 +/- 5.30A degrees and the ultimate tensile strength and Young's modulus of 5.40 +/- 0.98 MPa and 3.13 +/- 0.65 GPa, respectively. The conduit lost about 14% of its weight after 60 days in distilled water. The produced conduit enhanced the proliferation of SCs demonstrated by a tetrazolium salt-based assay. For functional analysis, the conduit was seeded with 1.50 x 10(4) SCs (PU/GNFs/PRP/MLT/SCs) and implanted into a 10-mm sciatic nerve defect of Wistar rat. Three control groups were used: (1) PU/GNFs/SCs, (2) PU/GNFs/PRP/SCs, and (3) Autograft. The results of sciatic functional index, hot plate latency, compound muscle action potential amplitude and latency, weight-loss percentage of wet gastrocnemius muscle and histopathological examination using hematoxylin-eosin and Luxol fast blue staining, demonstrated that using the PU/GNFs/PRP/MLT conduit to transplant SCs to the sciatic nerve defect resulted in a higher regenerative outcome than the PU/GNFs and PU/GNFs/PRP conduits.
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