Tissue-engineered nerve grafts using a scaffold-independent and injectable drug delivery system: a novel design with translational advantages
Tissue-engineered nerve grafts using a scaffold-independent and injectable drug delivery system: a novel design with translational advantages
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使用不依赖于支架的可注射药物输送系统进行组织工程神经移植:具有转化优势的新颖设计
DOI:
10.1088/1741-2552/ab17a0
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发表时间:
2019-04
影响因子:
4
通讯作者:
Cui Shusen
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作者:
Liu Yanxi;Yu Shuangjiang;Gu Xiaosong;Cao Rangjuan;Cui Shusen
Objective. Currently commercially available nerve conduits have demonstrated suboptimal clinical efficacy in repairing peripheral nerve defects. Although tissue-engineered nerve grafts (TENGs) with sustained release of neurotrophic factors (NTFs) are experimentally proved to be more effective than these blank conduits, there remains a lack of clinical translation. NTFs are typically immobilized onto scaffold materials of the conduit via adsorption, specific binding or other incorporation techniques. These scaffold-based delivery strategies increase complexity and cost of conduit fabrication and lack flexibility in choosing different drugs. Therefore, to facilitate clinical translation and commercialization, we construct a TENG using a scaffold-independent drug delivery system (DDS). Approach. This study adopted a scaffold-independent DDS based on methoxy-poly (ethylene glycol)-b-poly(γ-ethyl-L-glutamate) (mPEG-PELG) thermosensitive hydrogels that undergo sol-to-gel transition at body temperature. In addition, TENG, a chitosan scaffold filled with nerve growth factor (NGF)-loaded mPEG-PELG that gel in the lumen upon injection during surgery and function as a drug-releasing conduit-filler, was designed. Subsequently, the efficacy of DDS and therapeutic effects of TENG were assessed. Main results. The results demonstrated that NGF-loaded mPEG-PELG controllably and sustainably released bioactive NGF for 28 d. When bridging a 10 mm rat sciatic nerve gap, the morphological, electrophysiological, and functional analyses revealed that NGF-releasing TENG (Scaffold + NGF/mPEG-PELG) achieved superior regenerative outcomes compared to plain scaffolds and those combined with systemic delivery of NGF (daily intramuscular injection (IM)), and its effects were relatively similar to autografts. Significance. This study has proposed a TENG using thermosensitive hydrogels as an injectable implant to controllably release NGF, which has promising therapeutic potential and translatability. Such TENGs obviate the need for conduit modification, complex preloading or binding mediators, therefore they allow the ease of drug switching in clinical practice and greatly simplify the manufacturing process due to the independent preparation of drug delivery system.
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作者:
Ramburrun P;Kumar P;Choonara YE;Bijukumar D;du Toit LC;Pillay V
通讯作者:
Pillay V
DOI:
10.1002/jbm.b.34020
发表时间:
2018-08
期刊:
Journal of biomedical materials research. Part B, Applied biomaterials
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DOI:
10.1002/jbm.a.36204
发表时间:
2018
期刊:
Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A
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通讯作者:
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14
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通讯作者:
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DOI:
10.1016/j.colsurfb.2017.10.017
发表时间:
2017-12
期刊:
Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces
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