Interpenetrated nano- and submicro-fibrous biomimetic scaffolds towards enhanced mechanical and biological performances.
Interpenetrated nano- and submicro-fibrous biomimetic scaffolds towards enhanced mechanical and biological performances.
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10.1016/j.msec.2019.110416
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2020-03
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Honglin Luo;Deqiang Gan;M. Gama;Junpin Tu;Fanglian Yao;Quanchao Zhang;Haiyong Ao;Zhiwei Yang;Junjie Li;Y. Wan
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Honglin Luo;Deqiang Gan;M. Gama;Junpin Tu;Fanglian Yao;Quanchao Zhang;Haiyong Ao;Zhiwei Yang;Junjie Li;Y. Wan
Developing fibrous scaffolds with hierarchical structures that closely mimic natural extracellular matrix (ECM) is highly desirable. However, fabricating scaffolds with true nanofibers (<100 nm) and submicrofibers (<1 μm) remains a big challenge. In this work, to mimic the fibrillar structure of natural ECM, bacterial cellulose (BC) nanofibers were hybridized with cellulose acetate (CA) submicrofibers for the first time. The interpenetrated nano-submicron fibrous BC/CA scaffold was fabricated using the combined electrospinning and modified in situ biosynthesis method. The BC/CA scaffold has an integrated symmetrical nanostructure in which BC nanofibers (42 nm in diameter) penetrate into the submicrofibrous CA (820 nm in diameter) scaffold. The BC/CA scaffold shows an interconnected porous structure with a high porosity of >90%. Additionally, the combination of CA submicrofibers with BC nanofibers leads to significantly improved mechanical properties over nanofibrous BC and submicrofibrous CA scaffolds and enlarged pores over nanofibrous BC scaffold. In addition, the biological behaviors of prepared BC/CA on MC3T3-E1 cells were investigated. Results suggested that BC/CA scaffold is beneficial for cell migration and proliferation. Moreover, the BC/CA scaffold shows higher alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity, and calcium depositions. In addition, the hierarchical structures can effectively improve the expression of osteogenic gene (ALP mRNA and Runx2 mRNA) and protein (ALP). We believe that the methodology might provide biomimetic morphological microenvironments for enhanced tissue regeneration.
