Porous Particle-Reinforced Bioactive Gelatin Scaffold for Large Segmental Bone Defect Repairing

Large segmental bone defect repairing remains a big challenge in clinics, and synthetic bone grafts suitable for this purpose are still highly demanded. In this article, hydrophilic composite scaffolds (bioactive hollow particle (BHP)–gel scaffold) composed of bioactive hollow nanoparticles and cros...

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Published in:ACS applied materials & interfaces 2018-02, Vol.10 (8), p.6956-6964
Main Authors: Cui, Yang, Zhu, Tengjiao, Li, Ailing, Liu, Bingchuan, Cui, Zhiyong, Qiao, Yan, Tian, Yun, Qiu, Dong
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Bone and Bones
Bone Regeneration
Gelatin - chemistry
Porosity
Rats
Tissue Scaffolds
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Summary:Large segmental bone defect repairing remains a big challenge in clinics, and synthetic bone grafts suitable for this purpose are still highly demanded. In this article, hydrophilic composite scaffolds (bioactive hollow particle (BHP)–gel scaffold) composed of bioactive hollow nanoparticles and cross-linked gelatin have been developed. The bioactive nanoparticles have a porous structure as well as high specific surface area; thus, they interact strongly with gelatin to overcome the swelling problem that a hydrophilic polymer scaffold will usually face. With this combination, these BHP–gel scaffolds showed porous structure and mechanical properties similar to those of the cancellous bone. They also showed excellent bioactivity and cell growth promotion performance in vitro. The best of them, namely, 10BHP-gel scaffold, was evaluated in vivo on a rat femur model, where it was found that the 5 mm segmental bone defect almost healed with new bone tissue formed in 12 weeks and the scaffold itself degraded at the same time. Thus, 10BHP-gel scaffold may become a potential bone graft for large segmental bone defect healing in the future.
ISSN:1944-8244
1944-8252
DOI:10.1021/acsami.7b19010