Preparation and in Vitro Characterization of Electrospun PVA Scaffolds Coated with Bioactive Glass for Bone Regeneration
Editor(s)
Anderson, James M.
Abstract
An important objective in bone tissue engineering is to fabricate biomimetic three-dimensional scaffolds that stimulate mineralization for rapid regeneration of bone. in this work, scaffolds of electrospun poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) fibers (diameter = 286 ± 14 nm) were coated with a sol-gel derived bioactive glass (BG) and evaluated in vitro for potential applications in bone repair. Structural and chemical analyses showed that the BG coating was homogeneously deposited on the PVA fibers. in vitro cell culture studies showed that the BG-coated PVA scaffold had a greater capacity to support proliferation of osteogenic MC3T3-E1 cells, alkaline phosphatase activity, and mineralization than the uncoated PVA scaffold. the BG coating improved the tensile strength of the PVA scaffold from 18 ± 2 MPa to 21 ± 2 MPa, but reduced the elongation to failure from 94 ± 4% to 64 ± 5%. However, immersion of the BG-coated PVA scaffolds in a simulated body fluid for 5 days resulted in an increase in the tensile strength (24 ± 2 MPa) and elongation to failure (159 ± 4%). Together, the results show that these BG-coated PVA scaffolds could be considered as candidate materials for bone tissue engineering applications.
Recommended Citation
C. Gao et al., "Preparation and in Vitro Characterization of Electrospun PVA Scaffolds Coated with Bioactive Glass for Bone Regeneration," Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, Wiley-Blackwell, Jan 2012.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1002/jbm.a.34072
Department(s)
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
Alkaline Phosphatase/Metabolism; Animals; Bone Regeneration/Drug Effects; Cell Line; Cell Shape/Drug Effects; Coated Materials-Biocompatible/Pharmacology; Glass/Chemistry; Materials Testing; Mice; Microscopy -Electron-Scanning; Polyvinyl Alcohol/Chemical Synthesis; Polyvinyl Alcohol/Chemistry; Spectroscopy-Fourier Transform Infrared; Tensile Strength/Drug Effects; Tissue Engineering/Methods; Tissue Scaffolds/Chemistry; X-Ray Diffraction
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
1549-3296; 1552-4965
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2012 Wiley-Blackwell, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jan 2012