Genipin-crosslinked gelatin scaffolds for articular cartilage tissue engineering with a novel crosslinking method

被引:121
作者
Lien, Sio-Mei [1 ]
Li, Wei-Te [1 ]
Huang, Ta-Jen [1 ]
机构
[1] Natl Tsing Hua Univ, Dept Chem Engn, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
来源
MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING C-BIOMIMETIC AND SUPRAMOLECULAR SYSTEMS | 2008年 / 28卷 / 01期
关键词
cartilage tissue engineering; crosslinking; gelatin; in vitro test; scaffold; swelling;
D O I
10.1016/j.msec.2006.12.015
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
A novel crosslinking method with directly crosslinking the gelatin gel, being cut to a disc of chosen size beforehand, for the fabrication of porous gelatin scaffold was proposed. This novel method of gel-crosslinking was compared with the traditional methods of mixing-crosslinking and scaffold-crosslinking. The structure of the scaffold fabricated by the gel-crosslinking method shows uniformly distributed and interconnected pores which can be much smaller than those made by the other two methods. All three methods have the last step as freeze-drying; nevertheless, freeze-drying once more will increase the uniformity of the structure and the interconnecting pores. Crosslinking of gelatin was carried out at room temperature with glutaraldehyde (GTA) or genipin (GP). In vitro cell culture of Wistar rat's joint chondrocytes demonstrates that the GTA-crosslinked scaffold is much worse than the GP-crosslinked one; a tissue containing collagen and glycosaminoglycan was produced in the GP-crosslinked scaffold in just 9 days after cell seeding, and a tissue with a cell distribution resembling that of the native cartilage was developed after 30 day cell culture. It was concluded that the novel method is feasible for application in articular cartilage tissue engineering. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:36 / 43
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