Publication Type : Journal Article
Thematic Areas : Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine
Publisher : IET Nanobiotechnology
Source : IET Nanobiotechnology, Volume 6, Number 1, p.16-25 (2012)
Keywords : Architecture, article, Biological response, biomimetic material, Biomimetic Materials, cell adhesion, Cell infiltration, cell motion, Cell Movement, Cell penetration, Cell Survival, Cells, Cellular infiltration, chemistry, comparative study, Cytology, electrochemistry, Electrospuns, Extracellular matrices, extracellular matrix, Fibrous scaffolds, Functional tissue, Hierarchical structures, Hydroxyapatite, In-vitro, Lactic acid, Materials Testing, metabolism, methodology, Micro-scales, Microfibre, Micron scale, Nano scale, Nanofibers, Nanofibrous scaffolds, nanoparticle, Nanoparticles, physiology, Poly lactic acid, polylactic acid, Polylactic acids, polymer, Polymers, porosity, Projection techniques, Rotation, Scaffolds (biology), Structural characteristics, Three dimensional, Tissue, tissue engineering, tissue scaffold, Tissue Scaffolds, ultrastructure
Campus : Kochi
School : Center for Nanosciences
Center : Amrita Center for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine Move, Nanosciences
Department : Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine
Year : 2012
Abstract : The use of electrospun extracellular matrix (ECM)-mimicking nanofibrous scaffolds for tissue engineering is limited by poor cellular infiltration. The authors hypothesised that cell penetration could be enhanced in scaffolds by using a hierarchical structure where nano fibres are combined with micron-scale fibres while preserving the overall scaffold architecture. To assess this, we fabricated electrospun porous poly(lactic acid) (PLA) scaffolds having nanoscale, microscale and combined micro/nano architecture and evaluated the structural characteristics and biological response in detail. Although the bioactivity was intermediate to that for nanofibre and microfibre scaffold, a unique result of this study was that the micro/nano combined fibrous scaffold showed improved cell infiltration and distribution than the nanofibrous scaffold. Although the cells were found to be lining the scaffold periphery in the case of nanofibrous scaffold, micro/nano scaffolds had cells dispersed throughout the scaffold. Further, as expected, the addition of nanoparticles of hydroxyapatite (nHAp) improved the bioactivity, although it did not play a significant role in cell penetration. Thus, this strategy of creating a three-dimensional (3D) micro/nano architecture that would increase the porosity of the fibrous scaffold and thereby improving the cell penetration, can be utilised for the generation of functional tissue engineered constructs in vitro. © 2012 The Institution of Engineering and Technology.
Cite this Research Publication : K. T. Shalumon, Chennazhi, K. P., Tamura, H., Kawahara, K., Nair, S. V., and Dr. Jayakumar Rangasamy, “Fabrication of three-dimensional nano, micro and micro/nano scaffolds of porous poly(lactic acid) by electrospinning and comparison of cell infiltration by Z-stacking/three-dimensional projection technique”, IET Nanobiotechnology, vol. 6, pp. 16-25, 2012.