The Effect of Magnetic Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) Microsphere-Gelatin Hydrogel on the Growth of Pre-Osteoblasts Under Static Magnetic Field

Abstract

A number of bone repair materials are demanded due to bone injury in clinical treatment. Magnetic hydrogels combined with the magnetic field have showed great promoting potential in the field of bone regeneration. Considering the superiority of magnetic microspheres in magnetic localization and drug release, magnetic poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) microspheres, obtained by electrospraying, were combined with gelatin hydrogel to construct a magnetic poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) microsphere-gelatin hydrogel for bone repair in our study. Particularly, we investigated the combined effect of 20 mT static magnetic field and magnetic poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) microsphere-gelatin hydrogel on the proliferation of MC3T3-E1 pre-osteoblasts, indicating that it could significantly promote cell growth at a low concentration of Fe3 O4. Furthermore, the hydrogel containing 400 mg˙ L–1Fe3 O4 presented the highest growth-promoting effect under a 20 mT static magnetic field. Therefore, the magnetic poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) microsphere-gelatin hydrogel possesses impressive application value in promoting osteogenesis and bone repair.