Author:
Valipour Fereshteh,Valipour Farzaneh,Rahbarghazi Reza,Navali Amir Mohammad,Rashidi Mohammad Reza,Davaran Soodabeh
Abstract
Abstract
Background
The goal of the present study was to create a new biodegradable hybrid PCL-P (HEMA-NIPAAm) thermosensitive hydrogel scaffold by grafting PNIPAAm-based copolymers with biodegradable polyesters to promote the chondrogenic differentiation of human progenitor cells (adipose-derived stem cells-hASCs) in the presence of the platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF-BB). Different mixture ratios including 50 mmol ε-caprolactone and 10 mmol HEMA (S-1), 30 mmol ε-caprolactone and 10 mmol HEMA (S-2), 10 mmol ε-caprolactone and 30 mmol HEMA (S-3) were copolymerized followed by the addition of NIPAAm.
Results
A mild to moderate swelling and wettability rates were found in S-2 group copmpared to the S-1 ans S-3 samples. After 7 weeks, S-2 degradation rate reached ~ 43.78%. According to the LCST values, S-2, reaching 37 °C, was selected for different in vitro assays. SEM imaging showed nanoparticulate structure of the scaffold with particle size dimensions of about 62–85 nm. Compressive strength, Young’s modulus, and compressive strain (%) of S-2 were 44.8 MPa, 0.7 MPa, and 75.5%. An evaluation of total proteins showed that the scaffold had the potential to gradually release PDGF-BB. When hASCs were cultured on PCL-P (HEMA-NIPAAm) in the presence of PDGF-BB, the cells effectively attached and flattened on the scaffold surface for a period of at least 14 days, the longest time point evaluated, with increased cell viability rates as measured by performing an MTT assay (p < 0.05). Finally, a real-time RT-PCR analysis demonstrated that the combination of PCL-P (HEMA-NIPAAm) and PDGF-BB promoted the chondrogenesis of hASCs over a period of 14 days by up-regulating the expression of aggrecan, type-II collagen, SOX9, and integrin β1 compared with the non-treated control group (p < 0.05).
Conclusion
These results demonstrate that the PCL-P(HEMA-NIPAAm) hydrogel scaffold carrying PDGF-BB as a matrix for hASC cell seeding is a valuable system that may be used in the future as a three-dimensional construct for implantation in cartilage injuries.
Funder
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
Health Promotion Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Cell Biology,Molecular Biology,Biomedical Engineering,Environmental Engineering
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