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Fabrication of Decellularized Cartilage-derived Matrix Scaffolds
Published on: January 7, 2019
Regenerated silk fibroin based on small aperture scaffolds and marginal sealing hydrogel for osteochondral defect
Yinyue Luo1,2, Menglin Xiao1,3, Bushra Sufyan Almaqrami4
1Department of Preventive Dentistry, Shanghai Stomatological Hospital & School of Stomatology, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200001, China.
Background:
Osteochondral defects pose an enormous challenge without satisfactory repair strategy to date. In particular, the lateral integration of neo-cartilage into the surrounding native cartilage is a difficult and inadequately addressed problem determining tissue repair's success.
Methods:
Regenerated silk fibroin (RSF) based on small aperture scaffolds was prepared with n-butanol innovatively. Then, the rabbit knee chondrocytes and bone mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) were cultured on RSF scaffolds, and after induction of chondrogenic differentiation, cell-scaffold complexes strengthened by a 14 wt% RSF solution were prepared for in vivo experiments.
Results:
A porous scaffold and an RSF sealant exhibiting biocompatibility and excellent adhesive properties are developed and confirmed to promote chondrocyte migration and differentiation. Thus, osteochondral repair and superior horizontal integration are achieved in vivo with this composite.
Conclusions:
Overall, the new approach of marginal sealing around the RSF scaffolds exhibits preeminent repair results, confirming the ability of this novel graft to facilitate simultaneous regeneration of cartilage-subchondral bone.
