Graphene oxide-enriched poly(ε-caprolactone) electrospun nanocomposite scaffold for bone tissue engineering applications

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 325-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sepideh Mohammadi ◽  
Seyedeh Sara Shafiei ◽  
Mitra Asadi-Eydivand ◽  
Mahmoud Ardeshir ◽  
Mehran Solati-Hashjin

Tissue engineering aims at fabricating biological substitutes to improve, repair, and regenerate failing human tissues or organs. Designing a nanocomposite scaffolds with tailored properties that enhance the development of functional tissue can be an appropriate approach to achieve this purpose. In this study, the uniform and bead-free nanofibers of poly(ε-caprolactone) composited with different graphene oxide nanosheet contents (ranging from 0.5 to 2 wt%) were successfully fabricated through electrospinning process. A decrease in the average diameter of poly(ε-caprolactone) nanofibers was observed with the addition of graphene oxide nanosheets. Moreover, the nanocomposite scaffolds containing 2 wt% of graphene oxide nanosheets exhibited superior mechanical properties compared to that of pure poly(ε-caprolactone). Compared with pure poly(ε-caprolactone) scaffold, the degradation rate of poly(ε-caprolactone)-graphene oxide nanosheet nanofibers was enhanced, while the integrity of fibers was preserved. The presence of graphene oxide nanosheets in poly(ε-caprolactone) fibers promoted in vitro biomineralization, indicating bioactive features of the nanocomposite scaffolds. Compared to the pure one, nanocomposite fibers also showed better ability in protein adsorption. The in vitro cell culture studies showed that the addition of graphene oxide nanosheets did not diminish the biocompatibility of the electrospun poly(ε-caprolactone) nanofiber. Furthermore, the adhesion and proliferation of MG63 cells were increased. Altogether, the results demonstrated that electrospun poly(ε-caprolactone)-graphene oxide nanosheet nanofiber may be a suitable candidate for tissue engineering scaffold applications.

Coatings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1120
Author(s):  
Wafa Shamsan Al-Arjan ◽  
Muhammad Umar Aslam Khan ◽  
Samina Nazir ◽  
Saiful Izwan Abd Razak ◽  
Mohammed Rafiq Abdul Kadir

Fabrication of reinforced scaffolds to repair and regenerate defected bone is still a major challenge. Bone tissue engineering is an advanced medical strategy to restore or regenerate damaged bone. The excellent biocompatibility and osteogenesis behavior of porous scaffolds play a critical role in bone regeneration. In current studies, we synthesized polymeric nanocomposite material through free-radical polymerization to fabricate porous nanocomposite scaffolds by freeze drying. Functional group, surface morphology, porosity, pore size, and mechanical strength were examined through Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Single-Electron Microscopy (SEM), Brunauer-Emmet-Teller (BET), and Universal Testing Machine (UTM), respectively. These nanocomposites exhibit enhanced compressive strength (from 4.1 to 16.90 MPa), Young’s modulus (from 13.27 to 29.65 MPa) with well appropriate porosity and pore size (from 63.72 ± 1.9 to 45.75 ± 6.7 µm), and a foam-like morphology. The increasing amount of graphene oxide (GO) regulates the porosity and mechanical behavior of the nanocomposite scaffolds. The loading and sustained release of silver-sulfadiazine was observed to be 90.6% after 260 min. The in-vitro analysis was performed using mouse pre-osteoblast (MC3T3-E1) cell lines. The developed nanocomposite scaffolds exhibited excellent biocompatibility. Based on the results, we propose these novel nanocomposites can serve as potential future biomaterials to repair defected bone with the load-bearing application, and in bone tissue engineering.


e-Polymers ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 363-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Mahdi Safikhani ◽  
Ali Zamanian ◽  
Farnaz Ghorbani

AbstractTissue engineering scaffolds simulate extracellular matrixes (ECMs) to promote healing processes of damaged tissues. In this investigation, ECM were simulated by retinoic acid-loaded polyurethane-graphene oxide nanofibers to regenerate bone defects. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) micrographs, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrum and X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns proved the synthesis of graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets. SEM micrographs of nanofibers demonstrated through the formation of homogeneous and bead free fibrous scaffolds that the diameter of fibers were reduced by decreasing the applied voltage in an electrospinning process and the addition of GO. According to the results, the addition of GO to the polyurethane (PU) solution led to an increase in mechanical strength which is the most important parameter in the hard tissue repair. The GO-containing scaffolds showed an increased wettability, swelling, biodegradation and drug release level. Release behavior in nanocomposite scaffolds followed the swelling and biodegradation mechanisms, so osteogenic expression was possible by incorporating retinoic acid (RA) in PU-GO nanofibrous scaffolds. Biological evaluations demonstrated that composite scaffolds are biocompatible and support cellular attachment in which RA-loaded samples represented better cellular spreading. In brief, nanocomposite fibers showed desired that the physicochemical, mechanical and biological properties and synergic effects of GO and RA in osteogenic activity of MG-63 cells produced favorable constructs for hard tissue engineering applications.


Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1319
Author(s):  
Muhammad Umar Aslam Khan ◽  
Wafa Shamsan Al-Arjan ◽  
Mona Saad Binkadem ◽  
Hassan Mehboob ◽  
Adnan Haider ◽  
...  

Bone tissue engineering is an advanced field for treatment of fractured bones to restore/regulate biological functions. Biopolymeric/bioceramic-based hybrid nanocomposite scaffolds are potential biomaterials for bone tissue because of biodegradable and biocompatible characteristics. We report synthesis of nanocomposite based on acrylic acid (AAc)/guar gum (GG), nano-hydroxyapatite (HAp NPs), titanium nanoparticles (TiO2 NPs), and optimum graphene oxide (GO) amount via free radical polymerization method. Porous scaffolds were fabricated through freeze-drying technique and coated with silver sulphadiazine. Different techniques were used to investigate functional group, crystal structural properties, morphology/elemental properties, porosity, and mechanical properties of fabricated scaffolds. Results show that increasing amount of TiO2 in combination with optimized GO has improved physicochemical and microstructural properties, mechanical properties (compressive strength (2.96 to 13.31 MPa) and Young’s modulus (39.56 to 300.81 MPa)), and porous properties (pore size (256.11 to 107.42 μm) and porosity (79.97 to 44.32%)). After 150 min, silver sulfadiazine release was found to be ~94.1%. In vitro assay of scaffolds also exhibited promising results against mouse pre-osteoblast (MC3T3-E1) cell lines. Hence, these fabricated scaffolds would be potential biomaterials for bone tissue engineering in biomedical engineering.


RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (27) ◽  
pp. 22320-22330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nazia Kausar ◽  
Indranil Roy ◽  
Dipankar Chattopadhyay ◽  
Asish R. Das

Graphene oxide nanosheet catalyzed strategies for construction of 2,3-dihydroquinazolinones and quinazolin-4(3H)-ones starting from anthranilamide and an aldehyde/ketone in aqueous medium at room temperature have been realized.


2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (72) ◽  
pp. 10172-10175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Sun ◽  
Yuanxing Zhang ◽  
Yu Zhang ◽  
Haochen Si ◽  
Wenpeng Qin ◽  
...  

Reduced graphene oxide nanosheets are used to modify a Ni foam-supported NiMn-LDH nanoflake array electrode, showing enhanced capacitive performance.


2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (10) ◽  
pp. 1392-1405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Deniz Dalgic ◽  
Ammar Z. Alshemary ◽  
Ayşen Tezcaner ◽  
Dilek Keskin ◽  
Zafer Evis

In this study, novel graphene oxide–incorporated silicate-doped nano-hydroxyapatite composites were prepared and their potential use for bone tissue engineering was investigated by developing an electrospun poly(ε-caprolactone) scaffold. Nanocomposite groups were synthesized to have two different ratios of graphene oxide (2 and 4 wt%) to evaluate the effect of graphene oxide incorporation and groups with different silicate-doped nano-hydroxyapatite content was prepared to investigate optimum concentrations of both silicate-doped nano-hydroxyapatite and graphene oxide. Three-dimensional poly(ε-caprolactone) scaffolds were prepared by wet electrospinning and reinforced with silicate-doped nano-hydroxyapatite/graphene oxide nanocomposite groups to improve bone regeneration potency. Microstructural and chemical characteristics of the scaffolds were investigated by X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscope and scanning electron microscopy techniques. Protein adsorption and desorption on material surfaces were studied using fetal bovine serum. Presence of graphene oxide in the scaffold, dramatically increased the protein adsorption with decreased desorption. In vitro biocompatibility studies were conducted using human osteosarcoma cell line (Saos-2). Electrospun scaffold group that was prepared with effective concentrations of silicate-doped nano-hydroxyapatite and graphene oxide particles (poly(ε-caprolactone) – 10% silicate-doped nano-hydroxyapatite – 4% graphene oxide) showed improved adhesion, spreading, proliferation and alkaline phosphatase activity compared to other scaffold groups.


2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 096369351001900 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Mozafari ◽  
F. Moztarzadeh ◽  
M. Rabiee ◽  
M. Azami ◽  
N. Nezafati ◽  
...  

In this research, macroporous, mechanically competent and bioactive nanocomposite scaffolds have been fabricated from cross-linked gelatine (Gel) and nano bioactive glass (nBG) through layer solvent casting combined with freeze-drying and lamination techniques. This study has developed a new composition to produce a new bioactive nanocomposite which is porous with interconnected microstructure, pore sizes are 200-500 μm, porosity are 72%-86%. Also, we have reported formation of chemical bonds between nBG and Gel for the first time. Finally, the in vitro cytocompatability of the scaffolds was assessed using MTT assay and cell attachment study. Results indicated no sign of toxicity and cells found to be attached to the pore walls offered by the scaffolds. These results suggested that the developed nanocomposite scaffold possess the prerequisites for bone tissue engineering scaffolds and it can be used for tissue engineering applications.


2005 ◽  
Vol 288-289 ◽  
pp. 139-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xian Tao Wen ◽  
Hong Song Fan ◽  
Yan Fei Tan ◽  
H.D. Cao ◽  
H. Li ◽  
...  

A electrospinning process to prepare soft tissue engineering scaffold was introduced in this study. This kind of scaffold was composed with ultrathin fiber and characterized with high porosity, well-interconnected pores and high surface-to-volume ratio. Biodegradable polylaticacid (PLA) was used to spin the scaffold and the scaffold was evaluated in vitro by analysis the microscopic structure, porosity, mechanical property, especially cytocompatibility. The results indicated that the electrospun PLA scaffold showed good cytocompatibility and the tensile property of electrospun scaffold was similar to human’s soft tissue. It could be expected that the electrospun scaffold would be potential in soft tissue engineering or soft tissue repair.


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