Journal
BIOACTIVE MATERIALS
Volume 21, Issue -, Pages 223-238Publisher
KEAI PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2022.08.012
Keywords
Acoustically responsive scaffolds; Biomimetic hydrogel scaffold complexes; Endogenous stem cells; Acoustic radiation force; Bone defect repairing
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Stem cell-based tissue engineering offers a promising approach for bone defect repair. This study developed an acoustically responsive scaffold embedded in a hydrogel loaded with specific cytokines, capable of recruiting and capturing endogenous stem cells for in situ bone regeneration.
Stem cell-based tissue engineering has provided a promising platform for repairing of bone defects. However, the use of exogenous bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) still faces many challenges such as limited sources and potential risks. It is important to develop new approach to effectively recruit endogenous BMSCs and capture them for in situ bone regeneration. Here, we designed an acoustically responsive scaffold (ARS) and embedded it into SDF-1/BMP-2 loaded hydrogel to obtain biomimetic hydrogel scaffold complexes (BSC). The SDF-1/BMP-2 cytokines can be released on demand from the BSC implanted into the defected bone via pulsed ultrasound (p-US) irradiation at optimized acoustic parameters, recruiting the endogenous BMSCs to the bone defected or BSC site. Accompanied by the daily p-US irradiation for 14 days, the alginate hydrogel was degraded, resulting in the exposure of ARS to these recruited host stem cells. Then another set of sinusoidal continuous wave ultrasound (s-US) irradiation was applied to excite the ARS intrinsic resonance, forming highly localized acoustic field around its surface and generating enhanced acoustic trapping force, by which these recruited endogenous stem cells would be captured on the scaffold, greatly promoting them to adhesively grow for in situ bone tissue regeneration. Our study provides a novel and effective strategy for in situ bone defect repairing through acoustically manipulating endogenous BMSCs.
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