{"title":"Biological and bioactivity assessment of dextran nanocomposite hydrogel for bone regeneration.","authors":"Parisa Nikpour, Hamed Salimi-Kenari, Sayed Mahmood Rabiee","doi":"10.1007/s40204-021-00171-6","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Insufficient biological and bioactive properties of dextran hydrogels limit their applications as promising scaffolds for tissue engineering. We developed nanocomposite dextran hydrogels comprised of bioactive glass (nBGC: 64% SiO2, 31% CaO, 5% P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>) nanoparticles with an average particle size of 77 nm using a chemical crosslinking of dextran chains to form 3D hydrogel networks. In the current study; bioactivity of the obtained nanocomposite hydrogels was evaluated through the formation of apatite crystal structures after the incubation in simulated body fluid (SBF) at various submersion periods and nBGC content. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) micrographs represented an enhanced hydroxyapatite formation on the cross section of nanocomposite comprising of nBGC content from 2 to 8 (% by wt). Biomineralization results of Dex-8 (% by wt) composite during 7, 14 and 28 days immersion indicated the apatite layer formation and the growth of apatite crystal size on the surface and cross section of the nanocomposite. Moreover, MTT assessments indicated that human osteosarcoma cells (SaOS-2) were able to adhere and spread within the dextran hydrogels reinforced with the bioactive glass nanoparticles. With regard to enhanced bioactivity and biocompatibility, the developed dextran-nBGC hydrogel could be considered as a suitable candidate for bone tissue engineering application.</p>","PeriodicalId":20691,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Biomaterials","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.4000,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8633275/pdf/40204_2021_Article_171.pdf","citationCount":"5","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Progress in Biomaterials","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40204-021-00171-6","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2021/11/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, BIOMEDICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Insufficient biological and bioactive properties of dextran hydrogels limit their applications as promising scaffolds for tissue engineering. We developed nanocomposite dextran hydrogels comprised of bioactive glass (nBGC: 64% SiO2, 31% CaO, 5% P2O5) nanoparticles with an average particle size of 77 nm using a chemical crosslinking of dextran chains to form 3D hydrogel networks. In the current study; bioactivity of the obtained nanocomposite hydrogels was evaluated through the formation of apatite crystal structures after the incubation in simulated body fluid (SBF) at various submersion periods and nBGC content. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) micrographs represented an enhanced hydroxyapatite formation on the cross section of nanocomposite comprising of nBGC content from 2 to 8 (% by wt). Biomineralization results of Dex-8 (% by wt) composite during 7, 14 and 28 days immersion indicated the apatite layer formation and the growth of apatite crystal size on the surface and cross section of the nanocomposite. Moreover, MTT assessments indicated that human osteosarcoma cells (SaOS-2) were able to adhere and spread within the dextran hydrogels reinforced with the bioactive glass nanoparticles. With regard to enhanced bioactivity and biocompatibility, the developed dextran-nBGC hydrogel could be considered as a suitable candidate for bone tissue engineering application.
期刊介绍:
Progress in Biomaterials is a multidisciplinary, English-language publication of original contributions and reviews concerning studies of the preparation, performance and evaluation of biomaterials; the chemical, physical, biological and mechanical behavior of materials both in vitro and in vivo in areas such as tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, drug delivery and implants where biomaterials play a significant role. Including all areas of: design; preparation; performance and evaluation of nano- and biomaterials in tissue engineering; drug delivery systems; regenerative medicine; implantable medical devices; interaction of cells/stem cells on biomaterials and related applications.