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Influence of highly porous electrospun PLGA/PCL/nHA fibrous scaffolds on the differentiation of tooth bud cells in vitro.

ABSTRACT: In this study, we investigated the use of three-dimensional electrospun poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)/poly(?-caprolactone) (PLGA/PCL) scaffolds seeded and cultured with postnatal dental cells, for improved dental tissue regeneration. Wet-electrospinning combined with ultrasonic treatment was studied as a method to enhance scaffold porosity and to promote cell-cell interactions. We also investigated whether nano-hydroxyapatite (nHA) incorporation could enhance dental cell differentiation. All scaffolds were seeded with human tooth pulp-derived dental mesenchymal (hDM) cells, or a combination of hDM and pig dental epithelial (pDE) cells, cultured for up to 28 days. Developmentally staged samples were assessed using scanning electron microscopy, histological, immunohistochemical, DNA and alkaline phosphatase activity assays, and quantitative-PCR for ameloblastic, odontoblastic, and osteogenic related gene expression. Results showed that electrospun scaffolds exhibited sufficient porosity to support robust cell ingrowth. Additional ultrasonic treatment led to a less homogeneous scaffold porosity, resulting in evident cell clustering and enhanced hDM-pDE cell-cell interactions. Finally, nHA incorporation was found to enhance dental cell differentiation. However, it also resulted in smaller fiber diameter and reduced scaffold porosity, and inhibited cell ingrowth and proliferation. In conclusion, ultrasonically treated wet-electrospun PLGA/PCL scaffolds are a suitable material for dental tissue engineering, and support future in vivo evaluations of this model. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part A: 105A: 2597-2607, 2017.

SUBMITTER: Cai X

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5695215 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

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Influence of highly porous electrospun PLGA/PCL/nHA fibrous scaffolds on the differentiation of tooth bud cells in vitro.

Cai Xinjie X Ten Hoopen Sofie S Zhang Weibo W Yi Charles C Yang Wanxun W Yang Fang F Jansen John A JA Walboomers X Frank XF Yelick Pamela C PC

Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A 20170615 9

In this study, we investigated the use of three-dimensional electrospun poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)/poly(ε-caprolactone) (PLGA/PCL) scaffolds seeded and cultured with postnatal dental cells, for improved dental tissue regeneration. Wet-electrospinning combined with ultrasonic treatment was studied as a method to enhance scaffold porosity and to promote cell-cell interactions. We also investigated whether nano-hydroxyapatite (nHA) incorporation could enhance dental cell differentiation. All sca ...[more]

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