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Preparation and Properties of Poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA)/ Nano-Hydroxyapatite (NHA) Scaffolds by Thermally Induced Phase Separation and Rabbit MSCs Culture on Scaffolds

Institute of Nano and Bio-Polymeric Materials, TongJi University

J. Ren

Institute of Nano and Bio-Polymeric Materials, TongJi University, renjie{at}mail.tongji.edu.cn, Key Laboratory Advanced Civil Engineering Materials, Ministry of Education School of Material Science and Engineering, TongJi University Shanghai 200092, P.R. China

C. Chen

Institute of Nano and Bio-Polymeric Materials, TongJi University

T.B. Ren

Institute of Nano and Bio-Polymeric Materials, TongJi University

X.Y. Zhou

Institute of Nano and Bio-Polymeric Materials, TongJi University

Biodegradable polymer/bioceramic composites scaffold can overcome the limitation of conventional ceramic bone substitutes such as brittleness and difficulty in shaping. To better mimic the mineral component and the microstructure of natural bone, novel nano-hydroxyapatite (NHA)/polymer composite scaffolds with high porosity and well-controlled pore architectures as well as high exposure of the bioactive ceramics to the scaffold surface is developed for efficient bone tissue engineering. In this article, regular and highly interconnected porous poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA)/NHA scaffolds are fabricated by thermally induced phase separation technique. The effects of solvent composition, polymer concentration, coarsening temperature, and coarsening time as well as NHA content on the micro-morphology, mechanical properties of the PLGA/NHA scaffolds are investigated. The results show that pore size of the PLGA/NHA scaffolds decrease with the increase of PLGA concentration and NHA content. The introduction of NHA greatly increase the mechanical properties and water absorption ability which greatly increase with the increase of NHA content. Mesenchymal stem cells are seeded and cultured in three-dimensional (3D) PLGA/NHA scaffolds to fabricate in vitro tissue engineering bone, which is investigated by adhesion rate, cell morphology, cell numbers, and alkaline phosphatase assay. The results display that the PLGA/NHA scaffolds exhibit significantly higher cell growth, alkaline phosphatase activity than PLGA scaffolds, especially the PLGA/NHA scaffolds with 10 wt.% NHA. The results suggest that the newly developed PLGA/NHA composite scaffolds may serve as an excellent 3D substrate for cell attachment and migration in bone tissue engineering.

Key Words: poly(lactide-co-glycolide) • nano-hydroxyapatite • thermally induced phase separation • scaffold • mesenchymal stem cells.

This version was published on March 1, 2008

Journal of Biomaterials Applications, Vol. 22, No. 5, 409-432 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0885328207077632


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