Hybrid polyester-hydrogel electrospun scaffolds for tissue engineering applications

Ana Rita Gonçalves de Pinho, Ines Odila, Anne Leferink, Clemens van Blitterswijk, Sandra Camarero-Espinosa, Lorenzo Moroni*

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Abstract

Electrospinning is an attractive fabrication process providing a cost-effective and straightforward technic to make extra-cellular matrix (ECM) mimicking scaffolds that can be used to replace or repair injured tissues and organs. Synthetic polymers as poly (ε-caprolactone) (PCL) and poly (ethylene oxide terephthalate)-poly(butylene terephthalate) (PEOT/PBT) have been often used to produce scaffolds due to their good processability, mechanical properties, and suitable biocompatibility. While synthetic polymers can mimic the physical features of native ECM, natural polymers like alginate are better suited to recapitulate its hydrated state or introduce functional groups that are recognized by cells (e.g., –NH2 ). Thus, this study aims at creating electrospun meshes made of blended synthetic and natural polymers for tissue engineering applications. Polyethylene oxide (PEO), PCL, and PEOT/PBT were used as a carrier of Alginate. Scaffolds were electrospun at different flow rates and distances between spinneret and collector (air gap), and the resulting meshes were characterized in terms of fiber morphology, diameter, and mesh inter-fiber pore size. The fiber diameter increased with increasing flow rate, while there was no substantial influence of the air gap. On the other hand, the mesh pore size increased with increasing air gap, while the effect of flow rate was not significant. Cross-linking and washing of alginate electrospun scaffolds resulted in smaller fiber diameter. These newly developed scaffolds may find useful applications for tissue engineering strategies as they resemble physical and chemical properties of tissue ECM. Human Dermal Fibroblasts were cultured on PCL and PCL/Alginate scaffolds in order to create a dermal substitute.

Original languageEnglish
Article number231
JournalFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology
Volume7
Issue numberSEP
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Sep 2019

Keywords

  • Alginate
  • Blended polymers
  • Electrospinning
  • Scaffolds
  • Tissue engineering
  • alginate
  • tissue engineering
  • scaffolds
  • blended polymers
  • electrospinning

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