Keywords
Electrospinning
Polylactic-co-glycolic acid
Cartilage repair and biomimetic approach
Submitted : 2024-02-28
Accepted : 2024-03-14
Published : 2024-03-29
Abstract
Tissue engineering is the use of a combination of cells, engineering and materials methods, and suitable biochemical and physiochemical factors to improve or replace biological functions at the injured site. The designing of a biomaterial that can mimic the three-dimensional tissues in vivo is still challenging. Biodegradable polymers are used for the development of tissue engineering constructs in the form of sponges, films, and macroporous scaffolds, which do not influence cell fate processes such as cell differentiation, migration, and proliferation. Biodegradable polymer nanofibers fabricated by electrospinning have gathered great attention in tissue engineering applications. The electrospun materials have a nanofibrous morphology that is closest to the natural extracellular matrix (ECM). The electrospun material is composed of three-dimensional networks of nanosized fibrous materials that mimic an extracellular matrix such as collagen, elastin, and keratin. These polymers fabricated in the form of fibers in nanosize cause a more favorable microenvironment for cells. We prepared the PLGA/PPG (polylactic-co-glycolic acid/polypropylene glycol) nanofibers by electrospinning technique. PLGA (85:15)/PLGA (75:25) nanofibers are hydrophobic, which can be minimized by the addition of PPG to give better hydrophilicity for cell adhesion for tissue engineering constructs. The morphology of the electrospun fibers of the composite of PLGA and PPG was observed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results proved that the small amount of polypropylene glycol polymer to the polylactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA 85:15) drastically improves the hydrophilicity of the electrospun nanofibers. The addition of a small amount of hydrophilic polymer to the biodegradable hydrophobic polymer increases the hydrophilic property and can be used for nanofiber-based tissue engineering constructs. In addition, the biomimetic approach for tissue engineering scaffolds for cartilage repair has been discussed.
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