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Enhancing cell penetration and proliferation in chitosan hydrogels for tissue engineering applications

Ji, Chengdong, Khademhosseini, Ali, Dehghani, Fariba·2011·Biomaterials

Abstract

The aim of this study was to develop a process to create highly porous three-dimensional (3D) chitosan hydrogels suitable for tissue engineering applications. Chitosan was crosslinked by glutaraldehyde (0.5 vol %) under high pressure CO(2) at 60 bar and 4 °C for a period of 90 min. A gradient-depressurisation strategy was developed, which was efficient in increasing pore size and the overall porosity of resultant hydrogels. The average pore diameter increased two fold (59 μm) compared with the sample that was depressurised after complete crosslinking and hydrogel formation (32 μm). It was feasible to achieve a pore diameter of 140 μm and the porosity of hydrogels to 87% by addition of Acacia gum (AG) as a surfactant to the media. The enhancement in porosity resulted in an increased swelling ratio and decreased mechanical strength. On hydrogels with large pores (>90 μm) and high porosities (>85%), fibroblasts were able to penetrate up to 400 μm into the hydrogels with reasonable viabilities (~80%) upon static seeding. MTS assays showed that fibroblasts proliferated over 14 days. Furthermore, aligned microchannels were produced within porous hydrogels to further promote cell proliferation. The developed process can be easily used to generate homogenous pores of controlled sizes in 3D chitosan hydrogels and may be of use for a broad range of tissue engineering applications.

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  • Biopolymers from non-mammal tissues such as alginate and chitosan are also used for making 3D scaffolds.

    “Biopolymers from non-mammal tissues, such as alginate and chitosan, are also used for making 3D scaffolds (23,63,68,84).”

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Authors
Ji, C., Khademhosseini, A., & Dehghani, F.
Affiliations
  • The University of Sydney (AU)
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
Corresponding author
Dehghani, Fariba
Venue
Biomaterials
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2011-12
Volume
32
Issue
36
Pages
9719-9729
ISSN
0142-9612 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2018705842
Cited by
180
References
47
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FWCI
5.13
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Biomaterials (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Australian Research Council
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Medicine › Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
Keywords
chitosan hydrogel, porous hydrogels, pore size control, glutaraldehyde crosslinking, swelling ratio, mechanical strength, cell proliferation, tissue engineering scaffolds
MeSH terms
Cell Survival, Cross-Linking Reagents, Fibroblasts, Gum Arabic, Microscopy, Electron, Scanning, Pressure, Rheology, Surface-Active Agents, Porosity, Hydrogels, Tissue Engineering, Chitosan, Cell Proliferation, X-Ray Microtomography

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