URN to cite this document: urn:nbn:de:bvb:703-epub-7108-8
Title data
Trujillo-Miranda, Mairon ; Apsite, Indra ; Rodríguez Agudo, Jose A. ; Constante Ibarra, Gissela Katherine ; Ionov, Leonid:
4D Biofabrication of Mechanically Stable Tubular Constructs Using Shape Morphing Porous Bilayers for Vascularization Application.
In: Macromolecular Bioscience.
Vol. 23
(2023)
Issue 1
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- No. 2200320.
ISSN 1616-5195
DOI der Verlagsversion: https://doi.org/10.1002/mabi.202200320
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG Grant No. IO 68/17-1, IO 68/14-1 |
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Abstract
This study reports fabrication of highly porous electrospun self-folding bilayers, which fold into tubular structures with excellent mechanical stability, allowing them to be easily manipulated and handled. We fabricated and compared two kinds of bilayers based on FDI-approved biocompatible and biodegradable soft (PCL, polycaprolactone) and hard (PHB, poly-hydroxybutyrate) thermoplastic polymers. Multi-scroll structures with tunable diameter in aqueous media were obtained after the shape transformation of the bilayer, where PCL-based bilayer rolled longitudinally and PHB-based one rolled transversely with respect to fiber direction. A combination of higher elastic modulus and transverse orientation of fibers with respect to rolling direction allowed precise temporal control of shape transformation of PHB-bilayer – stress produced by swollen methacrylated hyaluronic acid (HA-MA) did not relax with time and folding was not affected by the fact that bilayer was fixed in unfolded state in cell culture medium for more than 1 h. This property of PHB-bilayer allowed cell culturing without negative effect on its shape transformation ability. Moreover, PHB-based tubular structure demonstrated superior mechanical stability compared to PCL-based ones and did not collapse during manipulations that happened to PCL-based one. Additionally, PHB/HA-MA bilayers showed superior biocompatibility, degradability, and long-term stability compared to PCL/HA-MA. After 14 days of cultivation, our vascular grafts showed high stability in cultivation, and between 50–70% of the multi-scroll area was fully covered. All these make bilayer of transversely aligned hard thermoplastic polymer fibers (such as PHB) and swelling hydrophilic polymer fibers (such as HA-MA) more suitable for the fabrication of blood vessel replacement in comparison to widely used PCL-based bilayers.
Further data
Item Type: | Article in a journal |
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Keywords: | fibrous scaffolds; self-folding; vascular graft; electrospun bilayer |
DDC Subjects: | 500 Science > 540 Chemistry 500 Science > 570 Life sciences, biology |
Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Engineering Science > Professor Biofabrication > Professor Biofabrication - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Leonid Ionov Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Engineering Science Faculties > Faculty of Engineering Science > Professor Biofabrication |
Language: | English |
Originates at UBT: | Yes |
URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:703-epub-7108-8 |
Date Deposited: | 17 Jul 2023 07:47 |
Last Modified: | 17 Jul 2023 07:48 |
URI: | https://epub.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/7108 |