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From design of bio-based biocomposite electrospun scaffolds to osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stromal cells

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Electrospinning coupled with electrospraying provides a straightforward and robust route toward promising electrospun biocomposite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. In this comparative investigation, four types of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB)-based nanofibrous scaffolds were produced by electrospinning a PHB solution, a PHB/gelatin (GEL) mixture or a PHB/GEL/nHAs (hydroxyapatite nanoparticles) mixed solution, and by electrospinning a PHB/GEL solution and electrospraying a nHA dispersion simultaneously. SEM and TEM analyses demonstrated that the electrospun nHA-blended framework contained a majority of nHAs trapped within the constitutive fibers, whereas the electrospinning-electrospraying combination afforded fibers with a rough surface largely covered by the bioceramic. Structural and morphological characterizations were completed by FTIR, mercury intrusion porosimetry, and contact angle measurements. Furthermore, an in vitro investigation of human mesenchymal stromal cell (hMSC) adhesion and proliferation properties showed a faster cell development on gelatin-containing scaffolds. More interestingly, a long-term investigation of hMSC osteoblastic differentiation over 21 days indicate that hMSCs seeded onto the nHA-sprayed scaffold developed a significantly higher level of alkaline phosphatase activity, as well as a higher matrix biomineralization rate through the staining of the generated calcium deposits: the fiber surface deposition of nHAs by electrospraying enabled their direct exposure to hMSCs for an efficient transmission of the bioceramic osteoinductive and osteoconductive properties, producing a suitable biocomposite scaffold for bone tissue regeneration.

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The authors thank the CNRS (France) and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Bulgaria) for financial support through the bilateral project No. 135751. Financial support from the National Fund of Scientific Research (Grant DO 02-237/2008) is also gratefully acknowledged (J.R., O.S., N.M., and I.R.).

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  1. Systèmes Polymères Complexes, Institut de Chimie et des Matériaux Paris-Est, Equipe UMR 7182 CNRS, Université Paris Est Créteil, 2, rue Henri Dunant, Thiais, 94320, France

    Julien Ramier, Daniel Grande, Valérie Langlois & Estelle Renard

  2. Laboratoire “Croissance, Réparation et Régénération Tissulaires”, EAC 7149 CNRS, Université Paris Est Créteil, 61, avenue du Général de Gaulle, Créteil, 94010, France

    Thibault Bouderlique & Patricia Albanese

  3. Laboratory of Bioactive Polymers, Institute of Polymers, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev St., bl. 103A, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Olya Stoilova, Nevena Manolova & Iliya Rashkov

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Ramier, J., Grande, D., Bouderlique, T. et al. From design of bio-based biocomposite electrospun scaffolds to osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stromal cells. J Mater Sci: Mater Med 25, 1563–1575 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10856-014-5174-8

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