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Characterization and in Vitro Bioactivity Evaluation of Polyvinyl Alcohol Incorporated Electro Spun Chitosan/ Fluor Apatite Nanofibrous Scaffold for Bone Tissue Engineering Publisher Pubmed



Mirjalili F1 ; Mahmoodi M2, 3 ; Khazali S2
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  1. 1. Department of Material Engineering, Maybod Branch, Islamic Azad University, Maybod, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran
  3. 3. Joint Reconstruction Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Source: Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials Published:2024


Abstract

In this study, polyvinyl alcohol/chitosan/fluor apatite scaffolds with different concentrations of polyvinyl alcohol of 0.075 g ml−1 and 0.1 g ml−1, respectively named A and B fabricated by electrospinning method to use in tissue engineering. By examining the scaffolds by FE-SEM, an appetite layer formation which was on the scaffold surface was clearly observable. Increasing the concentration of polyvinyl alcohol from 0.075 g ml−1 to 0.1 g ml−1 in the nanofibrous scaffolds improved degradation characteristic with an optimized value of 26 ± 2 and 42 ± 1 % after 28 days, respectively. The mean diameter of fibers both scaffolds was 405 nm and 212 nm, respectively. Furthermore, the percentage of porosity in both scaffolds was calculated as 84% and 91%, separately. The level of hydrophilicity of the scaffolds was measured by the dynamic contact angle method. Moreover, the increase in the percentage of polyvinyl alcohol led to the decrease in the average contact angle in scaffold A and scaffold B from 90° to 70°, respectively. The results of bone marrow culture test with MG-63 (NCBI C555) cell on the surface of scaffolds demonstrated not cytotoxicity in the resulting scaffolds as well as a suitable substrate for the adhesion and growth of the cells. According to our findings, the electrospun fluorapatite-incorporated-chitosan/polyvinyl alcohol scaffold could provide a new nanocomposite for biomedical applications. © 2023 Elsevier Ltd
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