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Kitana W, Levario-Diaz V, Cavalcanti-Adam EA, Ionov L. Biofabrication of Composite Bioink-Nanofiber Constructs: Effect of Rheological Properties of Bioinks on 3D (Bio)Printing and Cells Interaction with Aligned Touch Spun Nanofibers. Adv Healthc Mater 2024; 13:e2303343. [PMID: 38009530 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202303343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
Abstract
This paper reports on a novel approach for the fabrication of composite multilayered bioink-nanofibers construct. This work achieves this by using a hands-free 3D (bio)printing integrated touch-spinning approach. Additionally, this work investigates the interaction of fibroblasts in different bioinks with the highly aligned touch-spun nanofibers. This work conducts a comprehensive characterization of the rheological properties of the inks, starting with low-strain oscillatory rheology to analyze the viscoelastic behavior, when the material structure remains intact. Moreover, this work performs amplitude sweeps to investigate the stability of the inks under large deformations, rotational rheology to examine the shear thinning profile, and a three-step creep experiment to study time-dependent rheological behavior. The obtained rheological results are correlated to visual observation of the flow behavior of inks. These behaviors span from an ink with zero-shear viscosity, very weak shear thinning, and no thixotropic behavior to inks exhibiting flow stress, pronounced shear thinning, and thixotropy. It is demonstrated that inks have an essential effect on cell behavior. While all bioinks allow a preferred directionality of the fibroblasts along the fiber direction, cells tend to form aggregates in bioinks with higher viscosity, and a considerable number of agglomerates are observed in the presence of laponite-RD.
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Affiliation(s)
- Waseem Kitana
- Professorship of Biofabrication, Faculty of Engineering Science, University of Bayreuth, Ludwig-Thoma-Straße 36A, 95447, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Department of Cellular Biophysics, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstraße 29, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Cellular Biophysics, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstraße 29, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
- Professorship of Cellular Biomechanics, Faculty of Engineering Science, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, 95447, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Professorship of Biofabrication, Faculty of Engineering Science, University of Bayreuth, Ludwig-Thoma-Straße 36A, 95447, Bayreuth, Germany
- Bavarian Polymer Institute, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, 95447, Bayreuth, Germany
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Dai Y, Qiao K, Li D, Isingizwe P, Liu H, Liu Y, Lim K, Woodfield T, Liu G, Hu J, Yuan J, Tang J, Cui X. Plant-Derived Biomaterials and Their Potential in Cardiac Tissue Repair. Adv Healthc Mater 2023; 12:e2202827. [PMID: 36977522 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202202827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Revised: 02/19/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023]
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Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of mortality worldwide. The inability of cardiac tissue to regenerate after an infarction results in scar tissue formation, leading to cardiac dysfunction. Therefore, cardiac repair has always been a popular research topic. Recent advances in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine offer promising solutions combining stem cells and biomaterials to construct tissue substitutes that could have functions similar to healthy cardiac tissue. Among these biomaterials, plant-derived biomaterials show great promise in supporting cell growth due to their inherent biocompatibility, biodegradability, and mechanical stability. More importantly, plant-derived materials have reduced immunogenic properties compared to popular animal-derived materials (e.g., collagen and gelatin). In addition, they also offer improved wettability compared to synthetic materials. To date, limited literature is available to systemically summarize the progression of plant-derived biomaterials in cardiac tissue repair. Herein, this paper highlights the most common plant-derived biomaterials from both land and marine plants. The beneficial properties of these materials for tissue repair are further discussed. More importantly, the applications of plant-derived biomaterials in cardiac tissue engineering, including tissue-engineered scaffolds, bioink in 3D biofabrication, delivery vehicles, and bioactive molecules, are also summarized using the latest preclinical and clinical examples.
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- Yichen Dai
- Cardiac and Osteochondral Tissue Engineering (COTE) Group, School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 51817, China
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- Cardiac and Osteochondral Tissue Engineering (COTE) Group, School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 51817, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450052, China
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- Cardiac and Osteochondral Tissue Engineering (COTE) Group, School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 51817, China
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- Cardiac and Osteochondral Tissue Engineering (COTE) Group, School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 51817, China
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- Cardiac and Osteochondral Tissue Engineering (COTE) Group, School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 51817, China
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- Christchurch Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering (CReaTE) Group, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Otago, Christchurch, 8011, New Zealand
- School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- Christchurch Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering (CReaTE) Group, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Otago, Christchurch, 8011, New Zealand
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- Cardiac and Osteochondral Tissue Engineering (COTE) Group, School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 51817, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230052, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518001, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450052, China
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- Cardiac and Osteochondral Tissue Engineering (COTE) Group, School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 51817, China
- Christchurch Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering (CReaTE) Group, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Otago, Christchurch, 8011, New Zealand
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McWilliam RH, Chang W, Liu Z, Wang J, Han F, Black RA, Wu J, Luo X, Li B, Shu W. Three-dimensional biofabrication of nanosecond laser micromachined nanofibre meshes for tissue engineered scaffolds. Biomater Transl 2023; 4:104-114. [PMID: 38283921 PMCID: PMC10817787 DOI: 10.12336/biomatertransl.2023.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Revised: 04/19/2023] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/30/2024]
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There is a high demand for bespoke grafts to replace damaged or malformed bone and cartilage tissue. Three-dimensional (3D) printing offers a method of fabricating complex anatomical features of clinically relevant sizes. However, the construction of a scaffold to replicate the complex hierarchical structure of natural tissues remains challenging. This paper reports a novel biofabrication method that is capable of creating intricately designed structures of anatomically relevant dimensions. The beneficial properties of the electrospun fibre meshes can finally be realised in 3D rather than the current promising breakthroughs in two-dimensional (2D). The 3D model was created from commercially available computer-aided design software packages in order to slice the model down into many layers of slices, which were arrayed. These 2D slices with each layer of a defined pattern were laser cut, and then successfully assembled with varying thicknesses of 100 μm or 200 μm. It is demonstrated in this study that this new biofabrication technique can be used to reproduce very complex computer-aided design models into hierarchical constructs with micro and nano resolutions, where the clinically relevant sizes ranging from a simple cube of 20 mm dimension, to a more complex, 50 mm-tall human ears were created. In-vitro cell-contact studies were also carried out to investigate the biocompatibility of this hierarchal structure. The cell viability on a micromachined electrospun polylactic-co-glycolic acid fibre mesh slice, where a range of hole diameters from 200 μm to 500 μm were laser cut in an array where cell confluence values of at least 85% were found at three weeks. Cells were also seeded onto a simpler stacked construct, albeit made with micromachined poly fibre mesh, where cells can be found to migrate through the stack better with collagen as bioadhesives. This new method for biofabricating hierarchical constructs can be further developed for tissue repair applications such as maxillofacial bone injury or nose/ear cartilage replacement in the future.
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- Ross H. McWilliam
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
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- Centre for Precision Manufacturing, Design, Manufacturing & Engineering Management, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
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- Orthopaedic Institute, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Orthopaedic Institute, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Orthopaedic Institute, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
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- Centre for Precision Manufacturing, Design, Manufacturing & Engineering Management, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
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- Orthopaedic Institute, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
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Molander D, Sbirkov Y, Sarafian V. 3D bioprinting as an emerging standard for cancer modeling and drug testing. Folia Med (Plovdiv) 2022; 64:559-565. [PMID: 36045467 DOI: 10.3897/folmed.64.e73419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Neoplastic diseases are a leading cause of death worldwide accounting for 10 million mortalities in 2020. Despite constantly revised and improved therapeutic regimens, the number of fatal cases increases annually. Therefore, better preclinical models are needed to study tumorigenesis and assess new drugs. Although 2D cell cultures significantly contributed to the understanding of tumor biology, they present high clinical trial failure rates. This is because 2D cannot reproduce the intricate tumor architecture and multiple cell interactions.Nevertheless, novel 3D biofabrication technologies and 3D bioprinted tumor models successfully mirror the complexity of human tumors and are currently revolutionizing preclinical cancer research by using live cells encapsulated in a variety of biomaterials. Since bioinks possess excellent chemical and biophysical ECM-like characteristics, this allows for recreation of the intricate tumor-specific architecture with an unmatched level of control, accuracy, and reproducibility. The resulting cellular constructs approximate actual pathological microenvironment of the tumor and some key in vivo processes such as proliferation, differentiation, and metastasis. 3D bioprinted models of glioblastoma, cervical, ovarian, and breast cancer are already being successfully used to study tumorigenesis and cellular response to antitumor drugs. This success showcases the potential of these novel experimental platforms.
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Karimzadeh Bardeei L, Seyedjafari E, Hossein G, Nabiuni M, Majles Ara MH, Salber J. Regeneration of Bone Defects in a Rabbit Femoral Osteonecrosis Model Using 3D-Printed Poly (Epsilon-Caprolactone)/Nanoparticulate Willemite Composite Scaffolds. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:10332. [PMID: 34638673 PMCID: PMC8508893 DOI: 10.3390/ijms221910332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2021] [Revised: 09/15/2021] [Accepted: 09/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Steroid-associated osteonecrosis (SAON) is a chronic disease that leads to the destruction and collapse of bone near the joint that is subjected to weight bearing, ultimately resulting in a loss of hip and knee function. Zn2+ ions, as an essential trace element, have functional roles in improving the immunophysiological cellular environment, accelerating bone regeneration, and inhibiting biofilm formation. In this study, we reconstruct SAON lesions with a three-dimensional (3D)-a printed composite made of poly (epsilon-caprolactone) (PCL) and nanoparticulate Willemite (npW). Rabbit bone marrow stem cells were used to evaluate the cytocompatibility and osteogenic differentiation capability of the PCL/npW composite scaffolds. The 2-month bone regeneration was assessed by a Micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) scan and the expression of bone regeneration proteins by Western blot. Compared with the neat PCL group, PCL/npW scaffolds exhibited significantly increased cytocompatibility and osteogenic activity. This finding reveals a new concept for the design of a 3D-printed PCL/npW composite-based bone substitute for the early treatment of osteonecrosis defects.
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- Latifeh Karimzadeh Bardeei
- Developmental Biology Laboratory, Animal Biology Department, School of Biology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran 1417935840, Iran;
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran 1417935840, Iran
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- Developmental Biology Laboratory, Animal Biology Department, School of Biology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran 1417935840, Iran;
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran 15719-14911, Iran;
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- Photonics Laboratory, Physics Department, Kharazmi University, Tehran 15719-14911, Iran;
- Applied Science Research Centre, Kharazmi University, Tehran 15719-14911, Iran
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- Salber Laboratory, Centre for Clinical Research, Department of Experimental Surgery, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany;
- Department of Surgery, Universitätsklinikum Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum GmbH, 44892 Bochum, Germany
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Celikkin N, Presutti D, Maiullari F, Fornetti E, Agarwal T, Paradiso A, Volpi M, Święszkowski W, Bearzi C, Barbetta A, Zhang YS, Gargioli C, Rizzi R, Costantini M. Tackling Current Biomedical Challenges With Frontier Biofabrication and Organ-On-A-Chip Technologies. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2021; 9:732130. [PMID: 34604190 PMCID: PMC8481890 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.732130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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In the last decades, biomedical research has significantly boomed in the academia and industrial sectors, and it is expected to continue to grow at a rapid pace in the future. An in-depth analysis of such growth is not trivial, given the intrinsic multidisciplinary nature of biomedical research. Nevertheless, technological advances are among the main factors which have enabled such progress. In this review, we discuss the contribution of two state-of-the-art technologies-namely biofabrication and organ-on-a-chip-in a selection of biomedical research areas. We start by providing an overview of these technologies and their capacities in fabricating advanced in vitro tissue/organ models. We then analyze their impact on addressing a range of current biomedical challenges. Ultimately, we speculate about their future developments by integrating these technologies with other cutting-edge research fields such as artificial intelligence and big data analysis.
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- Nehar Celikkin
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Istituto Nazionale Genetica Molecolare INGM “Romeo Ed Enrica Invernizzi”, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Istituto Nazionale Genetica Molecolare INGM “Romeo Ed Enrica Invernizzi”, Milan, Italy
- Institute of Genetic and Biomedical Research, National Research Council of Italy (IRGB-CNR), Milan, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, United States
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- Department of Biology, Rome University Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale Genetica Molecolare INGM “Romeo Ed Enrica Invernizzi”, Milan, Italy
- Institute of Genetic and Biomedical Research, National Research Council of Italy (IRGB-CNR), Milan, Italy
- Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council of Italy (ITB-CNR), Milan, Italy
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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Attalla R, Ling CSN, Selvaganapathy PR. Silicon Carbide Nanoparticles as an Effective Bioadhesive to Bond Collagen Containing Composite Gel Layers for Tissue Engineering Applications. Adv Healthc Mater 2018; 7. [PMID: 29360239 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201701385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Additive manufacturing via layer-by-layer adhesive bonding holds much promise for scalable manufacturing of tissue-like constructs, specifically scaffolds with integrated vascular networks for tissue engineering applications. However, there remains a lack of effective adhesives capable of composite layer fusion without affecting the integrity of patterned features. Here, the use of silicon carbide is introduced as an effective adhesive to achieve strong bonding (0.39 ± 0.03 kPa) between hybrid hydrogel films composed of alginate and collagen. The techniques have allowed us to fabricate multilayered, heterogeneous constructs with embedded high-resolution microchannels (150 µm-1 mm) that are precisely interspaced (500-600 µm). Hydrogel layers are effectively bonded with silicon carbide nanoparticles without blocking the hollow microchannels and high cell viability (90.61 ± 3.28%) is maintained within the scaffold. Nanosilica is also tested and found to cause clogging of smaller microchannels when used for interlayer bonding, but is successfully used to attach synthetic polymers (e.g., Tygon) to the hydrogels (32.5 ± 2.12 mN bond strength). This allows us to form inlet and outlet interconnections to the gel constructs. This ability to integrate hollow channel networks into bulk soft material structures for perfusion can be useful in 3D tissue engineering applications.
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- Rana Attalla
- School of Biomedical Engineering; McMaster University; Hamilton ON L8S 4K1 Canada
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- School of Biomedical Engineering; McMaster University; Hamilton ON L8S 4K1 Canada
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- School of Biomedical Engineering; McMaster University; Hamilton ON L8S 4K1 Canada
- Department of Mechanical Engineering; McMaster University; Hamilton ON L8S 4L8 Canada
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