Bioactive and Elastic Emulsion Electrospun DegraPol Tubes Delivering IGF-1 for Tendon Rupture Repair.
Julia RieberGabriella Meier-BürgisserIris MiescherFranz E WeberPetra WolintYang YaoEsteban OnginiAthanasios MilionisJess G SnedekerMaurizio CalcagniJohanna BuschmannPublished in: International journal of molecular sciences (2023)
Tendon injuries can result in two major drawbacks. Adhesions to the surrounding tissue may limit the range of motion, while fibrovascular scar formation can lead to poor biomechanical outcomes. Prosthetic devices may help to mitigate those problems. Emulsion electrospinning was used to develop a novel three-layer tube based on the polymer DegraPol (DP), with incorporated insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) in the middle layer. Scanning electron microscopy was utilized to assess the fiber diameter in IGF-1 containing pure DP meshes. Further characterization was performed with Fourier Transformed Infrared Spectroscopy, Differential Scanning Calorimetry, and water contact angle, as well as through the assessment of mechanical properties and release kinetics from ELISA, and the bioactivity of IGF-1 by qPCR of collagen I , ki67, and tenomodulin in rabbit Achilles tenocytes. The IGF-1-containing tubes exhibited a sustained release of the growth factor up to 4 days and showed bioactivity by significantly upregulated ki67 and tenomodulin gene expression. Moreover, they proved to be mechanically superior to pure DP tubes (significantly higher fracture strain, failure stress, and elastic modulus). The novel three-layer tubes intended to be applied over conventionally sutured tendons after a rupture may help accelerate the healing process. The release of IGF-1 stimulates proliferation and matrix synthesis of cells at the repair site. In addition, adhesion formation to surrounding tissue can be reduced due to the physical barrier.
Keyphrases
- electron microscopy
- growth hormone
- growth factor
- pi k akt
- gene expression
- binding protein
- signaling pathway
- mental health
- cell cycle arrest
- induced apoptosis
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- tissue engineering
- dna methylation
- metabolic syndrome
- cell proliferation
- squamous cell carcinoma
- cystic fibrosis
- rectal cancer
- rotator cuff
- heat stress
- finite element
- finite element analysis