Functionalized silk promotes cell migration into calcium phosphate cements by providing macropores and cell adhesion motifsShow others and affiliations
2022 (English)In: Ceramics International, ISSN 0272-8842, E-ISSN 1873-3956, Vol. 48, no 21, p. 31449-31460Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Calcium phosphate cements (CPCs) are attractive synthetic bone grafts as they possess osteoconductive and osteoinductive properties. Their biomimetic synthesis grants them an intrinsic nano-and microporosity that resembles natural bone and is paramount for biological processes such as protein adhesion, which can later enhance cell adhesion. However, a main limitation of CPCs is the lack of macroporosity, which is crucial to allow cell colonization throughout the scaffold. Moreover, CPCs lack specific motifs to guide cell interactions through their membrane proteins. In this study, we explore a strategy targeting simultaneously both macroporosity and cell binding motifs within CPCs by the use of recombinant silk. A silk protein functionalized with the cell binding motif RGD serves as foaming template of CPCs to achieve biomimetic hydroxyapatite (HA) scaffolds with multiscale porosity. The synergies of RGD-motifs in the silk macroporous template and the biomimetic features of HA are explored for their potential to enhance mesenchymal stem cell adhesion, proliferation, migration and differentiation. Macroporous Silk-HA scaffolds improve initial cell adhesion compared to a macroporous HA in the absence of silk, and importantly, the presence of silk greatly enhances cell migration into the scaffold. Additionally, cell proliferation and osteogenic differentiation are achieved in the scaffolds.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier BV , 2022. Vol. 48, no 21, p. 31449-31460
Keywords [en]
Bone regeneration, Hydroxyapatite, RGD motifs, Silk
National Category
Ceramics and Powder Metallurgical Materials Biomaterials Science
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-321395DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2022.07.056ISI: 000869923900004Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85134624600OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-321395DiVA, id: diva2:1711151
Note
QC 20221116
2022-11-162022-11-162025-02-09Bibliographically approved