Photo-Clickable Triazine-Trione Thermosets as Promising 3D Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering ApplicationsShow others and affiliations
2024 (English)In: Advanced Healthcare Materials, ISSN 2192-2640, E-ISSN 2192-2659, Vol. 13, no 27, article id 2401202Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
There is an overwhelming demand for new scaffolding materials for tissue engineering (TE) purposes. Polymeric scaffolds have been explored as TE materials; however, their high glass transition state (T<inf>g</inf>) limits their applicability. In this study, a novel materials platform for fabricating TE scaffolds is proposed based on solvent-free two-component heterocyclic triazine-trione (TATO) formulations, which cure at room temperature via thiol-ene/yne photochemistry. Three ester-containing thermosets, TATO-1, TATO-2, and TATO-3, are used for the fabrication of TE scaffolds including rigid discs, elastic films, microporous sponges, and 3D printed objects. After 14 days’ incubation the materials covered a wide range of properties, from the soft TATO-2 having a compression modulus of 19.3 MPa and a T<inf>g</inf> of 30.4 °C to the hard TATO-3 having a compression modulus of 411 MPa and a T<inf>g</inf> of 62.5 °C. All materials exhibit micro- and nano-surface morphologies suited for bone tissue engineering, and in vitro studies found them all to be cytocompatible, supporting fast cell proliferation while minimizing cell apoptosis and necrosis. Moreover, bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells on the surface of the materials are successfully differentiated into osteoblasts, adipocytes, and neuronal cells, underlining the broad potential for the biofabrication of TATO materials for TE clinical applications.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Wiley , 2024. Vol. 13, no 27, article id 2401202
Keywords [en]
biocompatibility, regenerative medicine, thermoset, thiol-ene, thiol-yne, tissue engineering, triester-triazine-trione
National Category
Biomaterials Science Polymer Chemistry
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-366358DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202401202ISI: 001270414700001PubMedID: 39021283Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85198725724OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-366358DiVA, id: diva2:1982132
Note
QC 20250707
2025-07-072025-07-072025-07-07Bibliographically approved