Radial P34HB Electrospun Fiber: A Scaffold for Bone Tissue Engineering

Finding suitable scaffold material is always an enormous challenge in the study of bone tissue engineering. Designing and preparing bone scaffolds with biomimetic properties is also a difficult problem for bone reparation projects. This project intends to fabricate radial bio-plasticpoly-3-hydroxybutyrate-4-hydroxybutyrate (P34HB) electrospun fibers scaffold that mimic structural, compositional and stiffness properties via an electro spinning technique. The surface morphology, hydrophilicity of the radial fibers scaffold were tested, a contact angle meter and a universal material tester. Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell (BMSC) morphologies on radial P34HB electrospun fibers scaffold were observed after cell culture under fluorescence microscopy. Tests of cell viability on radial P34HB electrospun fibers scaffold were conducted. We further tested the osteogenic differentiation ability of radial fibers scaffold. These results showed that radial P34HB electrospun fibers scaffold have good biosafety, biocompatibility and osteogenic induction. The radial structure of the scaffold also has a strong effect on the induction of bone formation. Moreover, the structure could also improve the bone contact area of the implant and increase the locking and fixation between the implant and the bone. We plan to apply this procedure to animal experiments for bone defect repair in further research.