Hierarchically aligned fibrin nanofiber hydrogel accelerated axonal regrowth and locomotor function recovery in rat spinal cord injury

Shenglian Yao,1,2 Shukui Yu,3 Zheng Cao,2 Yongdong Yang,2,4 Xing Yu,4 Hai-Quan Mao,5 Lu-Ning Wang,1 Xiaodan Sun,2 Lingyun Zhao,2 Xiumei Wang2 1School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China; 2Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials of Ministry...

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Autores principales:	Yao S, Yu S, Cao Z, Yang Y, Yu X, Mao HQ, Wang LN, Sun X, Zhao L, Wang XM
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Materias:	Spinal cord injury nerve regrowth fibrin hydrogel aligned structure soft stiffness Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1a5c748f12734d9f8f2fa42e8e7678da2021-12-02T09:02:55ZHierarchically aligned fibrin nanofiber hydrogel accelerated axonal regrowth and locomotor function recovery in rat spinal cord injury1178-2013https://doaj.org/article/1a5c748f12734d9f8f2fa42e8e7678da2018-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/hierarchically-aligned-fibrin-nanofiber-hydrogel-accelerated-axonal-re-peer-reviewed-article-IJNhttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-2013Shenglian Yao,1,2 Shukui Yu,3 Zheng Cao,2 Yongdong Yang,2,4 Xing Yu,4 Hai-Quan Mao,5 Lu-Ning Wang,1 Xiaodan Sun,2 Lingyun Zhao,2 Xiumei Wang2 1School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China; 2Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; 3Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; 4Department of Orthopedics, Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China; 5Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA Background: Designing novel biomaterials that incorporate or mimic the functions of extracellular matrix to deliver precise regulatory signals for tissue regeneration is the focus of current intensive research efforts in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Methods and results: To mimic the natural environment of the spinal cord tissue, a three-dimensional hierarchically aligned fibrin hydrogel (AFG) with oriented topography and soft stiffness has been fabricated by electrospinning and a concurrent molecular self-assembling process. In this study, the AFG was implanted into a rat dorsal hemisected spinal cord injury model to bridge the lesion site. Host cells invaded promptly along the aligned fibrin hydrogels to form aligned tissue cables in the first week, and then were followed by axonal regrowth. At 4 weeks after the surgery, neurofilament (NF)-positive staining fibers were detected near the rostral end as well as the middle site of defect, which aligned along the tissue cables. Abundant NF- and GAP-43-positive staining indicated new axon regrowth in the oriented tissue cables, which penetrated throughout the lesion site in 8 weeks. Additionally, the abundant blood vessels marked with RECA-1 had reconstructed within the lesion site at 4 weeks after surgery. Basso-Beattie-Bresnahan scoring showed that the locomotor performance of the AFG group recovered much faster than that of blank control group or the random fibrin hydrogel (RFG) group from 2 weeks after surgery. Furthermore, diffusion tensor imaging tractography of MRI confirmed the optimal axon fiber reconstruction compared with the RFG and control groups. Conclusion: Taken together, our results suggested that the AFG scaffold provided an inductive matrix for accelerating directional host cell invasion, vascular system reconstruction, and axonal regrowth, which could promote and support extensive aligned axonal regrowth and locomotor function recovery. Keywords: spinal cord injury, nerve regrowth, fibrin hydrogel, aligned structure, soft stiffnessYao SYu SCao ZYang YYu XMao HQWang LNSun XZhao LWang XMDove Medical PressarticleSpinal cord injurynerve regrowthfibrin hydrogelaligned structuresoft stiffnessMedicine (General)R5-920ENInternational Journal of Nanomedicine, Vol Volume 13, Pp 2883-2895 (2018)
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topic	Spinal cord injury nerve regrowth fibrin hydrogel aligned structure soft stiffness Medicine (General) R5-920
spellingShingle	Spinal cord injury nerve regrowth fibrin hydrogel aligned structure soft stiffness Medicine (General) R5-920 Yao S Yu S Cao Z Yang Y Yu X Mao HQ Wang LN Sun X Zhao L Wang XM Hierarchically aligned fibrin nanofiber hydrogel accelerated axonal regrowth and locomotor function recovery in rat spinal cord injury
description	Shenglian Yao,1,2 Shukui Yu,3 Zheng Cao,2 Yongdong Yang,2,4 Xing Yu,4 Hai-Quan Mao,5 Lu-Ning Wang,1 Xiaodan Sun,2 Lingyun Zhao,2 Xiumei Wang2 1School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China; 2Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; 3Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; 4Department of Orthopedics, Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China; 5Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA Background: Designing novel biomaterials that incorporate or mimic the functions of extracellular matrix to deliver precise regulatory signals for tissue regeneration is the focus of current intensive research efforts in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Methods and results: To mimic the natural environment of the spinal cord tissue, a three-dimensional hierarchically aligned fibrin hydrogel (AFG) with oriented topography and soft stiffness has been fabricated by electrospinning and a concurrent molecular self-assembling process. In this study, the AFG was implanted into a rat dorsal hemisected spinal cord injury model to bridge the lesion site. Host cells invaded promptly along the aligned fibrin hydrogels to form aligned tissue cables in the first week, and then were followed by axonal regrowth. At 4 weeks after the surgery, neurofilament (NF)-positive staining fibers were detected near the rostral end as well as the middle site of defect, which aligned along the tissue cables. Abundant NF- and GAP-43-positive staining indicated new axon regrowth in the oriented tissue cables, which penetrated throughout the lesion site in 8 weeks. Additionally, the abundant blood vessels marked with RECA-1 had reconstructed within the lesion site at 4 weeks after surgery. Basso-Beattie-Bresnahan scoring showed that the locomotor performance of the AFG group recovered much faster than that of blank control group or the random fibrin hydrogel (RFG) group from 2 weeks after surgery. Furthermore, diffusion tensor imaging tractography of MRI confirmed the optimal axon fiber reconstruction compared with the RFG and control groups. Conclusion: Taken together, our results suggested that the AFG scaffold provided an inductive matrix for accelerating directional host cell invasion, vascular system reconstruction, and axonal regrowth, which could promote and support extensive aligned axonal regrowth and locomotor function recovery. Keywords: spinal cord injury, nerve regrowth, fibrin hydrogel, aligned structure, soft stiffness
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author	Yao S Yu S Cao Z Yang Y Yu X Mao HQ Wang LN Sun X Zhao L Wang XM
author_facet	Yao S Yu S Cao Z Yang Y Yu X Mao HQ Wang LN Sun X Zhao L Wang XM
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title	Hierarchically aligned fibrin nanofiber hydrogel accelerated axonal regrowth and locomotor function recovery in rat spinal cord injury
title_short	Hierarchically aligned fibrin nanofiber hydrogel accelerated axonal regrowth and locomotor function recovery in rat spinal cord injury
title_full	Hierarchically aligned fibrin nanofiber hydrogel accelerated axonal regrowth and locomotor function recovery in rat spinal cord injury
title_fullStr	Hierarchically aligned fibrin nanofiber hydrogel accelerated axonal regrowth and locomotor function recovery in rat spinal cord injury
title_full_unstemmed	Hierarchically aligned fibrin nanofiber hydrogel accelerated axonal regrowth and locomotor function recovery in rat spinal cord injury
title_sort	hierarchically aligned fibrin nanofiber hydrogel accelerated axonal regrowth and locomotor function recovery in rat spinal cord injury
publisher	Dove Medical Press
publishDate	2018
url	https://doaj.org/article/1a5c748f12734d9f8f2fa42e8e7678da
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Hierarchically aligned fibrin nanofiber hydrogel accelerated axonal regrowth and locomotor function recovery in rat spinal cord injury

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