Functional compressive mechanics and tissue biocompatibility of an injectable SF/PU hydrogel for nucleus pulposus replacement

Abstract In spinal degenerative disease, an injectable liquid hydrogel can fill in defect entirely, lessen the danger of implant relocation and following loss of disc height, minimizing the operative trauma. Here, we propose an injectable in-situ chemically cross-linked hydrogel by a two-component r...

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Autores principales: Jingen Hu, Yang Lu, Ling Cai, Kwabena Gyabaah Owusu-Ansah, Gewen Xu, Feilong Han, Junjie Bao, Xiangjin Lin, Yiping Huang
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/44437133bfd64d9db48614124edf265d
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Sumario:Abstract In spinal degenerative disease, an injectable liquid hydrogel can fill in defect entirely, lessen the danger of implant relocation and following loss of disc height, minimizing the operative trauma. Here, we propose an injectable in-situ chemically cross-linked hydrogel by a two-component reaction of liquid silk fibroin with liquid polyurethane at physiological temperature conditions. Confined compression tests and fatigue tests were reported to assess physical properties of the hydrogel. Impact of different diameter on the biomechanical behaviours was tested to evaluate the clinical potentiality of the hydrogel for replacing nucleus pulposus. Degradation behaviours in different solutions and animal experiments were also investigated to examine the tissue biocompatibility of the hydrogel. The hydrogel modulus was affected by the hydrogel geometrical (diameter) parameters. SF/PU composite hydrogel can survive a million cycles, unconstrained fatigue resistance. More importantly, in vivo biocompatibility using New Zealand white rabbits, showed good biocompatibility over a three-month period in culture. Particularly, they showed the significant clinical merit of providing stronger axial compressive stiffness on confined compression test. Based on the outcomes of the present research, the SF/PU composite hydrogel may provide significant advantages for use in future clinical application in replacing nucleus pulposus field.