• 文献标题:   3D Printing of Cytocompatible Graphene/Alginate Scaffolds for Mimetic Tissue Constructs
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LI JF, LIU X, CROOK JM, WALLACE GG
  • 作者关键词:   3d bioprinting, graphene, alginate, adipose stem cell, bone, biomaterial, regenerative medicine, instructive scaffold
  • 出版物名称:   FRONTIERS IN BIOENGINEERING BIOTECHNOLOGY
  • ISSN:   2296-4185
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Wollongong
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.3389/fbioe.2020.00824
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Tissue engineering, based on a combination of 3D printing, biomaterials blending and stem cell technology, offers the potential to establish customized, transplantable autologous implants using a patient's own cells. Graphene, as a two-dimensional (2D) version of carbon, has shown great potential for tissue engineering. Here, we describe a novel combination of graphene with 3D printed alginate (Alg)-based scaffolds for human adipose stem cell (ADSC) support and osteogenic induction. Alg printing was enabled through addition of gelatin (Gel) that was removed after printing, and the 3D structure was then coated with graphene oxide (GO). GO was chemically reduced with a biocompatible reductant (ascorbic acid) to provide electrical conductivity and cell affinity sites. The reduced 3D graphene oxide (RGO)/Alg scaffold has good cytocompatibility and can support human ADSC proliferation and osteogenic differentiation. Our finding supports the potential for the printed scaffold's use forin vitroengineering of bone and other tissues using ADSCs and potentially other human stem cells, as well asin vivoregenerative medicine.