Hyaluronic acid/corn silk extract based injectable nanocomposite: A biomimetic antibacterial scaffold for bone tissue regeneration

Publication date: February 2020Source: Materials Science and Engineering: C, Volume 107Author(s): Pooyan Makvandi, Ghareib W. Ali, Francesca Della Sala, Wafa I. Abdel-Fattah, Assunta BorzacchielloAbstractInjectable hydrogels have revealed the great potential for use as scaffolds in cartilage and bone tissue engineering. Here, thermosensitive and injectable hydrogels containing β-tricalcium phosphate, hyaluronic acid, and corn silk extract-nanosilver (CSE-Ag NPs) were synthesized for their potential use in bone tissue regeneration applications. Spherical nanoparticles of silver were biosynthesized through microwave-assisted green approach using CSE in organic solvent-free medium. Rheological experiments demonstrated that the thermosensitive hydrogels have gelification temperature (Tgel) close to body temperature. The samples containing Ag NPs showed antibacterial activity toward gram-positive (Bacillus Subtilis, Staphylococcus Aureus) and gram-negative (Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, Escherichia Coli) bacteria along without cytotoxicity after 24 h. Mesenchymal stem cells seeded in the nanocomposite exhibited high bone differentiation which indicate that thay could be a good candidate as a potential scaffold for bone tissue regeneration.Graphical abstract
Source: Materials Science and Engineering: C - Category: Materials Science Source Type: research