Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2018, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (10): 1593-1598.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.0721

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Application prospects of compound gelatin-methacryloyl hydrogel in bone tissue engineering

Liu Zhao-xing1, Wu Xing1, Lin Huan-huan1, Liu Sha2, Chen Xiang-jun1, 2
  

  1. 1School of Graduate, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot 010030, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China; 2Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, the 253rd Hospital of Chinese PLA, Hohhot 010030, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
  • Received:2017-11-28 Online:2018-04-08 Published:2018-04-08
  • Contact: Chen Xiang-jun, Chief physician, Master’s supervisor, School of Graduate, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot 010030, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
  • About author:Liu Zhao-xing, Master candidate, Physician, School of Graduate, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot 010030, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Compound gelatin-methacryloyl (GelMA) hydrogel has been shown to have unique advantages in bone, cartilage, myocardium, and vascular regeneration.
OBJECTIVE: To summarize the novel progress of compound GelMA hydrogel for bone tissue engineering.
METHODS: PubMed database and CNKI database from 2010 to 2017 were searched by using the keywords of “gelatin, methacrylamide, hydrogel, hydroxyapatite, bone tissue engineering, bone regeneration, seed cells, microenvironment” in Chinese and English, respectively.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Inorganic components can be added in a specific way into the compound GelMA hydrogel to prepare tissue-engineered bone using photolithography, microfluidics, microfabrication and 3D printing techniques. The prepared tissue-engineered bone has similar structural, mechanical and biological properties to natural bone tissue, and importantly, it has osteogenic ability. Gene-modified seed cells that are co-cultured with the compound GelMA hydrogel in a 3D environment are found to grow well and express some genes related to bone regeneration and vascular regeneration. Therefore, the compound GelMA hydrogel has a good osteogenesis effect in vitro, which is an excellent material for bone tissue engineering.

Key words: Gelatin, Polymethacrylic Acids, Hydrogel, Bone Regeneration, Tissue Engineering

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