Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2019, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (34): 5531-5537.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.1446

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Self-assembling peptide hydrogels and bone tissue construction

Xiong Na, Liu Yanfei, Wei Wei 
  

  1. Key Laboratory of Cell Engineering in Guizhou Province, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563003, Guizhou Province, China
  • Received:2019-05-30 Online:2019-12-08 Published:2019-12-08
  • Contact: Liu Yanfei, PhD, Associate researcher, Master’s supervisor, Key Laboratory of Cell Engineering in Guizhou Province, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563003, Guizhou Province, China
  • About author:Xiong Na, Master candidate, Key Laboratory of Cell Engineering in Guizhou Province, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563003, Guizhou Province, China
  • Supported by:

    Project of the Health and Family Planning Commission of Guizhou Province, No. Gzwjkj2017-1-036 (to LYF); the Natural Science Research Project of Education Department of Guizhou Province, No. Qianjiaohe-KY[2015]418 (to LYF)

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Compared with traditional biomaterials, self-assembling peptide hydrogels have been widely used in three-dimensional cell culture, drug/protein release, tissue engineering, hemostasis and antibacterial agents because of its good biocompatibility, low immunogenicity, high water content, and the degradation product amino acids that can be absorbed and utilized by organism.
OBJECTIVE: To summarize the research progress of self-assembling peptide hydrogel in bone tissue engineering.
METHODS: A computer-based search of CBM, CNKI, PubMed and Elsevier was performed for retrieving articles concerning self-assembling peptide hydrogels in bone tissue engineering published from 2000 to 2019. The search terms were “self-assembling peptides, hydrogels, bone defect, osteoblasts, bone tissue engineering, biomaterials” in Chinese and English, respectively.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Self-assembling peptide hydrogels have the structure similar to the natural extracellular matrix. The structure has the advantages of being programmable, low cost, good biocompatibility, and nontoxic degradation products. It can enhance the proliferation and osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells and mouse embryonic osteoblast precursor cells (MC3T3-E1) as well as other seed cells and promote bone healing and regeneration. Therefore, self-assembling peptide hydrogels can be used as scaffold materials in bone tissue engineering to participate in the repair of bone defects. However, the low pH of self-assembling peptide hydrogels may damage cells, so different biologically active sequences should be designed to modify the peptide to enhance its biological activity, biocompatibility, and biostability.

Key words: self-assembling peptides, hydrogels, bone defect, osteoblasts, stem cells, bone tissue engineering, biomaterial, biocompatibility

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