In the field of artificial prostheses for damaged vessel replacement, polymeric scaffolds showing the right combination of mechanical performance, biocompatibility, and biodegradability are still demanded. In the present work, poly(butylene-co-triethylene trans-1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylate), a biodegradable random aliphatic copolyester, has been synthesized and electrospun in form of aligned and random fibers properly designed for vascular applications. The obtained materials were analyzed through tensile and dynamic-mechanical tests, the latter performed under conditions simulating the mechanical contraction of vascular tissue. Furthermore, the in vitro biological characterization, in terms of hemocompatibility and cytocompatibility in static and dynamic conditions, was also carried out. The mechanical properties of the investigated scaffolds fit within the range of physiological properties for medium-and small-caliber blood vessels, and the aligned scaffolds displayed a strain-stiffening behavior typical of the blood vessels. Furthermore, all the produced scaffolds showed constant storage and loss moduli in the investigated timeframe (24 h), demonstrating the stability of the scaffolds under the applied conditions of mechanical deformation. The biological characterization highlighted that the mats showed high hemocompatibility and low probability of thrombus formation; finally, the cytocompatibility tests demonstrated that cyclic stretch of electrospun fibers increased endothelial cell activity and proliferation, in particular on aligned scaffolds.

Fusaro L., Gualandi C., Antonioli D., Soccio M., Liguori A., Laus M., et al. (2020). Elastomeric electrospun scaffolds of a biodegradable aliphatic copolyester containing PEG-like sequences for dynamic culture of human endothelial cells. BIOMOLECULES, 10(12), 1-16 [10.3390/biom10121620].

Elastomeric electrospun scaffolds of a biodegradable aliphatic copolyester containing PEG-like sequences for dynamic culture of human endothelial cells

Gualandi C.;Soccio M.;Liguori A.;Laus M.;Lotti N.;Focarete M. L.
2020

Abstract

In the field of artificial prostheses for damaged vessel replacement, polymeric scaffolds showing the right combination of mechanical performance, biocompatibility, and biodegradability are still demanded. In the present work, poly(butylene-co-triethylene trans-1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylate), a biodegradable random aliphatic copolyester, has been synthesized and electrospun in form of aligned and random fibers properly designed for vascular applications. The obtained materials were analyzed through tensile and dynamic-mechanical tests, the latter performed under conditions simulating the mechanical contraction of vascular tissue. Furthermore, the in vitro biological characterization, in terms of hemocompatibility and cytocompatibility in static and dynamic conditions, was also carried out. The mechanical properties of the investigated scaffolds fit within the range of physiological properties for medium-and small-caliber blood vessels, and the aligned scaffolds displayed a strain-stiffening behavior typical of the blood vessels. Furthermore, all the produced scaffolds showed constant storage and loss moduli in the investigated timeframe (24 h), demonstrating the stability of the scaffolds under the applied conditions of mechanical deformation. The biological characterization highlighted that the mats showed high hemocompatibility and low probability of thrombus formation; finally, the cytocompatibility tests demonstrated that cyclic stretch of electrospun fibers increased endothelial cell activity and proliferation, in particular on aligned scaffolds.
2020
Fusaro L., Gualandi C., Antonioli D., Soccio M., Liguori A., Laus M., et al. (2020). Elastomeric electrospun scaffolds of a biodegradable aliphatic copolyester containing PEG-like sequences for dynamic culture of human endothelial cells. BIOMOLECULES, 10(12), 1-16 [10.3390/biom10121620].
Fusaro L.; Gualandi C.; Antonioli D.; Soccio M.; Liguori A.; Laus M.; Lotti N.; Boccafoschi F.; Focarete M.L.
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