Enhanced neuronal differentiation of neural stem cells with mechanically enhanced touch-spun nanofibrous scaffolds.
Electrospinning
Nanofiber
Neural stem cells
Tissue engineering
Touch-spinning
Journal
Nanomedicine : nanotechnology, biology, and medicine
ISSN: 1549-9642
Titre abrégé: Nanomedicine
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101233142
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
02 2020
02 2020
Historique:
received:
06
06
2019
revised:
23
12
2019
accepted:
27
12
2019
pubmed:
14
1
2020
medline:
24
11
2020
entrez:
14
1
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
We studied NE-4C neural cells differentiation on 2D polycaprolactone (PCL) nanofibrous scaffolds with systematically varied mechanical characteristics of nanofibers while retaining an unchanged fiber alignment, diameter, and chemical composition. Our experiments demonstrated that the nanofibers with enhanced mechanical properties are beneficial for the preferential development of neuronal cells vs. glial cells. Electrospun (ES) and touch-spun (TS) nanofibers were fabricated with Young's modulus in the range of 10 MPa to 230 MPa and a fraction of crystallinity from 30% to 80%. The TS fibers undergo a greater drawing ratio and thus approach a greater polymer chain stretching and alignment that resulted in an increased crystallinity. The TS scaffolds demonstrated improved stability in the aqueous cell culture environment, resisting misalignment and entanglement after a period of 2 weeks of swelling followed by 14 days of neural differentiation. The results confirmed that the neurites on the TS fibers have a preferred orientation even after swelling.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31927134
pii: S1549-9634(20)30004-6
doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2020.102152
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Polyesters
0
Polymers
0
polycaprolactone
24980-41-4
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
102152Informations de copyright
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