Biocompatibility assessment of porous chitosan-Nafion and chitosan-PTFE composites in vivo

Chitosan (CS) is widely used as a scaffold material in tissue engineering. The objective of this study was to test whether porous chitosan membrane (PCSM) coating for Nafion used in implantable sensor reduced fibrous capsule (FC) density and promoted superior vascularization compared with PCSM coati...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A 2014-06, Vol.102 (6), p.2055-2060
Hauptverfasser: Liu, Bo-Ji, Ma, Li-Nan, Su, Juan, Jing, Wei-Wei, Wei, Min-Jie, Sha, Xian-Zheng
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Zusammenfassung:Chitosan (CS) is widely used as a scaffold material in tissue engineering. The objective of this study was to test whether porous chitosan membrane (PCSM) coating for Nafion used in implantable sensor reduced fibrous capsule (FC) density and promoted superior vascularization compared with PCSM coating for polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). PCSM was fabricated with solvent casting/particulate leaching method using silica gel as porogen and characterized in vitro. Then, PCSM‐Nafion and PCSM‐PTFE composites were assembled with hydrated PCSM and implanted subcutaneously in rats. The histological analysis was performed in comparison with Nafion and PTFE. Implants were explanted 35, 65, and 100 days after the implantation. Histological assessments indicated that both composites achieved presumed effects of porous coatings on decreasing collagen deposition and promoting angiogenesis. PCSM‐PTFE exerted higher collagen deposition by area ratio, both within and outside, compared with that of PCSM‐Nafion. Angiogenesis within and outside the PCSM‐Nafion both increased over time, but that of the PCSM‐PTFE within decreased. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part A: 102A: 2055–2060, 2014.
ISSN:1549-3296
1552-4965
DOI:10.1002/jbm.a.34830