A study on the in vitro degradation of poly(L-lactide)/chitosan microspheres scaffolds |
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| Authors: | Ning ZHU David COOPER Xiong-Biao CHEN Catherine Hui NIU |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Division of Biomedical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; 2. Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; 3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; 4. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada |
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| Abstract: | Recent research shows that the addition of chitosan microspheres (CMs) to poly(L-lactide) (PLLA) can result in a composite scaffold material with improved biocompatibility and mechanical properties for tissue engineering applications. However, research regarding the influence of CMs on scaffold degradation is absent in the literature. This paper presents a study on the in vitro degradation of scaffolds made from PLLA with CMs. In this study, the PLLA/CMs scaffolds with a 25% ratio of CMs to PLLA were immersed in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) solution at 37°C for 8 weeks. The in vitro degradation of the scaffolds was investigated using micro-computed tomography (μCT), weight loss analysis, Raman spectroscopy, and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Microstructure changes during degradation were monitored using μCT. The μCT results were consistent with the results obtained from Raman spectra and DSC analysis, which reflected that adding CMs into PLLA can decrease the degradation rate compared with pure PLLA scaffolds. The results suggest that PLLA/CMs scaffold degradation can be regulated and controlled to meet requirements imposed a given tissue engineering application. |
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| Keywords: | poly(L-lactide) (PLLA) chitosan scaffold degradation tissue engineering |
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