Synthesis of gelatin-containing PHBV nanofiber mats for biomedical application

J Mater Sci Mater Med. 2008 Aug;19(8):2799-807. doi: 10.1007/s10856-007-3356-3. Epub 2008 Mar 6.

Abstract

Electrospinning is one of the fabrication method to form ultra-fine fiber in a nano-scale made of synthetic and natural extracellular matrix components for tissue-engineering applications. In this study, a nanofibrous scaffold was obtained by co-electrospinning poly (3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) and gelatin in 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol (TFE) at a ratio of 50/50. The resulting fiber diameters were in the range of 400-1,000 nm without any beads. The nanofiber surfaces were characterized by attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (ESCA), and atomic force microscopy. It was found, from cell culture experiments, that NIH 3T3 cells on the PHBV/gelatin nanofibrous scaffold more proliferated than on the PHBV nanofibrous scaffold.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Gelatin / analysis*
  • Mice
  • Microscopy, Atomic Force
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • NIH 3T3 Cells
  • Nanostructures*
  • Polyesters / chemical synthesis*
  • Polyesters / chemistry
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
  • Tissue Engineering

Substances

  • Polyesters
  • poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)-co-(3-hydroxyvalerate)
  • Gelatin