Alternately plasma-roughened nanosurface of a hybrid scaffold for aligning myoblasts

Biofabrication. 2017 Jun 20;9(2):025035. doi: 10.1088/1758-5090/aa77ba.

Abstract

For successful skeletal muscle tissue regeneration, inducing alignment and fusion of myoblasts into multinucleated myotubes is critical. Many studies are ongoing to induce myoblast alignment using various micro/nanopatternings on scaffold surfaces, mechanically stretching scaffolds, or aligned micro/nanofibers. In this study, we have developed a simple method to induce myoblast alignment using a modified plasma treatment on a hybrid PCL scaffold consisting of melt-printed perpendicular PCL struts and an electrospun PCL fibrous mat. For the hybrid scaffold, the surface of the electrospun mat was selectively roughened with a plasma process supplemented with a template. The cell alignment of myoblasts using this system was enhanced significantly when compared to results from the use of a hybrid scaffold with a non-roughened electrospun fiber surface or a hybrid scaffold where the whole surface of the electrospun fibers was roughened. This new type of plasma-treated hybrid scaffold has strong potential as a biomaterial for use in muscle tissue regeneration.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Adhesion / physiology
  • Cell Differentiation / physiology
  • Cell Line
  • Equipment Design
  • Mice
  • Myoblasts / cytology*
  • Nanotechnology / methods*
  • Oxygen
  • Plasma Gases / chemistry*
  • Polyesters / chemistry
  • Surface Properties
  • Tissue Engineering / instrumentation*
  • Tissue Scaffolds*

Substances

  • Plasma Gases
  • Polyesters
  • polycaprolactone
  • Oxygen