PMID- 16125224 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20060321 LR - 20181201 IS - 0142-9612 (Print) IS - 0142-9612 (Linking) VI - 27 IP - 6 DP - 2006 Feb TI - Bone tissue engineering evaluation based on rat calvaria stromal cells cultured on modified PLGA scaffolds. PG - 896-904 AB - Using natural materials to coat the scaffolds used for tissue-engineered bone-repair techniques is expected to increase osteoblast adhesion to the scaffold and to express normal physiological function. To test this hypothesis, we therefore modified poly(DL-lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) substrate by coating it with natural biomaterial solutions of collagen, chitosan, or N-succinyl-chitosan, and then used these three combinations as scaffolds to evaluate their effects on osteoblast attachment, proliferation, and differentiation. The results demonstrated that the pore size of scaffolds ranging from 125-500 microm did not affect the osteoblast phenotype; however, the surface modification of the scaffolds coated with these natural biomaterials did. Collagen increased cell attachment and proliferation, but chitosan and N-succinyl-chitosan decreased them. Chitosan and N-succinyl-chitosan increased differentiation, but collagen decreased it. These results provide us a new strategy for modifying microenvironments to increase osteoblast adhesion, proliferation, and differentiation on PLGA scaffolds, a strategy that might be useful for tissue regeneration. FAU - Wu, Yu-Chun AU - Wu YC AD - Institute of Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70428, Taiwan. FAU - Shaw, Shyh-Yu AU - Shaw SY FAU - Lin, Hong-Ru AU - Lin HR FAU - Lee, Tzer-Min AU - Lee TM FAU - Yang, Chyun-Yu AU - Yang CY LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20050825 PL - Netherlands TA - Biomaterials JT - Biomaterials JID - 8100316 RN - 0 (Polymers) RN - 059QF0KO0R (Water) RN - 1SIA8062RS (Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer) RN - 26009-03-0 (Polyglycolic Acid) RN - 33X04XA5AT (Lactic Acid) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Adhesion MH - Cell Culture Techniques/*methods MH - Cell Proliferation MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Lactic Acid/*chemistry MH - Microscopy, Electron, Scanning MH - Osteoblasts/cytology MH - Polyglycolic Acid/*chemistry MH - Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer MH - Polymers/*chemistry MH - Rats MH - Skull/*cytology MH - Stromal Cells/*cytology MH - *Tissue Engineering MH - Water/chemistry EDAT- 2005/08/30 09:00 MHDA- 2006/03/22 09:00 CRDT- 2005/08/30 09:00 PHST- 2005/03/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2005/07/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2005/08/30 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/03/22 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2005/08/30 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0142-9612(05)00603-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2005.07.002 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biomaterials. 2006 Feb;27(6):896-904. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2005.07.002. Epub 2005 Aug 25.