PMID- 23122676 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130530 LR - 20121130 IS - 1878-5905 (Electronic) IS - 0142-9612 (Linking) VI - 34 IP - 4 DP - 2013 Jan TI - Induction of rat facial nerve regeneration by functional collagen scaffolds. PG - 1302-10 LID - S0142-9612(12)01152-0 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.10.031 [doi] AB - Nerve conduit provides a promising strategy for nerve regeneration, and the proper microenvironment in the lumen could improve the regeneration. Our previous work had demonstrated that linear ordered collagen scaffold (LOCS) could effectively guide the oriented growth of axons. Laminin is known as an important nerve growth promoting factor and can facilitate the growth cone formation. In addition, ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) can effectively improve the nerve regeneration after nerve injuries. However, in practice, diffusion caused by the body fluids is the major obstacle in their applications. To retain CNTF or BDNF on the scaffolds, we produced collagen binding CNTF (CBD-CNTF), collagen binding BDNF (CBD-BDNF) and laminin binding CNTF (LBD-CNTF), laminin binding BDNF (LBD-BDNF) respectively. In this work, we developed laminin modified LOCS fibers (L x LOCS) by chemical cross-linking LOCS fibers with laminin. Collagen binding or laminin binding neurotrophic factors were combined with LOCS or L x LOCS, and then filled them into the collagen nerve conduit. They were found to guide the ordered growth of axons, and improve the nerve functional recovery in the rat facial nerve transection model. The combination of CNTF and BDNF greatly enhanced the facial nerve regeneration and functional recovery. CI - Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Cao, Jiani AU - Cao J AD - State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 3 Nanyitiao, Zhongguancun, Beijing 100190, China. FAU - Xiao, Zhifeng AU - Xiao Z FAU - Jin, Wei AU - Jin W FAU - Chen, Bing AU - Chen B FAU - Meng, Danqing AU - Meng D FAU - Ding, Wenyong AU - Ding W FAU - Han, Sufang AU - Han S FAU - Hou, Xiaoshan AU - Hou X FAU - Zhu, Tiansheng AU - Zhu T FAU - Yuan, Baoyu AU - Yuan B FAU - Wang, Jing AU - Wang J FAU - Liang, Weibang AU - Liang W FAU - Dai, Jianwu AU - Dai J LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20121031 PL - Netherlands TA - Biomaterials JT - Biomaterials JID - 8100316 RN - 0 (Nanocapsules) RN - 0 (Nerve Growth Factors) RN - 9007-34-5 (Collagen) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Collagen/*chemistry MH - Equipment Design MH - Equipment Failure Analysis MH - Facial Nerve Injuries/pathology/*physiopathology/*therapy MH - Female MH - Guided Tissue Regeneration/instrumentation MH - Nanocapsules/*administration & dosage MH - Nerve Growth Factors/*administration & dosage MH - Nerve Regeneration/*physiology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - *Tissue Scaffolds MH - Treatment Outcome EDAT- 2012/11/06 06:00 MHDA- 2013/06/01 06:00 CRDT- 2012/11/06 06:00 PHST- 2012/09/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/10/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/11/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/11/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/06/01 06:00 [medline] AID - S0142-9612(12)01152-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.10.031 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biomaterials. 2013 Jan;34(4):1302-10. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.10.031. Epub 2012 Oct 31.