PMID- 35214198 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220301 IS - 1999-4923 (Print) IS - 1999-4923 (Electronic) IS - 1999-4923 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 2 DP - 2022 Feb 21 TI - A Non-thermal Biocompatible Plasma-Modified Chitosan Scaffold Enhances Osteogenic Differentiation in Bone Marrow Stem Cells. LID - 10.3390/pharmaceutics14020465 [doi] LID - 465 AB - Non-thermal biocompatible plasma (NBP) was considered as an efficient tool in tissue engineering to modify the surface of biomaterials. Three-dimensional chitosan scaffolds have been extensively used in different ways because it holds some remarkable properties, including biodegradability and biocompatibility. In this study, we evaluated the osteogenic potential of NBP-treated chitosan scaffolds using two different plasma sources: a dielectric barrier discharge (NBP-DBD) and a soft jet (NBP-J). The surface modification of the scaffold was evaluated using scanning electron microscopy. For osteogenic differentiation of cells, proliferation and differentiation were tested by using bone marrow-derived stem cells (BMSCs). We observed that cell viability using NBP-DBD and NBP-J treated chitosan scaffolds yielded significant improvements in cell viability and differentiation. The results obtained with MTT and live/dead assays showed that NBP-modified scaffold increases cell metabolic by MTT assay and live/dead assay. It also observed that the NBP treatment is more effective at 5 min with DBD and was selected for further investigations. Enhanced osteogenic differentiation was observed using NBP-treated scaffolds, as reflected by increased alkaline phosphatase activity. Our findings showed that NBP is an innovative and beneficial tool for modifying chitosan scaffolds to increase their activity, making them suitable as biocompatible materials and for bone tissue engineering. FAU - Han, Ihn AU - Han I AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1372-7319 AD - Department of Plasma Bio Display, Kwangwoon University, Seoul 01897, Korea. AD - Plasma Bioscience Research Center, Kwangwoon University, Seoul 01897, Korea. FAU - Rana, Juie Nahushkumar AU - Rana JN AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9982-4098 AD - Department of Plasma Bio Display, Kwangwoon University, Seoul 01897, Korea. AD - Plasma Bioscience Research Center, Kwangwoon University, Seoul 01897, Korea. FAU - Kim, Ji-Hye AU - Kim JH AD - Ellitech Medical Incorporation, Seoul 02584, Korea. FAU - Choi, Eun Ha AU - Choi EH AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5385-1878 AD - Plasma Bioscience Research Center, Kwangwoon University, Seoul 01897, Korea. FAU - Kim, Youngsun AU - Kim Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1725-0968 AD - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, Seoul 02447, Korea. LA - eng GR - 2020R1I1A1A01073071/Ministry of Education/ GR - 2021R1A6A1A03038785/Ministry of Education/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220221 PL - Switzerland TA - Pharmaceutics JT - Pharmaceutics JID - 101534003 PMC - PMC8874420 OTO - NOTNLM OT - biomaterial OT - chitosan scaffolds OT - non-thermal plasma OT - osteogenic differentiation OT - tissue engineering COIS- J.-H.K. is employee of Ellitech Medical Incorporation. Ellitech Medical Incorporation had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results. EDAT- 2022/02/27 06:00 MHDA- 2022/02/27 06:01 PMCR- 2022/02/21 CRDT- 2022/02/26 01:02 PHST- 2022/01/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/02/09 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/02/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/02/26 01:02 [entrez] PHST- 2022/02/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/02/27 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/02/21 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - pharmaceutics14020465 [pii] AID - pharmaceutics-14-00465 [pii] AID - 10.3390/pharmaceutics14020465 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Pharmaceutics. 2022 Feb 21;14(2):465. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14020465.