PMID- 35786481 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220706 LR - 20220706 IS - 1872-2075 (Electronic) IS - 1000-3061 (Linking) VI - 38 IP - 6 DP - 2022 Jun 25 TI - [Chondrogenic and ameliorated inflammatory effects of chitosan-based biomimetic scaffold loaded with icariin]. PG - 2308-2321 LID - 10.13345/j.cjb.210838 [doi] AB - Icariin (ICA) is a small molecule drug capable of promoting cartilage repair and ameliorating inflammation. Loading ICA into a biomaterial scaffold for cartilage tissue engineering will thus potentially enhance the biological functionality of the engineered scaffold. In this study, short fibers processed from electrospun poly(l-lactide-co-caprolactone) (PLCL) fibers which were prior coated with polydopamine (PDA), were mixed with citric acid doped chitosan solution (CC) for preparing short fibers reinforced chitosan hydrogel (PDA@PLCL/CC) by a freeze-thawing combined freeze-drying method. Thereafter, ICA was loaded into the PDA@PLCL/CC scaffold through physical adsorption to generate a newly engineered biomimetic cartilage scaffold (ICA-PDA@PLCL/CC). Finally, ICA-mediated chondrogenic and ameliorated inflammatory effects of the ICA-PDA@PLCL/CC scaffold were examined in vitro using rabbit chondrocytes. The results showed that the ICA-free PDA@PLCL/CC scaffold possessed appropriate pore size and porosity (> 80%), high water absorbance capacity and improved mechanical performance, and also promoted chondrocyte proliferation and adhesion. The ICA-laden ICA-PDA@PLCL/CC scaffold was evidenced to maintain cytomorphology, upregulate the expression of chondrogenic gene (sox-9), glycosaminoglycan gene (gag), and type Ⅱ collagen gene (col Ⅱ) as well as the synthesis of the cartilage matrix. In the presence of a simulated inflammation, the ICA-PDA@PLCL/CC scaffold was found to reduce chondrocyte fibrosis, effectively downregulate the expression of proinflammatory factors interleukin-6 (il-6), interleukin-1 (il-1), and inducible nitric oxide synthase (inos) in chondrocytes. It can also reduce matrix metalloproteinase-3 (mmp-3) expression and promote the synthesis of the extracellular matrix glycosaminoglycan (GAG) and type II collagen (Col II). The newly developed ICA-PDA@PLCL/CC scaffold may find applications in the regeneration and repair of cartilage defects. FAU - Li, Huijuan AU - Li H AD - College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China. FAU - Wang, Xianliu AU - Wang X AD - College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China. FAU - Shen, Yanbing AU - Shen Y AD - College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China. FAU - Tang, Han AU - Tang H AD - College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China. FAU - Tang, Xiaohan AU - Tang X AD - College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China. FAU - Zhang, Yanzhong AU - Zhang Y AD - College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China. LA - chi PT - Journal Article PL - China TA - Sheng Wu Gong Cheng Xue Bao JT - Sheng wu gong cheng xue bao = Chinese journal of biotechnology JID - 9426463 RN - 0 (Collagen Type II) RN - 0 (Flavonoids) RN - 0 (Glycosaminoglycans) RN - 0 (Polyesters) RN - 9012-76-4 (Chitosan) RN - VNM47R2QSQ (icariin) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Biomimetics MH - *Chitosan MH - Collagen Type II/genetics MH - Flavonoids MH - Glycosaminoglycans MH - Inflammation/prevention & control MH - Polyesters MH - Rabbits OTO - NOTNLM OT - amelioration of inflammation OT - cartilage regeneration OT - chitosan hydrogel OT - electrospinning OT - icariin EDAT- 2022/07/06 06:00 MHDA- 2022/07/07 06:00 CRDT- 2022/07/05 13:25 PHST- 2022/07/05 13:25 [entrez] PHST- 2022/07/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/07/07 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.13345/j.cjb.210838 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Sheng Wu Gong Cheng Xue Bao. 2022 Jun 25;38(6):2308-2321. doi: 10.13345/j.cjb.210838.