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Development of composite tissue scaffolds containing naturally sourced mircoporous hydroxyapatite |
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| Authors: | F Kusmanto G Walker Q Gan P Walsh F Buchanan G Dickson M McCaigue C Maggs M Dring |
| Affiliation: | aSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, Northern Ireland, UK bSchool of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, Northern Ireland, UK cMedical Polymers Research Institute, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, Northern Ireland, UK dTissue Engineering Research Team, School of Medicine, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, Northern Ireland, UK eSchool of Biology and Biochemistry, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG Northern Ireland, UK |
| Abstract: | The aims of this work were to investigate the conversion of a marine alga into hydroxyapatite (HA), and furthermore to design a composite bone tissue engineering scaffold comprising the synthesised HA within a porous bioresorbable polymer. The marine alga, Phymatolithon calcareum, which exhibits a calcium carbonate honeycomb structure, with a natural architecture of interconnecting permeable pores (microporosity 4–11 μm), provided the initial raw material for this study. The objective was to convert the alga into hydroxyapatite while maintaining its porous morphology using a sequential pyrolysis and chemical synthesis processes. Semi-quantitative XRD analysis of the post-hydrothermal material (pyrolised at 700–750 °C), indicated that the calcium phosphate (CaP) ceramic most likely consisted of a calcium carbonate macroporous lattice, with hydroxyapatite crystals on the surface of the macropores. Cell visibility (cytotoxicity) investigations of osteogenic cells were conducted on the CaP ceramic (i.e., the material post-hydrothermal analysis) which was found to be non-cytotoxic and displayed good biocompatibility when seeded with MG63 cells. Furthermore, a hot press scaffold fabrication technique was developed to produce a composite scaffold of CaP (derived from the marine alga) in a polycaprolactone (PCL) matrix. A salt leaching technique was further explored to introduce macroporosity to the structure (50–200 μm). Analysis indicated that the scaffold contained both micro/macroporosity and mechanical strength, considered necessary for bone tissue engineering applications. |
| Keywords: | Composite tissue scaffold Hydroxyapatite Marine alga |
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