Novel three-dimensional cocoon-like hydrogels for soft tissue regeneration

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• 作者：Derce O.S. Recouvreux^a ; Carlos R. Rambo^a ; ^{rambo@intelab.ufsc.br} ; Fernanda V. Berti^a ; Claudimir A. Carminatti^a ; Regina V. Antô ; nio^b ; Luismar M. Porto^a ; ^c
• 关键词：3D-hydrogels ; Bacterial cellulose ; Nanofibrous network ; Endothelial cells
• 刊名：Materials Science and Engineering: C
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：12 March 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：31
• 期：2
• 页码：151-157
• 全文大小：1604 K

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Large three-dimensional hydrogels (> 150 cm³) of bacterial cellulose (BC) were synthesized by using Gluconacetobacter hansenii ATCC 23769 under controlled agitated culture conditions. The macroscopic cocoon-like structures are gelatinous and translucent and may find applications in several areas, particularly in tissue and organ engineering. Internal microstructure was investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), which revealed that the cocoons are composed of cellulosic nanofibres randomly and three-dimensionally dispersed. The macroscopic bodies are delimited by a dense semi-permeable membrane with thickness between 0.2 and 2 mm, also composed of cellulosic nanofibres. Endothelial cells were seeded on the hydrogels and incubated for 7 days. HUVECs grew and migrated into the inner part of the structure. The three-dimensional BC hydrogel structures can be directly implanted in tissue deficient regions as scaffolds containing the appropriate cultured cells.