Gelatin nanofibers have gained significant
attention for different
biomedical applications, as they provide a suitable environment for
cell attachment, growth, and proliferation compared to the other biopolymers
and synthetic polymers. Airbrushing/solution-blow-spinning could overcome
the limitation of the conventional electrospinning method of nanofiber
preparation. The present study reports the fabrication of nano/microfibers
from commercially available low-molecular-weight gelatin of animal
origin as a first-time study. The effect of various airbrushing parameters,
namely, the concentration of gelatin solution, air pressure, and polymer
solution flow rate on the fiber quality, morphology, and diameters,
was studied. Finally, the biological evaluation of the airbrushed
gelatin nanofibers was performed using human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal
stem cells (hBMSCs). Gelatin nanofibers exhibit excellent biocompatibility
and support the growth of hBMSCs similar to electrospun gelatin nanofibers.
Our airbrushing technique is an easy, low-cost, and scalable method
to fabricate the gelatin nanofibers for different biomedical applications
such as tissue engineering, wound healing, and substrate for delivery
of bioactive molecules.
Polypropylene sulfide (PPS) as reactive oxygen species (ROS) responsive nanoparticles (NPs) have attained great interest for drug delivery applications in many diseases such as cancer, pulmonary, neurovascular, cardiovascular, and age-related diseases. Despite great potential of PPS NPs as a nanocarrier, it remains relatively less explored for small molecules (drug) delivery, as the current method of PPS NPs synthesis involving strong bases like sodium methoxide (NaOMe) and 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU) results in breakdown of base sensitive drugs or molecules. Herein, we are reporting a facile synthesis method for PPS NPs preparation with high drug loading capacity (five times higher than the reported synthesis method) of base-sensitive cargos (Paclitaxel/Dil dye) within the PPS matrix and protection from possible breakdown of drug during synthesis. The NPs prepared via our method possess oxidative-responsive release of drug, preservation of drug bioactivity, and excellent storage stability at room temperature or 4 C. PPS NPs system demonstrate biocompatibility and drug-loaded NPs provide efficient anticancer activity against breast cancer cells. Our method of PPS NPs synthesis is suitable to prepare a delivery system with higher loading capacity of drug and small molecules for different biomedical applications.
Nanofibrous microspheres (NFM) are emerging as prominent next‐generation biomimetic injectable scaffold system for stem cell delivery and different tissue regeneration where nanofibrous topography facilitates ECM‐like stem cells niches. Addition of osteogenic bioactive nanosilicate platelets within NFM can provide osteoconductive cues to facilitate matrix mediated osteogenic differentiation of stem cells and enhance the efficiency of bone tissue regeneration. In this study, gelatin nanofibrous microspheres are prepared containing fluoride‐doped laponite XL21 (LP) using the emulsion mediated thermal induce phase separation (TIPS) technique. Systematic studies are performed to understand the effect of physicochemical properties of biomimicking NFM alone and with different concentrations of LP on human dental follicle stem cells (hDFSCs), their cellular attachment, proliferation, and osteogenic differentiation. The study highlights the effect of LP nanosilicate with biomimicking nanofibrous injectable scaffold system aiding in enhancing stem cell differentiation under normal physiological conditions compared to NFM without LP. The laponite–NFM shows suitability as excellent injectable biomaterials system for stem cell attachment, proliferation and osteogenic differentiation for stem cell transplantation and bone tissue regeneration.
Back Cover: Nanofibrous architecture of 3‐dimensional scaffold can be an exceptional candidate for cell delivery. In article number 2200347, Jyotsnendu Giri and co‐workers fabricated the laponite loaded osteoinductive nanofibrous microspheres to mimic the native stem cell niche. Osteoinductive nanofibrous microspheres, facilitate the excellent stem cell attachment, proliferation, and osteogenic differentiation for noninvasive stem cell transplantation.
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