Efficacy of Large Groove Texture on Rat Sciatic Nerve Regeneration In Vivo Using Polyacrylonitrile Nerve Conduits
Annals of Biomedical Engineering, ISSN: 1573-9686, Vol: 49, Issue: 1, Page: 394-406
2021
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Article Description
Physical guidance cues play an important role in enhancing the efficiency of nerve conduits for peripheral nerve injury repair. However, very few in vivo investigations have been performed to evaluate the repair efficiency of nerve conduits with micro-grooved inner textures. In this study, polyacrylonitrile nerve conduits were prepared using dry-jet wet spinning, and micro-grooved textures were incorporated on the inner surface. The nerve conduits were applied to treat 10 mm sciatic nerve gaps in Sprague–Dawley (SD) rats. Sixteen weeks following implantation, nerve function was evaluated based on heat sensory tests, electrophysiological assessments and gastrocnemius muscle mass measurements. The thermal latency reaction and gastrocnemii weight of SD rats treated with grooved nerve conduits were almost 25% faster and 60% heavier than those of SD rats treated with smooth nerve conduits. The histological and immunohistochemical stain analyses showed the repair capacity of inner grooved conduits was found to be similar to that of autografts. These results suggest that grooved nerve conduits with groove width larger than 300 μm significantly improve peripheral nerve regeneration by introducing physical guidance cues. The obtained results can support the design of nerve conduits and lead to the improvement of nerve tissue engineering strategies.
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http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85087892510&origin=inward; http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10439-020-02560-7; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32671626; https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10439-020-02560-7; https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10439-020-02560-7; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10439-020-02560-7
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