title: Design of segmented poly(ether ester) materials and structures for the tissue engineering of bone.
abstract: In this study, PEOT/PBT segmented copolymers of different compositions have been evaluated as possible scaffold materials for the tissue engineering of bone. By changing the composition of PEOT/PBT copolymers, very different mechanical and swelling behaviors are observed. Tensile strengths vary from 8 to 23 MPa and elongations at break from 500 to 1300%. Water-uptake ranges from 4 up to as high as 210%. The in vitro degradation of PEOT/PBT copolymers occurs both by hydrolysis and oxidation. In both cases degradation is more rapid for copolymers with high PEO content. PEOT/PBT scaffolds with varying porosities and pore sizes have been prepared by molding and freeze-drying techniques in combination with particulate-leaching. The most hydrophilic PEOT/PBT copolymers did not sustain goat bone marrow cell adhesion and growth. However, surface modification by gas plasma treatment showed a very much improved polymer-cell interaction for all PEOT/PBT copolymer compositions. Their mechanical properties, degradability and ability to sustain bone marrow cell growth make PEOT/PBT copolymers excellent materials for bone tissue engineering.
authors.affiliation: Department of Polymer Chemistry and Biomaterials, Faculty of Chemical Technology, Institute for Biomedical Technology (BMTI), University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Audrey A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Deschamps
authors.forename: Menno B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Claase
authors.forename: Warnerie J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Sleijster
authors.forename: Joost D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: de Bruijn
authors.forename: Dirk W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Grijpma
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Feijen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000166:cytology*; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D002455:Cell Division; D015195:Drug Design; D006041:Goats; D013718:Tensile Strength; D023822:Tissue Engineering