title: Peripheral nerve repair in rats using composite hydrogel-filled aligned nanofiber conduits with incorporated nerve growth factor.
abstract: Repair of peripheral nerve defects with current synthetic, tubular nerve conduits generally shows inferior recovery when compared with using nerve autografts, the current gold standard. We tested the ability of composite collagen and hyaluronan hydrogels, with and without the nerve growth factor (NGF), to stimulate neurite extension on a promising aligned, nanofiber poly-L-lactide-co-caprolactone (PLCL) scaffold. In vitro, the hydrogels significantly increased neurite extension from dorsal root ganglia explants. Consistent with these results, the addition of hydrogels as luminal fillers within aligned, nanofiber tubular PLCL conduits led to improved sensory function compared to autograft repair in a critical-size defect in the sciatic nerve in a rat model. Sensory recovery was assessed 3 and 12 weeks after repair using a withdrawal assay from thermal stimulation. The addition of hydrogel did not enhance recovery of motor function in the rat model. The NGF led to dose-dependent improvements in neurite out-growth in vitro, but did not have a significant effect in vivo. In summary, composite collagen/hyaluronan hydrogels enhanced sensory neurite outgrowth in vitro and sensory recovery in vivo. The use of such hydrogels as luminal fillers for tubular nerve conduits may therefore be useful in assisting restoration of protective sensation following peripheral nerve injury.
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California-San Francisco, CA 94121, USA.
authors: Jenny
authors: J
authors: Jin
authors: Sonja
authors: S
authors: Limburg
authors: Sunil K
authors: SK
authors: Joshi
authors: Rebeccah
authors: R
authors: Landman
authors: Michelle
authors: M
authors: Park
authors: Qia
authors: Q
authors: Zhang
authors: Hubert T
authors: HT
authors: Kim
authors: Alfred C
authors: AC
authors: Kuo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D020136:Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate / Q000737:chemistry*; D051379:Mice; D057139:Nanofibers / Q000737:chemistry*; D020932:Nerve Growth Factor / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016501:Neurites / Q000187:drug effects; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D020136:Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate; D020932:Nerve Growth Factor
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