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Polymeric coating on β-TCP scaffolds provides immobilization of small extracellular vesicles with surface-functionalization and ZEB1-Loading for bone defect repair in diabetes mellitus

Repair of critical-size bone defects in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) has always been a challenge in clinical treatment. The process of bone defect regeneration can be impaired by underlying diseases including DM, but the mechanism remains unclear. In bone tissue engineering, the integration...

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Published in:Biomaterials 2022-04, Vol.283, p.121465-121465, Article 121465
Main Authors: Tao, Shi-Cong, Li, Xu-Ran, Wei, Wen-Jia, Wei, Zhan-Ying, Zhang, Chang-Ru, Wang, Fei, Dawes, Helen, Guo, Shang-Chun
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Summary:Repair of critical-size bone defects in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) has always been a challenge in clinical treatment. The process of bone defect regeneration can be impaired by underlying diseases including DM, but the mechanism remains unclear. In bone tissue engineering, the integration of bionic coatings and bioactive components into basic scaffolds are common function-enhancing strategies. Small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) have been applied for cell-free tissue regeneration in the last few years. We previously reported that sEVs have flexible and easily-extensible potential, through modular design and engineering modification. The impairment of CD31hiendomucinhi endothelial cells (ECs) whose function is coupling of osteogenesis and angiogenesis, is considered an important contributor to diabetic bone osteopathy, and ZEB1, which is highly expressed in CD31hiendomucinhi ECs, promotes angiogenesis-dependent bone formation. Thus we believe these ECs hold much promise for use in bone regeneration. In addition, c(RGDfC) has been reported to be a highly-effective peptide targeting αvβ3, which is highly expressed in the bone microenvironment. In this study, we developed a hyaluronic acid (HA)/poly-L-lysine (PLL) layer-by-layer (LbL) self-assembly coating on β-TCP (β-tricalcium phosphate) scaffolds providing immobilization of modularized engineered sEVs (with c(RGDfC) surface functionalization and ZEB1 loading) to facilitate bone defect regeneration under DM conditions. RNA-seq was used to explore possible molecular mechanisms, and the therapeutic effects of bone regeneration were systematically evaluated in vitro and in vivo. Our data demonstrated that this strategy could be very effective in promoting the repair of diabetic bone defects, by enhancing angiogenesis, promoting osteogenesis and inhibiting osteoclast formation.
ISSN:0142-9612
1878-5905
DOI:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2022.121465