Functionalized core/shell nanofibers for the differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells for vascular tissue engineering

Hariharan Ezhilarasu; Asif Sadiq; Greeshma Ratheesh; Sreepathy Sridhar; Seeram Ramakrishna; Mohd Hasbi Ab. Rahim; Mashitah M Yusoff; Rajan Jose; Venugopal Jayarama Reddy

doi:10.2217/nnm-2018-0271

Functionalized core/shell nanofibers for the differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells for vascular tissue engineering

Hariharan Ezhilarasu, Asif Sadiq, Greeshma Ratheesh, Sreepathy Sridhar, Seeram Ramakrishna, Mohd Hasbi Ab. Rahim, Mashitah M Yusoff, Rajan Jose, Venugopal Jayarama Reddy

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Abstract

Aim: Atherosclerosis is a common cardiovascular disease causing medical problems globally leading to coronary artery bypass surgery. The present study is to fabricate core/shell nanofibers to encapsulate VEGF for the differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) into smooth muscle cells to develop vascular grafts. Materials & methods: The fabricated core/shell nanofibers contained polycaprolactone/gelatin as the shell, and silk fibroin/VEGF as the core materials. Results: The results observed that the core/shell nanofibers interact to differentiate MSCs into smooth muscle cells by the expression of vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) contractile proteins α-actinin, myosin and F-actin. Conclusion: The functionalized polycaprolactone/gelatin/silk fibroin/VEGF (250 ng) core/shell nanofibers were fabricated for the controlled release of VEGF in a persistent manner for the differentiation of MSCs into smooth muscle cells for vascular tissue engineering.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	201-214
Number of pages	14
Journal	Nanomedicine
Volume	14
Issue number	2
Early online date	10 Dec 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2217/nnm-2018-0271
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2019

Keywords

VEGF
core/shell nanofibers
gelatin
mesenchymal stem cells
myosin
polymers
silk fibroin
smooth muscle cells
vascular tissue engineering
α-actinin

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