本論文在開發以聚乳酸聚(polylactic acid,PLA)、聚甘醇酸(polyglycolic acid,PGA)的共聚物PLGA(75/25)(poly-[lactide- co-glycolide])生醫高分子為主材料的軟骨與硬骨組織工程支架。在軟骨組織支架方面,爲改善聚酯類高分子PLGA在降解過程中所產生的酸性問題與摹擬軟骨細胞外基質成份,先將PLGA(50/50)以聚乙烯亞胺(poly(ethylene imine), PEI)接枝後與PLGA(75/25)製成多孔性支架,再軟骨細胞外基質中透明質酸(Hyaluronic acid, HA)改質到支架表面。在骨組織方面,則相同地爲了解決PLGA酸性問題,並考慮骨細胞外基質中富有的磷酸鈣鹽成份,以自製富氫氧基磷灰石(HAp rich/β-TCP)與富β-三鈣磷酸鹽(β-TCP rich/HAp)的兩相結構生物陶瓷混合入到不同比例PLGA中製成高分子基複合材料。 特性評估主要是以掃描式電子顯微鏡(SEM)進行表面觀察,核磁共震儀(NMR)、紅外線光譜儀(FTIR)鑑定共價鍵結合,膠體色層分析儀(GPC)分析改質PLGA分子量大小,磷酸鈣生物陶瓷粉末則以XRD鑑定相結構,並以體外磷酸緩衝液(PBS)中進行浸泡實驗評估pH值變化與材料降解情形,最後對材料進行細胞毒性評估。結果顯示以Hyaluronic acid改質的軟骨支架,在經過1個月的PBS浸泡之後其pH值還有7.15,而純PLGA及以PEI改質的支架PLGA-429PEI兩者pH值只剩6.5,進一步以纖維母細胞株balb’3T3進行細胞毒性觀察PLGA/PEI/HA多孔性軟骨支架證明不具有細胞毒性。在骨組織支架材料經過44天的PBS浸泡之後發現,PLGA/HAp=2/1的組合複合材料的pH值降最少(~6.85),以balb’3T3進行細胞毒性觀察時也證明細胞活性無毒性。因此本研究所發展的軟骨與硬骨組織工程支架極具應用潛力。
The PLGA (75/25 ) (poly-[lactide-co-glycolide ] ) is a main material of the biopolymer composite to develop cartilage and bone scaffold in this thesis. In cartilage tissue scaffold, improve the acid questions of polyester polymer (PLGA) in the degradation process and mimic host compositions in extracellular matix (ECM). So, after grafting PLGA (50/50) with PEI first, and then mix and make the porous scaffold with PLGA (75/25). Moreover, hyaluronic acid (hyaluronan, HA) was immobilized onto the surface of macroporous biodegradable poly(d,l-lactic acid-coglycolic acid) [PLGA] scaffolds to enhance the attachment, proliferation, and differentiation of chondrocytes for cartilage tissue engineering. In bone tissue scaffold, the same problem for solve PLGA not to be acid problem, and mimic the bone tissue by calcium phosphate salt composition. We blend PLGA (75/25) and hydroxyapatie rich (HAp-rich/β-TCP)、β-tricalcium phosphate rich (β-TCP-rich/HAp) with different ratio to evaluate. The characteristic were evaluated by SEM (scanning electron microscopy), NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance), FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared spectrometry), GPC (Gel Permeation Chromatogrpahy) and XRD (X-ray diffraction). Soak the experiment in PBS and cell toxicity for in-vitro test. The results show the modification of cartilage scaffold with Hyaluronic acid. Which the pH value is 7.15 after PBS for one month soaks. And scaffold of pure PLGA and PLGA/PEI have 6.5 of the pH value only left. Carrying on cell's toxicity to observe with balb' 3T3 cell-line further, PLGA/PEI/HA proves that does not have cell's toxicity compared to controlled. The other hand, after PBS in-vitro for 44 days in the bone scaffold materials showed the pH value decrease the least (still have 6.85) at PLGA/HAp (2/1) composite, with balb' 3T3 cell-line culture prove that cell's activation has no toxicity. So this cartilage scaffold and bone scaffold developed in this research have potentiality of using very much.