Improved Biocompatibility of Novel Biodegradable Scaffold Composed of Poly-L-lactic Acid and Amorphous Calcium Phosphate Nanoparticles in Porcine Coronary Artery

Autor: Weiwang Gu, Jingyao Fan, Jianmin Xiao, Shihang Wang, Xiaoxin Zheng, Gaoke Feng, Jinxi Xia, Dongsheng Gu, Yuying Bi, Guanyang Kang, Zhicheng Huo, Qun Wang, Tim Wu, Xuejun Jiang, Zhimin Wang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Journal of Nanomaterials, Vol 2016 (2016)
ISSN: 1687-4129
1687-4110
Popis: Using poly-L-lactic acid for implantable biodegradable scaffold has potential biocompatibility issue due to its acidic degradation byproducts. We have previously reported that the addition of amorphous calcium phosphate improved poly-L-lactic acid coating biocompatibility. In the present study, poly-L-lactic acid and poly-L-lactic acid/amorphous calcium phosphate scaffolds were implanted in pig coronary arteries for 28 days. At the follow-up angiographic evaluation, no case of stent thrombosis was observed, and the arteries that were stented with the copolymer scaffold had significantly less inflammation and nuclear factor-κB expression and a greater degree of reendothelialization. The serum levels of vascular endothelial growth factor and nitric oxide, as well the expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase and platelet-endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1, were also significantly higher. In conclusion, the addition of amorphous calcium phosphate to biodegradable poly-L-lactic acid scaffold minimizes the inflammatory response, promotes the growth of endothelial cells, and accelerates the reendothelialization of the stented coronary arteries.
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