1.Construction of a new type of active skin substitutes for tissue engineering
Qing TANG ; Redong WU ; Shi TANG ; Xunxun LIN ; Aiyun SU
Chinese Journal of Medical Aesthetics and Cosmetology 2012;18(3):200-203
Objective To discuss the possibility of constructing a new kind of active skin substi tutes.Methods The culture of dermal fibroblasts were isolated from foreskin of an infant; preparation of human acellular amniotic extracellular matrix was conducted through the disposition of detergent and enzyme.Surface structure porosity and pore size were detected through scanning electron microscopy.bFGF-chitosan gelatin microspheres were prepared.The features such as the size distribution,drug content,drug encapsulating and in vitro release were studied with scanning electron microscopy,laser grainsize analyzer and ELISA method.MTT test was performed to observe cell proliferation and evaluate the biocompatibility in vitro.Results The cellular layer of amniotic membrane was completely removed but did not damage the collogen scaffolds structure by the disposal of enzyme and detergent.Scanning electron microscopy showed that the scaffolds had criss-cross structure and high porosity,the pore size was irregular and varied from 10 nm to 100 nm.Scanning electron microscopy of bFGF- gelatin-chitosan microspheres surface structure showed that the microspheres had spherical structure,uniform size and smooth surface quality.Controlled release curve showed that the sudden release of bFGF was obvious.Conclusions A new type of active skin substitutes is prepared through culturing fibroblasts on HAAM loaded controlled-released basic fibroblast growth factor from chi tosan-gelatin microspheres.