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- Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) implants face challenges with soft tissue integration, leading to complications that hinder their effectiveness in craniomaxillofacial bone repair.
- This study introduces 3D printed, multi-stage microporous PEEK implants coated with basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) using polydopamine to improve soft tissue integration.
- The results showed that these bFGF/polydopamine-loaded PEEK implants enhanced cell growth and adhesion while activating important signaling pathways, suggesting a promising approach for better clinical applications in the future.
Article Abstract
The difficulties associated with polyetheretherketone (PEEK) implants and soft tissue integration for craniomaxillofacial bone repair have led to a series of complications that limit the clinical benefits. In this study, 3D printed multi-stage microporous PEEK implants coated with bFGF via polydopamine were fabricated to enhance PEEK implant-soft tissue integration. Multistage microporous PEEK scaffolds prepared by sulfonation of concentrated sulfuric acid were coated with polydopamine, and then used as templates for electrophoretic deposition of bFGF bioactive factors. Achieving polydopamine and bFGF sustained release, the composite PEEK scaffolds possessed good mechanical properties, hydrophilicity, protein adhesion properties. The results indicated that bFGF/polydopamine-loaded PEEK exhibited good biocompatibility to rabbit embryonic fibroblasts (REF) by promoting cell proliferation, adhesion, and migration. Ribonucleic acid sequencing (RNA-seq) revealed that bFGF/polydopamine-loaded PEEK implants significantly upregulated the expression of genes and proteins associated with soft tissue integration and activated Wnt/β-catenin signaling in biological processes, but related expression of genes and proteins was significantly downregulated when the Wnt/β-catenin signaling was inhibited. Furthermore, bFGF/polydopamine-loaded PEEK implants exhibited excellent performance in improving the growth and adhesion of the surrounding soft tissue. In summary, bFGF/polydopamine-loaded PEEK implants possess soft tissue integration properties by activating the Wnt/β-catenin signaling, which have a potential translational clinical application in the future.
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