The Effect of Processing Temperature on Mechanical Properties of Novel Silk Fibroin and Chitosan Blend Scaffolds for Musculoskeletal Regeneration

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Effect of Strongly Alkaline Electrolyzed Water on Silk Degumming and the Physical Properties of the Fibroin Fiber

Strongly alkaline electrolyzed water (SAEW) was prepared by electrolysis of tap water in a laboratory-made water electrolyzer. The pH of stored SAEW was stable for more than one month. The hardness of the electrolyzed water was 30% lower and the Na⁺ concentration was 18% higher than those of the tap water. Silkworm cocoon shells were boiled in pH 11.50 SAEW at a ratio of 1∶40∼80 (W/V) for 20 min and the sericin layers around the silk fibroin fibers were removed completely. The tensile properties and thermal decomposition temperature of a single filament of silk fibroin obtained by the SAEW method were almost the same as those for the fiber obtained by the neutral soap, and much higher than those for the fiber obtained by Na₂CO₃ degumming. The results demonstrate that SAEW is an environmentally friendly and pollution-free silk degumming agent that allows highly efficient, low cost recovery of sericin.     

不同消毒方法对生物化PET 人工韧带的生物力学影响

目的:探讨环氧乙烷、高压蒸汽、60Co照射三种消毒方法,对生物化PET人工韧带的生物力学影响,为选取合适的消毒灭菌方法提供实验依据。方法:以表面改性的聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯纤维为材料,制备生物化PET人工韧带,分别给予环氧乙烷熏蒸、高压蒸汽、60Co照射消毒处理,并设未作消毒处理的空白对照组,分别进行生物力学测试,对测量结果行统计学比较分析。结果:高压蒸汽消毒后,韧带所能承受的最大拉力及第一次破裂力降低,且与对照组间的差异均有统计学意义(P<0.05);60Co照射消毒后,韧带所能承受的最大拉力降低,与对照组间的差异有统计学意义(P<0.05),但第一次破裂力的差异不明显(P>0.05);环氧乙烷消毒处理后,最大拉力、第一次破裂力与对照组之间无明显差异(P>0.05);各组间断裂伸长率无明显差异(P>0.05)。结论:高压蒸汽消毒后韧带样品的生物力学性能降低比较明显;采用60Co射线消毒方法对产品的力学性能影响较小,但进一步的消毒方法改进可能更为理想;环氧乙烷消毒法可作为生物化PET人工韧带的有效消毒方法。     

丝胶蛋白粉末的制备及其应用于L-天冬酰胺酶的固定化

蚕丝蛋白经高压高温水脱胶后所得的丝胶溶液,经过纯化、浓缩以及喷雾干燥,制成丝胶蛋白粉末.这种丝胶蛋白分子质量高达200 ku,其粉末呈白色,平均粒度10 μm,为热水溶性蛋白.以这种丝胶蛋白粉末为载体,用戊二醛为交联剂,制成固定化L-天冬酰胺酶.对这种固定化酶活性和动力学性质进行初步研究和分析,结果表明这种固定化酶性能稳定,对热的稳定性有所提高,并具有较好的操作稳定性,抗胰蛋白酶水解能力大大提高.     

Tissue- and Stage-Specific Expression of Sericin Genes in the Middle Silk Gland of Bombyx mori

Sericin gene expression in the middle silk glands during Bombyx mori larval development was analyzed using probes from a genomic DNA clone for 10.5 kb sericin mRNA. The 10.5 kb mRNA, the most abundant in the fifth instar, is not detected in the third feeding, fourth feeding and fourth moulting stages. It becomes detectable at 2 days of the fifth instar, and accumulates rapidly. The second major mRNA in the late fifth instar, a 9.0 kb component having a similar sequence to the 10.5 kb mRNA, becomes detectable only at 6 and 7 days of the instar by use of the repetitious coding sequence probe of the sericin clone. Using the same probe about 20 kb RNAs with a fainter intensity than that of the major mRNAs are detected. They are present extremely faintly in the third and fourth feeding stages, disappear in the fourth moulting stage, and increase in the fifth instar. Two other faint poly(A)⁺ RNA components are detected by a DNA probe containing the 5' end sequence of the sericin clone. One is 4.3 kb, and appears in the third, fourth and fifth feeding stages but not in the fourth moulting stage. The other is 3.0 kb, and it becomes detectable after 1 day of the fifth instar.     

The Effect on Cotton of Steam Sterilization with Pre-vacuum

S ummary . Cotton samples bleached to different degrees were subjected to 100 cycles of steam sterilization (137° for 3 min—total cycle time 15 min) with double pre-vacuum and were tested for strength before and after treatment. There was no laundering between cycles. The strength of normally bleached cotton diminished 16% during the 100 cycles. This is only one-tenth of the damage caused by slower methods of steam sterilization using lower temperatures and gravity displacement of air.     

广西桑蚕原料茧解舒率与茧层丝胶初期溶解速度的关系探讨

本文通过对不同品种、不同庄口与季节原料茧茧层丝胶性能研究,结果表明广西的桑蚕原料茧,春茧和秋茧5 min、10 min两个处理水平的茧层丝胶初期溶解速度与蚕茧解舒率之间都存在着良好的正相关关系,茧层丝胶初期溶解速度越大,蚕茧的解舒率越大.庄口和季节是影响广西桑蚕原料茧茧层丝胶初期溶解速度的重要因素.而茧层丝胶初期溶解速度与蚕茧解舒率在品种水平上则没有相关关系,也就说明茧层丝胶初期溶解速度在品种间虽然有差异,但蚕品种并不是主要制约或影响蚕茧茧层丝胶初期溶解速度的直接因素.     

Theoretical Prediction and Experimental Testing of Mechanical Properties for 3D Printed Silk Fibroin-Type II Collagen Scaffolds for Cartilage Regeneration

Silk fibroin-typeⅡcollagen scaffold was made by 3D printing technique and freeze-drying method, and its mechanical properties were studied by experiments and theoretical prediction. The results show that the three-dimensional silk fibroin-typeⅡ collagen scaffold has good porosity and water absorption, which is (89.3%+3.26%) and (824.09%+93.05%), respectively. With the given strain value, the stress of scaffold decreases rapidly firstly and then tends to be stable during the stress relaxation. Both initial and instantaneous stresses increase with increase of applied strain value. The creep strains of scaffold with different stress levels show the two stages: the rapidly increasing stage and the second stable stage. It is noted that the scaffold with compressive stress of less than 35 kPa can recover when the compressive stress is removed. However when the compressive stress is higher than 50 kPa, the scaffold is damaged and its structure is destroyed. Not only the compressive property but tensile property of scaffold are dependent on the applied displacement rate or strain rate. Its compressive elastic modulus and tensile modulus increase with increase of strain rate or displacement rate. The nonlinear relaxation model and creep model were constructed respectively and applied to predict the stress relaxation behavior and creep behavior of scaffold. It is found that there are good agreements between the experimental data and predictions, which mean that the built theoretical model can predict the mechanical behavior of scaffold.     

丝素微球的制备方法研究进展

丝素蛋白因其特殊的物理化学性质,为制备不同形态的材料提供了依据;丝素蛋白也因其良好的生物相容性、生物降解性为生物材料应用提供了重要的临床选择。本文综述了国内外学者对丝素微球的制备方法的探究,包括乳化法、喷雾干燥法、层流射流技术以及自组装方法,并比较了各种制备方法的优缺点。此外,本文还介绍了丝素微球在药物缓释领域中的应用进展,并提出了几个针对制备丝素微球亟需解决的问题。     

Effect of Water Addition on Physical Properties of Emulsion Gels

Food Biophysics - The aim of this work was to evaluate how the physical properties of oleogels formulated with candelilla wax (CLX), monoglycerides (MG), and hardfat (HF) change with the addition...     

Fibroin and Sericin from Bombyx mori Silk Stimulate Cell Migration through Upregulation and Phosphorylation of c-Jun

Wound healing is a biological process directed to the restoration of tissue that has suffered an injury. An important phase of wound healing is the generation of a basal epithelium able to wholly replace the epidermis of the wound. A broad range of products derived from fibroin and sericin from Bombyx mori silk are used to stimulate wound healing. However, so far the molecular mechanism underlying this phenomenon has not been elucidated. The aim of this work was to determine the molecular basis underlying wound healing properties of silk proteins using a cell model. For this purpose, we assayed fibroin and sericin in a wound healing scratch assay using MDA-MB-231 and Mv1Lu cells. Both proteins stimulated cell migration. Furthermore, treatment with sericin and fibroin involved key factors of the wound healing process such as upregulation of c-Jun and c-Jun protein phosphorylation. Moreover, fibroin and sericin stimulated the phosphorylation of ERK 1/2 and JNK 1/2 kinases. All these experiments were done in the presence of specific inhibitors for some of the cell signalling pathways referred above. The obtained results revealed that MEK, JNK and PI3K pathways are involved in fibroin and sericin stimulated cells migration. Inhibition of these three kinases prevented c-Jun upregulation and phosphorylation by fibroin or sericin. Fibroin and sericin were tested in the human keratinocyte cell line, HaCaT, with similar results. Altogether, our results showed that fibroin and sericin initiate cell migration by activating the MEK, JNK and PI3K signalling pathways ending in c-Jun activation.     

戊二醛复合消毒剂对猪病病毒杀灭效果的研究

目的　研究戊二醛复合消毒剂对猪病病毒的杀灭效果。方法　将猪细小病毒 (porcinepavrovirusvirus ,PPV)、猪繁殖呼吸综合征病毒 (porcinereproductiveandrespiratorysyndromevirus,PRRSV)和猪伪狂犬病病毒(porcinepseudorabiesvirus,PRV)分别与不同浓度的戊二醛复合消毒剂作用后 ,接种于长满细胞单层的细胞培养板中 ,根据细胞是否产生病变情况 ,确定消毒剂杀灭病毒的最佳浓度 ;同时 ,还将不同浓度的消毒剂与猪瘟病毒 (hogchloeravirus,HCV)作用后 ,对兔进行静脉注射 ,根据兔的体温变化情况 ,判断消毒剂杀灭病毒的最佳浓度。结果　1%浓度的消毒剂 ,可在 2 0min之内有效杀灭PPV、PRRSV和PRV ;0 5 %浓度的消毒剂 ,可在 10min之内有效杀灭HCV。结论　戊二醛复合消毒剂具有高效杀灭病毒的作用 ,适用于养殖场、医疗卫生行业及传染病流行地区的消毒灭菌 ;采用细胞感染法检测和评价消毒剂对病毒的杀灭效果是一种可行的体外试验方法     

The Osteogenic Potential of Mesoporous Bioglasses/Silk and Non-Mesoporous Bioglasses/Silk Scaffolds in Ovariectomized Rats: In vitro and In vivo Evaluation

Silk-based scaffolds have been introduced to bone tissue regeneration for years, however, their local therapeutic efficency in bone metabolic disease condition has been seldom reported. According to our previous report, mesoporous bioactive glass (MBG)/silk scaffolds exhibits superior in vitro bioactivity and in vivo osteogenic properties compared to non-mesoporous bioactive glass (BG)/silk scaffolds, but no information could be found about their efficiency in osteoporotic (OVX) environment. This study investigated a biomaterial-based approach for improving MSCs behavior in vitro, and accelerating OVX defect healing by using 3D BG/silk and MBG/silk scaffolds, and pure silk scaffolds as control. The results of SEM, CCK-8 assay and quantitative ALP activity showed that MBG/silk scaffolds can improve attachment, proliferation and osteogenic differentiation of both O-MSCs and sham control. In vivo therapeutic efficiency was evaluated by μCT analysis, hematoxylin and eosin staining, safranin O staining and tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase, indicating accelerated bone formation with compatible scaffold degradation and reduced osteoclastic response of defect healing in OVX rats after 2 and 4 weeks treatment, with a rank order of MBG/silk > BG/silk > silk group. Immunohistochemical markers of COL I, OPN, BSP and OCN also revealed that MBG/silk scaffolds can better induce accelerated collagen and non-collagen matrix production. The findings of this study suggest that MBG/silk scaffolds provide a better environment for cell attachment, proliferation and differentiation, and act as potential substitute for treating local osteoporotic defects.     

Controlling the Molecular Structure and Physical Properties of Artificial Honeybee Silk by Heating or by Immersion in Solvents

Honeybee larvae produce silken cocoons that provide mechanical stability to the hive. The silk proteins are small and non-repetitive and therefore can be produced at large scale by fermentation in E. coli. The recombinant proteins can be fabricated into a range of forms; however the resultant material is soluble in water and requires a post production stabilizing treatment. In this study, we describe the structural and mechanical properties of sponges fabricated from artificial honeybee silk proteins that have been stabilized in aqueous methanol baths or by dry heating. Aqueous methanol treatment induces formation of ß-sheets, with the amount of ß-sheet dictated by methanol concentration. Formation of ß-sheets renders sponges insoluble in water and generates a reversibly compressible material. Dry heat treatments at 190°C produce a water insoluble material, that is stiffer than the methanol treated equivalent but without significant secondary structural changes. Honeybee silk proteins are particularly high in Lys, Ser, Thr, Glu and Asp. The properties of the heat treated material are attributed to generation of lysinoalanine, amide (isopeptide) and/or ester covalent cross-links. The unique ability to stabilize material by controlling secondary structure rearrangement and covalent cross-linking allows us to design recombinant silk materials with a wide range of properties.     

Effect of Moisture on Ethylene Oxide Sterilization

Bacterial cells dehydrated beyond a critical point no longer react uniformly to ethylene oxide sterilization. The percentage of cells resistant to the lethal effect of ethylene oxide after desiccation is often as small as 0.1 to 0.001%. However, 5% resistant cells were observed with one type of microorganism dried in broth. The presence of organic matter increases the percentage of cells that become resistant to ethylene oxide after dehydration. The phenomenon is produced by exposing cells to a vacuum or a chemically desiccated atmosphere. It is not a permanent change, because the resistant cells rapidly become susceptible if wetted with water. On the other hand, mere exposure to a high relative humidity (RH), i.e., 75 to 98%, after desiccation requires 6 and 4 days, respectively, to overcome this resistance. Moisture studies showed that there is less water in bacterial cells that have been desiccated and then equilibrated to successively high RH values up to 100% RH, than in cells that have not been desiccated, but allowed to dry naturally until equilibrated to the same RH values.     

PLGA的不同组成对支架材料性能的影响研究

研究PLGA的不同组成对支架材料的力学性能、降解性能和生物学性能的影响。采用溶液浇注/颗粒沥取法制备出不同组成的PLGA多孔支架,对支架的力学性能和降解速率进行考察,同时将人真皮成纤维细胞接种于不同组成的PLGA支架材料上,培养不同时间后,检测细胞的粘附率和增殖率,以及细胞产生的总胶原含量,并通过扫描电镜观察支架上的细胞形态。结果显示,随PLA比例的增加,支架的力学强度增加,降解速率降低,但都不是线性变化。70:30比例的支架,拉伸强度最高,而70:30和80:20两种比例的支架,其降解速率没有显著性差异。PLGA不同组成的支架,均具有良好的细胞相容性,成纤维细胞粘附率和增殖率在三种比例的支架上没有显著性差异,细胞在支架表面生长良好,分泌大量的细胞外基质,细胞基本铺满整个支架。本文研究发现,PLGA的组成对支架力学性能、降解性能和生物学性能有细小但显著的影响,这将对组织构建选用PLGA支架材料提供有益的帮助。