Ultrasound-driven in vivo electrical stimulation based on biodegradable piezoelectric nanogenerators for enhancing and monitoring the nerve tissue repair
单位:[1]National Engineering Research Center for Nanomedicine, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China[2]Department of Pediatric Surgery,Tongji Hospital,Tongji Medical College,Huazhong University of Science and Technology,Wuhan 430030,China华中科技大学同济医学院附属同济医院外科学系小儿外科儿科学系[3]Department of Neurosurgery,Tongji Hospital,Tongji Medical College,Huazhong University of Science and Technology,Wuhan 430030,China华中科技大学同济医学院附属同济医院外科学系神经外科
In vivo electrical stimulation (ES) has shown great promise in promoting tissue repair for various tissue engi-neering applications. However, a significant limitation of current long-term ES technique is that the existing postoperative protocols with transcutaneous leads have great risk of infection and need second operation to remove the tethered electrical-interface. Herein, we explored an ultrasound-driven in vivo ES technique based on the biodegradable piezoelectric nanogenerator (PENG) without any transcutaneous leads for the repair of pe-ripheral nerve injuries. The piezoelectric nanogenerator contains biodegradable piezoelectric materials, including potassium sodium niobate (KNN) nanowires, poly (L-lactic acid) (PLLA), and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV), biodegradable encapsulation layers, such as Poly (lactic acid) (PLA) or poly-epsilon-caprolactone (PCL) films, as well as biodegradable magnesium (Mg) electrodes and molybdenum (Mo) wires. Owing to the merits of ultrasound (US) in biomedical engineering, such as deep tissue penetration and pre-dominant clinical security, US was selected as an exterior wireless energy source to drive the implantable nanogenerators which were fabricated with dissolvable piezoelectric films. With mechanical excitation remotely activated by programmable US pulses, the implanted piezoelectric nanogenerator can deliver adjustable ES to the biodegradable conductive conduits of peripheral nerves beyond the intraoperative period. Moreover, upon in-situ ES of the recovered nerves by the implanted nanogenerator, the nerve repairing process can be monitored in real-time with recorded muscle electrophysiology response. With a sciatic nerve injury model, our comprehensive investigation on neurologic function recovery analysis, histological assessment and microstructure analysis confirmed the great enhancement in nerve regeneration by the ultrasound-driven in vivo ES. This work provides a novel strategy with ultrasound-responsive biodegradable piezoelectric nanogenerator to deliver in vivo ES for tissue engineering applications.
基金:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81771974) and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Funded Project (2021M701321).
第一作者单位:[1]National Engineering Research Center for Nanomedicine, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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通讯机构:[1]National Engineering Research Center for Nanomedicine, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China[2]Department of Pediatric Surgery,Tongji Hospital,Tongji Medical College,Huazhong University of Science and Technology,Wuhan 430030,China[*1]National Engineering Research Center for Nanomedicine, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Wu Ping,Chen Ping,Xu Chao,et al.Ultrasound-driven in vivo electrical stimulation based on biodegradable piezoelectric nanogenerators for enhancing and monitoring the nerve tissue repair[J].NANO ENERGY.2022,102:doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2022.107707.
APA:
Wu,Ping,Chen,Ping,Xu,Chao,Wang,Qiong,Zhang,Fuchi...&Luo,Zhiqiang.(2022).Ultrasound-driven in vivo electrical stimulation based on biodegradable piezoelectric nanogenerators for enhancing and monitoring the nerve tissue repair.NANO ENERGY,102,
MLA:
Wu,Ping,et al."Ultrasound-driven in vivo electrical stimulation based on biodegradable piezoelectric nanogenerators for enhancing and monitoring the nerve tissue repair".NANO ENERGY 102.(2022)