Fabrication of Hierarchical Macroporous Biocompatible Scaffolds by Combining Pickering High Internal Phase Emulsion Templates with Three-Dimensional Printing.

Biocompatible and biodegradable porous scaffolds with adjustable pore structure have aroused increasing interest in bone tissue engineering. Here, we report a facile method to fabricate hierarchical macroporous biocompatible (HmPB) scaffolds by combining Pickering high internal phase emulsion (HIPE) templates with three-dimensional (3D) printing. HmPB scaffolds composed of a polymer matrix of poly(l-lactic acid), PLLA, and poly(ε-caprolactone), PCL, are readily fabricated by solvent evaporation of 3D printed Pickering HIPEs which are stabilized by hydrophobically modified silica nanoparticles (h-SiO2). The pore structure of HmPB scaffolds is easily tailored to be similar to natural extracellular matrix (ECM) by varying the fabrication conditions of the Pickering emulsion or adjusting the printing parameters. In addition, in vivo drug release studies which employ enrofloxacin (ENR) as a model drug indicate the potential of HmPB scaffolds as a drug carrier. Furthermore, in vivo cell culture assays prove that HmPB scaffolds that possess good biocompatibility as mouse bone mesenchymal stem cells (mBMSCs) can adhere and proliferate well on them. All the results suggest that HmPB scaffolds hold great potential in bone tissue engineering applications.

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