Bionic nerve graft and preparation method thereof
A bionic nerve graft and a preparation method thereof is provided. The bionic nerve graft includes a helical stent, a nanofiber membrane, guide fibers and hBMSC-ECM. A surface of the helical stent is coated with the nanofiber membrane, the guide fibers and the hBMSC-ECM are placed in a tube cavity of the helical stent, and the raw materials of the helical stent, the nanofiber membrane and the guide fibers are all chitosan. The preparation method includes the following steps: preparing the helical stent by a mold pouring method, coating the surface of the helical stent with the nanofiber membrane by an electrostatic spinning method, preparing the guide fibers by a template method, and filling the guide fibers and the hBMSC-ECM in the helical stent with the surface coated with the nanofiber membrane.
1 . A preparation method of a bionic nerve graft which comprises a helical stent, a nanofiber membrane, guide fibers and hBMSC-ECM (human-derived Bone Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Extracellular Matrix), wherein a surface of the helical stent is coated with the nanofiber membrane; the guide fibers and the hBMSC-ECM are placed in a tube cavity of the helical stent; and the helical stent, the nanofiber membrane and the guide fibers are formed of chitosan; wherein the preparation method comprises the following steps:
providing the chitosan and forming the helical stent by a mold pouring method;
providing the chitosan and coating the surface of the helical stent with one layer of nanofiber membrane in order to obtain a helical tube with a surface coated with the nanofiber membrane;
providing the chitosan and forming the guide fibers by a template method; and
filling the helical tube with the surface coated with the nanofiber membrane with the guide fibers and the hBMSC-ECM in order to obtain the bionic nerve graft;
wherein the step of forming the guide fibers comprises:
providing a chitosan solution with a concentration of 4 wt % to 7 wt %;
pouring the chitosan solution into a mold with a groove; and
putting the mold with the chitosan solution into a NaOH solution of 5 to 20% for curing and shaping, and washing with water, drying and demolding in order to obtain the guide fibers.
2 . The preparation method of the bionic nerve graft according to claim 1 , wherein the mold pouring method of forming the helical stent comprises:
providing a chitosan solution with a concentration of 4 wt % to 7 wt %;
pouring the chitosan solution on a threaded inner core mold;
placing the inner core mold with the chitosan solution into a NaOH solution of 5 to 20% for curing and shaping, and then washing with water, drying and demolding in order to obtain a helical stent semi-finished product; and
immersing the helical stent semi-finished product into an acetic anhydride solution containing methanol of 5 wt % to perform acetylation for 6 hours, performing fixation for 12 hours by using the NaOH solution of 5 to 20%, washing and drying in order to obtain the helical stent.
3 . The preparation method of the bionic nerve graft according to claim 1 , wherein the step of preparing the helical tube with the surface coated with the nanofiber membrane comprises:
preparing a blended solution of the chitosan and polyethylene oxide with the total concentration of 3 wt % to 5 wt %, wherein the mass ratio of the chitosan to the polyethylene oxide is 100:5 to 100:20;
placing the blended solution of the chitosan and the polyethylene oxide into an electrostatic spinning apparatus, placing the helical stent on a tubular receiving apparatus, performing electrostatic spinning, and coating the surface of the helical stent with one layer of nanofiber membrane; and
placing the helical stent coated with the nanofiber membrane into a NaOH solution of 5 to 20% for curing and shaping, followed by washing with water to remove the polyethylene oxide in order to obtain the helical tube with the surface coated with the nanofiber membrane.
4 . The preparation method of the bionic nerve graft according to claim 3 , wherein setting parameters of the electrostatic spinning comprise a voltage of 5 to 35 kV, a flow velocity of 0.1 to 2 mL/h, a receiving distance of 5 to 35 cm, and a rotating speed of the receiving apparatus of 5 to 150 rpm.
5 . The preparation method of the bionic nerve graft according to claim 1 , wherein the groove of the mold comprises an inner groove and an outer groove which communicate with each other, wherein a cross-sectional shape of the communicated inner groove and outer groove features the inner groove is located in the middle of the outer groove; wherein
a cross-sectional width of the outer groove is 100 to 500 μm,
a cross-sectional height of the outer groove is 20 to 50 μm,
a cross-sectional width of the inner groove is the same as the cross-sectional height of the outer groove,
a cross-sectional height of the inner groove is 25 to 240 μm,
the cross-sectional width of the outer groove is twice the sum of the cross-sectional height of the inner groove and the cross-sectional width of the inner groove, and
the inner groove and the outer groove have the same length of 1 to 3 cm.
6 . The preparation method of the bionic nerve graft according to claim 1 , wherein the hBMSC-ECM is obtained by a process comprising:
coating a culture dish with an Mesenchymal Stem Cell (MSC) adherent reagent diluted 100 times by Dulbecco's Phosphate-Buffered Saline (DPBS) solution;
planting resuscitated human-derived Bone Mesenchymal Stem Cell (hBMSC) into the coated culture dish, adding a complete culture medium, performing culture in a 5% CO 2 incubator at 37° C., and changing the culture medium once every two days; and
changing with a complete culture medium containing ascorbic acid when cell saturation reaches 80%, changing the solution once every two days in a dark place, discarding the culture solution after ten days, washing with DPBS three times, performing hypotonic operation with ultrapure water at 37° C. for 10 minutes, removing the ultrapure water, adding a cell lysis solution to perform reaction for 5 minutes, washing with DPBS, treating with DNA enzyme at 37° C. for 2 hours after washing, washing with DPBS, and storing at 4° C.