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CNT/Sericin Conductive Nerve Guidance Conduit Promotes Functional Recovery of Transected Peripheral Nerve Injury in a Rat Model

Xiaolin Li, Wen Yang, Hongjian Xie, Jian Wang, Lei Zhang, Zheng Wang*, and Lin Wang*

封面设计 | First Published: 2020-08-20

Peripheral nerve injury usually leads to poor outcomes such as painful neuropathies and disabilities. Autogenous nerve grafting is the current gold standard; however, the limited source of a donor nerve remains a problem. Numerous tissue engineering nerve guidance conduits have been developed as substitutes for autografts. However, a few conduits can achieve the reparative effect equivalent to autografts. Here, we report for the development and application of a carbon nanotube (CNT)/sericin nerve conduit with electrical conductivity and suitable mechanical properties for nerve repair. This CNT/sericin conduit possesses favorable properties including biocompatibility, biodegradability, porous microarchitecture, and suitable swelling property. We thus applied this conduit for bridging a 10 mm gap defect of a transected sciatic nerve combined with electrical stimulation (ES) in a rat injury model. By the end of 12 weeks, we observed that the CNT/sericin conduit combined with electrical stimulation could effectively promote both structural repair and functional recovery comparable to those of the autografts, evidenced by the morphological and histological analyses, electrophysiological responses, functional studies, and target muscle reinnervation evaluations. These findings suggest that this electric conductive CNT/sericin conduit combined with electrical stimulation may have the potential to serve as a new alternative for the repair of transected peripheral nerves.

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https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.0c08457

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