Nerve‐on‐a‐Chip Derived Biomimicking Microfibers for Peripheral Nerve Regeneration

Abstract

Fibrous scaffolds have shown their advantages in tissue engineering, such as peripheral nerve regeneration, while most of the existing fiber-shaped scaffolds are with simple structures, and the in vitro performance for nerve regeneration lacks systematic analysis. Here, novel nerve-on-a-chip derived biomimicking microfibers for peripheral nerve regeneration are presented. The microfibers with controllable core-shell structures and functionalities are generated through capillary microfluidic devices. By integrating these microfibers into a multitrack-architectured chip, and coculturing them with nerve cells as well as gradient bioactive elements, the nerve-on-a-chip with the capabilities of systematically assessing the performances of nerve fiber formation in the hollow microfibers at in vitro level is constructed. Based on a rat sciatic nerve injury model, the rapid promotion ability is demonstrated of optimized microfibers in nerve regeneration and function recovery in vivo, which implies the credibility of the nerve-on-a-chip on biomimicking microfibers evaluation for peripheral nerve regeneration. Thus, it is convinced that the organ-on-a-chip will undoubtedly open up a new chapter in evaluating biological scaffolds for in vivo tissue engineering.

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