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Injectable hydrogels have long been gaining attention in the bone tissue engineering field owing to their ability to mix homogeneously with cells and therapeutic agents, minimally invasive administration, and seamless defect filling. Despite the advantages, the use of injectable hydrogels as cell delivery carriers is currently limited by the challenge of mimicking the natural microenvironment of the loaded cells, promoting cell proliferation, and enhancing bone regeneration. To overcome these problems, we aimed to develop an injectable and in situ -forming nanocomposite hydrogel composed of gelatin, alginate, and LAPONITE® to mimic the architecture and composition of the extracellular matrix. The encapsulated rat bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (rBMSCs) survived in the nanocomposite hydrogel, and the gel promoted cell proliferation in vitro . Systematic in vivo research of the biomimetic hydrogel with or without cells was conducted in a critical-size (8 mm) rat bone defect model. The in vivo results proved that the hydrogel loaded with rBMSCs significantly promoted bone healing in rat calvarial defects, compared to the hydrogel without cells, and that the hydrogel did not provoked side effects on the recipients. Given these advantageous properties, the developed cell-loaded injectable nanocomposite hydrogel can greatly accelerate the bone healing in critical bone defects, thus providing a clinical potential candidate for orthopedic applications.

Cell-loaded injectable gelatin/alginate/LAPONITE® nanocomposite hydrogel promotes bone healing in a critical-size rat calvarial defect model