@article{ChristGlaubittBerberichetal.2022, author = {Christ, Bastian and Glaubitt, Walther and Berberich, Katrin and Weigel, Tobias and Probst, J{\"o}rn and Sextl, Gerhard and Dembski, Sofia}, title = {Sol-gel-derived fibers based on amorphous α-hydroxy-carboxylate-modified titanium(IV) oxide as a 3-dimensional scaffold}, series = {Materials}, volume = {15}, journal = {Materials}, number = {8}, issn = {1996-1944}, doi = {10.3390/ma15082752}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-270694}, year = {2022}, abstract = {The development of novel fibrous biomaterials and further processing of medical devices is still challenging. For instance, titanium(IV) oxide is a well-established biocompatible material, and the synthesis of TiO\(_x\) particles and coatings via the sol-gel process has frequently been published. However, synthesis protocols of sol-gel-derived TiO\(_x\) fibers are hardly known. In this publication, the authors present a synthesis and fabrication of purely sol-gel-derived TiO\(_x\) fiber fleeces starting from the liquid sol-gel precursor titanium ethylate (TEOT). Here, the α-hydroxy-carboxylic acid lactic acid (LA) was used as a chelating ligand to reduce the reactivity towards hydrolysis of TEOT enabling a spinnable sol. The resulting fibers were processed into a non-woven fleece, characterized with FTIR, \(^{13}\)C-MAS-NMR, XRD, and screened with regard to their stability in physiological solution. They revealed an unexpected dependency between the LA content and the dissolution behavior. Finally, in vitro cell culture experiments proved their potential suitability as an open-mesh structured scaffold material, even for challenging applications such as therapeutic medicinal products (ATMPs).}, language = {en} } @article{FuchsYoussefSeheretal.2019, author = {Fuchs, A. and Youssef, A. and Seher, A. and Hochleitner, G. and Dalton, P. D. and Hartmann, S. and Brands, R. C. and M{\"u}ller-Richter, U. D. A. and Linz, C,}, title = {Medical-grade polycaprolactone scaffolds made by melt electrospinning writing for oral bone regeneration - a pilot study in vitro}, series = {BMC Oral Health}, volume = {19}, journal = {BMC Oral Health}, doi = {10.1186/s12903-019-0717-5}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-200274}, pages = {28}, year = {2019}, abstract = {Background The spectrum of indications for the use of membranes and scaffolds in the field of oral and maxillofacial surgery includes, amongst others, guided bone regeneration (GBR). Currently available membrane systems face certain disadvantages such as difficult clinical handling, inconsistent degradation, undirected cell growth and a lack of stability that often complicate their application. Therefore, new membranes which can overcome these issues are of great interest in this field. Methods In this pilot study, we investigated polycaprolactone (PCL) scaffolds intended to enhance oral wound healing by means of melt electrospinning writing (MEW), which allowed for three-dimensional (3D) printing of micron scale fibers and very exact fiber placement. A singular set of box-shaped scaffolds of different sizes consisting of medical-grade PCL was examined and the scaffolds' morphology was evaluated via scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Each prototype sample with box sizes of 225 μm, 300 μm, 375 μm, 450 μm and 500 μm was assessed for cytotoxicity and cell growth by seeding each scaffold with human osteoblast-like cell line MG63. Results All scaffolds demonstrated good cytocompatibility according to cell viability, protein concentration, and cell number. SEM analysis revealed an exact fiber placement of the MEW scaffolds and the growth of viable MG63 cells on them. For the examined box-shaped scaffolds with pore sizes between 225 μm and 500 μm, a preferred box size for initial osteoblast attachment could not be found. Conclusions These well-defined 3D scaffolds consisting of medical-grade materials optimized for cell attachment and cell growth hold the key to a promising new approach in GBR in oral and maxillofacial surgery.}, language = {en} } @article{KowalewiczVorndranFeichtneretal.2021, author = {Kowalewicz, Katharina and Vorndran, Elke and Feichtner, Franziska and Waselau, Anja-Christina and Brueckner, Manuel and Meyer-Lindenberg, Andrea}, title = {In-vivo degradation behavior and osseointegration of 3D powder-printed calcium magnesium phosphate cement scaffolds}, series = {Materials}, volume = {14}, journal = {Materials}, number = {4}, issn = {1996-1944}, doi = {10.3390/ma14040946}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-228929}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Calcium magnesium phosphate cements (CMPCs) are promising bone substitutes and experience great interest in research. Therefore, in-vivo degradation behavior, osseointegration and biocompatibility of three-dimensional (3D) powder-printed CMPC scaffolds were investigated in the present study. The materials Mg225 (Ca\(_{0.75}\)Mg\(_{2.25}\)(PO\(_4\))\(_2\)) and Mg225d (Mg225 treated with diammonium hydrogen phosphate (DAHP)) were implanted as cylindrical scaffolds (h = 5 mm, {\O} = 3.8 mm) in both lateral femoral condyles in rabbits and compared with tricalcium phosphate (TCP). Treatment with DAHP results in the precipitation of struvite, thus reducing pore size and overall porosity and increasing pressure stability. Over 6 weeks, the scaffolds were evaluated clinically, radiologically, with Micro-Computed Tomography (µCT) and histological examinations. All scaffolds showed excellent biocompatibility. X-ray and in-vivo µCT examinations showed a volume decrease and increasing osseointegration over time. Structure loss and volume decrease were most evident in Mg225. Histologically, all scaffolds degraded centripetally and were completely traversed by new bone, in which the remaining scaffold material was embedded. While after 6 weeks, Mg225d and TCP were still visible as a network, only individual particles of Mg225 were present. Based on these results, Mg225 and Mg225d appear to be promising bone substitutes for various loading situations that should be investigated further.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Stuckensen2016, author = {Stuckensen, Kai}, title = {Fabrication of hierarchical cell carrier matrices for tissue regeneration by directional solidification}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-145510}, school = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {2016}, abstract = {The key hypothesis of this work represented the question, if mimicking the zonal composition and structural porosity of musculoskeletal tissues influences invading cells positively and leads to advantageous results for tissue engineering. Conventional approaches in tissue engineering are limited in producing monolithic "scaffolds" that provide locally variating biological key signals and pore architectures, imitating the alignment of collagenous fibres in bone and cartilage tissues, respectively. In order to fill this gap in available tissue engineering strategies, a new fabrication technique was evolved for the production of scaffolds to validate the hypothesis. Therefore, a new solidification based platform procedure was developed. This process comprises the directional solidification of multiple flowable precursors that are "cryostructured" to prepare a controlled anisotropic pore structure. Porous scaffolds are attained through ice crystal removal by lyophilisation. Optionally, electrostatic spinning of polymers may be applied to provide an external mesh on top or around the scaffolds. A consolidation step generates monolithic matrices from multi zonal structures. To serve as matrix for tissue engineering approaches or direct implantation as medical device, the scaffold is sterilized. An Adjustable Cryostructuring Device (ACD) was successively developed; individual parts were conceptualized by computer aided design (CAD) and assembled. During optimisation, a significant performance improvement of the ACDs accessible external temperature gradient was achieved, from (1.3 ± 0.1) K/mm to (9.0 ± 0.1) K/mm. Additionally, four different configurations of the device were made available that enabled the directional solidification of collagenous precursors in a highly controlled manner with various sample sizes and shapes. By using alginate as a model substance the process was systematically evaluated. Cryostructuring diagraphs were analysed yielding solidification parameters, which were associated to pore sizes and alignments that were determined by image processing. Thereby, a precise control over pore size and alignment through electrical regulation of the ACD could be demonstrated. To obtain tissue mimetic scaffolds for the musculoskeletal system, collagens and calcium phosphates had to be prepared to serve as raw materials. Extraction and purification protocols were established to generate collagen I and collagen II, while the calcium phosphates brushite and hydroxyapatite were produced by precipitation reactions. Besides the successive augmentation of the ACD also an optimization of the processing steps was crucial. Firstly, the concentrations and the individual behaviour of respective precursor components had to be screened. Together with the insights gained by videographic examination of solidifying collagen solutions, essential knowledge was gained that facilitated the production of more complex scaffolds. Phenomena of ice crystal growth during cryostructuring were discussed. By evolutionary steps, a cryostructuring of multi-layered precursors with consecutive anisotropic pores could be achieved and successfully transferred from alginate to collagenous precursors. Finally, very smooth interfaces that were hardly detectable by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) could be attained. For the used collagenous systems, a dependency relation between adjustable processing parameters and different resulting solidification morphologies was created. Dehydrothermal-, diisocyanate-, and carbodiimide- based cross linking methods were evaluated, whereby the "zero length" cross linking by carbodiimide was found to be most suitable. Afterwards, a formulation for the cross linking solution was elaborated, which generated favourable outcomes by application inside a reduced pressure apparatus. As a consequence, a pore collapse during wet chemical cross linking could be avoided. Complex monolithic scaffolds featuring continuous pores were fabricated that mimicked structure and respective composition of different areas of native tissues by the presence of biochemical key stimulants. At first, three types of bone scaffolds were produced from collagen I and hydroxyapatite with appropriate sizes to fit critical sized defects in rat femurs. They either featured an isotropic or anisotropic porosity and partly also contained glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). Furthermore, meniscus scaffolds were prepared by processing two precursors with biomimetic contents of collagen I, collagen II and GAGs. Here, the pore structures were created under boundary conditions, which allowed an ice crystal growth that was nearly orthogonal to the external temperature gradient. Thereby, the preferential alignment of collagen fibres in the natural meniscus tissue could be mimicked. Those scaffolds owned appropriate sizes for cell culture in well plates or even an authentic meniscus shape and size. Finally, osteochondral scaffolds, sized to either fit well plates or perfusion reactors for cell culture, were fabricated to mimic the composition of subchondral bone and different cartilage zones. Collagen I and the resorbable calcium phosphate brushite were used for the subchondral zone, whereas the cartilage zones were composed out of collagen I, collagen II and tissue mimetic contents of GAGs. The pore structure corresponded to the one that is dominating the volume of natural osteochondral tissue. Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and SEM were used to analyse the composition and pore structure of the individual scaffold zones, respectively. The cross section pore diameters were determined to (65 ± 25) µm, (88 ± 35) µm and(93 ± 42) µm for the anisotropic, the isotropic and GAG containing isotropic bone scaffolds. Furthermore, the meniscus scaffolds showed pore diameters of (93 ± 21) µm in the inner meniscus zone and (248 ± 63) µm inside the outer meniscus zone. Pore sizes of (82 ± 25) µm, (83 ± 29) µm and (85 ± 39) µm were present inside the subchondral, the lower chondral and the upper chondral zone of osteochondral scaffolds. Depending on the fabrication parameters, the respective scaffold zones were also found to feature a specific micro- and nanostructure at their inner surfaces. Degradation studies were carried out under physiological conditions and resulted in a mean mass loss of (0.52 ± 0.13) \%, (1.56 ± 0.10) \% and (0.80 ± 0.10) \% per day for bone, meniscus and osteochondral scaffolds, respectively. Rheological measurements were used to determine the viscosity changes upon cooling of different precursors. Micro computer tomography (µ-CT) investigations were applied to characterize the 3D microstructure of osteochondral scaffolds. To obtain an osteochondral scaffold with four zones of tissue mimetic microstructure alignment, a poly (D, L-lactide-co-glycolide) mesh was deposited on the upper chondral zone by electrostatic spinning. In case of the bone scaffolds, the retention / release capacity of bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP-2) was evaluated by an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Due to the high presence of attractive BMP binding sites, only less than 0.1 \% of the initially loaded cytokine was released. The suitability of combining the cryostructuring process with 3D powder printed calcium phosphate substrates was evaluated with osteochondral scaffolds, but did not appear to yield more preferable results than the non-combined approach. A new custom build confined compression setup was elaborated together with a suitable evaluation procedure for the mechanical characterisation under physiological conditions. For bone and cartilage scaffolds, apparent elastic moduli of (37.6 ± 6.9) kPa and (3.14 ± 0.85) kPa were measured. A similar behaviour of the scaffolds to natural cartilage and bone tissue was demonstrated in terms of elastic energy storage. Under physiological frequencies, less than 1.0 \% and 0.8 \% of the exerted energy was lost for bone and cartilage scaffolds, respectively. With average relaxation times of (0.613 ± 0.040) sec and (0.815 ± 0.077) sec, measured for the cartilage and bone scaffolds, they respond four orders of magnitude faster than the native tissues. Additionally, all kinds of produced scaffolds were able to withstand cyclic compression at un-physiological frequencies as high as 20 Hz without a loss in structural integrity. With the presented new method, scaffolds could be fabricated whose extent in mimicking of native tissues exceeded the one of scaffolds producible by state of the art methods. This allowed a testing of the key hypothesis: The biological evaluation of an anisotropic pore structure in vivo revealed a higher functionality of immigrated cells and led finally to advantageous healing outcomes. Moreover, the mimicking of local compositions in combination with a consecutive anisotropic porosity that approaches native tissue structures could be demonstrated to induce zone specific matrix remodelling in stem cells in vitro. Additionally, clues for a zone specific chondrogenic stem cell differentiation were attained without the supplementation of growth factors. Thereby, the hypothesis that an increased approximation of the hierarchically compositional and structurally anisotropic properties of musculoskeletal tissues would lead to an improved cellular response and a better healing quality, could be confirmed. With a special focus on cell free in situ tissue engineering approaches, the insights gained within this thesis may be directly transferred to clinical regenerative therapies.}, subject = {Tissue Engineering}, language = {en} } @article{RamirezRodriguezPereiraHerrmannetal.2021, author = {Ram{\´i}rez-Rodr{\´i}guez, Gloria Bel{\´e}n and Pereira, Ana Rita and Herrmann, Marietta and Hansmann, Jan and Delgado-L{\´o}pez, Jos{\´e} Manuel and Sprio, Simone and Tampieri, Anna and Sandri, Monica}, title = {Biomimetic mineralization promotes viability and differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells in a perfusion bioreactor}, series = {International Journal of Molecular Sciences}, volume = {22}, journal = {International Journal of Molecular Sciences}, number = {3}, issn = {1422-0067}, doi = {10.3390/ijms22031447}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-285804}, year = {2021}, abstract = {In bone tissue engineering, the design of 3D systems capable of recreating composition, architecture and micromechanical environment of the native extracellular matrix (ECM) is still a challenge. While perfusion bioreactors have been proposed as potential tool to apply biomechanical stimuli, its use has been limited to a low number of biomaterials. In this work, we propose the culture of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSC) in biomimetic mineralized recombinant collagen scaffolds with a perfusion bioreactor to simultaneously provide biochemical and biophysical cues guiding stem cell fate. The scaffolds were fabricated by mineralization of recombinant collagen in the presence of magnesium (RCP.MgAp). The organic matrix was homogeneously mineralized with apatite nanocrystals, similar in composition to those found in bone. X-Ray microtomography images revealed isotropic porous structure with optimum porosity for cell ingrowth. In fact, an optimal cell repopulation through the entire scaffolds was obtained after 1 day of dynamic seeding in the bioreactor. Remarkably, RCP.MgAp scaffolds exhibited higher cell viability and a clear trend of up-regulation of osteogenic genes than control (non-mineralized) scaffolds. Results demonstrate the potential of the combination of biomimetic mineralization of recombinant collagen in presence of magnesium and dynamic culture of hMSC as a promising strategy to closely mimic bone ECM.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Bernuth2020, author = {Bernuth, Silvia}, title = {Bioaktiv funktionalisierbare Hyalurons{\"a}ure-Polyglycidol-Hydrogele unter Verwendung von ASCs aus dem Fettgewebe zur Rekonstruktion von Weichgewebsdefekten}, doi = {10.25972/OPUS-21424}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-214248}, school = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {2020}, abstract = {In der Plastischen Chirurgie erfordert die Rekonstruktion von {\"a}sthetisch anspruchsvollen Bereichen in vielen F{\"a}llen die Wiederherstellung von subkutanem Fettgewebe. Neben chirurgischen Rekonstruktionen k{\"o}nnte das Tissue Engineering von Fettgewebe einen wertvollen Beitrag leisten. Jedoch bringt es vielschichtige Herausforderungen mit sich und ist zum aktuellen Zeitpunkt nur limitiert m{\"o}glich. Ein Ansatz ist die Schaffung einer Tr{\"a}germatrix zur Besiedelung und Differenzierung von Stammzellen. Auf dieser Basis sollten in der vorliegenden Arbeit zwei Teilbereiche untersucht werden. In dem ersten Teilbereich erfolgten Untersuchungen verschiedener Gewinnungsmethoden von ASCs aus dem subkutanen Fettgewebe bezogen auf ihr Effizienz. Die untersuchten Liposuktionstechniken zeigten eine deutlich h{\"o}here Effizienz gegen{\"u}ber der mechanischen Gewinnungsmethode bezogen auf die gewonnene Zellzahl. In den Viabilit{\"a}tsuntersuchungen zeigte sich eine {\"a}hnliche Tendenz. ASCs aller drei Gewinnungsmethoden proliferierten durchaus gleich gut, jedoch zeigten die histologischen und quantitativen Adipogeneseuntersuchungen tendenziell mehr Lipidbildung bei den Liposuktionstechniken. Das {\"u}bergeordnete Ziel des zweiten Abschnittes dieser Arbeit war es eine Tr{\"a}germatrix auf Hyalurons{\"a}ure-Basis mit dem vielseitig modifizierbarem Crosslinker Polyglycidol zu untersuchen, sie mit mesenchymalen Stammzellen aus dem Fettgewebe zu besiedeln und diese adipogen zu differenzieren. Des Weiteren erfolgten erste Versuche die Hydrogele mit funktionellen Gruppen zu modifizieren um eine Verbesserung der Adh{\"a}sion der Zellen im Hydrogel zu erreichen. Die unmodifizierten Hydrogele waren zu jeder Zeit stabil in ihrer Form und zeigten nach Besiedelung mit ASCs eine gleichm{\"a}ßige Verteilung der Zellen im Gel. Auch ließ sich die Adipogenese histologisch visualisieren und biochemisch best{\"a}tigen. Die inkorporierten Peptide brachten eine peptidabh{\"a}ngige und konzentrationsabh{\"a}ngige Ver{\"a}nderung der Zellverteilung im Hydrogel. Eine Steigerung der Funktionalit{\"a}t der Zellen bezogen auf das {\"U}berleben und die Adipogenese konnte in diesen ersten Versuchen noch nicht gezeigt werden. Generell zeigt sich eine Eignung der hyalurons{\"a}urebasierten mit Polyglycidol-verlinkten Hydrogele f{\"u}r das Tissue Engineering von Fettgewebe. Weitere Untersuchungen bez{\"u}glich der Modifikation der Hydrogele mit adh{\"a}siven und adipogenen funktionellen Gruppen bietet sich daher an und k{\"o}nnte ein fettgewebs{\"a}hnliches Umgebungsmilieu hervorbringen.}, subject = {Hyalurons{\"a}ure}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Hochleitner2018, author = {Hochleitner, Gernot}, title = {Advancing melt electrospinning writing for fabrication of biomimetic structures}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-162197}, school = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {2018}, abstract = {In order to mimic the extracellular matrix for tissue engineering, recent research approaches often involve 3D printing or electrospinning of fibres to scaffolds as cell carrier material. Within this thesis, a micron fibre printing process, called melt electrospinning writing (MEW), combining both additive manufacturing and electrospinning, has been investigated and improved. Thus, a unique device was developed for accurate process control and manufacturing of high quality constructs. Thereby, different studies could be conducted in order to understand the electrohydrodynamic printing behaviour of different medically relevant thermoplastics as well as to characterise the influence of MEW on the resulting scaffold performance. For reproducible scaffold printing, a commonly occurring processing instability was investigated and defined as pulsing, or in extreme cases as long beading. Here, processing analysis could be performed with the aim to overcome those instabilities and prevent the resulting manufacturing issues. Two different biocompatible polymers were utilised for this study: poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) as the only material available for MEW until then and poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) for the first time. A hypothesis including the dependency of pulsing regarding involved mass flows regulated by the feeding pressure and the electrical field strength could be presented. Further, a guide via fibre diameter quantification was established to assess and accomplish high quality printing of scaffolds for subsequent research tasks. By following a combined approach including small sized spinnerets, small flow rates and high field strengths, PCL fibres with submicron-sized fibre diameters (f{\O} = 817 ± 165 nm) were deposited to defined scaffolds. The resulting material characteristics could be investigated regarding molecular orientation and morphological aspects. Thereby, an alignment and isotropic crystallinity was observed that can be attributed to the distinct acceleration of the solidifying jet in the electrical field and by the collector uptake. Resulting submicron fibres formed accurate but mechanically sensitive structures requiring further preparation for a suitable use in cell biology. To overcome this handling issue, a coating procedure, by using hydrophilic and cross-linkable star-shaped molecules for preparing fibre adhesive but cell repellent collector surfaces, was used. Printing PCL fibre patterns below the critical translation speed (CTS) revealed the opportunity to manufacture sinusoidal shaped fibres analogously to those observed using purely viscous fluids falling on a moving belt. No significant influence of the high voltage field during MEW processing could be observed on the buckling phenomenon. A study on the sinusoidal geometry revealed increasing peak-to-peak values and decreasing wavelengths as a function of decreasing collector speeds sc between CTS > sc ≥ 2/3 CTS independent of feeding pressures. Resulting scaffolds printed at 100 \%, 90 \%, 80 \% and 70 \% of CTS exhibited significantly different tensile properties, foremost regarding Young's moduli (E = 42 ± 7 MPa to 173 ± 22 MPa at 1 - 3 \% strain). As known from literature, a changed morphology and mechanical environment can impact cell performance substantially leading to a new opportunity of tailoring TE scaffolds. Further, poly(L-lactide-co-ε-caprolactone-co-acryloyl carbonate) as well as poly(ε-caprolactone-co-acryloyl carbonate) (PCLAC) copolymers could be used for MEW printing. Those exhibit the opportunity for UV-initiated radical cross-linking in a post-processing step leading to significantly increased mechanical characteristics. Here, single fibres of the polymer composed of 90 mol.\% CL and 10 mol.\% AC showed a considerable maximum tensile strength of σmax = 53 ± 16 MPa. Furthermore, sinusoidal meanders made of PCLAC yielded a specific tensile stress-strain characteristic mimicking the qualitative behaviour of tendons or ligaments. Cell viability by L929 murine fibroblasts and live/dead staining with human mesenchymal stem cells revealed a promising biomaterial behaviour pointing out MEW printed PCLAC scaffolds as promising choice for medical repair of load-bearing soft tissue. Indeed, one apparent drawback, the small throughput similar to other AM methods, may still prevent MEW's industrial application yet. However, ongoing research focusses on enlargement of manufacturing speed with the clear perspective of relevant improvement. Thereby, the utilisation of large spinneret sizes may enable printing of high volume rates, while downsizing the resulting fibre diameter via electrical field and mechanical stretching by the collector uptake. Using this approach, limitations of FDM by small nozzle sizes could be overcome. Thinking visionary, such printing devices could be placed in hospitals for patient-specific printing-on-demand therapies one day. Taking the evolved high deposition precision combined with the unique small fibre diameter sizes into account, technical processing of high performance membranes, filters or functional surface finishes also stands to reason.}, subject = {scaffold}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Fuchs2012, author = {Fuchs, Andreas Rudolf}, title = {3D-Pulverdruck von Zellkulturtr{\"a}gern mit Magnesium-Phosphat-Chemie}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-77415}, school = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {2012}, abstract = {In der vorliegenden Arbeit wurden erstmals im 3D-Pulerdruckverfahren hergestellte Struvit-Matrizes auf ihre Eignung als Tr{\"a}germaterial f{\"u}r Knochenzellen in vitro untersucht. Hierzu wurde die Zytokompatibilit{\"a}t sowie die chemische L{\"o}slichkeit von gedruckten Struvit-Strukturen betrachtet. In einem zweiten Schritt wurde untersucht, ob die biologische Funktion von BMP-2-L{\"o}sungen nach Durchlaufen des Druckprozesses erhalten bleibt und ob es m{\"o}glich ist, BMP-2 unter Beibehaltung seiner biologischen Wirksamkeit direkt in Struvit-Matrizes zu drucken. Als Reaktanten zur Herstellung der Struvit-Matrizes wurde modifiziertes Farringtonit-Pulver mit definierter K{\"o}rnung und eine {\"a}quimolare Binder-L{\"o}sung aus DAHP und ADHP verwendet. Die untersuchten Zellkulturtr{\"a}ger mit Magnesiumammoniumphosphatchemie zeigten eine ausreichende Zytokompatibilit{\"a}t in vitro. Außerdem wurde gezeigt, dass thermolabile Proteine wie BMP-2 im 3D-Pulverdruckverfahren unter weitgehender Beibehaltung ihrer biologischen Wirksamkeit in vitro grunds{\"a}tzlich prozessierbar sind. Die Freisetzung direkt eingedruckter Proteine aus den Struvit-Matrizes blieb jedoch hinter den Erwartungen zur{\"u}ck. Mit Struvit steht ein alternatives Zementsystem f{\"u}r den 3D-Pulverdruck zur Verf{\"u}gung, welches spezifische Vorteile gegen{\"u}ber den etablierten Calciumphosphaten bietet. Weitere Untersuchungen sind erforderlich, um die Ursache f{\"u}r die geringe BMP-Freisetzung aus den Struvit-Matrizes zu ermitteln und die Vorteile der neutralen Abbindereaktion voll nutzen zu k{\"o}nnen.}, subject = {Struvit}, language = {de} }