• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.9-15
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• 2010

Aim of the study: As an injectable scaffold, MPEG-PCL diblock copolymer was applied in bone tissue engineering. In vivo bone formation was evaluated by soft X-ray, histology based on the rat calvarial critical size defect model. Materials and Methods: New bone formation was evaluated with MPEG-PCL diblock copolymer in rat calvarial critical size bone defect. No graft was served as control. 4, 8 weeks after implantation, gross evidence of bone regeneration was evaluated by histology and soft X-ray analysis. Results: The improved and effective bone regeneration was achieved with the BMP-2 and osteoblasts loaded MPEG-PCL diblock copolymer. Conclusion: It was confirmed that MPEG-PCL temperature sensitive hydrogels was useful as an injectable scaffold in bone regeneration.

• Proceedings of the KSLP Conference
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• 2016.03a
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• pp.42-42
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• 2016

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.344-351
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• 2004

Poly(ethylene glycol)-based diblock and triblock polyester copolymers stimulating to temperature were studied as injectable biomaterials in drug delivery system because of their nontoxicity, biocompatibility and biodegradability. We synthesized the diblock copolymers consisting of methoxy poly(ethylene glycol) (MPEG) (M$_{n}$=750 g/mole) and poly($\varepsilon$-caprolactone) (PCL) by ring opening polymerization of $\varepsilon$-CL with MPEG as an initiator in the presence of HCl . Et$_2$O. The aqueous solution of synthesized diblock copolymers represented sol phase at room temperature and a sol to gel phase transition as the temperature increased from room temperature to body temperature. To confirm the in vivo gel formation, we observed the formation of gel in the mice body after injection of 20 wt% aqueous solution of each block copolymer. After 2 months, we observed the maintenance of gel without dispersion in mice. In this study, we synthesized diblock copolymers exhibiting sol-gel phase transition and confirmed the feasibility as biomaterials of injectable implantation.n.