Ischaemic heart diseases are the leading causes of morbidity around the world and pose serious socio-economic burdens. Ischaemic events, such as myocardial infarction, lead to severe tissue damage and result in the formation of scar tissue. This scar tissue, being electrically inert, does not conduct electrical currents and thus generates lethal arrhythmias. The ventricle dilates with time due to asynchronous beating due to the scar, and it eventually leads to total heart failure. The current pharmacological approaches only cure heart failure symptoms without inducing tissue regeneration. Therefore, heart transplant remains the gold standard to date, but the limited organ donors and the possibility of immune rejection make this approach elusive. Cardiac tissue engineering has the potential to address this issue by engineering artificial heart tissues using 3D scaffolds cultured with cardiac stem cells. Compared with the traditional non-conductive scaffold, electroconductive scaffolds can transfer feeble electric currents among the cultured cells by acting as a "wire". This improves intercellular communication and synchronisation that otherwise is not possible using non-conductive scaffolds. This article reviews the recent advances in carbon nanomaterials-based electroconductive scaffolds, their in vitro/in vivo efficacy, and their potential to repair ischaemic heart tissue.

Ul Haq, A., Carotenuto, F., Trovalusci, F., De Matteis, F., Di Nardo, P. (2022). Carbon nanomaterials-based electrically conductive scaffolds to repair the ischaemic heart tissue. C, 8(4) [10.3390/c8040072].

Carbon nanomaterials-based electrically conductive scaffolds to repair the ischaemic heart tissue

Carotenuto, F;Trovalusci, F;De Matteis, F;Di Nardo, P
2022-01-01

Abstract

Ischaemic heart diseases are the leading causes of morbidity around the world and pose serious socio-economic burdens. Ischaemic events, such as myocardial infarction, lead to severe tissue damage and result in the formation of scar tissue. This scar tissue, being electrically inert, does not conduct electrical currents and thus generates lethal arrhythmias. The ventricle dilates with time due to asynchronous beating due to the scar, and it eventually leads to total heart failure. The current pharmacological approaches only cure heart failure symptoms without inducing tissue regeneration. Therefore, heart transplant remains the gold standard to date, but the limited organ donors and the possibility of immune rejection make this approach elusive. Cardiac tissue engineering has the potential to address this issue by engineering artificial heart tissues using 3D scaffolds cultured with cardiac stem cells. Compared with the traditional non-conductive scaffold, electroconductive scaffolds can transfer feeble electric currents among the cultured cells by acting as a "wire". This improves intercellular communication and synchronisation that otherwise is not possible using non-conductive scaffolds. This article reviews the recent advances in carbon nanomaterials-based electroconductive scaffolds, their in vitro/in vivo efficacy, and their potential to repair ischaemic heart tissue.
2022
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Rilevanza internazionale
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Settore FIS/03 - FISICA DELLA MATERIA
English
carbon nanomaterials
ischaemic tissue repair
myocardial infarction
electrically conductive scaffold
cardiac tissue engineering
Ul Haq, A., Carotenuto, F., Trovalusci, F., De Matteis, F., Di Nardo, P. (2022). Carbon nanomaterials-based electrically conductive scaffolds to repair the ischaemic heart tissue. C, 8(4) [10.3390/c8040072].
Ul Haq, A; Carotenuto, F; Trovalusci, F; De Matteis, F; Di Nardo, P
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