Antioxidant scaffolds for enhanced bone regeneration: recent advances and challenges

Abstract Bone regeneration is integral to maintaining bone function and integrity in the body, as well as treating bone diseases, such as osteoporosis and defects. However, oxidative stress often poses a significant obstacle during bone regeneration, leading to cell damage, inflammatory responses, a...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hui Li, Zhenhe Zhang, Jing Liu, Huiwen Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-04-01
Series:BioMedical Engineering OnLine
Subjects:
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12938-025-01370-z
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1849737386176544768
author Hui Li
Zhenhe Zhang
Jing Liu
Huiwen Wang
author_facet Hui Li
Zhenhe Zhang
Jing Liu
Huiwen Wang
author_sort Hui Li
collection DOAJ
description Abstract Bone regeneration is integral to maintaining bone function and integrity in the body, as well as treating bone diseases, such as osteoporosis and defects. However, oxidative stress often poses a significant obstacle during bone regeneration, leading to cell damage, inflammatory responses, and subsequent impediment of normal bone tissue formation. Therefore, to maintain bone regeneration, antioxidant therapy is essential. Bone scaffolds, serving as a temporary support for bone tissue, can provide an ideal microenvironment for cell proliferation and differentiation, effectively promoting bone tissue formation. In recent years, with in-depth research on antioxidants and their mechanisms of action, the development and application of antioxidant bone scaffolds have shown tremendous potential. These antioxidant bone scaffolds not only promote osteogenic differentiation and angiogenesis, but also effectively inhibit the inflammatory response and osteoclast formation, significantly improving the efficiency of bone regeneration. Notably, with the rapid development of nanotechnology, nanozymes with multi-enzyme-like activities have been successfully constructed and encapsulated within bone scaffolds, leading to the proposal of multifunctional antioxidant strategies. Therefore, this review summarizes recent research progress, categorically introducing types of bone scaffolds and antioxidants, elucidating therapeutic strategies of antioxidant bone scaffolds, and identifying current challenges, aiming to provide valuable guidance for subsequent research.
format Article
id doaj-art-1e3bba8a223f4248bb3ccab2ab56efef
institution DOAJ
issn 1475-925X
language English
publishDate 2025-04-01
publisher BMC
record_format Article
series BioMedical Engineering OnLine
spelling doaj-art-1e3bba8a223f4248bb3ccab2ab56efef2025-08-20T03:06:55ZengBMCBioMedical Engineering OnLine1475-925X2025-04-0124112410.1186/s12938-025-01370-zAntioxidant scaffolds for enhanced bone regeneration: recent advances and challengesHui Li0Zhenhe Zhang1Jing Liu2Huiwen Wang3Department of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyDepartment of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyDepartment of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyDepartment of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyAbstract Bone regeneration is integral to maintaining bone function and integrity in the body, as well as treating bone diseases, such as osteoporosis and defects. However, oxidative stress often poses a significant obstacle during bone regeneration, leading to cell damage, inflammatory responses, and subsequent impediment of normal bone tissue formation. Therefore, to maintain bone regeneration, antioxidant therapy is essential. Bone scaffolds, serving as a temporary support for bone tissue, can provide an ideal microenvironment for cell proliferation and differentiation, effectively promoting bone tissue formation. In recent years, with in-depth research on antioxidants and their mechanisms of action, the development and application of antioxidant bone scaffolds have shown tremendous potential. These antioxidant bone scaffolds not only promote osteogenic differentiation and angiogenesis, but also effectively inhibit the inflammatory response and osteoclast formation, significantly improving the efficiency of bone regeneration. Notably, with the rapid development of nanotechnology, nanozymes with multi-enzyme-like activities have been successfully constructed and encapsulated within bone scaffolds, leading to the proposal of multifunctional antioxidant strategies. Therefore, this review summarizes recent research progress, categorically introducing types of bone scaffolds and antioxidants, elucidating therapeutic strategies of antioxidant bone scaffolds, and identifying current challenges, aiming to provide valuable guidance for subsequent research.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12938-025-01370-zBone tissue engineeringOxidative stressAntioxidant strategySmart bone scaffoldNanozyme
spellingShingle Hui Li
Zhenhe Zhang
Jing Liu
Huiwen Wang
Antioxidant scaffolds for enhanced bone regeneration: recent advances and challenges
BioMedical Engineering OnLine
Bone tissue engineering
Oxidative stress
Antioxidant strategy
Smart bone scaffold
Nanozyme
title Antioxidant scaffolds for enhanced bone regeneration: recent advances and challenges
title_full Antioxidant scaffolds for enhanced bone regeneration: recent advances and challenges
title_fullStr Antioxidant scaffolds for enhanced bone regeneration: recent advances and challenges
title_full_unstemmed Antioxidant scaffolds for enhanced bone regeneration: recent advances and challenges
title_short Antioxidant scaffolds for enhanced bone regeneration: recent advances and challenges
title_sort antioxidant scaffolds for enhanced bone regeneration recent advances and challenges
topic Bone tissue engineering
Oxidative stress
Antioxidant strategy
Smart bone scaffold
Nanozyme
url https://doi.org/10.1186/s12938-025-01370-z
work_keys_str_mv AT huili antioxidantscaffoldsforenhancedboneregenerationrecentadvancesandchallenges
AT zhenhezhang antioxidantscaffoldsforenhancedboneregenerationrecentadvancesandchallenges
AT jingliu antioxidantscaffoldsforenhancedboneregenerationrecentadvancesandchallenges
AT huiwenwang antioxidantscaffoldsforenhancedboneregenerationrecentadvancesandchallenges