Elastic and biodegradable chitosan/agarose film revealing slightly acidic pH for potential applications in regenerative medicine as artificial skin graft

Vivcharenko, Vladyslav; Benko, Aleksandra; Pałka, K.; Wójcik, Michał; Przekora, Agata

doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.07.099

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“…Paper tissues were used to remove the excess of the fluids before weighting. The volume (mL) of the absorbed serum/plasma by 1 g of biomaterial was determined based on the Equation (2) [12]:…”

Section: Exudate Absorption Capacitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…where V represents a volume of absorbed serum/plasma (mL), m w represents the wet sample weight (g) after immersion in blood serum or plasma, m i represents an initial weight of dry sample (g), and g is a plasma or serum density (g/mL). The maximum absorption capacity (W max %) expressed as a percentage of a weight increase after 24 h was also calculated according to the following Equation (3) [12]:…”

Section: Exudate Absorption Capacitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Importantly, developed material was additionally enriched with different nontoxic concentrations of vitamin C in order to ensure the most appropriate conditions for cell viability and proliferation, thereby skin healing process. It is worth noting that in our previous research we have developed thin film/membrane with the same chemical composition (chitosan and agarose) [12,24]. The only difference in the production process was application of air-drying instead of freeze-drying.…”

Section: Preparation Of the Biomaterialsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The pH rise during incubation in lysozyme solution may be caused by binding of H + from slightly acidic buffer (pH = 6.0) and formation of -NH 3+ groups in the chitosan molecule. Moreover, lysozyme-mediated degradation of the CHN/A biomaterial (cleavage of β-1,4-glycosidic bonds) could result in the greater amount of free -OH groups increasing the pH of the lysozyme solution [12,40]. In the case of collagenase solution, the decrease in the pH was most likely associated with the formation of acetic acid as a result of amide bond cleavage in the N-acetylglucosamine units present in the chitosan [12].…”

Section: Biodegradation Testmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…External dressings for skin wounds should remove excessive exudate, provide oxygen and adequate humidity necessary for primary wound healing [12]. All mentioned features highly depend on the microstructure of the dressing material.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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There are many modern wound dressings that have promising properties for repairing skin damage. However, due to various types of wounds and the problems they cause, there is still a great demand for new, effective healing strategies. The aim of this study was to create superabsorbent wound dressing made of marine-derived polysaccharides (agarose and chitosan) using the freeze-drying method. The secondary goal was its comprehensive evaluation for potential use as an external superabsorbent bandage for wounds with high exudation. Due to the well-known positive effect of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) on the healing process, biomaterial enriched with vitamin C was prepared and compared to the variant without the addition of ascorbic acid. It was shown that the produced foam-like wound dressing had a very porous structure, which was characterized by hydrophilicity, allowing a large amount of human fluids to be absorbed. According to in vitro tests on human fibroblasts, biomaterial was nontoxic and supportive to cell proliferation. Vitamin C-enriched dressing also had the ability to significantly reduce matrix metalloproteinase-2 production and to promote platelet-derived growth factor-BB synthesis by fibroblasts, which is desired during chronic wound treatment. The material has features of the eco-friendly wound care product since it was made of naturally-derived polysaccharides and was proved to be biodegradable. Importantly, despite degradable character, it was stable in the chronic and infected wound microenvironment, maintaining high integrity after 8-week incubation in the enzymatic solutions containing lysozyme and collagenases. The obtained results clearly showed that developed biomaterial possesses all necessary features of the external dressing for the management of exudate from both acute and chronic non-healing wounds.

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Direct disposal of used soft electronics into the environment can cause severe pollution to the ecosystem due to the inability of most inorganic materials and synthetic polymers to biodegrade. Additionally, the loss of the noble metals that are commonly used in soft electronics leads to a waste of scarce resources. Thus, there is an urgent need to develop “green” and sustainable soft electronics based on eco‐friendly manufacturing that may be recycled or biodegraded after the devices’ end of life. Here an approach to fabricating sustainable soft electronics is demonstrated where the expensive functional materials can be recycled and the soft substrate can be biodegradable. A stretchable agarose/glycerol gel film is used as the substrate, and silver nanowires (AgNWs) are printed on the film to fabricate the soft electronic circuits. The mechanical and chemical properties of the agarose/glycerol gel films are characterized, and the functionality of the printed AgNW electrodes for electrophysiological sensors is demonstrated. The demonstration of the biodegradability of the agarose/glycerol and the recyclability of AgNWs points toward ways to develop sustainable and eco‐friendly soft electronics.

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New Hydrogels Based on Agarose/Phytagel and Peptides

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Short aromatic peptide derivatives, i.e., peptides or amino acids modified with aromatic groups, such as 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl (Fmoc), can self-assemble into extracellular matrix-like hydrogels due to their nanofibrillar architecture. Among different types of amino acids, lysine (Lys) and glycine (Gly) are involved in multiple physiological processes, being key factors in the proper growth of cells, carnitine production, and collagen formation. The authors have previously successfully presented the possibility of obtaining supramolecular gels based on Fmoc-Lys-Fmoc and short peptides such as Fmoc-Gly-Gly-Gly in order to use them as a substrate for cell cultures. This paper investigates how the introduction of a gelling polymer can influence the properties of the network as well as the compatibility of the resulting materials with different cell types. A series of hydrogel compositions consisting of combinations of Fmoc-Lys-Fmoc and Fmoc-Gly-Gly-Gly with Agarose and Phytagel are thus obtained. All compositions form structured gels as shown by rheological studies and scanning electron microscopy. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy analysis evidences the formation of H-bonds between the polysaccharides and amino acids or short peptides. Moreover, all gels exhibit good cell viability on fibroblasts as demonstrated by a live-dead staining test and good in vivo biocompatibility, which highlights the great potential of these biomaterials for biomedical applications.

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Elastic and biodegradable chitosan/agarose film revealing slightly acidic pH for potential applications in regenerative medicine as artificial skin graft

Cited by 42 publications

References 42 publications

Highly Porous and Superabsorbent Biomaterial Made of Marine-Derived Polysaccharides and Ascorbic Acid as an Optimal Dressing for Exuding Wound Management

Highly Porous and Superabsorbent Biomaterial Made of Marine-Derived Polysaccharides and Ascorbic Acid as an Optimal Dressing for Exuding Wound Management

Sustainable Soft Electronics Combining Recyclable Metal Nanowire Circuits and Biodegradable Gel Film Substrates

New Hydrogels Based on Agarose/Phytagel and Peptides

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