Screening biomaterials for stimulation of nitric oxide-mediated inflammation

Inflammatory reactions to biomaterials may include macrophage-mediated generation of nitric oxide (NO), which may harm patient tissue or potentially interfere with proper function of an implanted device. RAW 264.7 cells were grown in culture and treated at various times with lipopolysaccharide (LPS, endotoxin), murine recombinant gamma-interferon (mrIFN-gamma), and different preparation of hyaluronic acid (HA). Increase ill fluorescence of 2,3-diaminonaphthalene (DAN) allowed for detection of initial (24 h or less) NO inflammatory responses of. RAW 264.7 to LPS from E. coli O26:B6. By looking at early time points, mrIFN-gamma augmentation of the LPS effect was observed, simulating a complex immune reaction. Activation through nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappa B), was confirmed in this system by parthenolide inhibition of LPS stimulation.