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MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING C-MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
Volume 38, Issue -, Pages 235-243Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2014.02.008
Keywords
Bio-functional coating; Hyaluronic acid; Type IV collagen; Titanium; Contractile smooth muscle cell phenotype
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Funding
- Key Basic Research Project [2011CB606204]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30870629, 50971107]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [SWJTU11ZT11, SWJTU11CX054]
- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, Southeast University
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The method of stent implantation is currently considered an effective means of treating atherosclerosis. However, implanting of cardiovascular stent often leads to intimal breakage and hyperplasia. The phenomenon that vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) transform from contractile to synthetic phenotype becomes a serious obstacle to intimal recovery. To improve how SMCs transform from a synthetic to contractile phenotype, a technique of coimmobilization was used to form type IV collagen (CoIV) and hyaluronic acid (HA) coating on the widely used stent material, titanium (Ti). In this work, several bio-functional coatings made of CoIV/HA mixtures in different ratios were fabricated on the Ti surface. The quantitative characterization of CoIV showed that introducing HA could enhance the amount of the immobilized CoIV on the alkali activated Ti (TiOH) surface. The immunofluorescence staining results of myosin heavy chain (MHC) and DAPI showed that the coating of CoIV/HA in ratios of 200 mu g/ml (M200) and 500 mu g/ml (M500) also could promote SMCs expressing more contractile phenotype compared with TiOH/CoIV control samples, while the AO/PI staining results indicated that SMCs on the M200 and M500 samples showed less apoptosis ratio. Thus, we hope that this study can provide more helpful exploration and application for promoting the SMC contractile phenotype on the cardiovascular stents. (C) 2014 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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