4.8 Article

Fabrication of Bacterial Cellulose-Based Dressings for Promoting Infected Wound Healing

Journal

ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 13, Issue 28, Pages 32716-32728

Publisher

AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c06986

Keywords

bacterial cellulose; epsilon-polylysine; polydopamine; antibacterial properties; wound healing

Funding

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [21978219, 21576212]
  2. Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin [19JCZDJC34700]
  3. Tianjin Science and Technology Support Program [19PTSYJC00060]
  4. Talent Project of Ningxia Autonomous Region [KJT2018010]

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The study showed that BC membranes functionalized with epsilon-polylysine (epsilon-PL) and mussel-inspired polydopamine (PDA) exhibited strong antibacterial properties, potential for promoting infected wound healing, and enhanced thickness and smoothness of newborn skin.
Bacterial cellulose (BC) holds several unique properties such as high water retention capability, flexibility, biocompatibility, and high absorption capacity. All these features make it a potential material for wound healing applications. However, it lacks antibacterial properties, which hampers its applications for infectious wound healings. This study reported BC-based dressings containing epsilon-polylysine (epsilon-PL), cross-linked by a biocompatible and mussel-inspired polydopamine (PDA) for promoting infectious wound healing. BC membranes were coated with PDA by a simple self-polymerization process, followed by treating with different contents of epsilon-PL. The resulted membranes showed strong antibacterial properties against tested bacteria by both in vitro and in vivo evaluations. The membranes also exhibited hemocompatibility and cytocompatibility by in vitro investigations. Moreover, the functionalized membranes promoted infected wound healing using Sprague-Dawley rats as a model animal. A complete wound healing was observed in the group treated with functionalized membranes, while wounds were still open for control and pure BC groups in the same duration. Histological investigations indicated that the thickness of newborn skin was greater and smoother in the groups treated with modified membranes in comparison to neat BC or control groups. These results revealed that the functionalized membranes have great potential as a dressing material for infected wounds in future clinical applications.

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