Journal
BIOMATERIALS
Volume 278, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2021.121164
Keywords
Photobiomodulation; Photodynamic therapy; Antibacterial activity; Fibroblast activation; Hydrogel coating; Titanium implant
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21734002, 51825302, 52021004, 51903023]
- State Key Project of Research and Development [2017YFB0702603, 2016YFC1100300]
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This study explores the PBM concept using 660 nm laser-triggered photodynamic therapy (PDT) to simplify the material system and achieve antibacterial activity and biological modulation effects. The research combines PBM with a PDT-based material system to develop a hydrogel coating with antibacterial activity and fibroblast activation ability.
Bacterial infection treatment and subsequent tissue rebuilding are the main tasks of biomaterial research. To endow implants with antibacterial activity and biological functions, the material systems are usually very complicated and ineffective. Recently, the concept of photobiomodulation (PBM), or low-level laser therapy (LLLT), has attracted increasing attention in tissue repair applications but still has not obtained wide acceptance. Because of the same laser resource, PBM could simultaneously work with 660 nm laser triggered photodynamic therapy (PDT), which will significantly simplify the material system and achieve the multiple functions of antibacterial activity and biological modulation effects. Herein, we attempt to validate the effectiveness of PBM and combine PBM with a PDT-based material system. A catechol motif-modified methacrylated gelatin containing photosensitizer Chlorin e6-loaded mesoporous polydopamine nanoparticles was fabricated (GelMAc/MPDA@Ce6). This hydrogel could be tightly adhered to titanium surfaces to serve as surface coating materials or directly used as dressings. Because of the 660 nm laser-triggered ROS generation property of Ce6, GelMAc/ MPDA@Ce6 exhibited a remarkable and rapid antibacterial activity when the laser power was 1 W cm(-2). After bacterial elimination, when the power was adjusted to 100 mW cm(-2), daily irradiation brought an excellent PBM effect: the fibroblast activation was realized to accelerate wound repair. According to our in vitro and in vivo results, the fabricated hydrogel coating possessed both antibacterial activity and fibroblast activation ability only by adjusting the power of laser irradiation, which will greatly strengthen the confidence of using PBM in broader fields and give a good example to combine PBM with traditional biomaterial design.
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