Journal
PHARMACEUTICS
Volume 14, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14030601
Keywords
mechanical property; extracellular matrix; diabetic wound healing; biodegradable; secondary damage
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [11532004, 12172072]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2019CDYGYB002]
- Foundation for University Key Young Teacher of Chongqing
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The study developed a biodegradable nanofibrous scaffold for diabetic wound healing, which showed excellent mechanical properties and biocompatibility. The scaffold provided a beneficial microenvironment for cell adhesion and growth, and promoted collagen deposition and re-vascularization, ultimately accelerating diabetic wound healing.
The extracellular matrix (ECM), comprising of hundreds of proteins, mainly collagen, provides physical, mechanical support for various cells and guides cell behavior as an interactive scaffold. However, deposition of ECM, especially collagen content, is seriously impaired in diabetic wounds, which cause inferior mechanical properties of the wound and further delay chronic wound healing. Thus, it is critical to develop ECM/collagen alternatives to remodel the mechanical properties of diabetic wounds and thus accelerate diabetic wound healing. Here, we firstly prepared mechanic-driven biodegradable PGA/SF nanofibrous scaffolds containing DFO for diabetic wound healing. In our study, the results in vitro showed that the PGA/SF-DFO scaffolds had porous three-dimensional nanofibrous structures, excellent mechanical properties, biodegradability, and biocompatibility, which would provide beneficial microenvironments for cell adhesion, growth, and migration as an ECM/collagen alternative. Furthermore, the data in vivo showed PGA/SF-DFO scaffolds can adhere well to the wound and have excellent biodegradability, which is helpful to avoid secondary damage by omitting the removal process of scaffolds. The finite element analysis results showed that the application of silk fibroin-based scaffolds could significantly reduce the maximum stress around the wound. Besides, PGA/SF-DFO scaffolds induced collagen deposition, re-vascularization, recovered impaired mechanical properties up to about 70%, and ultimately accelerated diabetic wound healing within 14 days. Thus, our work provides a promising therapeutic strategy for clinically chronic wound healing.
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