Journal
DRUG DELIVERY
Volume 24, Issue 1, Pages 999-1010Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/10717544.2017.1340362
Keywords
Drug delivery; hydrogel; IVD; microcarriers; polysaccharide
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- Fondation de l'Avenir pour la Recherche Medicale Appliquee (FARMA) [AP-RMA-2015-018]
- Region Pays de la Loire (Projet Longevite, Mobilite Autonomie, Paris Scientifique BIO2'')
- Agence Nationale pour la Recherche (ANR)
- Fondation pour la Recherche Medicale (FRM Projet) [DBS20131128442]
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Discogenic low back pain is considered a major health concern and no etiological treatments are today available to tackle this disease. To clinically address this issue at early stages, there is a rising interest in the stimulation of local cells by in situ injection of growth factors targeting intervertebral disc (IVD) degenerative process. Despite encouraging safety and tolerability results in clinic, growth factors efficacy may be further improved. To this end, the use of a delivery system allowing a sustained release, while protecting growth factors from degradation appears of particular interest. We propose herein the design of a new injectable biphasic system, based on the association of pullulan microbeads (PMBs) into a cellulose-based hydrogel (Si-HPMC), for the TGF-beta 1 and GDF-5 growth factors sustained delivery. We present for the first time the design and mechanical characterization of both the PMBs and the called biphasic system (PMBs/Si-HPMC). Their loading and release capacities were also studied and we were able to demonstrate a sustained release of both growth factors, for up to 28 days. Noteworthy, the growth factors biological activity on human cells was maintained. Altogether, these data suggest that this PMBs/Si-HPMC biphasic system may be a promising candidate for the development of an innovative bioactive delivery system for IVD regenerative medicine.
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