Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
Volume 114, Issue -, Pages 1233-1239Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.04.025
Keywords
Supramolecular hydrogels; Carboxymethyl chitosan; Zinc ions; Injectability; Self-healing; Antibacterial activity
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31470610]
- Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin [15JCZDJC32600]
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Injectable and self-healing hydrogels have found numerous applications in drug delivery, tissue engineering and 3D cell culture. Herein, we report an injectable self-healing carboxymethyl chitosan (CMCh) supramolecular hydrogels cross-linked by zinc ions (Zn2+). Supramolecular hydrogels were obtained by simple addition of metal ions solution to CMCh solution at an appropriate pH value. The mechanical properties of these hydrogels were adjustable by the concentration of Zn2+. For example, the hydrogel with the highest concentration of Zn2+ (CMCh-Zn4) showed strongest mechanical properties (storage modulus similar to 11,000 Pa) while hydrogel with the lowest concentration of Zn2+ (CMCh-Zn1) showed weakest mechanical properties (storage modulus similar to 220 Pa). As observed visually and confirmed rheologically, the CMCh-Zn1 hydrogel with the lowest Zn2+ concentration showed thixotropic property. CMCh-Zn1 hydrogel also presented injectable property. Moreover, the antibacterial properties of the prepared supramolecular hydrogels were studied against Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and Escherichia coli (E. coli) by agar well diffusion method. The results revealed Zn2+ dependent antibacterial.properties against both kinds of strains. The inhibition zones were ranging from similar to 11-24 mm and similar to 10-22 mm against S. aureus and E coli, respectively. We believe that the prepared supramolecular hydrogels could be used as a potential candidate in biomedical fields. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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