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ACS BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Volume 4, Issue 7, Pages 2528-2540Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.8b00408
Keywords
tissue engineering; hyaluronic acid; elastin-like polypeptide; antimicrobial hydrogels; adhesive hydrogels
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- American Heart Association (AHA) [16SDG31280010]
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) [R01EB023052, R01HL140618]
- NIH-Center for Dental, Oral & Craniofacial Tissue & Organ Regeneration (C-DOCTOR)
- Northeastern University
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Hydrogel-based biomaterials have been widely used for tissue engineering applications because of their high water content, swellability, and permeability, which facilitate transport and diffusion of essential nutrients, oxygen, and waste across the scaffold. These characteristics make hydrogels suitable for encapsulating cells and creating a cell supportive environment that promotes tissue regeneration when implanted in vivo. This is particularly important in the context of tissues whose intrinsic regenerative capacity is limited, such as cartilage. However, the clinical translation of hydrogels has been limited by their poor mechanical performance, low adhesive strength, uncontrolled degradation rates, and their susceptibility to bacterial colonization. Here, we introduce an elastic, antimicrobial, and adhesive hydrogel comprised of methacrylated hyaluronic acid (MeHA) and an elastin-like polypeptide (ELP), which can be rapidly photo-cross-linked in situ for the regeneration and repair of different tissues. Hybrid hydrogels with a wide range of physical properties were engineered by varying the concentrations of MeHA and ELP. In addition, standard adhesion tests demonstrated that the MeHA/ELP hydrogels exhibited higher adhesive strength to the tissue than commercially available tissue adhesives. MeHA/ELP hydrogels were then rendered antimicrobial through the incorporation of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles, and were shown to significantly inhibit the growth of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), as compared to controls. Furthermore, the composite adhesive hydrogels supported in vitro mammalian cellular growth, spreading, and proliferation. In addition, in vivo subcutaneous implantation demonstrated that MeHA/ELP hydrogels did not elicit any significant inflammatory response, and could be efficiently biodegraded while promoting the integration of new autologous tissue. In summary, we demonstrated for the first time that MeHA/ELP-ZnO hydrogel can be used as an adhesive and antimicrobial biomaterial for tissue engineering applications, because of its highly tunable physical characteristics, as well as remarkable adhesive and antimicrobial properties.
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