Journal
BIOMATERIALS
Volume 23, Issue 12, Pages 2561-2568Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(01)00391-X
Keywords
chitosan; surface immobilization; serum; contact activation; complement activation; ellipsometry
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Chitosan was recently indicated to enhance osteogenesis, improve wound healing but to activate the coagulation and the complement systems. In the present study approximately 10 nm thick chitosan film were prepared on aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) coated silicon. The surfaces were incubated ill serum or plasma and Subsequently ill antibodies towards key complement and contact activation of coagulation proteins. The deposited amounts were compared with those oil hydrophilic and hydrophobic silicon, APTES and IgG coated reference samples. Although large amounts of serum deposited to chitosan only a weak transient activation of the complement system and no activation of the intrinsic pathway was observed. Upon acetylation the chitosan layer became a strong activator of the alternative pathway of the complement. After incubation ill human plasma anti-fibrinogen deposited onto chitosan but not onto the acetylated chitosan. a finding that may explain previous observations of procoagulant activity by chitosan. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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