Journal
BIOMATERIALS
Volume 28, Issue 8, Pages 1486-1494Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2006.11.023
Keywords
retina; collagen; epithelial cell; cell viability
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Collagen films have been used in biological implantation and surgical grafts. The development of thin collagen films on the order of 10 mu m thick that ensure a planar distribution of implanted cells is a necessary step towards surgical grafts for treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Here, collagen films were manufactured on a Teflon support to a thickness of 2.4 +/- 0.2 mu m, comparable to that of native Bruch's membrane. Because one important function of Bruch's membrane is allowing the flow of nutrients and waste to and from the retinal pigment epithelium the diffusion properties of the collagen films were studied using blind-well chambers. The diffusion coefficient of the collagen film was determined to be 4.1 x 10(-10) cm(2)/s for 71,200 Da dextran molecules. Viability studies utilizing the blind-well chambers also confirmed that nutrient transport through the films was sufficient to sustain retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells. The films were bioassayed in a RPE cell culture model to confirm cell attachment and viability. RPE cells were shown to form an epithelial phenotype and were able to phagocytize photoreceptor outer segments. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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