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CHEMNANOMAT
卷 9, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cnma.202200508
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3D printing; ECM mimetics; elastin; hyaluronic acid; hybrid hydrogel
This study presents the generation of 3D-bioprintable and biocompatible hydrogels based on elastin and hyaluronic acid. The hydrogels were crosslinked using a biocompatible click reaction between maleimide and thiol, allowing for the use of living cells. The hydrogels were tested for their biocompatibility, swelling capacity, and printability, and were found to support the growth and proliferation of lung fibroblasts, bronchial epithelial cells, and endothelial cells.
The generation of 3D-bioprintable and biocompatible hydrogels based on elastin and hyaluronic acid is described. The procedure is based on a biocompatible click reaction between maleimide and thiol for the final crosslinking, employable with living cells due to fast kinetics and absence of side products. To this end, both alpha-elastin and hyaluronic acid were functionalized with linkers ending with maleimide groups, at controlled functionalization intensities, and crosslinked with a dithiol-PEG linker. Varying the equivalents of the three reagents, four different hydrogels were obtained and their biocompatibility, swelling capacity and printability were tested. Biological experiments were performed with human lung fibroblast, human bronchial epithelial and human endothelial cell lines cultured in the hydrogels. Fibroblasts and epithelial cells can survive and proliferate. Epithelial cells showed an increased expression of CD44 and integrin alpha(v)beta(3.) Gene expression analysis revealed up-regulation of metalloproteinases both in normal fibroblast and epithelial cells.
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