期刊
BIOMATERIALS
卷 35, 期 31, 页码 8895-8902出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2014.06.051
关键词
Drug release; Hydrogel; Poly(lactic-co-glycolic) acid microspheres; Pluronic; Thrombin; Spinal cord
资金
- National Institutes of Health [NSO46724]
- CDMRP SCRIP Investigator Initiated Award [SC130249]
- Paralysis Project of America
- Craig H. Neilsen Foundation [SAN 124679]
- Washington Research Foundation
Components of the blood have been proposed as potential therapeutic targets for improving cellular regeneration after injury and neurodegenerative disease. In this work, thrombin is shown to increase endogenous neural progenitor proliferation in the intact murine spinal cord. A local injection of heparin before a spinal cord injury reduces cell proliferation and astrogliogenesis associated with scarring. We sought to create depot-formulations of PLGA microsphere and Pluronic F-127 for sustained local delivery of two thrombin inhibitors, heparin and hirudin. Each hydrogel depot-formulation showed delayed drug release compared to microspheres or hydrogel alone. Animals with a lateral demyelination lesion showed a reduction in CD68+ macrophages when treated with hirudin-loaded PLGA/F-127 gels compared to control and heparin-treated animals. Moreover, hirudin-loaded materials showed an accelerated recovery in coordinated stepping and increased oligodendrocyte densities. Together, these data demonstrate that controlled delivery of hirudin accelerates functional recovery from a demyelination lesion in the spinal cord. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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