Degradable biomaterials have emerged as a promising type of medical materials because of their unique advantages of biocompatibility,biodegradability and biosafety.Owing to their bioabsorbable and biocompatible proper...Degradable biomaterials have emerged as a promising type of medical materials because of their unique advantages of biocompatibility,biodegradability and biosafety.Owing to their bioabsorbable and biocompatible properties,magnesium-based biomaterials are considered as ideal degradable medical implants.However,the rapid corrosion of magnesium-based materials not only limits their clinical application but also necessitates a more specific biological evaluation system and biosafety standard.In this study,extracts of pure Mg and its calcium alloy were prepared using different media based on ISO 10993:12;the Mg^2+ concentration and osmolality of each extract were measured.The biocompatibility was investigated using the MTT assay and xCELLigence real-time cell analysis(RTCA).Cytotoxicity tests were conducted with L929,MG-63 and human umbilical vein endothelial cell lines.The results of the RTCA highly matched with those of the MTT assay and revealed the different dynamic modes of the cytotoxic process,which are related to the differences in the tested cell lines,Mg-based materials and dilution rates of extracts.This study provides an insight on the biocompatibility of biodegradable materials from the perspective of cytotoxic dynamics and suggests the applicability of RTCA for the cytotoxic evaluation of degradable biomaterials.展开更多
Hydrophilic degraded gelatin was modified with hydrophobic poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) via a chemical grafting route.Firstly,PCL with one hydroxyl end group was prepared by the ring-opening polymerization of εcaprola...Hydrophilic degraded gelatin was modified with hydrophobic poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) via a chemical grafting route.Firstly,PCL with one hydroxyl end group was prepared by the ring-opening polymerization of εcaprolactone (ε-CL) with tin (Ⅱ) 2-ethylhexanoate as catalyst and n-butyl alcohol as initiator.Secondly,the PCL reacted with isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI) to prepare PCL with isocyanate functional group (PCL-NCO).Hydroxylamine was used to degrade gelatin by the cleavage between asparagine and glycine residues of gelatin.PCL-NCO reacted with the hydroxyl/amino groups of degraded gelatin in a homogeneous system and yielded the PCL modified gelatin copolymers.The gelatin grafted PCL copolymers were measured by means of XRD,FTIR,DSC and 1 H NMR.The results confirmed the conjugation of PCL onto gelatin chains.The PCL modified gelatin can be used as biomaterials owing to their biocompatibility and biodegradation.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Project of China(NO.2016YFC1103205).
文摘Degradable biomaterials have emerged as a promising type of medical materials because of their unique advantages of biocompatibility,biodegradability and biosafety.Owing to their bioabsorbable and biocompatible properties,magnesium-based biomaterials are considered as ideal degradable medical implants.However,the rapid corrosion of magnesium-based materials not only limits their clinical application but also necessitates a more specific biological evaluation system and biosafety standard.In this study,extracts of pure Mg and its calcium alloy were prepared using different media based on ISO 10993:12;the Mg^2+ concentration and osmolality of each extract were measured.The biocompatibility was investigated using the MTT assay and xCELLigence real-time cell analysis(RTCA).Cytotoxicity tests were conducted with L929,MG-63 and human umbilical vein endothelial cell lines.The results of the RTCA highly matched with those of the MTT assay and revealed the different dynamic modes of the cytotoxic process,which are related to the differences in the tested cell lines,Mg-based materials and dilution rates of extracts.This study provides an insight on the biocompatibility of biodegradable materials from the perspective of cytotoxic dynamics and suggests the applicability of RTCA for the cytotoxic evaluation of degradable biomaterials.
基金Supported by International Cooperation from Ministry of Science and Technology of China(No.2008DFA51170)
文摘Hydrophilic degraded gelatin was modified with hydrophobic poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) via a chemical grafting route.Firstly,PCL with one hydroxyl end group was prepared by the ring-opening polymerization of εcaprolactone (ε-CL) with tin (Ⅱ) 2-ethylhexanoate as catalyst and n-butyl alcohol as initiator.Secondly,the PCL reacted with isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI) to prepare PCL with isocyanate functional group (PCL-NCO).Hydroxylamine was used to degrade gelatin by the cleavage between asparagine and glycine residues of gelatin.PCL-NCO reacted with the hydroxyl/amino groups of degraded gelatin in a homogeneous system and yielded the PCL modified gelatin copolymers.The gelatin grafted PCL copolymers were measured by means of XRD,FTIR,DSC and 1 H NMR.The results confirmed the conjugation of PCL onto gelatin chains.The PCL modified gelatin can be used as biomaterials owing to their biocompatibility and biodegradation.
