HEMA and alginate-based chondrogenic semi-interpenetrated hydrogels: Synthesis and biological bharacterization
Cartilage tissue engineering (CTE) has the general objective of restoring and improving damaged cartilage. A very interesting strategy of CTE is to combine different polymers to obtain a viscoelastic material. In the present study we have evaluated the applicability of Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacryla...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Institución: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repositorio: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/139939 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/139939 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | SEMI-INTERPENETRATING POLYMER NETWORK CHONDROCYTE CHONDROCOMPATIBILITY SWELLING CONTACT ANGLE https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2.6 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2 |
| Sumario: | Cartilage tissue engineering (CTE) has the general objective of restoring and improving damaged cartilage. A very interesting strategy of CTE is to combine different polymers to obtain a viscoelastic material. In the present study we have evaluated the applicability of Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) networks semi-interpenetrated with sodium alginate for CTE. Alginate-containing hydrogels show an increase in scaffold porosity and swelling capacity, when compared with nonporous poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) scaffolds. Primary chondrocytes from young rats were cultured on the hydrogels, and an increase in chondrocyte proliferation and chondrocytic markers was observed in alginate-containing hydrogels. Chondrocytic phenotype was preserved on hydrogels containing the lowest amount of crosslinker and initiator (SEMI 3 and SEMI 4). In addition, Nitric oxide production by RAW264.7 macrophages grown on hydrogels was tested and none of the hydrogels showed high levels of this inflammatory marker after 2 days. These results indicate that our alginate-containing hydrogels could be useful for CTE. |
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