Issue 8, 2018

Injectable hyperbranched poly(β-amino ester) hydrogels with on-demand degradation profiles to match wound healing processes

Abstract

Adjusting biomaterial degradation profiles to match tissue regeneration is a challenging issue. Herein, biodegradable hyperbranched poly(β-amino ester)s (HP-PBAEs) were designed and synthesized via “A2 + B4” Michael addition polymerization, and displayed fast gelation with thiolated hyaluronic acid (HA-SH) via a “click” thiol–ene reaction. HP-PBAE/HA-SH hydrogels showed tunable degradation profiles both in vitro and in vivo using diamines with different alkyl chain lengths and poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylates with varied PEG spacers. The hydrogels with optimized degradation profiles encapsulating ADSCs were used as injectable hydrogels to treat two different types of humanized excisional wounds – acute wounds with faster healing rates and diabetic wounds with slower healing and neo-tissue formation. The fast-degrading hydrogel showed accelerated wound closure in acute wounds, while the slow-degrading hydrogel showed better wound healing for diabetic wounds. The results demonstrate that the new HP-PBAE-based hydrogel in combination with ADSCs can be used as a well-controlled biodegradable skin substitute, which demonstrates a promising approach in the treatment of various types of skin wounds.

Graphical abstract: Injectable hyperbranched poly(β-amino ester) hydrogels with on-demand degradation profiles to match wound healing processes

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
06 sep 2017
Accepted
04 jan 2018
First published
08 jan 2018
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Sci., 2018,9, 2179-2187

Injectable hyperbranched poly(β-amino ester) hydrogels with on-demand degradation profiles to match wound healing processes

Q. Xu, L. Guo, S. A, Y. Gao, D. Zhou, U. Greiser, J. Creagh-Flynn, H. Zhang, Y. Dong, L. Cutlar, F. Wang, W. Liu, W. Wang and W. Wang, Chem. Sci., 2018, 9, 2179 DOI: 10.1039/C7SC03913A

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