Issue 3, 2021

Zwitterionic hydrogel for sustained release of growth factors to enhance wound healing

Abstract

Growth factors (GFs) have been well known for their therapeutic effects on wound healing. Due to their vulnerable biostability, biomaterial carriers are usually used to deliver GFs to maintain their bioactivity. Among the carriers, PEG hydrogels are the most widely applied. But the uncontrolled release of GFs and their immunogenicity dramatically retard the application of PEG hydrogels as carriers of GFs. Herein, FGF2 loaded zwitterionic sulfobetaine methacrylate (SBMA) hydrogels were developed, and it was revealed that these hydrogels were more effective in delivering FGF2 for wound healing than were PEG hydrogels. In vitro studies demonstrated that SBMA hydrogels could successfully prolong the release of FGF2, which effectively maintained the bioactivity of FGF2. Further in vivo investigation showed that SBMA hydrogels could efficiently accelerate wound regeneration by promoting granulation tissue formation, collagen deposition, cell proliferation and migration, reepithelialization and angiogenesis. All results validated that SBMA hydrogels were promising substituents of PEG hydrogels for delivering FGF2 for wound regeneration.

Graphical abstract: Zwitterionic hydrogel for sustained release of growth factors to enhance wound healing

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
20 Sep 2020
Accepted
16 Nov 2020
First published
16 Nov 2020

Biomater. Sci., 2021,9, 882-891

Zwitterionic hydrogel for sustained release of growth factors to enhance wound healing

Z. Xiao, X. Zheng, Y. An, K. Wang, J. Zhang, H. He and J. Wu, Biomater. Sci., 2021, 9, 882 DOI: 10.1039/D0BM01608J

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