Issue 35, 2021

Spatially heterogeneous epidermal growth factor release from microporous annealed particle (MAP) hydrogel for improved wound closure

Abstract

Microporous annealed particle (MAP) hydrogel has been a promising scaffold platform technology to promote immediate tissue integration in injured tissue environments. The addition of growth factors has the potential to accelerate tissue integration and enhance scaffold-mediated healing. Growth factor releasing scaffolds face the translational hurdle of limited solubilized protein shelf stability; however, to address this hurdle we present a lyophilized MAP scaffold which can be effectively rehydrated directly prior to use. Our new approach includes a heterogenous MAP scaffold wherein 5% of the microgels contain immobilized heparin loaded with epidermal growth factor (EGF) at 1 μg mL−1. We demonstrate that these scaffolds, which are directly loaded with EGF following lyophilization maintain equivalent properties to scaffolds loaded passively via diffusion into water-swollen microgels, including EGF release profiles and cell migration studies that did not significantly differ. Further, these heterogeneous scaffolds exhibit a significant increase in cellular migration in vitro and quicker re-epithelialization in vivo. This progress on spatially heterogenous growth factor release from MAP scaffolds has great potential to improve complex wound treatment and advance the field of growth factor releasing scaffolds.

Graphical abstract: Spatially heterogeneous epidermal growth factor release from microporous annealed particle (MAP) hydrogel for improved wound closure

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
31 mar. 2021
Accepted
12 may. 2021
First published
17 may. 2021

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2021,9, 7132-7139

Spatially heterogeneous epidermal growth factor release from microporous annealed particle (MAP) hydrogel for improved wound closure

L. Pruett, R. Ellis, M. McDermott, C. Roosa and D. Griffin, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2021, 9, 7132 DOI: 10.1039/D1TB00715G

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