Issue 6, 2024

Injectable, shear-thinning, photocrosslinkable, and tissue-adhesive hydrogels composed of diazirine-modified hyaluronan and dendritic polyethyleneimine

Abstract

In the present study, we report the first synthesis of diazirine-modified hyaluronic acid (HA–DAZ). In addition, we also produced a precursor polymer solution composed of HA–DAZ and dendritic polyethyleneimine (DPI) that showed strong shear-thinning properties. Furthermore, its viscosity was strongly reduced (i.e., from 5 × 105 mPa s at 10−3 s−1 to 6 × 101 mPa s at 103 s−1), substantially, which enhanced solution injectability using a 21 G needle. After ultraviolet irradiation at 365 nm and 6 mW cm−2, the HA–DAZ/DPI solution achieved rapid gelation, as measured using the stirring method, and its gelation time decreased from 200 s to 9 s as the total concentrations of HA–DAZ and DPI increased. Following UV irradiation, the storage modulus increased from 40 to 200 Pa. In addition, reversible sol–gel transition and self-healing properties were observed even after UV irradiation. This suggests that the HA–DAZ/DPI hydrogel was crosslinked in multiple ways, i.e., via covalent bonding between the diazirine and amine groups and via intermolecular interactions, including hydrogen bonding, electrostatic interactions, and hydrophobic interactions. A lap shear test showed that the HA–DAZ/DPI hydrogel exhibited strong adhesiveness as a fibrin glue following UV irradiation. Finally, the HA–DAZ/DPI hydrogel showed higher tissue reinforcement than fibrin glue in an ex vivo burst pressure test of the porcine esophageal mucosa.

Graphical abstract: Injectable, shear-thinning, photocrosslinkable, and tissue-adhesive hydrogels composed of diazirine-modified hyaluronan and dendritic polyethyleneimine

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
03 8 2023
Accepted
21 12 2023
First published
08 1 2024
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Biomater. Sci., 2024,12, 1454-1464

Injectable, shear-thinning, photocrosslinkable, and tissue-adhesive hydrogels composed of diazirine-modified hyaluronan and dendritic polyethyleneimine

A. K. S. Chandel, A. Sreedevi Madhavikutty, S. Okada, Z. Qiming, N. F. Inagaki, S. Ohta and T. Ito, Biomater. Sci., 2024, 12, 1454 DOI: 10.1039/D3BM01279D

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