Issue 5, 2024

Wound microenvironment regulatory poly(l-glutamic acid) composite hydrogels containing metal ion-coordinated nanoparticles for effective hemostasis and wound healing

Abstract

Regulating the wound microenvironment to promote proliferation, vascularization, and wound healing is challenging for hemostats and wound dressings. Herein, polypeptide composite hydrogels have been simply fabricated by mixing a smaller amount of metal ion-coordinated nanoparticles into dopamine-modified poly(L-glutamic acid) (PGA), which had a microporous size of 10–16 μm, photothermal conversion ability, good biocompatibility, and multiple biological activities. In vitro scratch healing of fibroblast L929 cells and the tube formation of HUVECs provide evidence that the PGA composite hydrogels could promote cell proliferation, migration, and angiogenesis with the assistance of mild photothermia. Moreover, these composite hydrogels plus mild photothermia could effectively eliminate reactive oxygen species (ROS), alleviate inflammation, and polarize the pro-inflammatory M1 macrophage phenotype into the pro-healing M2 phenotype to accelerate wound healing, as assessed by means of fluorescent microscopy, flow cytometry, and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). Meanwhile, a rat liver bleeding model illustrates that the composite hydrogels reduced the blood loss ratio to about 10% and shortened the hemostasis time to about 25 s better than commercial chitosan-based hemostats. Furthermore, the full-thickness rat skin defect models showcase that the composite hydrogels plus mild photothermia could proheal wounds completely with a fast healing rate, optimal neovascularization, and collagen deposition. Therefore, the biodegradable polypeptide PGA composite hydrogels are promising as potent wound hemostats and dressings.

Graphical abstract: Wound microenvironment regulatory poly(l-glutamic acid) composite hydrogels containing metal ion-coordinated nanoparticles for effective hemostasis and wound healing

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
04 des 2023
Accepted
28 des 2023
First published
04 jan 2024

Biomater. Sci., 2024,12, 1211-1227

Wound microenvironment regulatory poly(L-glutamic acid) composite hydrogels containing metal ion-coordinated nanoparticles for effective hemostasis and wound healing

Y. Chen, X. Zhang, Q. Wang, C. Du and C. Dong, Biomater. Sci., 2024, 12, 1211 DOI: 10.1039/D3BM01978K

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