Advanced Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Center, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Life Science Building, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, People's Republic of China.
Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces. 2011 Jul 1;85(2):241-7. doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2011.02.035. Epub 2011 Mar 8.
Heparinized biomaterials exhibit great anticoagulant properties. However, they promote proliferation of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and therefore cause infection within the bloodstream upon implantation in vivo. In the present study, an interesting dual-functional composite with anticoagulant and antibacterial properties based on heparinized silk fibroin and chitosan was synthesized. First, heparin was grafted onto the silk fibroin by covalent immobilization with N-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-N'-ethylcarbodiimide (EDC) and N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS). All data gathered from Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and elemental analysis (EA) indicated that the heparin was successfully immobilized onto the silk fibroin. The dual-functional composite of heparinized silk fibroin and chitosan was then fabricated by a blending method. The anticoagulant activity of the heparinized materials was evaluated using the prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) and thrombin time (TT). The results showed that both heparinized silk fibroin and the composite material exhibited better hemocompatibility in comparison with single silk fibroin or chitosan. The antibacterial property of the materials was investigated by the pour-plate method. Results further suggested that the composite antibacterial property with respect to S. aureus was significantly enhanced. The dual-functionality of the composite material may supply a potential choice in blood contact devices.
肝素化生物材料表现出优异的抗凝血性能。然而,它们促进金黄色葡萄球菌(S. aureus)的增殖,因此在体内植入后会引起血液感染。本研究合成了一种有趣的具有抗凝血和抗菌双重功能的肝素化丝素和壳聚糖复合材料。首先,肝素通过 N-(3-二甲基氨基丙基)-N'-乙基碳二亚胺(EDC)和 N-羟基琥珀酰亚胺(NHS)的共价固定化接枝到丝素蛋白上。所有从傅里叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)和元素分析(EA)收集的数据都表明肝素成功地固定到丝素蛋白上。然后通过共混法制备了肝素化丝素和壳聚糖的双功能复合材料。使用凝血酶原时间(PT)、活化部分凝血活酶时间(APTT)和凝血时间(TT)评估肝素化材料的抗凝血活性。结果表明,与单一丝素蛋白或壳聚糖相比,肝素化丝素和复合材料均表现出更好的血液相容性。通过倾注平板法研究了材料的抗菌性能。结果进一步表明,复合材料对金黄色葡萄球菌的抗菌性能显著增强。该复合材料的双重功能可能为血液接触装置提供潜在的选择。