Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Waryńskiego 1, 00-645 Warsaw, Poland.
Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Oct 30;21(21):8092. doi: 10.3390/ijms21218092.
Sterilization of a material carries the risk of unwanted changes in physical and chemical structure. The choice of method is a challenge-the process must be efficient, without significantly changing the properties of the material. In the presented studies, we analyzed the effect of selected sterilization/disinfection techniques on the properties of nanofibrous polyurethane biomaterial. Both radiation techniques (UV, gamma, e-beam) and 20 minutes' contact with 70% EtOH were shown not to achieve 100% sterilization efficiency. The agar diffusion test showed higher sterilization efficiency when using an antimicrobial solution (AMS). At the same time, none of the analyzed techniques significantly altered the morphology and distribution of fiber diameters. EtOH and e-beam sterilization resulted in a significant reduction in material porosity together with an increase in the Young's modulus. Similarly, AMS sterilization increased the value of Young's modulus. In most cases, the viability of cells cultured in contact with the sterilized materials was not affected by the sterilization process. Only for UV sterilization, cell viability was significantly lower and reached about 70% of control after 72 h of culture.
材料的灭菌会带来物理和化学结构发生意外变化的风险。方法的选择是一个挑战——该过程必须高效,且不能显著改变材料的性质。在本研究中,我们分析了选定的灭菌/消毒技术对纳米纤维聚氨酯生物材料性能的影响。两种辐射技术(UV、γ射线和电子束)和与 70%乙醇接触 20 分钟均未达到 100%的灭菌效率。琼脂扩散试验表明,使用抗菌溶液(AMS)时具有更高的灭菌效率。同时,分析的技术均未显著改变纤维直径的形态和分布。乙醇和电子束灭菌会导致材料孔隙率显著降低,同时杨氏模量增加。同样,AMS 灭菌会增加杨氏模量的值。在大多数情况下,与经过灭菌材料接触培养的细胞的活力不受灭菌过程的影响。只有在 UV 灭菌的情况下,细胞活力显著降低,培养 72 小时后达到对照的约 70%。