Napavichayanun Supamas, Pienpinijtham Prompong, Reddy Narendra, Aramwit Pornanong
Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Center of Excellence in Bioactive Resources for Innovative Clinical Applications, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, 254 PhayaThai Road, Phatumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
Polymers (Basel). 2021 Sep 30;13(19):3370. doi: 10.3390/polym13193370.
Finding a simple and eco-friendly production technique that matches to the natural agent and results in a truly valuable natural scaffold production is still limited amongst the intensively competitive natural scaffold development. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to develop natural scaffolds that were environmentally friendly, low cost, and easily produced, using natural agents and a physical crosslinking technique. These scaffolds were prepared from agarose and sericin using the freeze-drying method (D) or freeze-thawing together with the freeze-drying method (TD). Moreover, plasticizers were added into the scaffold to improve their properties. Their physical, mechanical, and biological properties were investigated. The results showed that scaffolds that were prepared using the TD method had stronger bonding between sericin and other compounds, leading to a low swelling ratio and low protein release of the scaffolds. This property may be applied in the development of further material as a controlled drug release scaffold. Adding plasticizers, especially glycerin, into the scaffolds significantly increased elongation properties, leading to an increase in elasticity of the scaffold. Moreover, all scaffolds could activate cell migration, which had an advantage on wound healing acceleration. Accordingly, this study was successful in developing natural scaffolds using natural agents and simple and green crosslinking methods.
在竞争激烈的天然支架开发领域,找到一种与天然试剂相匹配、环保且能生产出真正有价值的天然支架的简单生产技术仍然有限。因此,本研究的目的是利用天然试剂和物理交联技术开发出环保、低成本且易于生产的天然支架。这些支架由琼脂糖和丝胶蛋白通过冷冻干燥法(D)或冷冻解冻与冷冻干燥法相结合(TD)制备而成。此外,向支架中添加增塑剂以改善其性能。对它们的物理、机械和生物学性能进行了研究。结果表明,采用TD法制备的支架在丝胶蛋白与其他化合物之间具有更强的结合力,导致支架的溶胀率低且蛋白质释放量低。这一特性可应用于进一步开发作为控释药物支架的材料。向支架中添加增塑剂,尤其是甘油,显著提高了伸长性能,从而增加了支架的弹性。此外,所有支架都能激活细胞迁移,这对加速伤口愈合具有优势。因此,本研究成功地利用天然试剂和简单绿色的交联方法开发出了天然支架。