Pei Ying, Li Wei, Wang Lu, Cui Jing, Li Lu, Ling Shengjie, Tang Keyong, Tian Huafeng
Key Laboratory of Auxiliary Chemistry and Technology for Chemical Industry, Ministry of Education, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China.
Key Laboratory of Processing and Quality Evaluation Technology of Green Plastics of China National Light Industry Council, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China.
Polymers (Basel). 2023 Oct 6;15(19):4008. doi: 10.3390/polym15194008.
The mesoscale components of collagen (nanofibrils, fibrils, and fiber bundles) are well organized in native tissues, resulting in superior properties and diverse functions. In this paper, we present a simple and controlled liquid exfoliation method to directly extract medium-sized collagen fibers ranging from 102 to 159 nm in diameter from bovine Achilles tendon using urea/hydrochloric acid and a deep eutectic solvent (DES). In situ observations under polarized light microscopy (POM) and molecular dynamics simulations revealed the effects of urea and GuHCl on tendon collagen. FTIR study results confirmed that these fibrils retained the typical structural characteristics of type I collagen. These shed collagen fibrils were then used as building blocks to create independent collagen membranes with good and stable mechanical properties, excellent barrier properties, and cell compatibility. A new method for collagen processing is provided in this work by using DES-assisted liquid exfoliation for constructing robust collagen membranes with mesoscale collagen fibrils as building blocks.
胶原蛋白的中尺度成分(纳米原纤维、原纤维和纤维束)在天然组织中排列良好,具有卓越的性能和多样的功能。在本文中,我们提出了一种简单且可控的液体剥离方法,使用尿素/盐酸和深共熔溶剂(DES)从牛跟腱中直接提取直径为102至159纳米的中等尺寸胶原纤维。偏光显微镜(POM)下的原位观察和分子动力学模拟揭示了尿素和盐酸胍对肌腱胶原蛋白的影响。傅里叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)研究结果证实,这些原纤维保留了I型胶原蛋白的典型结构特征。然后,这些脱落的胶原原纤维被用作构建单元,以制造具有良好且稳定的机械性能、优异的阻隔性能和细胞相容性的独立胶原膜。通过使用DES辅助液体剥离以中尺度胶原原纤维作为构建单元来构建坚固的胶原膜,这项工作提供了一种新的胶原蛋白加工方法。