Li Yutong, Wang Jiaqi, Liu Shouxin
Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, China.
Gels. 2025 Jun 9;11(6):443. doi: 10.3390/gels11060443.
Medical titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V (TC4) is widely used as a surgical implant material in biomedical fields owing to its superior biocompatibility, corrosion resistance, and mechanical performance, particularly for osseous integration applications. However, long-term contact of medical titanium-based implants with human soft tissues may induce infection and inflammation. To address these limitations, a drug-loading gel was designed to be synthesized on a TC4 surface to improve biointegration. Considering the critical regulatory roles of temperature and pH in physiological environments, this study synthesized a dual-responsive hydrogel using the temperature-sensitive monomers 2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethyl methacrylate (MEOMA) and oligoethylene glycol methacrylate (OEGMA) and the pH-sensitive monomer diethylaminoethyl methacrylate (DEAEMA), employing stereocomplexed polylactic acid as a physical crosslinker and ,'-methylenebisacrylamide (MBA) as a chemical crosslinker. A polydopamine-based initiator was synthesized via dopamine functionalization with 2-bromoisobutyryl bromide (BIBB). The amphiphilic co-network hydrogel was grafted onto a modified TC4 surface through atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). Integration of the drug-loading gel and TC4 gives the implant an "active therapeutic" function by localized drug release. The results demonstrated that the energy storage modulus of the double-crosslinked gel matched that of human soft tissues. The gels exhibited efficient drug release.
医用钛合金Ti-6Al-4V(TC4)因其优异的生物相容性、耐腐蚀性和机械性能,特别是在骨整合应用方面,在生物医学领域被广泛用作外科植入材料。然而,医用钛基植入物与人体软组织的长期接触可能会引发感染和炎症。为了解决这些局限性,设计了一种载药凝胶并在TC4表面合成,以改善生物整合性能。考虑到温度和pH值在生理环境中的关键调节作用,本研究使用温度敏感单体甲基丙烯酸2-(2-甲氧基乙氧基)乙酯(MEOMA)和聚乙二醇甲基丙烯酸酯(OEGMA)以及pH敏感单体甲基丙烯酸二乙氨基乙酯(DEAEMA)合成了一种双响应水凝胶,采用立体复合聚乳酸作为物理交联剂,N,N'-亚甲基双丙烯酰胺(MBA)作为化学交联剂。通过多巴胺与2-溴异丁酰溴(BIBB)功能化合成了一种基于聚多巴胺的引发剂。通过原子转移自由基聚合(ATRP)将两亲性共网络水凝胶接枝到改性的TC4表面。载药凝胶与TC4的结合通过局部药物释放赋予植入物“主动治疗”功能。结果表明,双交联凝胶的储能模量与人体软组织相匹配。这些凝胶表现出高效的药物释放性能。