Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) has shown much success in the preparation of tissue engineering scaffolds as it can be fabricated with a tailored architecture. However, the PLA surface has drawbacks including the lack of biofunctional motifs which are essential for high affinity to biological cells. Therefore, this study describes a multistep physicochemical approach for the immobilization of d-glucosamine (GlcN), a naturally occurring monosaccharide having many biological functions, on the PLA surface aiming at enhancing the cell proliferation activity. In this approach, poly(acrylic acid) (PAAc) spacer arms are first introduced into the PLA surface via plasma post-irradiation grafting technique. Then, covalent coupling or physical adsorption of GlcN with/on the PAAc spacer is carried out. Factors affecting the grafting yield are controlled to produce a suitable spacer for bioimmobilization. X-ray photon spectroscopic (XPS) analyses confirm the immobilization of GlcN on the PLA surface. The XPS results reveal also that increasing the yield of grafted PAAc spacer on the PLA surface increases the amount of covalently immobilized GlcN, but actually inhibits the immobilization process using the physical adsorption method. Contact angle measurements and atomic force microscopy (AFM) show a substantial increase of surface energy and roughness of PLA surface, respectively, upon the multistep modification procedure. The cytocompatibility of the modified surfaces is assessed using a mouse embryonic fibroblast (MEF) cell line. Observation from the cell culture basically demonstrates the potential of GlcN immobilization in improving the cytocompatibility of the PLA surface. Moreover, the covalent immobilization of GlcN seems to produce more cytocompatible surfaces if compared with the physical adsorption method. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part A: 105A: 3176-3188, 2017.
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- adsorpce MeSH
- biokompatibilní materiály chemie MeSH
- buněčné linie MeSH
- fibroblasty cytologie MeSH
- glukosamin chemie MeSH
- kinetika MeSH
- mikroskopie atomárních sil MeSH
- myši MeSH
- polyestery chemie MeSH
- povrchové vlastnosti MeSH
- proliferace buněk MeSH
- tkáňové podpůrné struktury chemie MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- myši MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
The aim of this study was to develop the potential tissue engineering applications of d-glucosamine (GlcN) immobilized onto the surface of a biodegradable matrix in order to induce a desired biological effect at biointerfaces. Thus, for sample preparation we used a novel multistep physicochemical approach. In the first step the poly(lactic acid) (PLA) films were exposed to a low pressure plasma in air atmosphere, followed by radical graft copolymerization with acrylic acid to yield a carboxyl-functionalized spacer layer on the PLA surface. The carboxyl groups were then coupled to GlcN molecules via the carbodiimide chemistry. The developed surfaces were characterized by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), Contact angle measurements and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). A preliminary study on the proliferation of fibroblasts on the developed surfaces was performed using the NIH/3T3 cell line.
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- biokompatibilní materiály chemie MeSH
- fotoelektronová spektroskopie MeSH
- glukosamin chemie MeSH
- mikroskopie atomárních sil MeSH
- polyestery chemie MeSH
- povrchové vlastnosti MeSH
- proliferace buněk MeSH
- regenerace * MeSH
- smáčivost MeSH
- tkáňové inženýrství * MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
