Injectable Hypoxia-Induced Conductive Hydrogel to Promote Diabetic Wound Healing
- 4 December 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
- Vol. 12 (51), 56681-56691
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c13197
Abstract
Injectable hydrogels with the capability to cast a hypoxic microenvironment is of great potentialities to develop novel therapies for tissue regeneration. However, the relative research still remains at the conceptual phase. Herein, we chose diabetic wound as a representative injury model to explore the actual therapeutic results of tissue injury by injectable hypoxia-induced hydrogels. To enhance recovery and widen applicability, the hypoxia-induced system was incorporated with a conductive network by an original sequentially interpenetrating technique based on the combination of a fast “click chemistry” and a slow enzymatic mediated cross-linking. Hyperbranched poly(β-amino ester)-tetraaniline (PBAE-TA) was cross-linked with thiolated hyaluronic acid (HA-SH) via a thiol–ene click reaction, contributing to the rapid formation of the first conductive network, where vanillin-grafted gelatin (Geln-Van) and laccase (Lac) with a slow cross-linking rate were employed in casting a hypoxic microenvironment. The as-prepared injectable hydrogels possessed both suitable conductivity and sustainable hypoxia-inducing capability to upregulate the hypoxia-inducible factor-1α and connexin 43 expressions of the encapsulated adipose-derived stem cells, which enhanced vascular regeneration and immunoregulation and further promoted the reconstruction of blood vessels, hair follicles, and dermal collagen matrix, eventually leading to the recovery of diabetic rat skin wounds and restoration of skin functions. This work provides a promising strategy to broaden the applicability of diverse hydrogels with a long time-consuming gelation process and to integrate different networks with various biological functions for the therapies of diabetic wounds and other complex clinical symptoms.Keywords
Funding Information
- Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (2017YFA0105602, 2018YFA0108700)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (31822020, 31870965, 81720108004)
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