Inhibitor of complement, Compstatin, prevents polymer‐mediated Mac‐1 up‐regulation of human neutrophils independent of biomaterial type tested
- 22 July 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A
- Vol. 66A (3), 491-499
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jbm.a.10031
Abstract
The inflammatory reaction after cell contact with polymer materials is primarily mediated by activated neutrophils and may, in some cases, lead to exhaustion of neutrophil cell function. A direct consequence of this can be impairment of local or even systemic host defense mechanisms, which in turn can result in foreign body infections. Neutrophil activation, as indicated by the up‐regulation of the Mac‐1 adhesion receptor, is a reliable parameter for estimating the inflammatory risk due to implanted biomaterials. Because at blood contact, biomaterials immediately acquire a material‐specific layer of blood proteins on their surface, including fibrinogen, complement, and immunoglobulin G, it is generally believed that after biomaterial contact, neutrophil activation primarily occurs by interaction with this protein layer. In this study, using our recently established polymer bead in vitro assay, we investigated whether complement inhibition alone can reduce biomaterial‐mediated neutrophil activation, independent of the type of polymer and, hence, also its surface chemistry. Complement inhibition was achieved by using Compstatin, a recently developed complement inhibitor that binds to the complement component C3 preventing C3 convertase formation. We revealed significantly reduced (p ≤ 0.025) Mac‐1 receptor expression levels after 45 min of blood contact with the following polymers (without and with Compstatin): 1. polyurethane, 98.3%, 13.6%; 2. polymethylmetacrylate, 88.5%, 11.0%; and poly‐D,L‐lactide, 71.8%, 8.4%. Although these three polymer types acquire material‐specific protein layers because of their different surface chemistry, complement inhibition by Compstatin alone proved to be sufficient to reduce neutrophil activation after surface contact, thus reducing the risk of biomaterial‐mediated inflammatory reaction. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res 66A: 491–499, 2003Keywords
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