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Pramanik S, Alhomrani M, Alamri AS, Alsanie WF, Nainwal P, Kimothi V, Deepak A, Sargsyan AS. Unveiling the versatility of gelatin methacryloyl hydrogels: a comprehensive journey into biomedical applications. Biomed Mater 2024; 19:042008. [PMID: 38768611 DOI: 10.1088/1748-605x/ad4df7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2024] [Accepted: 05/20/2024] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
Abstract
Gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA) hydrogels have gained significant recognition as versatile biomaterials in the biomedical domain. GelMA hydrogels emulate vital characteristics of the innate extracellular matrix by integrating cell-adhering and matrix metalloproteinase-responsive peptide motifs. These features enable cellular proliferation and spreading within GelMA-based hydrogel scaffolds. Moreover, GelMA displays flexibility in processing, as it experiences crosslinking when exposed to light irradiation, supporting the development of hydrogels with adjustable mechanical characteristics. The drug delivery landscape has been reshaped by GelMA hydrogels, offering a favorable platform for the controlled and sustained release of therapeutic actives. The tunable physicochemical characteristics of GelMA enable precise modulation of the kinetics of drug release, ensuring optimal therapeutic effectiveness. In tissue engineering, GelMA hydrogels perform an essential role in the design of the scaffold, providing a biomimetic environment conducive to cell adhesion, proliferation, and differentiation. Incorporating GelMA in three-dimensional printing further improves its applicability in drug delivery and developing complicated tissue constructs with spatial precision. Wound healing applications showcase GelMA hydrogels as bioactive dressings, fostering a conducive microenvironment for tissue regeneration. The inherent biocompatibility and tunable mechanical characteristics of GelMA provide its efficiency in the closure of wounds and tissue repair. GelMA hydrogels stand at the forefront of biomedical innovation, offering a versatile platform for addressing diverse challenges in drug delivery, tissue engineering, and wound healing. This review provides a comprehensive overview, fostering an in-depth understanding of GelMA hydrogel's potential impact on progressing biomedical sciences.
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- Sheersha Pramanik
- Department of Biotechnology, Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, The faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
- Centre of Biomedical Sciences Research (CBSR), Deanship of Scientific Research, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, The faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
- Centre of Biomedical Sciences Research (CBSR), Deanship of Scientific Research, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, The faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
- Centre of Biomedical Sciences Research (CBSR), Deanship of Scientific Research, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
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- School of Pharmacy, Graphic Era Hill University, Dehradun 248001, India
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- Himalayan Institute of Pharmacy and Research, Rajawala, Dehradun, Uttrakhand, India
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- Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha School of Engineering, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600128, India
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- Scientific and Production Center 'Armbiotechnology' NAS RA, 14 Gyurjyan Str., Yerevan 0056, Armenia
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Kandhasamy S, Wu B, Wang J, Zhang X, Gao H, Yang DP, Zeng Y. Tracheal regeneration and mesenchymal stem cell augmenting potential of natural polyphenol-loaded gelatinmethacryloyl bioadhesive. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 271:132506. [PMID: 38772466 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.132506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2024] [Revised: 05/10/2024] [Accepted: 05/17/2024] [Indexed: 05/23/2024]
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Hydrogels incorporating natural biopolymer and adhesive substances have extensively been used to develop bioactive drugs and to design cells encapsulating sturdy structure for biomedical applications. However, the conjugation of the adhesive in most hydrogels is insufficient to maintain long-lasting biocompatibility inadequate to accelerate internal organ tissue repair in the essential native cellular microenvironment. The current work elaborates the synthesis of charged choline-catechol ionic liquid (BIL) adhesive and a hydrogel with an electronegative atom rich polyphenol (PU)-laden gelatinmethacryloyl (GelMA) to improve the structural bioactivities for in vivo tracheal repair by inducing swift crosslinking along with durable mechanical and tissue adhesive properties. It was observed that bioactive BIL and PU exhibited potent antioxidant (IC 50 % of 7.91 μg/mL and 24.55 μg/mL) and antibacterial activity against E. coli, P. aeruginosa and S. aureus. The novel integration of photocurable GelMA-BIL-PU revealed outstanding mechanical strength, biodegradability and sustained drug release. The in vitro study showed exceptional cell migration and proliferation in HBECs, while in vivo investigation of the GelMA-BIL-PU hydrogel on a rat's tracheal model revealed remarkable tracheal reconstruction, concurrently reducing tissue inflammation. Furthermore, the optimized GelMA-BIL-PU injectable adhesive bioink blend demonstrated superior MSCs migration and proliferation, which could be a strong candidate for developing stem cell-rich biomaterials to address multiple organ defects.
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- Subramani Kandhasamy
- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Lung Stem Cells, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, Fujian Province 362000, China; Jinan Microecological Biomedicine Shandong Laboratory, Jinan, Shandong Province, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Lung Stem Cells, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, Fujian Province 362000, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Quanzhou Normal University, Quanzhou, Fujian 362000, China..
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Lung Stem Cells, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, Fujian Province 362000, China; Jinan Microecological Biomedicine Shandong Laboratory, Jinan, Shandong Province, China.
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He Y, He D, Fan L, Ren S, Wang L, Sun J. Application of hydrogel microneedles in the oral cavity. Biopolymers 2024; 115:e23573. [PMID: 38506560 DOI: 10.1002/bip.23573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2023] [Revised: 02/12/2024] [Accepted: 02/27/2024] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
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Microneedles are a transdermal drug delivery system in which the needle punctures the epithelium to deliver the drug directly to deep tissues, thus avoiding the influence of the first-pass effect of the gastrointestinal tract and minimizing the likelihood of pain induction. Hydrogel microneedles are microneedles prepared from hydrogels that have good biocompatibility, controllable mechanical properties, and controllable drug release and can be modified to achieve environmental control of drug release in vivo. The large epithelial tissue in the oral cavity is an ideal site for drug delivery via microneedles. Hydrogel microneedles can overcome mucosal hindrances to delivering drugs to deep tissues; this prevents humidity and a highly dynamic environment in the oral cavity from influencing the efficacy of the drugs and enables them to obtain better therapeutic effects. This article analyzes the materials and advantages of common hydrogel microneedles and reviews the application of hydrogel microneedles in the oral cavity.
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- Yiyao He
- Graduate School of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- Department of Periodontics and Oral Mucosa Disease, Dalian Stomatological Hospital, Dalian, China
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- Department of Periodontics and Oral Mucosa Disease, Dalian Stomatological Hospital, Dalian, China
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- Department of Periodontics and Oral Mucosa Disease, Dalian Stomatological Hospital, Dalian, China
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- Department of Periodontics and Oral Mucosa Disease, Dalian Stomatological Hospital, Dalian, China
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- Department of Periodontics and Oral Mucosa Disease, Dalian Stomatological Hospital, Dalian, China
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Zhao P, Li Z, Ling Z, Zheng Y, Chang H. Efficient Loading and Sustained Delivery of Methotrexate Using a Tip-Swellable Microneedle Array Patch for Psoriasis Treatment. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2024; 10:921-931. [PMID: 38288701 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.3c01810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2024]
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Methotrexate (MTX), a primary treatment for moderate to severe psoriasis, is limited in clinical use due to suboptimal results and severe side effects from subcutaneous (SC) injection and oral administration. Microneedles offer a promising alternative for direct MTX delivery to targeted skin lesions, but issues such as drug wastage, dosage inaccuracy, and limited drug residence time in the lesions remain. This study introduces a tip-swellable microneedle array patch (TSMAP) using photo-cross-linked methacrylated hyaluronic acid (MeHA) and biocompatible resin for effective MTX loading and sustained delivery. A two-cast micromolding with vacuum drying is employed to concentrate cross-linked MeHA in about 30% of the needle's height at the tip, thereby ensuring that only the TSMAP tip swells. Efficient MTX loading into TSMAP tips is achieved through a 30 s drug solution immersion and 10 min drying, potentially minimizing drug waste from incomplete skin insertion due to skin elasticity. The MTX-loaded TSMAP effectively penetrates both porcine and psoriasis-like mouse skin with its tips detaching from the resin substrate and embedding deeply into the skin tissue, thereby functioning as a drug release reservoir. TSMAP significantly prolongs drug retention in skin compared with SC injection and dissolvable microneedles. The in vivo study demonstrates that TSMAP-mediated MTX delivery substantially enhances therapeutic outcomes in alleviating psoriasis symptoms and downregulating psoriasis-associated cytokines, outperforming oral administration, SC injection, and dissolvable microneedles. Thus, TSMAP could offer an efficient and user-friendly alternative for drug administration in the treatment of various skin diseases.
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- Puxuan Zhao
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Zhejiang, Hangzhou 310014, China
- Hangzhou Institute of Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhejiang, Hangzhou 310022, China
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- Hangzhou Institute of Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhejiang, Hangzhou 310022, China
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- Hangzhou Institute of Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhejiang, Hangzhou 310022, China
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- Hangzhou Institute of Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhejiang, Hangzhou 310022, China
- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Zhejiang, Hangzhou 310014, China
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- Hangzhou Institute of Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhejiang, Hangzhou 310022, China
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Filho D, Guerrero M, Pariguana M, Marican A, Durán-Lara EF. Hydrogel-Based Microneedle as a Drug Delivery System. Pharmaceutics 2023; 15:2444. [PMID: 37896204 PMCID: PMC10609870 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15102444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Revised: 09/20/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
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The skin is considered the largest and most accessible organ in the human body, and allows the use of noninvasive and efficient strategies for drug administration, such as the transdermal drug delivery system (TDDS). TDDSs are systems or patches, with the ability and purpose to deliver effective and therapeutic doses of drugs through the skin. Regarding the specific interaction between hydrogels (HG) and microneedles (MNs), we seek to find out how this combination would be applied in the context of drug delivery, and we detail some possible advantages of the methods used. Depending on the components belonging to the HG matrix, we can obtain some essential characteristics that make the combination of hydrogels-microneedles (HG-MNs) very advantageous, such as the response to external stimuli, among others. Based on multiple characteristics provided by HGMNs that are depicted in this work, it is possible to obtain unique properties that include controlled, sustained, and localized drug release, as well as the possibility of a synergistic association between the components of the formulation and the combination of more than one bioactive component. In conclusion, a system based on HG-MNs can offer many advantages in the biomedical field, bringing to light a new technological and safe system for improving the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of drugs and new treatment perspectives.
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- David Filho
- Laboratory of Bio & Nano Materials, Drug Delivery and Controlled Release, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Talca, Talca 3460000, Chile
- Center for Nanomedicine, Diagnostic & Drug Development (ND3), University of Talca, Talca 3460000, Chile
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- Laboratory of Bio & Nano Materials, Drug Delivery and Controlled Release, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Talca, Talca 3460000, Chile
- Center for Nanomedicine, Diagnostic & Drug Development (ND3), University of Talca, Talca 3460000, Chile
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- Laboratory of Bio & Nano Materials, Drug Delivery and Controlled Release, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Talca, Talca 3460000, Chile
- Center for Nanomedicine, Diagnostic & Drug Development (ND3), University of Talca, Talca 3460000, Chile
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- Laboratory of Bio & Nano Materials, Drug Delivery and Controlled Release, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Talca, Talca 3460000, Chile
- Center for Nanomedicine, Diagnostic & Drug Development (ND3), University of Talca, Talca 3460000, Chile
- Institute of Chemistry of Natural Research, University of Talca, Talca 3460000, Chile
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- Laboratory of Bio & Nano Materials, Drug Delivery and Controlled Release, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Talca, Talca 3460000, Chile
- Center for Nanomedicine, Diagnostic & Drug Development (ND3), University of Talca, Talca 3460000, Chile
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Karaoglu IC, Kebabci AO, Kizilel S. Optimization of Gelatin Methacryloyl Hydrogel Properties through an Artificial Neural Network Model. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:44796-44808. [PMID: 37704030 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c12207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/15/2023]
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Gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA) hydrogels are promising materials for tissue engineering applications due to their biocompatibility and tunable properties. However, the time-consuming process of preparing GelMA hydrogels with desirable properties for specific biomedical applications limits their clinical use. Visible-light-induced cross-linking is a well-known method for the preparation of GelMA hydrogels; however, a comprehensive investigation on the influence of critical parameters such as Eosin Y (EY), triethanolamine (TEA), and N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone (NVP) concentrations on the stiffness and gelation time has yet to be performed. In this study, we systematically investigated the effect of these critical parameters on the stiffness and gelation time of GelMA hydrogels. We developed an artificial neural network (ANN) model with three input variables, EY, TEA, and NVP concentrations, and two output variables, Young's modulus and gelation time, derived from our experimental design. Through the alteration of individual chemical concentrations, [EY] between 0.005 and 0.5 mM and [TEA] and [NVP] between 10 and 1000 mM, we studied the impact of these alterations on the real-time values of stiffness and gelation time. Furthermore, we demonstrated the validity of the ANN model in predicting the properties of GelMA hydrogels. We also studied cell survival to establish nontoxic concentration ranges for each component, enabling safer use of GelMA hydrogels in relevant biomedical applications. Our results showed that the ANN model can accurately predict the properties of GelMA hydrogels, allowing for the synthesis of hydrogels with desirable stiffness for various biomedical applications. In conclusion, our study provides a comprehensive library that characterizes the stiffness and gelation time and demonstrates the potential of the ANN model to predict these properties of GelMA hydrogels depending on the critical parameters. The ANN models developed here can facilitate the optimization of GelMA hydrogels with the most efficient mechanical properties that resemble a native extracellular matrix and better address the need in the in vivo microenvironment. The approach of this study is to bring research about the synthesis of GelMA hydrogels to a new level where the synthesis of these hydrogels can be standardized with minimum cost and effort.
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- Ismail Can Karaoglu
- Chemical and Biological Engineering, Koc University, 34450 Sariyer, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Chemical and Biological Engineering, Koc University, 34450 Sariyer, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Chemical and Biological Engineering, Koc University, 34450 Sariyer, Istanbul, Turkey
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