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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-3-6
pubmed:abstractText
We designed a new ophthalmic drug-delivery system for epidermal growth factor (EGF) from the biodegradable hydrogel of cationized gelatin. We placed a cationized gelatin hydrogel (CGH) with incorporated (125)I-labelled EGF in the conjunctival sac of mice and measured the residual radioactivity at different times to evaluate the in vivo profile of EGF release. Approximately 60-67% and 10-12% of EGF applied initially remained 1 and 7 days after application, respectively; whereas EGF delivered in topically applied solution or via EGF impregnation of soft contact lenses disappeared within the first day. We also placed CGH films with 5.0 mug of incorporated EGF on round corneal defects in rabbits to evaluate the healing process using image analysis software and to assess epithelial proliferation immunohistochemically by counting the number of Ki67-positive cells. The application of a CGH film with incorporated EGF resulted in a reduction in the epithelial defect in rabbit corneas accompanied by significantly enhanced epithelial proliferation compared with the reduction seen after the topical application of EGF solution or the placement of an EGF-free CGH film. The controlled release of EGF from a CGH placed over a corneal epithelial defect accelerated ocular surface wound healing.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0168-3659
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
2
pubmed:volume
118
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
169-76
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17289206-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17289206-Cations, pubmed-meshheading:17289206-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:17289206-Chemistry, Pharmaceutical, pubmed-meshheading:17289206-Conjunctiva, pubmed-meshheading:17289206-Corneal Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:17289206-Cross-Linking Reagents, pubmed-meshheading:17289206-Delayed-Action Preparations, pubmed-meshheading:17289206-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:17289206-Drug Carriers, pubmed-meshheading:17289206-Drug Compounding, pubmed-meshheading:17289206-Epidermal Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:17289206-Epithelium, Corneal, pubmed-meshheading:17289206-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17289206-Gelatin, pubmed-meshheading:17289206-Glutaral, pubmed-meshheading:17289206-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17289206-Hydrogels, pubmed-meshheading:17289206-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:17289206-Rabbits, pubmed-meshheading:17289206-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17289206-Solubility, pubmed-meshheading:17289206-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:17289206-Wound Healing
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Controlled-release of epidermal growth factor from cationized gelatin hydrogel enhances corneal epithelial wound healing.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Ophthalmology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Hirokoji, Kawaramachi, Kamigyoku, Kyoto 602-0841, Japan. khori@ophth.kpu-m.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study