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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-9-9
pubmed:abstractText
Restorative medicine has a constant need for improved scaffold materials. Degradable biopolymers often suffer from uncontrolled chemical or enzymatic hydrolysis by the host. The need for a second surgery on the other hand is a major drawback for nondegradable scaffold materials. In this paper we report the design and synthesis of a novel polysialic acid-based hydrogel with promising properties. Hydrogel synthesis was optimized and enzymatic degradation was studied using a phage-born endosialidase. After addition of endosialidase, hydrogels readily degraded depending on the amount of initially used cross-linker within 2 to 11 days. This polysialic acid hydrogel is not cytotoxic, completely stable under physiological conditions, and could be evaluated as growth support for PC12 cells. Here, additional coating with collagen I, poly-L-lysine or matrigel is mandatory to improve the properties of the material.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1526-4602
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2353-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18690740-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18690740-Cell Adhesion, pubmed-meshheading:18690740-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:18690740-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:18690740-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:18690740-Collagen, pubmed-meshheading:18690740-Collagen Type I, pubmed-meshheading:18690740-Drug Combinations, pubmed-meshheading:18690740-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:18690740-Hydrogels, pubmed-meshheading:18690740-Hydrolysis, pubmed-meshheading:18690740-Laminin, pubmed-meshheading:18690740-Molecular Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:18690740-Neuraminidase, pubmed-meshheading:18690740-PC12 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:18690740-Polylysine, pubmed-meshheading:18690740-Proteoglycans, pubmed-meshheading:18690740-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:18690740-Sialic Acids, pubmed-meshheading:18690740-Tissue Engineering
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Synthesis and biological evaluation of a polysialic acid-based hydrogel as enzymatically degradable scaffold material for tissue engineering.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut für Organische Chemie and Zentrum für Biomolekulare Wirkstoffe (BMWZ), Gottfried Willhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, Schneiderberg 1B, 30167 Hannover, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Evaluation Studies