Photo-iniferter-based Thermoresponsive Block Copolymers Composed of Poly(Ethylene Glycol) and Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) and Chondrocyte Immobilization.
From: Division of Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Biomaterials
- Publish Date: Mar 2006
- ISSN: 0142-9612
- Volume: 27
- Issue: 7
- Pages: 986-95
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Kwon Il Keun, Matsuda Takehisa, et al. Photo-iniferter-based Thermoresponsive Block Copolymers Composed of Poly(Ethylene Glycol) and Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) and Chondrocyte Immobilization.. Biomaterials Mar 2006;27:986-95
Abstract
A series of thermoresponsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM)-poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) block copolymers with various PNIPAM contents and copolymer architectures, such as linear, four-armed and eight-armed configurations, were prepared by iniferter-based photopolymerization of dithiocarbamylated PEGs (DC-PEGs) under ultraviolet (UV)-light irradiation. The increase in monomer/DC-PEG feed ratio resulted in an increase in both the molecular weight and PNIPAM content of copolymers. The measurement of the optical transmittances of aqueous solutions of PNIPAM-PEG block copolymers determined the lower critical solution temperatures (LCSTs) of block copolymers, which ranged from 31.3 to 34.0 degrees C. LCST decreased with increasing block length of PNIPAM and with the formation of a branched architecture. Rabbit chondrocytes were immobilized and cultured in a three-dimensional (3D) gel composed of PNIPAM-PEG block copolymer at 37 degrees C. Gels prepared from copolymers with higher PNIPAM contents at higher concentrations appeared to exhibit a minimal decrease in both cell number and cell viability during a 7-day culture. Cell viability dependencies on material and formulation parameters and the potential use of PNIPAM-PEG block copolymers as an in situ formable scaffold for an engineered cartilage tissue were discussed.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Acrylic Resins, Animals, Cartilage, Articular, Cell Culture Techniques, Cell Proliferation, Cell Survival, Cells, Cultured, Cells, Immobilized, Chondrocytes, Photochemistry, Rabbits, Temperature, Tissue Engineering, Ultraviolet Rays
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