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Simple Radical Polymerization of Poly(Alginate-Graft-N-Isopropylacrylamide) Injectable Thermoresponsive Hydrogel with the Potential for Localized and Sustained Delivery of Stem Cells and Bioactive Molecules.

Publication Type : Journal Article

Thematic Areas : Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine

Publisher : Macromol Biosci

Source : Macromol Biosci, Volume 17, Issue 11 (2017)

Url : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28714139

Keywords : Acrylamides, Alginates, Biocompatible Materials, Glucuronic Acid, Hexuronic Acids, Humans, Hydrogels, Injections, Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation, Mesenchymal Stem Cells, polymerization, Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared, temperature, Thermogravimetry, viscosity

Campus : Kochi

School : Center for Nanosciences

Center : Amrita Center for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine Move, Nanosciences

Department : Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine

Year : 2017

Abstract : In this study, thermoresponsive copolymers that are fully injectable, biocompatible, and biodegradable and are synthesized via graft copolymerization of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) onto alginate using a free-radical reaction are presented. This new synthesis method does not involve multisteps or associated toxicity issues, and has the potential to reduce scale-up difficulties. Chemical and physical analyses verify the resultant graft copolymer structure. The lower critical solution temperature, which is a characteristic of sol-gel transition, is observed at 32 °C. The degradation properties indicate suitable degradation kinetics for drug delivery and bone tissue engineering applications. The synthesized P(Alg-g-NIPAAm) hydrogel is noncytotoxic with both human osteosarcoma (MG63) cells and porcine bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells (pBMSCs). pBMSCs encapsulated in the P(Alg-g-NIPAAm) hydrogel remain viable, show uniform distribution within the injected hydrogel, and undergo osteogenic and chondrogenic differentiation under appropriate culture conditions. Furthermore, for the first time, this work will explore the influence of alginate viscosity on the viscoelastic properties of the resulting copolymer hydrogels, which influences the rate of medical device formation and subsequent drug release. Together the results of this study indicate that the newly synthesized P(Alg-g-NIPAAm) hydrogel has potential to serve as a versatile and improved injectable platform for drug delivery and bone tissue engineering applications.

Cite this Research Publication : S. Pentlavalli, Chambers, P., Binulal Nelson Sathy, O'Doherty, M., Chalanqui, M., Kelly, D. J., Haut-Donahue, T., McCarthy, H. O., and Dunne, N. J., “Simple Radical Polymerization of Poly(Alginate-Graft-N-Isopropylacrylamide) Injectable Thermoresponsive Hydrogel with the Potential for Localized and Sustained Delivery of Stem Cells and Bioactive Molecules.”, Macromol Biosci, vol. 17, no. 11, 2017.

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