Dual cross-linked gellan gum/gelatin-based multifunctional nanocomposite hydrogel scaffold for full-thickness wound healing

Hemant Singh, Indu Yadav, Wajid Mohammad Sheikh, Aniruddha Dan, Zenab Darban, Showkat Ahmad Shah, Narayan Chandra Mishra, Syed Shahabuddin, Shabir Hassan, Showkeen Muzamil Bashir, Mukesh Dhanka

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    Abstract

    Biological macromolecules are excellent materials for wound dressing owing to their similar structure to the extracellular matrix and adjustable physicochemical properties. This research focuses on fabricating biological macromolecule-based hydrogel with desirable antibacterial, antioxidant, controlled drug release, cytocompatibility, and wound healing properties. Herein, different concentrations of nanoceria (NC) and flurbiprofen (FLU) drug-loaded gellan gum/gelatin (GG/Ge) based dual crosslinked (Ionic and EDC/NHS coupling) hydrogels were engineered. All fabricated hydrogels were hydrophilic, biodegradable, good strength, porous, antioxidant, hemocompatible and cytocompatible. Among all, hydrogel loaded with 500 μg/ml NC (GG/Ge/NC@FLU) exhibited desirable antioxidant, antibacterial (killed Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli within 12 h), hemocompatible, cytocompatible, supports oxidative-stressed L929 cell growth and acted as a controlled release matrix for FLU, following Fickian diffusion, Peppas Sahlin and Korsmeyer-Peppas drug release models. Furthermore, nanocomposite hydrogel (GG/Ge/NC@FLU)-treated wounds of rats on day 14 demonstrated significantly higher collagen synthesis, nearly 100 % wound contractions, and efficiently decreased the expression of TNF-α and IL-1 while increasing the production of IL-10 and TNF-ß3, indicating antiinflammatory activity, and effectively reduced the expression of VEGF gene indicating effective angiogenesis than all other controls. In conclusion, the fabricated multifunctional GG/Ge/NC@FLU nanocomposite hydrogel shows promising potential for effectively treating full-thickness wound healing in a rat model.

    Original languageBritish English
    Article number126349
    JournalInternational Journal of Biological Macromolecules
    Volume251
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 1 Nov 2023

    Keywords

    • Full-thickness wound healing
    • Gelatin
    • Gellan gum

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