Early osteoimmunomodulation by mucin hydrogels augments the healing and revascularization of rat critical-size calvarial bone defectsShow others and affiliations
2023 (English)In: BIOACTIVE MATERIALS, ISSN 2452-199X, Vol. 25, p. 176-188Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The design principle of osteogenic bone grafts has shifted from immunological inertness to limiting foreign body response to combined osteoimmunomodulatory activity to promote high-quality endogenous bone regeneration. Recently developed immunomodulatory mucin hydrogels have been shown to elicit very low complement activation and suppress macrophage release and activation after implantation in vivo. However, their immunoregulatory activity has not yet been studied in the context of tissue repair. Herein, we synthesized mucinmonetite composite materials and investigated their early osteoimmunomodulation using a critical-size rat bone defect model. We demonstrated that the composites can polarize macrophages towards the M2 phenotype at weeks 1 and 2. The early osteoimmunomodulation enhanced early osteogenesis and angiogenesis and ultimately promoted fracture healing and engraftment (revascularization of the host vasculature) at weeks 6 and 12. Overall, we demonstrated the applicability of mucin-based immunomodulatory biomaterials to enhance tissue repair in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier BV , 2023. Vol. 25, p. 176-188
Keywords [en]
Mucin hydrogels, Monetite, osteoimmunomodulation, Bone, Revascularization
National Category
Biomaterials Science
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-325245DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2023.01.022ISI: 000935501100001PubMedID: 36817825Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85147429974OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-325245DiVA, id: diva2:1748735
Note
QC 20230404
2023-04-042023-04-042023-04-04Bibliographically approved