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T1 - Enrichment of enzymatically mineralized gellan gum hydrogels with phlorotannin-rich Ecklonia cava extract Seanol(®) to endow antibacterial properties and promote mineralization
AU - Douglas, Timothy E L
AU - Dokupil, Agnieszka
AU - Reczyńska, Katarzyna
AU - Brackman, Gilles
AU - Krok-Borkowicz, Malgorzata
AU - Keppler, Julia K
AU - Božič, Mojca
AU - Van Der Voort, Pascal
AU - Pietryga, Krzysztof
AU - Samal, Sangram Keshari
AU - Balcaen, Lieve
AU - van den Bulcke, Jan
AU - Van Acker, Joris
AU - Vanhaecke, Frank
AU - Schwarz, Karin
AU - Coenye, Tom
AU - Pamuła, Elżbieta
PY - 2016/8/10
Y1 - 2016/8/10
N2 - Hydrogels offer several advantages as biomaterials for bone regeneration, including ease of incorporation of soluble substances such as mineralization-promoting enzymes and antibacterial agents. Mineralization with calcium phosphate (CaP) increases bioactivity, while antibacterial activity reduces the risk of infection. Here, gellan gum (GG) hydrogels were enriched with alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and/or Seanol(®), a seaweed extract rich in phlorotannins (brown algae-derived polyphenols), to induce mineralization with CaP and increase antibacterial activity, respectively. The sample groups were unmineralized hydrogels, denoted as GG, GG/ALP, GG/Seanol and GG/Seanol/ALP, and hydrogels incubated in mineralization medium (0.1 M calcium glycerophosphate), denoted as GG/ALP_min, GG/Seanol_min and GG/Seanol/ALP_min. Seanol(®) enhanced mineralization with CaP and also increased compressive modulus. Seanol(®) and ALP interacted in a non-covalent manner. Release of Seanol(®) occurred in a burst phase and was impeded by ALP-mediated mineralization. Groups GG/Seanol and GG/ALP/Seanol exhibited antibacterial activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. GG/Seanol/ALP_min, but not GG/Seanol_min, retained some antibacterial activity. Eluates taken from groups GG/ALP_min, GG/Seanol_min and GG/ALP/Seanol_min displayed comparable cytotoxicity towards MG-63 osteoblast-like cells. These results suggest that enrichment of hydrogel biomaterials with phlorotannin-rich extracts is a promising strategy to increase mineralizability and antibacterial activity.
AB - Hydrogels offer several advantages as biomaterials for bone regeneration, including ease of incorporation of soluble substances such as mineralization-promoting enzymes and antibacterial agents. Mineralization with calcium phosphate (CaP) increases bioactivity, while antibacterial activity reduces the risk of infection. Here, gellan gum (GG) hydrogels were enriched with alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and/or Seanol(®), a seaweed extract rich in phlorotannins (brown algae-derived polyphenols), to induce mineralization with CaP and increase antibacterial activity, respectively. The sample groups were unmineralized hydrogels, denoted as GG, GG/ALP, GG/Seanol and GG/Seanol/ALP, and hydrogels incubated in mineralization medium (0.1 M calcium glycerophosphate), denoted as GG/ALP_min, GG/Seanol_min and GG/Seanol/ALP_min. Seanol(®) enhanced mineralization with CaP and also increased compressive modulus. Seanol(®) and ALP interacted in a non-covalent manner. Release of Seanol(®) occurred in a burst phase and was impeded by ALP-mediated mineralization. Groups GG/Seanol and GG/ALP/Seanol exhibited antibacterial activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. GG/Seanol/ALP_min, but not GG/Seanol_min, retained some antibacterial activity. Eluates taken from groups GG/ALP_min, GG/Seanol_min and GG/ALP/Seanol_min displayed comparable cytotoxicity towards MG-63 osteoblast-like cells. These results suggest that enrichment of hydrogel biomaterials with phlorotannin-rich extracts is a promising strategy to increase mineralizability and antibacterial activity.
KW - Alkaline Phosphatase/metabolism
KW - Anti-Bacterial Agents/chemistry
KW - Anti-Infective Agents/chemistry
KW - Biocompatible Materials/chemistry
KW - Bone Regeneration
KW - Calcium Phosphates/chemistry
KW - Cell Line
KW - Humans
KW - Hydrogels/chemistry
KW - Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
KW - Microbial Sensitivity Tests
KW - Osteoblasts/cytology
KW - Polysaccharides, Bacterial/chemistry
KW - Seaweed/chemistry
KW - Solubility
KW - Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
KW - Stress, Mechanical
KW - Tannins/chemistry
KW - Thermogravimetry
U2 - 10.1088/1748-6041/11/4/045015
DO - 10.1088/1748-6041/11/4/045015
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 27509486
VL - 11
JO - Biomedical Materials
JF - Biomedical Materials
SN - 1748-6041
IS - 4
M1 - 045015
ER -