Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics Research Group

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Enzymatic degradation behavior and cytocompatibility of silk fibroin–starch–chitosan conjugate membranes

Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of silk fibroin and oxidized starch conjugation on the enzymatic degradation behaviorand the cytocompatability of chitosan based biomaterials. The tensile stress of conjugate membranes, which was at 50 Megapascal (MPa) for the lowest fibroin and starch composition (10 weight percent (wt.%)), was decreased significantly with the increased content of fibroin and starch. The weight loss ofconjugates in alpha-amylase was more notable when the starch concentration was the highest at 30 wt.%. The conjugates were resistant to the degradationby protease and lysozyme except for the conjugates with the lowest starch concentration. After 10 days of cell culture, the proliferation of osteoblast-like cells (SaOS-2) was stimulated significantly by higher fibroin compositions and the DNA synthesis on the conjugate with the highest fibroin (30 wt.%) was about two times more compared to the native chitosan. The light microscopy and the image analysis results showed that the cell area and the lengths were decreased significantly with higher fibroin/chitosan ratio. The study proved that the conjugation of fibroin and starch with the chitosan based biomaterials by the use of non-toxic reductive alkylation crosslinking significantly improved the cytocompatibility and modulated the biodegradation, respectively.

Journal
MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING C-MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
Volume
32
Issue
6
Pagination
1314-1322
Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
ISSN
0928-4931
URL
http://apps.webofknowledge.com/full_record.do?product=UA&search_mode=GeneralSearch&qid=13&SID=R26mYWbF6MIAgV5us3R&page=1&doc=1
Keywords
Biodegradation, Chitosan, Conjugation, Cytocompatibility, Silk Fibroin, Starch
Rights
Open Access
Peer Reviewed
Yes
Status
published
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