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Optimal poly(L-lysine) grafting density in hydrogels for promoting neural progenitor cell functions.

Abstract：

:Recently, we have developed a photopolymerizable poly(L-lysine) (PLL) that can be covalently incorporated into poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA) hydrogels to improve their bioactivity by providing positive charges. To explore the potential of these PLL-grafted PEGDA hydrogels as a cell delivery vehicle and luminal filler in nerve guidance conduits for peripheral and central nerve regeneration, we varied the number of pendent PLL chains in the hydrogels by photo-cross-linking PEGDA with weight compositions of PLL (φ(PLL)) of 0, 1, 2, 3, and 5%. We further investigated the effect of PLL grafting density on E14 mouse neural progenitor cell (NPC) behavior including cell viability, attachment, proliferation, differentiation, and gene expression. The amount of actually grafted PLL and charge densities were characterized, showing a proportional increase with the feed composition φ(PLL). NPC viability in 3D hydrogels was significantly improved in a PLL grafting density-dependent manner at days 7 and 14 postencapsulation. Similarly, NPC attachment and proliferation were promoted on the PLL-grafted hydrogels with increasing φ(PLL) up to 2%. More intriguingly, NPC lineage commitment was dramatically altered by the amount of grafted PLL chains in the hydrogels. NPC differentiation demonstrated a parabolic or nonmonotonic dependence on φ(PLL), resulting in cells mostly differentiated toward mature neurons with extensive neurite formation and astrocytes rather than oligodendrocytes on the PLL-grafted hydrogels with φ(PLL) of 2%, whereas the neutral hydrogels and PLL-grafted hydrogels with higher φ(PLL) of 5% support NPC differentiation less. Gene expression of lineage markers further illustrated this trend, indicating that PLL-grafted hydrogels with an optimal φ(PLL) of 2% could be a promising cell carrier that promoted NPC functions for treatment of nerve injuries.

journal_name

Biomacromolecules

journal_title

Biomacromolecules

authors

Cai L,Lu J,Sheen V,Wang S

doi

10.1021/bm300381d

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2012-05-14 00:00:00

pages

1663-74

issue

eissn

1525-7797

issn

1526-4602

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Optimal poly(L-lysine) grafting density in hydrogels for promoting neural progenitor cell functions.