Injectable microcapillary network hydrogels engineered by liquid-liquid phase separation for stem cell transplantation

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Injectable hydrogels are promising carriers for cell delivery in regenerative medicine. However, injectable hydrogels composed of crosslinked polymer networks are often non-microporous and prevent biological communication with host tissues through signals, nutrients, oxygen, and cells, thereby limiting graft survival and tissue integration. Here we report injectable hydrogels with liquid-liquid phase separation-induced microcapillary networks (μCN) as stem cell-delivering scaffolds. The molecular modification of gelatin with hydrogen bonding moieties induced liquid-liquid phase separation when mixed with unmodified gelatin to form μCN structures in the hydrogels. Through spatiotemporally controlled covalent crosslinking and dissolution processes, porous μCN structures were formed in the hydrogels, which can enhance mass transport and cellular activity. The encapsulation of cells with injectable μCN hydrogels improved cellular spreading, migration, and proliferation. Transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells with injectable μCN hydrogels enhanced graft survival and recovered hindlimb ischemia by enhancing material-tissue communication with biological signals and cells through μCN. This facile approach may serve as an advanced scaffold for improving stem cell transplantation therapies in regenerative medicine.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:305

Enthalten in:

Biomaterials - 305(2024) vom: 29. Jan., Seite 122451

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nishiguchi, Akihiro [VerfasserIn]
Ito, Shima [VerfasserIn]
Nagasaka, Kazuhiro [VerfasserIn]
Komatsu, Hiyori [VerfasserIn]
Uto, Koichiro [VerfasserIn]
Taguchi, Tetsushi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9000-70-8
Biopolymer
Cell transplantation
Gelatin
Hydrogels
Injectable gel
Journal Article
Liquid-liquid phase separation
Supramolecular chemistry

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Date Completed 29.01.2024

Date Revised 29.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.biomaterials.2023.122451

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NLM366598147