ABSTRACT
Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) hydrogels are widely employed for various biomedical applications, including tissue engineering, due to their biocompatibility, high water solubility, low protein adsorption, and chemical stability. However, non-charged surface of PVA-based hydrogels is not optimal for cell adhesion and spreading. Here, cross-linked macroporous hydrogels based on low molecular weight acrylated PVA (Acr-PVA) was synthesized by modification of the pendant alcohol groups on the PVA with glycidyl methacrylate (GMA). To enhance cell affinity, charged groups were introduced to the hydrogel composition. For this purpose, Acr-PVA was copolymerized with either negatively charged acrylic acid (AA) or positively charged 2-(diethylamino) ethyl methacrylate (DEAEMA) monomers. A surface charge of the obtained hydrogels was found to be in function of the co-monomer type and content. Confocal microscopy observations confirmed that adhesion and spreading of both mouse fibroblasts (L929) and human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSC) on the modified Acr-PVA-AA and Acr-PVA-DEAEMA hydrogels were better than those on the non-modified Acr-PVA hydrogel. The increase of DEAEMA monomer content from 5 to 15mol% resulted in the enhancement of cell viability which was 1.5-fold higher for Acr-PVA-DEAEMA-15 hydrogel than that of the non-modified Acr-PVA hydrogel sample.
Subject(s)
Fibroblasts/metabolism , Hydrogels/chemistry , Mesenchymal Stem Cells/metabolism , Polyvinyl Alcohol/chemistry , Tissue Engineering , Animals , Cell Adhesion , Cell Line , Epoxy Compounds/chemistry , Fibroblasts/cytology , Humans , Mesenchymal Stem Cells/cytology , Methacrylates/chemistry , Mice , PorosityABSTRACT
In the current study, semi-permeable alginate-oligochitosan microcapsules for multicellular tumor spheroids (MTS) generation were elaborated and tested, to estimate a response of the microencapsulated MTS (MMTS) to photodynamic therapy (PDT). The microcapsules (mean diameter 600 µm) with entrapped human breast adenocarcinoma MCF-7 cells were obtained using an electrostatic bead generator, and MMTS were generated by in vitro long-term cell cultivation. The formed MMTS were incubated in Chlorin e6 photosensitizer solution and then irradiated using 650-nm laser light. The cell viability was measured by MTT-assay in 24 h after irradiation, and histological analysis was performed. The proposed MTS-based model was found to be more resistant to the PDT than the two-dimensional monolayer cell culture model. Thus, MMTS could be considered as a promising three-dimesional in vitro model to estimate the doses of drugs or parameters for PDT in vitro before carrying out preclinical tests.
