Open AccessDevelopment of Biocompatible HA Hydrogels Embedded with a New Synthetic Peptide Promoting Cellular Migration for Advanced Wound Care Management
Author(s) -
Wang Sun Young,
Kim Hyosuk,
Kwak Gijung,
Yoon Hong Yeol,
Jo Sung Duk,
Lee Ji Eun,
Cho Daeho,
Kwon Ick Chan,
Kim Sun Hwa
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
advanced science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.388
H-Index - 100
ISSN - 2198-3844
DOI - 10.1002/advs.201800852
Subject(s) - wound healing , self healing hydrogels , hyaluronic acid , biocompatible material , ethylene glycol , chemistry , biomedical engineering , medicine , surgery , polymer chemistry , anatomy , organic chemistry
Abstract In the past few years, there have been many efforts underway to develop effective wound healing treatments for traumatic injuries. In particular, wound‐healing peptides (WHPs) and peptide‐grafted dressings hold great promise for novel therapeutic strategies for wound management. This study reports a topical formulation of a new synthetic WHP (REGRT, REG) embedded in a hyaluronic acid (HA)‐based hydrogel dressing for the enhancement of acute excisional wound repair. The copper‐free click chemistry is utilized to form biocompatible HA hydrogels by cross‐linking dibenzocyclooctyl‐functionalized HA with 4‐arm poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) azide. The HA hydrogels are grafted with the REG peptide, a functional derivative of erythroid differentiation regulator1, displaying potent cell motility‐stimulating ability, thus sustainably releasing physiologically active peptides for a prolonged period. Combined with the traditional wound healing benefits of HA, the HA hydrogel embedded REG (REG‐HAgel) accelerates re‐epithelialization in skin wound healing, particularly by promoting migration of fibroblasts, keratinocytes, and endothelial cells. REG‐HAgels improve not only rate, but quality of wound healing with higher collagen deposition and more microvascular formation while being nontoxic. The peptide‐grafted HA hydrogel system can be considered as a promising new wound dressing formulation strategy for the treatment of different types of wounds with combinations of various natural and synthetic WHPs.