Project description:Severe traumatic bleeding may lead to extremely high mortality rates, and early intervention to stop bleeding plays as a critical role in saving lives. However, rapid hemostasis in deep non-compressible trauma using a highly water-absorbent hydrogel, combined with strong tissue adhesion and bionic procoagulant mechanism, remains a challenge. In this study, a DNA hydrogel (DNAgel) network composed of natural nucleic acids with rapid water absorption, high swelling and instant tissue adhesion is reported, like a “band-aid” to physically stop bleeding. The excellent swelling behavior and robust mechanical performance, meanwhile, enable the DNAgel band-aid to fill the defect cavity and exert pressure on the bleeding vessels, thereby achieving “compression hemostasis” for deep tissue bleeding sites. The DNAgel network also acts as an artificial DNA scaffold for erythrocytes to adhere and aggregate, and activates platelets, promoting coagulation cascade in a bionic way. The DNAgel achieves lower blood loss than commercial gelatin sponge (GS) in rat trauma models. In vivo evaluation in a full-thickness skin incision model also demonstrated the ability of DNAgel for promoting wound healing. Overall, the DNAgel band-aid with great hemostatic capacity is a promising candidate for rapid hemostasis and wound healing.
Project description:Explore the role of these hydrogels in wound healing, this study assessed the effects of both, Dersani Hydrogel with Alginate (DHA) and Dersani Hydrogel (DH), in human skin keratinocytes and fibroblasts gene expression profiles in a wound healing context. Sodium alginate (SA) and culture medium were also included as controls.
Project description:Chronic and non-healing skin wound is one of grievous complications of diabetes. In this study, we demonstrated a gas (carbon monoxide)-releasing hyaluronic acid hydrogel (i.e. COHAG) in promoting diabetic wound healing. Our results show that the COHAG significantly accelerated the healing process in diabtic rat full-thickness skin defect model, as compared with hydrogel without gas-releasing molecule and untreated group. Single-cell analysis of regenerating skin samples revealed that Cxcl14-overexpressing (Cxcl14+) fibroblast with progenitor properties are abundantly accumulated at the wound site after COHAG therapy.
Project description:DNA barcodes can be used to identify single cells in a sequencing data space while optical codes can be used to track single live cells in an image data space. We have developed dual image and DNA (ID)-coding, which identifies individual single cells in both live image and sequencing data spaces. Samples provided here are relevant to proof-of-concept studies of ID-coding presented in the associated publication. DNA barcoded micro-particles were encapsulated in hydrogel droplets with or without single cells. The hydrogel droplets were then subjected to “single-droplet sequencing” where whole polyA-bearing nucleic acid components within a hydrogel droplet (i.e. mRNA from cells and synthetic DNA on beads) were concatenated by the same cell barcodes.
Project description:Diabetic infectious wounds treatment is challenging due to insistent wound infections. Treating such complicated pathological diabetic infectious wounds needs to develop multifunctional materials and understand their mechanism. Here, we developed a novel material termed AgNCs-hydrogel, which is a multifunctional DNA hydrogel which dressing by integrating antibacterial silver nanoclusters. AgNCs-hydrogel was used for promoting the regeneration of diabetic infectious wounds in mouses because that it exhibited superior antibacterial activity, satisfactory biocompatibility, and effective ROS-scavenging property. Based on the skin proteomics, we explored the potential mechanism of AgNCs-hydrogel in treating mouse skin wounds. We found that AgNCs-hydrogel can accelerate proliferation and extracellular matrix (ECM) formation. In proteomic level, AgNCs-hydrogel can regulate some key proteins which mainly located in the extracellular exosome, involved in negative regulation of apoptotic process, performed ATP binding for accelerating diabetic infected wound closure. Therefore, this study provided a multifunctional material AgNCs-hydrogel and revealed its potential mechanisms in promoting the regeneration of diabetic infectious wounds.
Project description:Introduction: Autologous platelet concentrates (APC) are pro-angiogenic and can promote wound healing and tissue repair, also in combination with other biomaterials. However, challenging defect situations remain demanding. 3D bioprinting of an APC based bioink encapsulated in a hydrogel could overcome this limitation with enhanced physio-mechanical interface, growth factor retention/secretion and defect-personalized shape to ultimately enhance regeneration. Methods: This study used extrusion-based bioprinting to create a novel bioink of alginate/cellulose hydrogel loaded with thrombocyte concentrate. Chemico-physical testing exhibited an amorphous structure characterized by high shape fidelity. Cytotoxicity assay and incubation of human osteogenic sarcoma cells (SaOs2) exposed excellent biocompatibility. ELISA analysis confirmed pro-angiogenic growth factor release of the printed constructs, and co-incubation with HUVECS displayed proper cell viability and proliferation. Chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) assay explored the pro-angiogenic potential of the prints in vivo. Detailed proteome and secretome analysis revealed a substantial amount and homologous presence of pro-angiogenic proteins in the 3D construct. Results: This study demonstrated a 3D bioprinting approach to fabricate a novel bioink of alginate/cellulose hydrogel loaded with thrombocyte concentrate with high shape fidelity, biocompatibility, and substantial pro-angiogenic properties. Conclusion: This approach may be suitable for challenging physiological and anatomical defect situations when translated into clinical use.
Project description:End-stage liver diseases are an increasing health burden and liver transplantations are currently the only curative treatment option. Due to a lack of donor livers, alternative treatments are urgently needed. Human liver organoids are very promising for regenerative medicine, however, organoids are currently cultured in Matrigel, which is extracted from the extracellular matrix of the Engelbreth-Holm-Swarm mouse sarcoma. Matrigel is poorly defined, suffers from high batch-to-batch variability and is of murine origin, which limits clinical application of organoids. Here, a novel hydrogel based on polyisocyanopeptides (PIC) and laminin-111 is described for human liver organoid culture. PIC is a synthetic hydrogel with thermodynamic properties, making it easy to handle and very attractive for clinical applications. Organoids in an optimized PIC hydrogel proliferate at rates comparable to Matrigel; proliferation rates are stiffness-dependent, with lower stiffnesses being optimal for organoid proliferation. Moreover, organoids can be efficiently differentiated towards hepatocyte-like cells with key liver functions. This proliferation and differentiation potential can be maintained over at least 16 passages. Our results indicate that PIC is a promising material for human liver organoid culture and has the potential to be used in a variety of clinical applications including cell therapy and tissue engineering.