Bianza Moise Bakadia , Lallepak Lamboni , Abeer Ahmed Qaed Ahmed , Ruizhu Zheng , Biaou Oscar Ode Boni , Zhijun Shi , Shuyao Song , Tiatou Souho , Biampata Mutu Mukole , Fuyu Qi , Guang Yang
{"title":"Antibacterial silk sericin/poly (vinyl alcohol) hydrogel with antifungal property for potential infected large burn wound healing: Systemic evaluation","authors":"Bianza Moise Bakadia , Lallepak Lamboni , Abeer Ahmed Qaed Ahmed , Ruizhu Zheng , Biaou Oscar Ode Boni , Zhijun Shi , Shuyao Song , Tiatou Souho , Biampata Mutu Mukole , Fuyu Qi , Guang Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.smaim.2022.07.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.smaim.2022.07.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Hydrogel-based burn wound dressings with excellent antibacterial, antifungal, and mechanical properties are ideal biomaterials to promote infected large burn wound healing. In this study, the hydrogel synthesized by repetitive freezing-thawing consists of poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA), silk sericin (SS), and azithromycin (AZM), with genipin (GNP) as crosslinker. The FTIR showed that all hydrogel components were successfully blended. The swelling ratio, porosity, cell attachment, and proliferation improved with SS incorporation, while increased PVA content enhanced the mechanical performance of the hydrogel. The inclusion of AZM improved the antimicrobial property of the hydrogel towards <em>Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa</em>, <em>Escherichia coli</em>, and <em>Candida albicans</em>. The hydrogel showed sustained SS and AZM releases as well as cytocompatibility on keratinocytes and fibroblasts. Furthermore, the hydrogel displays skin adhesion ability when freeze-dried. In the in vivo study using an infected mouse full-thickness burn model with a 10% total body surface area, it was shown that burn injury led to increased inflammatory cytokine responses and macroscopic and microscopic alterations in the spleen and liver. The kidneys, on the other hand, revealed neither change. Interestingly, the prepared hydrogel had a better burn wound healing effect than the commercial Tegaderm™ film dressing, minimizing systemic burn effects. Hence, this novel hydrogel is projected to be a promising candidate for accelerated healing of infected burn wounds.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":22019,"journal":{"name":"Smart Materials in Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48379945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Immunomodulation-based development engineering for advancing metal soft tissue implants","authors":"Shoucheng Chen , Jiamin Shi , Guangqi Gao , Lv Xie, Yingye Zhang, Zhengjie Shan, Zhuwei Huang, Xinchun Zhang, Zhuofan Chen, Zetao Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.smaim.2023.04.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.smaim.2023.04.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Metal materials have been widely applied clinically due to their superior mechanical properties. However, the integration of metallic implants with surrounding soft tissue remains challenging and may lead to severe infections and failure of treatments. Development of natural exemplar suggests that the establishment of the soft tissue integration around hard surfaces is a complex scenario associated with the coordination of epithelial tissue, connective tissue and immune cells. In addition, the influence of the peri-implant immune microenvironment on soft tissue integration reparative process has received increasing attention. Given that the properties of the metal implant could effectively modulate immune response, it is predictable to regulate the immune microenvironment around metal implants for optimized soft tissue integration. This review firstly compared the establishment of natural biological hard surface-soft tissue integration with metal implants, in which the important role of epithelial tissue, connective tissue and immune cells were emphasized. Furthermore, up-to-date research outcomes in the closely connections between the immune microenvironment and soft tissue integration were discussed and summarized. From the view of natural soft-hard tissue integration development and reparative process, the immunomodulation-based strategy is proposed to manipulate the immune microenvironment for the enhancement of soft tissue-metal implant integration.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":22019,"journal":{"name":"Smart Materials in Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49610449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hao Wang , Hongxia Wan , Qiqi Wang , Ying Ma , Guorui Su , Xiaodong Cao , Huichang Gao
{"title":"Engineered multifunctional silk fibroin/gelatin hydrogel conduit loaded with miR-29a@ZIF-8 nanoparticles for peripheral nerve regeneration","authors":"Hao Wang , Hongxia Wan , Qiqi Wang , Ying Ma , Guorui Su , Xiaodong Cao , Huichang Gao","doi":"10.1016/j.smaim.2023.02.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smaim.2023.02.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Peripheral nerve injury (PNI) is a common surgical disease. In recent years, with the development of tissue engineering materials, nerve guidance conduit (NGC) is expected to replace autologous nerve transplantation and become a new method for the treatment of PNI. In this work, we developed a multifunctional silk fibroin (SF)/gelatin-tyramine (GT) composite hydrogel conduit with flexible adjustable size by using a diffusion-driven cross-linking method. Furthermore, the ZIF-8 nanoparticles loaded with miR-29a (miR-29a@ZIF-8) delivery system was constructed and compounded into SF/GT hydrogel conduit to enhance its bioactivity and neural repair effects through sustained miR-29a release. In vitro cell experiments showed that SF/GT hydrogel conduit could significantly promote the myelination of Schwann cells (SCs), neuronal differentiation and axon extension of PC12 cells. In addition, it was worth mentioning that SF/GT hydrogel conduit could also regulate the immune microenvironment of nerve regeneration by promoting the transformation of macrophages from M1 phenotype to M2 phenotype, indicating a potential application as nerve guidance conduit in peripheral nerve repair.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":22019,"journal":{"name":"Smart Materials in Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49716944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dong Xu , Xingzhi Feng , Yuxin Wan , Lanlan Yang , Qianling Gao , Zihuan Yang , Chang Du
{"title":"Curcumin nano-prodrug induces multi-phase cell cycle arrest in colorectal cancer through suppression of CDKs and specific down-regulation of PLK1","authors":"Dong Xu , Xingzhi Feng , Yuxin Wan , Lanlan Yang , Qianling Gao , Zihuan Yang , Chang Du","doi":"10.1016/j.smaim.2023.06.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smaim.2023.06.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Aberrant activation of cell cycle proteins leads to tumor progression in most cancer types. While 5-fluorouracil (5-Fu)-based chemotherapy remains the first-line treatment strategy for colorectal cancer (CRC), more than 40% of patients with advanced CRC do not benefit from the regimen. Herein, a chemically modified curcumin (mCur) was developed to explore its curative effect on CRC and reveal its potential role in cell cycle regulation. Amphiphilic mCur could self-assemble into positively charged nano-micelles, hence facilitating high cellular uptake and anticancer activity. Multi-phase cell cycle arrest, induced by both mCur and Cur, was first observed in HCT 116 cells. This phenomenon was mainly attributed to the Cur/mCur mediated downregulation of cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) and their direct interactions. Moreover, mCur and Cur treatments generated distinct phenotypic signatures. In particular, mCur induced distinct dynamic fluctuations in cell cycle and a relatively higher proportion of cells in the G2/M phase than Cur, and specifically triggered the impaired expression of polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1). An <em>in vivo</em> evaluation using a CRC patient-derived tumor xenograft (PDX) model indicated that mCur exhibited better antitumor effects via more significant downregulation of PLK1 in PLK1<sup>high</sup> PDX, with no obvious systemic toxicity. Collectively, our study revealed a unique multi-phase cell cycle arrest effect of Cur-based antitumor agents and highlighted the potential of mCur as a PLK1-targeted inhibitor for CRC therapy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":22019,"journal":{"name":"Smart Materials in Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49717135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Erratum for previously published articles","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.smaim.2022.10.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smaim.2022.10.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22019,"journal":{"name":"Smart Materials in Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49717140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhen-Zhen Dong , Chao Yang , Zhiwei Wang , Zhangfeng Zhong , Man-Shing Wong , Hung-Wing Li
{"title":"Tumor microenvironment-responsive Zn/Cu nanoparticles for enhanced chemodynamic therapy","authors":"Zhen-Zhen Dong , Chao Yang , Zhiwei Wang , Zhangfeng Zhong , Man-Shing Wong , Hung-Wing Li","doi":"10.1016/j.smaim.2022.11.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smaim.2022.11.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Chemodynamic therapy (CDT) has emerged as an effective and safe anticancer therapeutic strategy by catalytic generation of hydroxyl radicals via Fenton chemistry to kill notorious cancer cells. Herein, we decorated the Cu-based nanoparticles with pH-responsive ZnO nanoparticles to give new Zn/Cu nanoparticles (Zn/Cu NPs) which showed good biocompatibility and stability for enhanced therapeutic efficacy of CDT. The newly developed Zn/Cu NPs had a small size of ∼20 nm, which could prolong blood circulation time of NPs and facilitate their accumulation in tumor tissues. The mode of therapeutic mechanism was experimentally verified. Upon arriving at the acidic cancer cells, ZnO on Zn/Cu NPs dissolved leading to the release of Cu<sup>2+</sup> ions which were then reduced by the overexpressed glutathione (GSH), yielding Cu<sup>+</sup> ions. The presence of Cu<sup>+</sup> ions favorably catalyzed the conversion of endogenous H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> into hydroxyl radicals by Fenton-like reactions. Such generated ROS would cause serious oxidative damage to cellular constituents resulting in cell death. Importantly, as the Zn/Cu NPs are pH sensitive, they exhibited much higher cytotoxicity against tumor cells than normal cells. <em>In vivo</em> studies also demonstrated that Zn/Cu NPs could effectively inhibit tumor growth without adverse side effects. Therefore, these Zn/Cu NPs hold great potential for direct and effective tumor therapy for personalized medicine applications.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":22019,"journal":{"name":"Smart Materials in Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49735161","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yihung Lee , Yifan Gou , Xun Pan , Zhipeng Gu , Huixu Xie
{"title":"Advances of multifunctional hydrogels for periodontal disease","authors":"Yihung Lee , Yifan Gou , Xun Pan , Zhipeng Gu , Huixu Xie","doi":"10.1016/j.smaim.2023.02.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.smaim.2023.02.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Periodontal disease is a chronic inflammatory disease that develops from dental plaque that affects periodontal supporting tissues. The control of plaque by mechanical therapy has always been the mainstream of clinical practice. However, studies have shown that both bacteria and oxidative stress are associated with periodontal disease, which means blocking one of them alone may not acquire a better curative effect. The excellent physicochemical properties and biological functions of hydrogels have made them as kinds of ideal biomaterials for periodontal disease in recent years. For these reasons, hydrogels with antimicrobials and antioxidants are considered an effective treatment modality for periodontal disease. Among them, chitosan, cellulose, and other biopolymers have performed their desirable characteristics in the form of hydrogel materials to treat periodontal disease. Here we systematically summarize the current related research and applications of multifunctional hydrogels of antimicrobials and antioxidants in the hope of offering a new idea for new approaches to control periodontal damage.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":22019,"journal":{"name":"Smart Materials in Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48153760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rawand A. Mustafa , Meixin Ran , Yonghui Wang , Jiaqi Yan , Yu Zhang , Jessica M. Rosenholm , Hongbo Zhang
{"title":"A pH/temperature responsive nanocomposite for chemo-photothermal synergistic cancer therapy","authors":"Rawand A. Mustafa , Meixin Ran , Yonghui Wang , Jiaqi Yan , Yu Zhang , Jessica M. Rosenholm , Hongbo Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.smaim.2022.09.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.smaim.2022.09.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>To optimize synergistic breast cancer treatment, a nanocomposite was fabricated with pH-temperature responsive and chemo-photothermal combination therapy. Herein, gold nanorods (AuNRs) are coated with [poly[(N-isopropylacrylamide)-co-(methacrylic acid)] (p(NIPAM-co-MAA)) modified mesoporous silica (MS) for Doxorubicin (DOX) delivery (AuNR@DOX-MS@p(NIPAM-co-MAA)). Upon NIR radiation, the AuNR core induced hyperthermia via generating heat. Simultaneously, the polymer layer collapsed in response to high temperature/low pH, which allowed the triggering of DOX release from the MS shell at the tumor site. With this nanocomposite, nearly zero premature release of DOX at physiological pH/temperature was detected, while effective DOX release was reported at higher temperature/lower pH values. In addition, <em>in vitro</em> studies demonstrated that the nanocomposite has a substantial uptake efficiency of MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells, with a significant increase in suppressing MDA-MB-231 cell proliferation in response to laser irradiation. The <em>in vivo</em> experiments further verified the high efficiency of the fabricated nanocomposite in accumulating at the tumor site and the good capability in suppressing tumor growth in the mice upon intravenous injection, while exhibiting good biosafety in relation to major organs in the body. Thus, the synthesized nanocomposite could be a potential nanocarrier for breast cancer treatment with synergistic chemo-photothermal therapeutic capability.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":22019,"journal":{"name":"Smart Materials in Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44475381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rui Zan , Sheng Shen , Yuanding Huang , Han Yu , Yaohui Liu , Shi Yang , Bohao Zheng , Zijun Gong , Wenhui Wang , Xiaonong Zhang , Tao Suo , Houbao Liu
{"title":"Research hotspots and trends of biodegradable magnesium and its alloys","authors":"Rui Zan , Sheng Shen , Yuanding Huang , Han Yu , Yaohui Liu , Shi Yang , Bohao Zheng , Zijun Gong , Wenhui Wang , Xiaonong Zhang , Tao Suo , Houbao Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.smaim.2023.01.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.smaim.2023.01.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>With the increasing demand for innovative therapies, biodegradable magnesium has attracted more and more attention, which could avoid secondary surgery and reduce complications. Until now, plenty of researchers take part in the research & development of this field, and many articles have been published every year. However, it is a huge challenge to predict research trends and definite topics for researchers, which could result in low research value, wasted resources and even slowed medical device transformation. Usually, reviews summarize a specific topic, such as alloy elements, coating designs, degradable properties, etc. Deriving key indicators from a large amount of data with the help of statistical analysis, make a historical review, current situation analysis, and future prediction more convincing. Herein, it has been conducted a bibliometric study according to 2669 publications collected from the Web of Science (WOS) database from 2005 to 2021. By analyzing some key factors, including annual publications, keywords, country contributions, authors as well as institutions, the evolution of biodegradable magnesium is objectively studied. The research trends of biodegradable magnesium alloys are corrosion resistance, the influence of microstructural control on mechanical behavior and bio-functions of implants in a chronological manner. The co-occurrence mapping of the countries and authors suggests that current in-depth research and development of magnesium is more emphasis on institutional and international cooperation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":22019,"journal":{"name":"Smart Materials in Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44148398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Journey of smart material from composite to shape memory alloy (SMA), characterization and their applications-A review","authors":"Uddeshya Shukla , Kamal Garg","doi":"10.1016/j.smaim.2022.10.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.smaim.2022.10.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This review paper deals with the advancements of composites to shape memory alloys. The journey of smart materials from conventional composites to advance shape memory alloys and their application is described in this literature. Classification of smart materials such as smart composites, shape memory alloys, polymer composite and various other types of materials that are intelligent are explained briefly. Different manufacturing and developing techniques to manufacture smart materials and characterization of conventional composites is compared with advance modern day shape memory alloys. Shape memory effect such as one way and two-way shape memory effect are depicted. However, the most important of all the applications and extensive use of smart materials in health care sector for implants and various other uses with uses in aerospace and automotive industries are reviewed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":22019,"journal":{"name":"Smart Materials in Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46162639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}