Z Z Yan, Y X Wang, T L Zhang, J N Xun, Y C Ma, C Ji, J Gao, S C Xiao
{"title":"[Properties of gelatin-polyethylene glycol hydrogel loaded with silver nanoparticle <i>Chlorella</i> and its effects on healing of infected full-thickness skin defect wounds in mice].","authors":"Z Z Yan, Y X Wang, T L Zhang, J N Xun, Y C Ma, C Ji, J Gao, S C Xiao","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn501225-20231020-00126","DOIUrl":"10.3760/cma.j.cn501225-20231020-00126","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Objective:</b> To explore the properties of gelatin-polyethylene glycol hydrogel loaded with silver nanoparticle (AgNP) <i>Chlorella</i> (hereinafter referred to as the composite hydrogel) and its effects on healing of infected full-thickness skin defect wounds in mice. <b>Methods:</b> The research was an experimental research. The simple gelatin-polyethylene glycol hydrogel (hereinafter referred to as the simple hydrogel) and the composite hydrogel were prepared, and the appearance and injectability of the two hydrogels were observed at 55 and 37 ℃, and under the irradiation of 808 nm near-infrared light, respectively. An electronic universal testing machine was employed to assess the tensile and compressive stress-strain properties of both types of hydrogels at room temperature. Additionally, the cyclic compressive stress-strain properties of the composite hydrogel were examined at 80% of the maximum compressive stress. <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> or <i>Escherichia coli</i> solution was added to phosphate buffer solution (PBS), simple hydrogel, and composite hydrogel, respectively. The part of composite hydrogel containing <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> or <i>Escherichia coli</i> solution was irradiated with near-infrared light for 5 minutes. After each sample was incubated for 6 h, the dilution plating method was used to detect and calculate the mortality rates of the two bacteria at 24 h of culture (<i>n</i>=5). The discarded foreskin tissue was taken from a 6-year-old healthy boy admitted to the Department of Urology of the First Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University for circumcision. Primary human fibroblasts (HFbs) were isolated using the enzyme extraction method, routinely cultured to the 3<sup>rd</sup> to 6<sup>th</sup> passages for subsequent cellular experiments. Composite hydrogel extracts with final mass concentrations of 100.0, 50.0, 25.0, 12.5, and 0 mg/mL were respectively prepared and used to culture HFbs, and the cell proliferation after 24 h of culture was detected using a cell counting kit 8 (<i>n</i>=3). A total of twenty 6-8 weeks old C57BL/6J female mice were utilized, and a full-thickness skin defect was surgically created on the back of each mouse. The wounds were infected with <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> solution. The infected mice were divided into blank control group, simple hydrogel group, composite hydrogel group, and combined treatment group according to the random number table, and the wounds were treated with PBS, simple hydrogel, composite hydrogel, and composite hydrogel+light irradiation (under the irradiation of 808 nm near-infrared light for 5 min), respectively, with 5 mice in each group. On post injury day (PID) 0 (immediately after the first wound treatment), 3, 7, and 14, an overall assessment of wound exudation and healing were conducted, and the wound healing rates on PID 7 and 14 were calculated (<i>n</i>=5). On PID 14, hematoxylin-eosin staining was performed to observe histopatholo","PeriodicalId":516861,"journal":{"name":"Zhonghua shao shang yu chuang mian xiu fu za zhi","volume":"40 1","pages":"33-42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139699240","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}