Novel functional biodegradable polymer. III. The construction of poly(γ‐glutamic acid)‐sulfonate hydrogel with fibroblast growth factor‐2 activity
- 17 May 2005
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A
- Vol. 73A (4) , 485-491
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jbm.a.30305
Abstract
Poly(gamma-glutamic acid)-sulfonate (gamma-PGA-S) hydrogel, with fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-2 activity was investigated as a novel, next-generation tissue-engineering material. gamma-PGA-net-gamma-PGA-S72 (S72-netgel) was prepared with gamma-PGA-S and gamma-PGA-S72 (72% sulfonated gamma-PGA) to provide the high mobility of gamma-PGA-S72 for FGF-2 activity. Cell adhesion and proliferation activities were evaluated on gamma-PGA and gamma-PGA-S hydrogels along with S72-netgels. Both cell adhesion and proliferation activities of gamma-PGA and gamma-PGA-S hydrogels were low. In contrast, S72-netgels had high cell adhesion and proliferation activities, because of their low swelling ratios and high sulfonic acid group concentrations. Furthermore, S72-netgels had high FGF-2 activity, because gamma-PGA-S72 retained FGF-2 activity when incorporated into S72-netgels. S72-netgels should be useful as next-generation tissue-engineering material containing FGF-2 activity.Keywords
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