Synthesis and biodegradation of arabinogalactan sponges prepared by reductive amination

T. Ehrenfreund-Kleinman; Z. Gazit; D. Gazit; T. Azzam; J. Golenser; A. J. Domb

doi:10.1016/s0142-9612(02)00209-0

Synthesis and biodegradation of arabinogalactan sponges prepared by reductive amination

T. Ehrenfreund-Kleinman, Z. Gazit, D. Gazit, T. Azzam, J. Golenser, A. J. Domb

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Abstract

The synthesis of polysaccharide-based sponges for the use in tissue engineering was systematically investigated. A comparison study of the branched polysaccharide arabinogalactan (AG) and the linear polysaccharide dextran in the formation of sponges by the reaction with diamines or polyamines was conducted. Three AG-based sponges were synthesized from the crosslinking reaction with different amine molecules. The sponges obtained were highly porous, rapidly swelled in water, and were stable in vitro for at least 11 weeks in aqueous media at 37°C. AG-chitosan sponges were chosen as most suitable to serve as scaffolds for cell growth in tissue engineering. The biocompatibility in vivo of these sponges was evaluated by histological staining and non-invasive MRI technique after implantation in BALB/c mice. The sponge evoked an inflammatory response with vascularization of the implant. The inflammatory reaction decreased with time, indicating a healing process.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4621-4631
Number of pages	11
Journal	Biomaterials
Volume	23
Issue number	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/s0142-9612(02)00209-0
State	Published - Dec 2002
Externally published	Yes

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Funding Information:
We thank the Canadian Faye Kaufman foundation for their generous support. We thank Dr. Ezra Rahamim from the Bletherman Center for Macromolecules at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for his help with the scanning electron microscope. We thank Dr. Yoram Zilberman for his help with the MRI experiments. This work was supported in part by the US–Israel binational fund (BSF).

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We thank the Canadian Faye Kaufman foundation for their generous support. We thank Dr. Ezra Rahamim from the Bletherman Center for Macromolecules at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for his help with the scanning electron microscope. We thank Dr. Yoram Zilberman for his help with the MRI experiments. This work was supported in part by the US–Israel binational fund (BSF).

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US–Israel Binational Fund
United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation

Keywords

Arabinogalactan
Chitosan
Crosslinked gels
Tissue engineering

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