Papaverine loaded injectable and thermosensitive hydrogel system for improving survival of rat dorsal skin flaps
- Abstract
- Vasospasm during reconstructive microsurgery is a common, uncertain, and devastating phenomena concerning flap survival. Topical vasodilators as antispasmodic agents are widely used to reduce vasospasm and enhance microvascular anastomosis in reconstructive microsurgery. In this study, thermo-responsive hydrogel (CNH) was fabricated by grafting chitosan (CS) and hyaluronic acid (HA) to poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM). Papaverine, an anti-spasmodic agent, was then loaded to evaluate its effect on rat skin flap survival. Post-operative flap survival area and water content of rat dorsal skin flap were measured at 7 days after intradermal application of control hydrogel (CNHP0.0) and papaverine loaded hydrogel (CNHP0.4). Tissue malondialdehyde (MDA) content and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity was measured using enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to determine oxidative stress in flaps. Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining and immunohistochemistry (IHC) were performed to evaluate flap angiogenesis and inflammatory markers. Results showed that CNHP0.4 hydrogel could reduce tissue edema (35.63 ± 4.01%), improve flap survival area (76.30 ± 5.39%), increase SOD activity and decrease MDA content. Consequently, it also increased mean vessel density, upregulated expression of CD34 and VEGF, decreased macrophage infiltration, and reduced CD68 and CCR7 expression based on IHC staining. Overall, these results indicate that CNHP0.4 hydrogel can enhance angiogenesis with anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory effects and promote skin flap survival by preventing vascular spasm.
- All Author(s)
- Md Sowaib Ibne Mahbub
; Yeong Jin Kim
; Hwanjun Choi
; Byong-Taek Lee
- Issued Date
- 2023
- Type
- Article
- Publisher
- Springer
- ISSN
- 0957-4530
; 1573-4838
- Citation Title
- Journal of materials science. Materials in medicine
- Citation Volume
- 34
- Citation Number
- 6
- Citation Start Page
- 28
- Language(ISO)
- eng
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10856-023-06732-4
- URI
- http://schca-ir.schmc.ac.kr/handle/2022.oak/1229
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