Xiaolei Guo,Ao Wang,Nan Sheng,Yuanyuan He,Wenkai Liu,Zhen Li,Feng Luo,Jiehua Li,Hong Tan
Despite the rapid development of tissue adhesives, flaws including allergies, poor stability, and indiscriminate double-sided adhesive properties limit their application in the medical field. In this work, Janus polyurethane patches were spontaneously prepared by adjusting the difference in the functional group distribution between the top and bottom sides of the patch during emulsion drying. Consequently, poor adhesion was exhibited on the bottom surface, while the top surface can easily adhere to metals, polymers, glasses, and tissues. The difference in adhesive strength to pork skin between the two surfaces is more than 5 times. The quaternary ammonium salt and hydrophilic components on the surface of the polyurethane patch enable the rapid removal and absorption of water from the tissue surface to achieve wet adhesion. Animal experiments have demonstrated that this multifunctional Janus polyurethane patch can promote skin wound closure and healing of infected wounds. This facile and effective strategy to construct Janus polyurethane patch provides a promising method for the development of functional tissue-adhesives.
Zhang Sulei,Sun Jun,Guo Shuaihang,Wang Yichen,Zhang Yuheng,Lei Jiao,Liu Xiaoli,Chen Hong
Surface endothelialization is a promising way to improve the hemocompatibility of biomaterials. However, current surface endothelialization strategies have limitations. For example, various surface functions are not well balanced, leading to undesirable results, especially when multiple functional components are introduced. In this work, a multifunctional surface was constructed by balancing the functions of antifouling, nitric oxide release and endothelial cell promotion via layer−by−layer self−assembly. Poly(sodium p−styrenesulfonate−co−oligo(ethylene glycol) methacrylate) (negatively charged) and polyethyleneimine (positively charged) were deposited on silicon substrates to construct multilayers by layer−by−layer self−assembly. Then, organic selenium, which has a nitric oxide-releasing function, and the cell-adhesive peptide Gly-Arg-Glu-Asp-Val-Tyr, which selectively promotes endothelial cells, were introduced on the assembled multilayers. Poly(oligo(ethylene glycol) methacrylate) is a hydrophilic component for antifouling properties, and poly(sodium p−styrenesulfonate) is a heparin analog that provides negative charges. By modulating the contents of poly(oligo(ethylene glycol) methacrylate) and poly(sodium p−styrenesulfonate) in the copolymers, the nitric oxide release rates catalyzed by the modified surfaces were regulated. Moreover, the behaviors of endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells on modified surfaces were well controlled. The optimized surface strongly promoted endothelial cells and inhibited smooth muscle cells to achieve endothelialization effectively.