Engineering High-Performance Multifunctional Scaffolds from the Acellular Dermal Matrix for Abdominal Wall Defects Repair via a Dopamine Progressive Permeation-Cross-Linking Strategy

Emergency repair of complicated full-thickness abdominal wall defects remains one of the most common and challenging surgical emergencies globally. Here, an integrated polydopamine permeating-cross-linking strategy was innovatively proposed to convert porcine acellular dermal matrix (pADM) into versatile, degradation-resistant biopatches (PDA-pADM) for efficiently repairing full-thickness abdominal wall defects. The strategy significantly addresses the challenge that natural-property improvement and biocompatibility of biomaterials are difficult to balance. Molecularly, dopamine (DA) molecules could fully permeate into the collagen fibers of the acellular dermal matrix and then automatically trigger the interfacial in situ polymerization of dopamine monomers among collagen fibers to achieve the efficient cross-linking of pADM. Surprisingly, the enzymatic durability of the biopatch shows significant improvements, extending the original duration from 3 to 20 d. Comprehensive in vivo experiments have shown that PDA-pADM can effectively promote angiogenesis and inhibit inflammatory response, so as to achieve regeneration and repair of abdominal wall damage.