Hydrogel nanocomposite based on alginate/zeolite for burn wound healing: In vitro and in vivo study

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Research Center for Molecular Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran

2 Research Center for Hydatid Disease in Iran, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

3 Department of Tissue Engineering, School of Medicine, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran

4 Sexual Health and Fertility Research center, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran

5 Tissue Engineering and Stem Cells Research Center, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran

6 Department of Microbiology and Virology, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

7 Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine Comprehensive Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

8 Department of Hematology and Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

9 Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran

10 Radiation Biology Research Center Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS) Tehran, Iran

11 Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

12 Department of Medical Nanotechnology, Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

Abstract

Objective(s): The main objective of the current assay was to evaluate the antibacterial and regenerative effects of hydrogel nanocomposite containing pure natural zeolite (clinoptilolite) integrated with alginate (Alg) as wound healing/dressing biomaterials.
Materials and Methods: The zeolites were size excluded, characterized by SEM, DLS, XRD, FTIR, and XRF, and then integrated into Alg hydrogel followed by calcium chloride crosslinking. The Alg and alginate zeolite (Alg/Zeo) hydrogel was characterized by swelling and weight loss tests, also the antibacterial, hemocompatibility, and cell viability tests were performed. In animal studies, the burn wound was induced on the back of rats and treated with the following groups: control, Alg hydrogel, and Alg/Zeo hydrogel.
Results: The results showed that the hydrodynamic diameter of zeolites was 367 ± 0.2 nm. Zeolites did not show any significant antibacterial effect, however, the hydrogel nanocomposite containing zeolite had proper swelling as well as hemocompatibility and no cytotoxicity was observed. Following the creation of a third-degree burn wound on the back of rats, the results indicated that the Alg hydrogel and Alg/Zeo nanocomposite accelerated the wound healing process compared with the control group. Re-epithelialization, granulation tissue thickness, collagenization, inflammatory cell recruitment, and angiogenesis level were not significantly different between Alg and Alg/Zeo nanocomposite.
Conclusion: These findings revealed that although the incorporation of zeolites did not induce a significant beneficial effect in comparison with Alg hydrogel, using zeolite capacity in hydrogel for loading the antibiotics or other effective compounds can be considered a promising wound dressing.

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Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences
Volume 26, Issue 6
June 2023
Pages 708-716

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