Adhesion and growth of human umbilical vein endothelial cells on collagen-treated PU/PEGDA IPNs

S. S. Yoon, J. H. Kim, Jun Jin Yoon, Young Jin Kim, Tae Gwan Park, S. C. Kim

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Abstract

For ideal non-thrombogenicity under normal physiologic conditions, we propose endothelialization. Endothelialization means that synthetic biomaterials are seeded by endothelial cells to mimic natural blood vessels. In our study, we synthesized amphiphilic polyurethane (PU)/ poly(ethyleneglycol)diacrylate (PEGDA) interpenetrating polymer networks (IPNs) with different levels of surface energy to investigate the effect of adhesion and the growth of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). Collagen with cell-binding molecules was adsorbed on the surface of PU/PEGDA IPNs to enhance the adhesion of HUVECs. The morphology of collagens adsorbed on the IPN surfaces depends highly on the surface energy of the IPNs. As the surface becomes hydrophilic, there is greater aggregation of the adsorbed collagens on the IPN surface. The HUVECs successfully adhere to the collagen-immobilized IPN surface. The morphology of the endothelial cells (ECs) that adhere to IPN 2k-C and IPN 2k after 1 day and after 3 days incubation shows that ECs were successfully spread. The adhesion and the proliferation of ECs increase on non-treated IPN surfaces as the hydrophobicity of the IPNs increases. The surface energy of IPN 2k-C is suitable for the adhesion and proliferation of ECs. Therefore, platelet adhesion is significantly reduced on the EC-hybridized surface of IPNs.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)765-780
Number of pages16
JournalJournal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition
Volume17
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2006
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Collagen
  • Endothelial cell
  • IPN
  • Surface energy

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