Temporal progression of the host response to implanted poly(ethylene glycol)-based hydrogels.
Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) hydrogels hold great promise as in vivo cell carriers for tissue engineering. To ensure appropriate performance of these materials when implanted, the host response must be well understood. The objectives for this study were to characterize the temporal evolution of the foreign body reaction (FBR) to acellular PEG-based hydrogels prepared from PEG diacrylate precursors when implanted subcutaneously in immunocompentent c57bl/6 mice by (immuno)histochemical analysis and gene expression. Compared with a normal FBR elicited by silicone (SIL), PEG hydrogels without or with a cell adhesion ligand RGD elicited a strong early inflammatory response evidenced by a thick band of macrophages as early as day 2, persisting through two weeks, and by increased interleukin-1β expression. PEG-only hydrogels showed a slower, but more sustained progression of inflammation over PEG-RGD. Temporal changes in gene expression were observed in response to PEG-based materials and in general exhibited, elevated expression of inflammatory and wound healing genes in the tissues surrounding the implants, while the expression patterns were more stable in response to SIL. While a stabilized FBR was achieved with SIL and to a lesser degree with PEG-RGD, the PEG-only hydrogels had not yet stabilized after 4 weeks. In summary, PEG-only hydrogels elicit a strong early inflammatory reaction, which persists throughout the course of the implantation even as a collagenous capsule begins to form. However, the incorporation of RGD tethers partially attenuates this response within 2 weeks leading to an improved FBR to PEG-based hydrogels.
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA.
Aaron D
AD
Lynn
Anna K
AK
Blakney
Themis R
TR
Kyriakides
Stephanie J
SJ
Bryant
D000818:Animals; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000276:immunology*; D020100:Hydrogels / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D020007:Implants, Experimental; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods
D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D020100:Hydrogels; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols
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