title: Mucin covalently bonded to microfibers improves the patency of vascular grafts.
abstract: Due to high incidence of vascular bypass procedures, an unmet need for suitable vessel replacements exists, especially for small-diameter (<6 mm) vascular grafts. Here, we developed a novel, bilayered, synthetic vascular graft of 1-mm diameter that consisted of a microfibrous luminal layer and a nanofibrous outer layer, which was tailored to possess the same mechanical property as native arteries. We then chemically modified the scaffold with mucin, a glycoprotein lubricant on the surface of epithelial tissues, by either passive adsorption or covalent bonding using the di-amino-poly(ethylene glycol) linker to microfibers. Under static and physiological flow conditions, conjugated mucin was more stable than adsorbed mucin on the surfaces. Mucin could slightly inhibit blood clotting, and mucin coating suppressed platelet adhesion on microfibrous scaffolds. In the rat common carotid artery anastomosis model, grafts with conjugated mucin, but not adsorbed mucin, exhibited excellent patency and higher cell infiltration into the graft walls. Mucin, which can be easily obtained from autologous sources, offers a novel method for improving the hemocompatibility and surface lubrication of vascular grafts and many other implants.
authors: 1 Department of Bioengineering, University of California , Berkeley, California.
authors: Randall Raphael R
authors: RR
authors: Janairo
authors: Yiqian
authors: Y
authors: Zhu
authors: Timothy
authors: T
authors: Chen
authors: Song
authors: S
authors: Li
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000494:pharmacology; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena / Q000187:drug effects; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D002417:Cattle; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004727:Endothelium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D009077:Mucins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D057139:Nanofibers / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010973:Platelet Adhesiveness / Q000187:drug effects; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D051381:Rats; D011923:Rats, Nude; D012212:Rheology / Q000187:drug effects; D054457:Tissue Scaffolds; D014654:Vascular Patency / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D009077:Mucins
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