title: Visible light cured thiol-vinyl hydrogels with tunable degradation for 3D cell culture.
abstract: We report here a synthetically simple yet highly tunable and diverse visible light mediated thiol-vinyl gelation system for fabricating cell-instructive hydrogels. Gelation was achieved via a mixed-mode step-and-chain-growth photopolymerization using functionalized 4-arm poly(ethylene glycol) as backbone macromer, eosin-Y as photosensitizer, and di-thiol containing molecule as dual purpose co-initiator/cross-linker. N-vinylpyrrolidone (NVP) was used to accelerate gelation kinetics and to adjust the stiffness of the hydrogels. Visible light (wavelength: 400-700 nm) was used to initiate rapid gelation (gel points: ~20s) that reached completion within a few minutes. The major differences between current thiol-vinyl gelation and prior visible light mediated photopolymerization are that: (1) the co-initiator triethanolamine (TEA) used in the previous systems was replaced with multifunctional thiols and (2) mixed-mode polymerized gels contain less network heterogeneity. The gelation kinetics and gel properties at the same PEG macromer concentration could be tuned by changing the identity of vinyl groups and di-thiol cross-linkers, as well as concentration of cross-linker and NVP. Specifically, acrylate-modified PEG afforded the fastest gelation rate, followed by acrylamide and methacrylate-functionalized PEG. Increasing NVP concentration also accelerated gelation and led to a higher network cross-linking density. Further, increasing di-thiol peptide concentration in the gel formulation increased hydrogel swelling and decreased gel stiffness. Due to the formation of thiol-ether-ester bonds following thiol-acrylate reaction, the gels degraded hydrolytically following a pseudo first order degradation kinetics. Degradation rate was controlled by adjusting thiol or NVP content in the polymer precursor solution. The cytocompatibility and utility of this hydrogel system were evaluated using in situ encapsulation of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSC). Encapsulated hMSCs remained alive (>90%) throughout the duration of the study and the cells were differentiated down osteogenic lineage with varying degrees by controlling the rate and mode of gel degradation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
authors.forename: Yiting
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.forename: Han
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.forename: Zachary
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Muňoz
authors.forename: Arika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kemp
authors.forename: Chien-Chi
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000179:Acrylates / Q000737:chemistry; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000528:radiation effects; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000528:radiation effects; D018914:Cells, Immobilized / Q000166:cytology; D006801:Humans; D020100:Hydrogels / Q000737:chemistry*; D006868:Hydrolysis / Q000528:radiation effects; D008027:Light; D059630:Mesenchymal Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000528:radiation effects; D010012:Osteogenesis / Q000528:radiation effects; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000737:chemistry; D011760:Pyrrolidinones / Q000737:chemistry*; D012212:Rheology; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000179:Acrylates; D020100:Hydrogels; D011760:Pyrrolidinones; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols; C042670:N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidinone
keywords: Hydrogels; Mesenchymal stem cells; Photopolymerization; Thiol-ene; Visible light
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