title: Isolation, Characterization and Evaluation of Collagen from Jellyfish Rhopilema esculentum Kishinouye for Use in Hemostatic Applications.
abstract: Hemostat has been a crucial focus since human body is unable to control massive blood loss, and collagen proves to be an effective hemostat in previous studies. In this study, collagen was isolated from the mesoglea of jellyfish Rhopilema esculentum Kishinouye and its hemostatic property was studied. The yields of acid-soluble collagen (ASC) and pepsin-soluble (PSC) were 0.12% and 0.28% respectively. The SDS-PAGE patterns indicated that the collagen extracted from jellyfish mesoglea was type I collagen. The lyophilized jellyfish collagen sponges were cross-linked with EDC and interconnected networks in the sponges were revealed by scanning electron microscope (SEM). Collagen sponges exhibited higher water absorption rates than medical gauze and EDC/NHS cross-linking method could improve the stability of the collagen sponges. Compared with medical gauze groups, the blood clotting indexes (BCIs) of collagen sponges were significantly decreased (P < 0.05) and the concentration of collagen also had an influence on the hemostatic property (P < 0.05). Collagen sponges had an improved hemostatic ability compared to the gauze control in tail amputation rat models. Hemostatic mechanism studies showed that hemocytes and platelets could adhere and aggregate on the surface of collagen sponge. All properties make jellyfish collagen sponge to be a suitable candidate used as hemostatic material and for wound healing applications.
authors.affiliation: College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xiaochen
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Ziyu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.affiliation: College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Chengbo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Lejun
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Mazhar Ali
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Raja
authors.affiliation: College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Chenguang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D001777:Blood Coagulation / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D024042:Collagen Type I / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects; D006490:Hemostatics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D010973:Platelet Adhesiveness / Q000187:drug effects; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D037401:Scyphozoa / Q000737:chemistry*; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013623:Tail / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D024042:Collagen Type I; D006490:Hemostatics