Chitosan hydrogels enriched with polyphenols: Antibacterial activity, cell adhesion and growth and mineralization

Jana Lišková; Timothy E L Douglas; Jana Beranová; Agata Skwarczyńska; Mojca Božič; Sangram Keshari Samal; Zofia Modrzejewska; Selestina Gorgieva; Vanja Kokol; Lucie Bačáková

doi:10.1016/j.carbpol.2015.04.043

Chitosan hydrogels enriched with polyphenols: Antibacterial activity, cell adhesion and growth and mineralization

Carbohydr Polym. 2015 Sep 20:129:135-42. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2015.04.043. Epub 2015 Apr 29.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Videnska 1083, 14220 Prague 4, Czech Republic. Electronic address: janefox@biolog.cz.
² Polymer Chemistry and Biomaterials Group, Department of Organic Chemistry, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 S4, 9000 Gent, Belgium. Electronic address: Timothy.Douglas@UGent.be.
³ Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Vinicna 5, 12844 Prague 2, Czech Republic. Electronic address: jana.beranova@natur.cuni.cz.
⁴ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture, Rzeszow University of Technology, Powstancow Warszawy 6, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland. Electronic address: askwarczynska1@wp.pl.
⁵ Institute of Engineering Materials and Design, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor, Smetanova 17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia. Electronic address: mojca.bozic@um.si.
⁶ Laboratory of General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Ghent University, Harelbekestraat 72, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Centre for Nano- and Biophotonics, Ghent University, Harelbekestraat 72, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address: sksamalrec@gmail.com.
⁷ Department of Environmental Systems Engineering, Faculty of Process and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Lodz, ul. Wolczanska 213, 90-924 Lodz, Poland. Electronic address: zofia.modrzejewska@p.lodz.pl.
⁸ Institute of Engineering Materials and Design, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor, Smetanova 17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia. Electronic address: selestina.gorgieva@um.si.
⁹ Institute of Engineering Materials and Design, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor, Smetanova 17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia. Electronic address: vanja.kokol@um.si.
¹⁰ Department of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Videnska 1083, 14220 Prague 4, Czech Republic. Electronic address: lucy@biomed.cas.cz.

PMID: 26050898
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2015.04.043

Abstract

Injectable hydrogels for bone regeneration consisting of chitosan, sodium beta-glycerophosphate (Na-β-GP) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) were enriched with the polyphenols phloroglucinol (PG) and gallic acid (GA) and characterized physicochemically and biologically with respect to properties relevant for applications in bone regeneration, namely gelation kinetics, mineralizability, antioxidant properties, antibacterial activity, cytocompatibility and ability to support adhesion and growth of human osteoblast-like MG63 cells. Enrichment with PG and GA had no negative effect on gelation kinetics and mineralizability. PG and GA both enhanced antioxidant activity of unmineralized hydrogels. Mineralization reduced antioxidant activity of hydrogels containing GA. Hydrogels containing GA, PG and without polyphenols reduced colony forming ability of Escherichia coli after 1h, 3h and 6h incubation and slowed E. coli growth in liquid culture for 150min. Hydrogels containing GA were cytotoxic and supported cell growth more poorly than polyphenol-free hydrogels. PG had no negative effect on cell adhesion and growth.

Keywords: Antibacterial; Antioxidant; Cytocompatibility; Hydrogel; Polyphenol.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Alkaline Phosphatase / metabolism
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Cell Adhesion / drug effects
Cell Line
Cell Proliferation / drug effects
Chitosan / pharmacology*
Humans
Hydrogels / pharmacology*
Kinetics
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Minerals / chemistry*
Osteoblasts / cytology
Osteoblasts / drug effects
Polyphenols / pharmacology*
Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Hydrogels
Minerals
Polyphenols
Chitosan
Alkaline Phosphatase