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Reduction of the Inflammatory Responses Against alginate-poly-L-lysine Microcapsules by Anti-Biofouling Surfaces of PEG-b-PLL Diblock Copolymers

Reduction of the Inflammatory Responses Against alginate-poly-L-lysine Microcapsules by Anti-Biofouling Surfaces of PEG-b-PLL Diblock Copolymers

Milica Spasojevic, Genaro A Paredes-Juarez, Joop Vorenkamp, Bart J de Haan, Arend Jan Schouten, Paul de Vos

PLoS One. 2014 Oct 27;9(10):e109837.

PMID: 25347191

Abstract:

Large-scale application of alginate-poly-L-lysine (alginate-PLL) capsules used for microencapsulation of living cells is hampered by varying degrees of success, caused by tissue responses against the capsules in the host. A major cause is proinflammatory PLL which is applied at the surface to provide semipermeable properties and immunoprotection. In this study, we investigated whether application of poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(L-lysine hydrochloride) diblock copolymers (PEG-b-PLL) can reduce the responses against PLL on alginate-matrices. The application of PEG-b-PLL was studied in two manners: (i) as a substitute for PLL or (ii) as an anti-biofouling layer on top of a proinflammatory, but immunoprotective, semipermeable alginate-PLL100 membrane. Transmission FTIR was applied to monitor the binding of PEG-b-PLL. When applied as a substitute for PLL, strong host responses in mice were observed. These responses were caused by insufficient binding of the PLL block of the diblock copolymers confirmed by FTIR. When PEG-b-PLL was applied as an anti-biofouling layer on top of PLL100 the responses in mice were severely reduced. Building an effective anti-biofouling layer required 50 hours as confirmed by FTIR, immunocytochemistry and XPS. Our study provides new insight in the binding requirements of polyamino acids necessary to provide an immunoprotective membrane. Furthermore, we present a relatively simple method to mask proinflammatory components on the surface of microcapsules to reduce host responses. Finally, but most importantly, our study illustrates the importance of combining physicochemical and biological methods to understand the complex interactions at the capsules' surface that determine the success or failure of microcapsules applicable for cell-encapsulation.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP26124787	Poly-L-lysine hydrochloride		26124-78-7	Price

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