Injectable thiol-ene hydrogel of galactoglucomannan and cellulose nanocrystals in delivery of therapeutic inorganic ions with embedded bioactive glass nanoparticles

Qingbo Wang, Wenyang Xu, Rajesh Koppolu, Bas van Bochove, Jukka Seppälä, Leena Hupa, Stefan Willför, Chunlin Xu, Xiaoju Wang*

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Abstract

We propose an injectable nanocomposite hydrogel that is photo-curable via light-induced thiol-ene addition between methacrylate modified O-acetyl-galactoglucomannan (GGMMA) and thiolated cellulose nanocrystal (CNC-SH). Compared to free-radical chain polymerization, the orthogonal step-growth of thiol-ene addition allows a less heterogeneous hydrogel network and more rapid crosslinking kinetics. CNC-SH reinforced the GGMMA hydrogel as both a nanofiller and a crosslinker to GGMMA resulting in an interpenetrating network via thiol-ene addition. Importantly, the mechanical stiffness of the GGMMA/CNC-SH hydrogel is mainly determined by the stoichiometric ratio between the thiol groups on CNC-SH and the methacrylate groups in GGMMA. Meanwhile, the bioactive glass nanoparticle (BaGNP)-laden hydrogels of GGMMA/CNC-SH showed a sustained release of therapeutic ions in simulated body fluid in vitro, which extended the bioactive function of hydrogel matrix. Furthermore, the suitability of the GGMMA/CNC-SH formulation as biomaterial resin to fabricate digitally designed hydrogel constructs via digital light processing (DLP) lithography printing was evaluated.

Original languageEnglish
Article number118780
JournalCarbohydrate Polymers
Volume276
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jan 2022
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

  • Bioactive glass nanoparticles
  • Galactoglucomannan methacrylate
  • Photo-crosslinkable injectable hydrogels
  • Thiol-ene chemistry
  • Thiolated cellulose nanocrystal

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