PMID- 19388090 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20091202 LR - 20200930 IS - 1552-4981 (Electronic) IS - 1552-4973 (Linking) VI - 91 IP - 1 DP - 2009 Oct TI - RGD modified PLGA/gelatin microspheres as microcarriers for chondrocyte delivery. PG - 228-38 LID - 10.1002/jbm.b.31394 [doi] AB - Poly(lactide-co-glycotide) (PLGA)/gelatin composite microspheres were prepared by an emulsion solvent evaporation technique. RGDS peptides were further immobilized under the catalyzation of water soluble carbodiimide (EDAC). Confocal laser scanning microscopy and transmission electron microscopy revealed that the gelatin was entrapped in the PLGA/gelatin microspheres with a manner of separated domains. The contents of the entrapped gelatin and immobilized RGDS peptides were quantified as 0.9 mg/20 mg and approximately 2.1 microg/20 mg microspheres by hydroxyproline analysis and bicinchoninic acid protein assay, respectively. Moreover, difference in morphology of PLGA, PLGA/gelatin and RGDS modified PLGA/gelatin (PLGA/gelatin-RGDS) microspheres was observed by scanning electron microscopy. The PLGA/gelatin and PLGA/gelatin-RGDS microspheres lost their weight rapidly in PBS, but slowly in DMEM/fetal bovine serum. Rabbit auricular chondrocytes were seeded onto the microspheres in vitro to assess their biological performance and applicability as cell carriers. Results show that amongst the PLGA, PLGA/gelatin and PLGA/gelatin-RGDS microspheres, the latter ones have the best performance in terms of chondrocyte attachment, proliferation, viability and sulfated glycosaminoglycans secretion. CI - (c) 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. FAU - Tan, Huaping AU - Tan H AD - Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Ministry of Education, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China. FAU - Huang, Dejuan AU - Huang D FAU - Lao, Lihong AU - Lao L FAU - Gao, Changyou AU - Gao C LA - eng PT - Evaluation Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater JT - Journal of biomedical materials research. Part B, Applied biomaterials JID - 101234238 RN - 0 (Drug Carriers) RN - 0 (Glycosaminoglycans) RN - 0 (Oligopeptides) RN - 1SIA8062RS (Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer) RN - 26009-03-0 (Polyglycolic Acid) RN - 33X04XA5AT (Lactic Acid) RN - 78VO7F77PN (arginyl-glycyl-aspartic acid) RN - 9000-70-8 (Gelatin) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cattle MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Chondrocytes/*cytology/metabolism MH - Drug Carriers/*chemistry MH - Gelatin/*chemistry MH - Glycosaminoglycans/chemistry/metabolism MH - Lactic Acid/*chemistry MH - Materials Testing MH - Microscopy, Electron, Scanning MH - *Microspheres MH - Oligopeptides/*chemistry MH - Particle Size MH - Polyglycolic Acid/*chemistry MH - Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer MH - Rabbits EDAT- 2009/04/24 09:00 MHDA- 2009/12/16 06:00 CRDT- 2009/04/24 09:00 PHST- 2009/04/24 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/04/24 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/12/16 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1002/jbm.b.31394 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater. 2009 Oct;91(1):228-38. doi: 10.1002/jbm.b.31394.