PMID- 25871410 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160304 LR - 20181202 IS - 1526-4602 (Electronic) IS - 1525-7797 (Linking) VI - 16 IP - 6 DP - 2015 Jun 8 TI - Hyaluronic Acid Based Hydrogels Attenuate Inflammatory Receptors and Neurotrophins in Interleukin-1beta Induced Inflammation Model of Nucleus Pulposus Cells. PG - 1714-25 LID - 10.1021/acs.biomac.5b00168 [doi] AB - Inflammation plays an important role in symptomatic intervertebral disc degeneration and is associated with the production of neurotrophins in sensitizing innervation into the disc. The use of high molecular weight (HMw) hyaluronic acid (HA) hydrogels offers a potential therapeutic biomaterial for nucleus pulposus (NP) regeneration as it exerts an anti-inflammatory effect and provides a microenvironment that is more suitable for NP. Therefore, it was hypothesized that cross-linked HMw HA hydrogels modulate the inflammatory receptor of IL-1R1, MyD88 and neurotrophin expression of nerve growth factor (NGF) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in an in vitro inflammation model of NP. HA cross-linking was optimized using various concentrations of 4-arm PEG-amine by determination of free carboxyl groups of HA and unreacted free amine groups of PEG-amine. The optimally cross-linked HA hydrogels were characterized for hydrolytic stability, enzymatic degradation and cytotoxicity on NP cells. The therapeutic effect of HA hydrogels was further investigated in IL-1beta induced inflammation on NP cell cultures and the mechanism of HA by examining the expression of cell surface receptor of CD44. Hydrogel was optimally cross-linked at 75 mM PEG, stable in phosphate buffered saline, and showed greater than 40% resistance to enzymatic degradation. No cytotoxic effect of NP cells was observed in the presence of hydrogels for 1, 3, and 7 days. IL-1R1 and MyD88 were significantly suppressed. Additionally, NGF and BDNF mRNA were down-regulated after treatment with cross-linked HA hydrogel. Possible protective mechanism of HA is shown by high expression of CD44 receptor of NP cells after HA treatment in which suggest the binding of HA to CD44 receptor and prevent NP cells from further undergoing inflammation. These results indicate that optimally stabilized cross-linked HMw HA hydrogel has a therapeutic effect in response to inflammation-associated pain and becomes an ideal matrices hydrogel for NP regeneration. FAU - Isa, Isma Liza Mohd AU - Isa IL AD - daggerCentre for Research in Medical Devices (CURAM) and double daggerCentre for Microscopy and Imaging, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland. FAU - Srivastava, Akshay AU - Srivastava A AD - daggerCentre for Research in Medical Devices (CURAM) and double daggerCentre for Microscopy and Imaging, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland. FAU - Tiernan, David AU - Tiernan D AD - daggerCentre for Research in Medical Devices (CURAM) and double daggerCentre for Microscopy and Imaging, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland. FAU - Owens, Peter AU - Owens P AD - daggerCentre for Research in Medical Devices (CURAM) and double daggerCentre for Microscopy and Imaging, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland. FAU - Rooney, Peadar AU - Rooney P AD - daggerCentre for Research in Medical Devices (CURAM) and double daggerCentre for Microscopy and Imaging, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland. FAU - Dockery, Peter AU - Dockery P AD - daggerCentre for Research in Medical Devices (CURAM) and double daggerCentre for Microscopy and Imaging, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland. FAU - Pandit, Abhay AU - Pandit A AD - daggerCentre for Research in Medical Devices (CURAM) and double daggerCentre for Microscopy and Imaging, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20150505 PL - United States TA - Biomacromolecules JT - Biomacromolecules JID - 100892849 RN - 0 (Hydrogels) RN - 0 (Interleukin-1) RN - 0 (Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88) RN - 0 (Nerve Growth Factors) RN - 0 (Receptors, Interleukin-1) RN - 3WJQ0SDW1A (Polyethylene Glycols) RN - 9004-61-9 (Hyaluronic Acid) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cartilage/*drug effects/metabolism MH - Cattle MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Hyaluronic Acid/chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Hydrogels/chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Inflammation/metabolism MH - Interleukin-1/*pharmacology MH - Intervertebral Disc/drug effects MH - Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88/*metabolism MH - Nerve Growth Factors/genetics/*metabolism MH - Polyethylene Glycols/chemistry MH - Receptors, Interleukin-1/*metabolism EDAT- 2015/04/15 06:00 MHDA- 2016/03/05 06:00 CRDT- 2015/04/15 06:00 PHST- 2015/04/15 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/04/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/03/05 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1021/acs.biomac.5b00168 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biomacromolecules. 2015 Jun 8;16(6):1714-25. doi: 10.1021/acs.biomac.5b00168. Epub 2015 May 5.