PMID- 37236562 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230619 LR - 20230619 IS - 1879-0003 (Electronic) IS - 0141-8130 (Linking) VI - 243 DP - 2023 Jul 15 TI - Photo-crosslinkable hyaluronic acid microgels with reactive oxygen species scavenging capacity for mesenchymal stem cell encapsulation. PG - 124971 LID - S0141-8130(23)01865-2 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.124971 [doi] AB - Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have gained increasing attention in various biomedical applications. However, conventional therapeutic approaches, such as direct intravenous injection, are associated with low cell survival due to the shear force during injection and the oxidative stress microenvironments in the lesion area. Herein, a photo-crosslinkable antioxidant hydrogel based on tyramine- and dopamine-modified hyaluronic acid (HA-Tyr/HA-DA) was developed. Meanwhile, human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hUC-MSCs) were encapsulated in HA-Tyr/HA-DA hydrogel using a microfluidic system to create size-controllable microgels (hUC-MSCs@microgels). The HA-Tyr/HA-DA hydrogel was demonstrated to have good rheology, biocompatibility, and antioxidant properties for cell microencapsulation. The hUC-MSCs encapsulated in microgels showed a high viability and a significantly improved the survival rate under oxidative stress conditions. Therefore, the presented work provides a promising platform for MSCs microencapsulation, which may further improve the stem cell-based biomedical applications. CI - Copyright (c) 2023. Published by Elsevier B.V. FAU - Hao, Shiqi AU - Hao S AD - Research Institute for Biomaterials, Tech Institute for Advanced Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Inorganic Function Composites, Suqian Advanced Materials Industry Technology Innovation Center, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China. FAU - Tian, Chen AU - Tian C AD - Research Institute for Biomaterials, Tech Institute for Advanced Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Inorganic Function Composites, Suqian Advanced Materials Industry Technology Innovation Center, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China. FAU - Bai, Yimeng AU - Bai Y AD - Research Institute for Biomaterials, Tech Institute for Advanced Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Inorganic Function Composites, Suqian Advanced Materials Industry Technology Innovation Center, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China. FAU - Wu, Lihuang AU - Wu L AD - Research Institute for Biomaterials, Tech Institute for Advanced Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Inorganic Function Composites, Suqian Advanced Materials Industry Technology Innovation Center, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China. FAU - Hao, Lili AU - Hao L AD - Research Institute for Biomaterials, Tech Institute for Advanced Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Inorganic Function Composites, Suqian Advanced Materials Industry Technology Innovation Center, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China. FAU - Kuang, Yi AU - Kuang Y AD - College of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Zhejiang A&F University, Lin'an 311300, China. FAU - Yang, Shengxiang AU - Yang S AD - College of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Zhejiang A&F University, Lin'an 311300, China. Electronic address: shengxiangyang2000@163.com. FAU - Mao, Hongli AU - Mao H AD - Research Institute for Biomaterials, Tech Institute for Advanced Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Inorganic Function Composites, Suqian Advanced Materials Industry Technology Innovation Center, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China; NJTech-BARTY Joint Research Center for Innovative Medical Technology, Nanjing 210000, China. Electronic address: h.mao@njtech.edu.cn. FAU - Gu, Zhongwei AU - Gu Z AD - Research Institute for Biomaterials, Tech Institute for Advanced Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Inorganic Function Composites, Suqian Advanced Materials Industry Technology Innovation Center, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China; NJTech-BARTY Joint Research Center for Innovative Medical Technology, Nanjing 210000, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230524 PL - Netherlands TA - Int J Biol Macromol JT - International journal of biological macromolecules JID - 7909578 RN - 0 (Microgels) RN - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species) RN - 9004-61-9 (Hyaluronic Acid) RN - 0 (Antioxidants) RN - 0 (Hydrogels) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Microgels MH - Reactive Oxygen Species MH - Hyaluronic Acid MH - Antioxidants MH - Hydrogels MH - *Mesenchymal Stem Cells OTO - NOTNLM OT - Photo-crosslinkable microgel OT - ROS scavenging OT - Stem cell encapsulation COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that the research was conducted without any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2023/05/27 09:42 MHDA- 2023/06/19 13:09 CRDT- 2023/05/26 19:29 PHST- 2023/01/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/04/15 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/05/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/06/19 13:09 [medline] PHST- 2023/05/27 09:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/05/26 19:29 [entrez] AID - S0141-8130(23)01865-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.124971 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Biol Macromol. 2023 Jul 15;243:124971. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.124971. Epub 2023 May 24.