Dynamic viscoelastic properties of collagen gels with high mechanical strength
Dynamic viscoelastic properties of collagen gels with high mechanical strength
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DOI:
10.1016/j.msec.2013.03.047
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发表时间:
2013-08-01
影响因子:
7.9
通讯作者:
Hara, Masayuki
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作者:
Mori, Hideki;Shimizu, Kousuke;Hara, Masayuki
We developed a new method for the preparation of mechanically strong collagen gels by combining successively basic gel formation, followed by 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide (EDC) cross-linking and lyophilization. Gels cross-linked three times with this method showed stronger mechanical properties (G': 3730 +/- 2060 Pa, G '': 288 +/- 35 Pa) than a conventional gel that was sequentially cross-linked with EDC once (G': 226 +/- 70 Pa, G '': 21 +/- 4.4 Pa), but not as strong as the same gel with heating for 30 min at 80 degrees C (G': 7010 +/- 830 Pa, G '': 288 +/- 35 Pa) reported in our previous paper. The conventional collagen gel was cross-linked with EDC once, heated once, and then subjected twice to a lyophilization-gel formation-cross-linking cycle to give three-cycled gel 2. This gel had the strongest mechanical properties (G': 40,200 +/- 18,000 Pa, G '': 3090 +/- 1400 Pa, Young's modulus: 0.197 +/- 0.069 MPa) of the gels tested. These promising results suggest possible applications of the gels as scaffolds in tissue engineering research. (c) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.