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Investigation into the tensile properties of collagen/chondroitin-6-sulphate gels: the effect of crosslinking agents and diamines.

Artificial skin substitutes based on autologous keratinocytes are being developed for grafting onto burns patients. In order to be used successfully in the clinic, these skin substitutes need to have sufficient strength to allow ease of handling. This may be achieved by crosslinking the collagen substratum on which the cells are cultured. The influence of potential crosslinking agents on the tensile properties of acellular collagen gels has been investigated, including the glycosaminoglycan, chondroitin-6-sulphate (Ch6SO4), the water-soluble carbodiimide crosslinking agents 1-ethyl-3-(3-diaminopropyl) carbodiimide (EDAC), and 1,1-carbonyldiimidazole (CDI), and the polyamines, putrescine and diaminohexane. Values for Young's modulus, maximum load, stress, displacement and percentage strain at maximum load were generated by subjecting the samples to a tear propagation test. Incorporation of 20% Ch6SO4 into collagen gels caused a significant increase in the Young's modulus, maximum load and stress at maximum load. Crosslinking treatment with EDAC, CDI or polyamines had little further benefit, and in many cases resulted in a decrease in particular parameters. In terms of mechanical strength, the best crosslinking combination proved to be the combination of CDI and diaminohexane, with results either improved or maintained when compared with the control no treatment variants. However, previous experience suggests that the use of CDI as a crosslinking reagent may inhibit infiltration and proliferation of fibroblasts in the substratum and it may be necessary to reach a compromise to obtain the best combination of biological and mechanical properties for artificial skin substitutes.[1]

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  1. Investigation into the tensile properties of collagen/chondroitin-6-sulphate gels: the effect of crosslinking agents and diamines. Osborne, C.S., Barbenel, J.C., Smith, D., Savakis, M., Grant, M.H. Medical & biological engineering & computing. (1998) [Pubmed]
 
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