Journal of Biosciences and Medicines, 2021, 9, 26-42
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DOI: 10.4236/jbm.2021.96003 Jun. 4, 2021 26 Journal of Biosciences and Medicines
Towards on the Mediators in Collagen
Replacement: Effect of the Active Molecules
into a Polymeric Biomaterial
Anderson Ricardo Ingracio
1
, Natália Fontana Nicoletti
2
, Fernanda Trindade Gonzalez Dias
3
,
Manuela Peletti-Figueiró
2*
, Otávio Bianchi
1,3
, Asdrubal Falavigna
1,2
1
Health Sciences Graduate Program, Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UCS), Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil
2
Cell Therapy Laboratory (LATEC), Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UCS), Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil
3
Materials Science Graduate Program (PGMAT), Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UCS), Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil
Abstract
Modulating healing factors could avoid or minimize some possible patholog-
ical processes in collagen deposition. The present study was aimed to eva-
luated the role of active biomolecules such as PDGF-BB and PRP loaded or
not into polymeric biomaterial to seek potential mediators in types I and III
collagen deposition and epithelization. The healing phases were investigated
by using an in vivo full-thickness wound rat model. At zero, 3
rd
, 7
th
and 14
th
days after the experimental model, the size of the wound areas was photo-
graphed. The nanofibrous materials were biocompatible and did not cause
any local adverse reaction and/or inflammation. On day 14 the wounds had
healed almost 100% with better signs of healing, however there was no ob-
vious difference in the wound contraction rates. At the end of 14 days, sam-
ples from the center of the lesion were collected when histological features
and immunopositivity for collagen I and III expressions were assessed. There
was no significant difference in the epithelization among the groups. Wounds
treated with PRP and with PA-6/SOMA plus PDGF-BB had significantly
lower amounts of type III collagen. The amounts of type I collagen did not
have a statistically different deposition among the experimental groups. The
association of PDGF-BB with PA-6/SOMA emerges as an alternative for top-
ical application to unfavorable anatomical sites, suggesting that these associa-
tions may have a positive modulation on the process of accelerated healing
remodeling.
Keywords
Collagen, Fibrosis, Platelet-Rich Plasma, Polyamide-6 and Biomaterial
How to cite this paper: Ingracio, A.R.,
Nicoletti, N.F., Dias, F.T.G., Peletti-Figueiró,
M., Bianchi, O. and Falavigna, A. (2021)
Towards on the Mediators in Collagen
Replacement: Effect of the Active Mole-
cules into a Polymeric Biomaterial. Journal
of Biosciences and Medicines, 9, 26-42.
https://doi.org/10.4236/jbm.2021.96003
Received: April 24, 2021
Accepted: June 1, 2021
Published: June 4, 2021
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