Photosensitizer-loaded electrospun chitosan-based scaffolds for photodynamic therapy and tissue engineering

[Display omitted] •Electrospun materials containing a second generation photosensitizer were prepared.•Release kinetics of PS from the materials was described by two different mechanisms.•Phototoxic effect of the materials was spatially limited to the irradiation area.•Cancer cells were more affecte...

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Published in:	Colloids and surfaces, B, Biointerfaces Vol. 144; pp. 57 - 64
Main Authors:	Severyukhina, A.N., Petrova, N.V., Smuda, K., Terentyuk, G.S., Klebtsov, B.N., Georgieva, R., Bäumler, H., Gorin, D.A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01-08-2016
Subjects:	Animals Biotechnology Cell Line, Tumor Chitosan Chitosan - chemistry Confocal Electrospinning Humans Lasers Mice Nanofibers - chemistry Photochemotherapy Photoresponsive material Photosensitizer Photosensitizing Agents - pharmacology Scaffolds Scanning microscopy Spatially controlled cell proliferation Tissue engineering Tissue Engineering - methods Tissue Scaffolds - chemistry Tissue-engineering scaffold Topical photodynamic therapy Electrospinning Spatially controlled cell proliferation Topical photodynamic therapy Tissue-engineering scaffold Photoresponsive material Photosensitizer
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Summary:	[Display omitted] •Electrospun materials containing a second generation photosensitizer were prepared.•Release kinetics of PS from the materials was described by two different mechanisms.•Phototoxic effect of the materials was spatially limited to the irradiation area.•Cancer cells were more affected by phototoxic effect of the materials. Novel chitosan-based nanofibrous composite materials containing different amounts of the photosensitizer Photosens were obtained by electrospinning and were characterized by scanning electron microscopy and by confocal laser scanning microscopy. The release of Photosens from the materials was investigated in water and in phosphate-buffered saline. A noncancerous (MC3T3-E1 murine osteoblasts) and a cancerous [T-47D (mammary gland)] cell line were cultivated on Photosens-containing scaffolds, and cell growth and metabolic activity were examined by confocal laser scanning microscopy and by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphe-nyltetrazolium bromide assay, respectively. The viability of both cell lines on Photosens-containing fibers decreased in a spatial manner upon laser irradiation of an appropriate wavelength and power density. Interestingly, the noncancerous MC3T3-E1 cells grown on Photosens −containing scaffolds were less affected by the irradiation. We conclude that the Photosens-containing electrospun chitosan nanofibers described here are of potential interest for biomedical applications, particularly topical photodynamic therapy and tissue engineering.
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ISSN:	0927-7765 1873-4367
DOI:	10.1016/j.colsurfb.2016.03.081