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    Silk fibres grafted with 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) and 4-hydroxybutyl acrylate (HBA) for biomedical applications

    Year: 2018

    Journal: Int. J. Biol. Macromol., Volume 107, FEB, page 537–548

    Authors: Taddei, Paola; Di Foggia, Michele; Martinotti, Simona; Ranzato, Elia; Carmagnola, Irene; Chiono, Valeria; Tsukada, Masuhiro

    Organizations: RFO institutional academic funds of Prof. Paola Taddei (University of Bologna)

    Keywords: Electrospinning; Vibrational spectroscopy; Fibroblasts culture

    Silk fibroin may be chemically modified by grafting, with the purpose of improving its properties according to the desired function. In this study, silk fabrics from Bombyx mori silk fibres were grafted with 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA), as well as a binary mixture of HEMA and 4-hydroxybutyl acrylate (HBA). The samples were then electrospun from trifluoroacetic acid and treated with aqueous methanol. The% weight gains ascribable to HEMA and HBA were successfully determined through Raman spectroscopy. PolyHEMA made the fibres more hydrophilic and hindered crystallization into (beta-sheet only upon electrospinning and treatment with aqueous methanol; the presence of the HBA component in the grafting mixture did not further decrease the ability of silk fibroin to rearrange into beta-sheet, due to its low contents (below 5%) under the used experimental conditions. Fibrillation partially occurred in the grafted fabrics; the electrospun samples maintained their nanostructured morphology. The surface of the substrates under investigation was compatible with cell attachment and growth, which were higher for the nanofibres. Cell adhesion and proliferation may be modulated by varying the surface chemistry and topography of the fabrics; grafting improved the surface properties of silk fibroin for enhanced functional performance in view of biomedical applications. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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