Evaluation of Silk Fibroin/Gellan Gum Hydrogels with Controlled Molecular Weight through Silk Fibroin Hydrolysis for Tissue Engineering Application
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Properties of Hydrolyzed Silk Fibroin
2.2. Physicochemical Properties of HSF/GG Hydrogel
2.3. Mechanical Properties of HSF/GG Hydrogel
2.4. In Vitro Analysis
2.4.1. Live/Dead Staining
2.4.2. Cell-Laden Hydrogel Morphology
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Preparation of Hydrolyzed Silk Fibroin
3.2. Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate-Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE)
3.3. Fabrication of Hydrogels
3.4. Physicochemical Property
3.4.1. Morphological Structure Study
3.4.2. Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR)
3.4.3. Sol Fraction (%)
3.4.4. Swelling Ratio
3.4.5. Weight Loss (%)
3.5. Mechanical Property Analysis
3.5.1. Viscosity Test
3.5.2. Injectability Test
3.5.3. Compression and Relaxation Tests
3.6. In Vitro Study
3.6.1. Cell Culture and Preparation of Cell-Laden Hydrogels
3.6.2. Live/Dead Staining
3.7. Statistics
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Sample Availability
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Park, S.; Kim, S.-I.; Choi, J.-H.; Kim, S.-E.; Choe, S.-H.; Son, Y.; Kang, T.-w.; Song, J.-E.; Khang, G. Evaluation of Silk Fibroin/Gellan Gum Hydrogels with Controlled Molecular Weight through Silk Fibroin Hydrolysis for Tissue Engineering Application. Molecules 2023, 28, 5222. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28135222
Park S, Kim S-I, Choi J-H, Kim S-E, Choe S-H, Son Y, Kang T-w, Song J-E, Khang G. Evaluation of Silk Fibroin/Gellan Gum Hydrogels with Controlled Molecular Weight through Silk Fibroin Hydrolysis for Tissue Engineering Application. Molecules. 2023; 28(13):5222. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28135222
Chicago/Turabian StylePark, Sunjae, Soo-In Kim, Joo-Hee Choi, Se-Eun Kim, Seung-Ho Choe, Youngjun Son, Tae-woong Kang, Jeong-Eun Song, and Gilson Khang. 2023. "Evaluation of Silk Fibroin/Gellan Gum Hydrogels with Controlled Molecular Weight through Silk Fibroin Hydrolysis for Tissue Engineering Application" Molecules 28, no. 13: 5222. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28135222
APA StylePark, S., Kim, S.-I., Choi, J.-H., Kim, S.-E., Choe, S.-H., Son, Y., Kang, T.-w., Song, J.-E., & Khang, G. (2023). Evaluation of Silk Fibroin/Gellan Gum Hydrogels with Controlled Molecular Weight through Silk Fibroin Hydrolysis for Tissue Engineering Application. Molecules, 28(13), 5222. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28135222