Enhanced Diabetic Wound Healing Using Electrospun Biocompatible PLGA-Based Saxagliptin Fibrous Membranes

Chen Hung Lee*, Shu Chun Huang, Kuo Chun Hung, Chia Jung Cho*, Shih Jung Liu*

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Abstract

Delayed diabetic wound healing is an adverse event that frequently leads to limb disability or loss. A novel and promising vehicle for the treatment of diabetic wounds is required for clinical purposes. The biocompatible and resorbable poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA)-based fibrous membranes prepared by electrospinning that provide a sustained discharge of saxagliptin for diabetic wound healing were fabricated. The concentration of released saxagliptin in Dulbecco’s phosphate-buffered saline was analyzed for 30 days using high-performance liquid chromatography. The effectiveness of the eluted saxagliptin was identified using an endothelial progenitor cell migration assay in vitro and a diabetic wound healing in vivo. Greater hydrophilicity and water storage were shown in the saxagliptin-incorporated PLGA membranes than in the pristine PLGA membranes (both p < 0.001). For diabetic wound healing, the saxagliptin membranes accelerated the wound closure rate, the dermal thickness, and the heme oxygenase-1 level over the follicle areas compared to those in the pristine PLGA group at two weeks post-treatment. The saxagliptin group also had remarkably higher expressions of insulin-like growth factor I expression and transforming growth factor-β1 than the control group (p = 0.009 and p < 0.001, respectively) in diabetic wounds after treatment. The electrospun PLGA-based saxagliptin membranes exhibited excellent biomechanical and biological features that enhanced diabetic wound closure and increased the antioxidant activity, cellular granulation, and functionality.

Original languageEnglish
Article number3740
JournalNanomaterials
Volume12
Issue number21
DOIs
StatePublished - 11 2022

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Keywords

  • PLGA-based fibrous membranes
  • diabetic wound repair
  • electrospinning
  • release characteristics
  • saxagliptin

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