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4 in comparison to the acidic medium over a 24 h study. The drug release profile revealed that the pH of the release medium and the percentage of CDs cross-linking influenced the drug release rate. Release data were compared with different empirical equations for the evaluation of drug release kinetics and found good agreement with the Higuchi model. The antibacterial activity of cefadroxil was assessed by the broth microdilution method and found to be retained and not hindered by the drug entrapment procedure. The cell viability assay showed that all of the hydrogel samples, including the drug-loaded GNC hydrogel, offered acceptable cytocompatibility and nontoxicity. All of these observations illustrated that GNC hydrogel could act as an ideal pH-monitoring and oral drug delivery system in near-neutral pH at the same time.Heart failure is the worst outcome of all cardiovascular diseases and still represents nowadays the leading cause of mortality with no effective clinical treatments, apart from organ transplantation with allogeneic or artificial substitutes. Although applied as the gold standard, allogeneic heart transplantation cannot be considered a permanent clinical answer because of several drawbacks, as the side effects of administered immunosuppressive therapies. For the increasing number of heart failure patients, a biological cardiac substitute based on a decellularized organ and autologous cells might be the lifelong, biocompatible solution free from the need for immunosuppression regimen. A novel decellularization method is here proposed and tested on rat hearts in order to reduce the concentration and incubation time with cytotoxic detergents needed to render acellular these organs. By protease inhibition, antioxidation, and excitation-contraction uncoupling in simultaneous perfusion/submersion modality, a strongly limited exposure to detergents was sufficient to generate very well-preserved acellular hearts with unaltered extracellular matrix macro- and microarchitecture, as well as bioactivity.Cell line-based liver models are critical tools for liver-related studies. However, the conventional monolayer culture of hepatocytes, the most widely used in vitro model, does not have the extracellular matrix (ECM), which contributes to the three-dimensional (3D) arrangement of the hepatocytes in the liver. As a result, the metabolic properties of the hepatocytes in the monolayer tissue culture may not accurately reflect those of the hepatocytes in the liver. Here, we developed a modular platform for 3D hepatocyte cultures on fibrous ECMs produced by electrospinning, a technique that can turn a polymer solution to the micro/nanofibers and has been widely used to produce scaffolds for 3D cell cultures. Metabolomics quantitation by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) indicated that Huh7 hepatocytes grown in microfibers electrospun from silk fibroin exhibited reduced glycolysis and tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, as compared to the cells cultured as a monolayer. Further mechanistic studies suggested that integrins were correlated to the ECM's effects. This is the first time to report how an ECM scaffold could affect the fundamental metabolism of the hepatocytes via integrins.A biomaterial scaffold is a promising tool employed to drive tissue regeneration. This technology has been successfully applied in human tissue rebuilding, particularly for the skin. Meanwhile, there is still room for further improvement, such as maintaining sufficient functionality of a biomaterial scaffold. Here, we developed a new decellularization method to generate a complete anatomical skin biomatrix scaffold with a preserved extracellular matrix (ECM) architecture. We performed proteomic and bioinformatic analyses of the skin scaffold maps of humans, pigs, and rats and systematically analyzed the interaction between ECM proteins and different cell types in the skin microenvironment. Wnt beta-catenin pathway These interactions served to quantify the structure and function of the skin's Matrisome comprising core ECM components and ECM-associated soluble signaling molecules required for the regulation of epidermal development. We primarily found that the properties of the skin ECM were species-specific. For example, the composition and function of the ECM of the human skin were more similar to those of pigs compared with those of rats. However, the skin ECM of the pig was significantly deficient in its enzyme systems and immune regulatory factors compared with that of humans. These findings provide a new understanding of the role of the skin ECM niche as well as an attractive strategy that can apply tissue engineering principles to skin biomatrix scaffold materials, which promises to accelerate and enhance tissue regeneration.The functions of secreted animal mucuses are remarkably diverse and include lubricants, wet adhesives, protective barriers, and mineralizing agents. Although present in all animals, many open questions related to the hierarchical architectures, material properties, and genetics of mucus remain. Here, we summarize what is known about secreted mucus structure, describe the work of research groups throughout the world who are investigating various animal mucuses, and relate how these studies are revealing new mucus properties and the relationships between mucus hierarchical structure and hydrogel function. Finally, we call for a more systematic approach to studying animal mucuses so that data sets can be compared, omics-style, to address unanswered questions in the emerging field of mucomics. One major result that we anticipate from these efforts is design rules for creating new materials that are inspired by the structures and functions of animal mucuses.Identifying severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) as soon as possible is critical for achieving optimal outcomes and saving lives. In this study, a novel P-selectin-targeted, NIR fluorescent dye (Cy 5.5)-labeled dual-modal nanoprobe based on diethylenetriaminepentaacetic chelates (Gd-DTPA-Cy5.5-PsLmAb) was constructed for the bimodal imaging of SAP at the early stage. Gd-DTPA-Cy5.5-PsLmAb was prepared, and its structure was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, UV-vis spectroscopy, and fluorescence spectroscopy, and its stability was evaluated. Biocompatibility was evaluated by the hemolysis and cytotoxicity assays. The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to detect and evaluate the expression of P-selectin in the peripheral blood of 11 patients with acute pancreatitis (AP) and 5 healthy volunteers. The bimodal imaging ability of Gd-DTPA-Cy5.5-PsLmAb nanoprobes was evaluated via near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in AP animal models in vivo. Gd-DTPA-Cy5.
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