In situ-formed, tissue-adhesive co-gel composed of styrenated gelatin and styrenated antibody: potential use for local anti-cytokine antibody therapy on surgically resected tissues

Biomaterials. 2004 Dec;25(27):5867-73. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2004.01.036.

Abstract

Styrenated antibody (ST-Ab) and styrenated gelatin (ST-gelatin) were prepared by condensation reaction of antibody or gelatin with 4-vinylbenzoic acid, respectively. The affinity loss of ST-Ab to its antigen was minimal. ST-Ab and ST-gelatin were copolymerized with by visible-light irradiation in the presence of a water-soluble camphorquinone as a photoinitiator to produce a tissue-adhesive, in situ-formed co-gel of ST-gelatin and ST-Ab. The amount of non-reacted ST-Ab released from the co-gel of ST-gelatin and ST-Ab into the medium was minimal. The confocal laser scanning microscopy observation showed that local accumulation of rhodamine-labeled bovine serum albumin (BSA) as a model antigen was noticed in the surface-to-subsurface region of the co-gel of ST-gelatin and anti-BSA ST-Ab, indicating that the gel prevented the permeation of BSA into the gel. In invasion double chamber assay using anti-hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) antibody, the co-gel prevented HGF-dependent invasion of pancreatic cancer cells. The discussion was made for potential application of an in situ-formed tissue-adhesive co-gel of ST-gelatin and ST-Ab, developed in this study, as a cytokine-barrier on a surgically resected tissue where cancer cells might still remain after resection of cancerous tissue.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies / chemistry*
  • Antibodies / immunology
  • Antigens / chemistry
  • Biocompatible Materials / chemistry*
  • Cell Adhesion
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Collagen / chemistry
  • Coloring Agents / pharmacology
  • Culture Media
  • Cytokines / chemistry
  • Drug Combinations
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Gelatin / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • Laminin / chemistry
  • Light
  • Microscopy, Confocal
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Neoplasms / metabolism*
  • Neoplasms / pathology
  • Photochemistry / methods
  • Polymers / chemistry
  • Proteoglycans / chemistry
  • Rhodamines / pharmacology
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine / metabolism
  • Styrenes / chemistry*
  • Surface Properties
  • Time Factors
  • Tissue Adhesives
  • Tissue Culture Techniques*
  • Tissue Engineering / methods*
  • Wound Healing

Substances

  • Antibodies
  • Antigens
  • Biocompatible Materials
  • Coloring Agents
  • Culture Media
  • Cytokines
  • Drug Combinations
  • Laminin
  • Polymers
  • Proteoglycans
  • Rhodamines
  • Styrenes
  • Tissue Adhesives
  • matrigel
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine
  • Gelatin
  • Collagen