Biocompatibility of a novel cyanoacrylate based tissue adhesive: cytotoxicity and biochemical property evaluation

PLoS One. 2013 Nov 22;8(11):e79761. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079761. eCollection 2013.

Abstract

Cyanoacrylate (CA) is most widely used as a medical and commercial tissue adhesive because of easier wound closure, good cosmetic results and little discomfort. But, CA-based tissue adhesives have some limitations including the release of cytotoxic chemicals during biodegradation. In previous study, we made prepolymerized allyl 2-CA (PACA) based tissue adhesive, resulting in longer chain structure. In this study, we investigated a biocompatibility of PACA as alternative tissue adhesive for medical application, comparing with that of Dermabond® as commercial tissue adhesive. The biocompatibility of PACA was evaluated for short-term (24 hr) and long-term (3 and 7 days) using conventional cytotoxicity (WST, neutral red, LIVE/DEAD and TUNEL) assays, hematoxylin-eosin (H&E) and Masson trichrome (MT) staining. Besides we examined the biochemical changes in cells and DNA induced by PACA and Dermabond® utilizing Raman spectroscopy which could observe the denaturation and conformational changes in protein, as well as disintegration of the DNA/RNA by cell death. In particular, we analyzed Raman spectrum using the multivariate statistical methods including principal component analysis (PCA) and support vector machine (SVM). As a result, PACA and Dermabond® tissue adhesive treated cells and tissues showed no difference of the cell viability values, histological analysis and Raman spectral intensity. Also, the classification analysis by means of PCA-SVM classifier could not discriminate the difference between the PACA and Dermabond® treated cells and DNA. Therefore we suggest that novel PACA might be useful as potential tissue adhesive with effective biocompatibility.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Cyanoacrylates / adverse effects
  • Cyanoacrylates / chemistry*
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Principal Component Analysis
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Spectrum Analysis, Raman
  • Support Vector Machine
  • Tissue Adhesives / adverse effects*
  • Tissue Adhesives / chemistry

Substances

  • Cyanoacrylates
  • Tissue Adhesives

Grants and funding

This study was supported by a grant from the Kyung Hee University in 2011 (number 20120196, Development of early detection system in cerebrovascular disease using Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.