Abstract
Biomolecules have been traditionally immobilised onto surfaces using wet chemical techniques for various medical applications. Recent decades have seen plasma methods being used to prepare these surfaces through various forms of surface modification, but the direct exposure of biomolecules to plasma has been avoided due to fears that the molecules would be denatured by the energetic plasma species. Recent results are now demonstrating that direct plasma deposition of biomolecule coatings can be achieved. This creates the possibility to directly modify the surface of implants without any form of surface pre-treatment and this opens up the possibility to alter the healing processes. Materials such as collagen, chitosan, catalase and heparin can be effectively deposited onto surfaces with minimal impact on biological performance and without any chemical binders, linkers or impurities. The performance of these materials has been characterised using both in vitro and in vivo methodologies. In a further step, the results of a preclinical trial are presented which reveal that direct deposition of biomolecules onto open wounds can also be achieved and the impact of this on wound healing is measured in an immunocompromised animal model. A non-thermal plasma device was used to deliver collagen on to chronic wounds and the treatment was shown to promote wound closure in a rabbit wound healing model.
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The authors wish to thank Prof. A. Pandit, Dr. D. Zeugolis and Dr. M. Kulkarni of the National Centre for Functional Biomaterials, UCG, Galway, Ireland for assistance in characterising the biological response of these surfaces. Dr. Zeugolis performed the cell culture studies. The in vivo rabbit studies were conducted under appropriate ethical and regulatory standards by M. Kulkarni and all studies were overseen by Prof A. Pandit.
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O’Neill, L., Twomey, B., Dobbyn, P. et al. Plasma Deposition of Biomolecules for Enhanced Biomedical Applications. MRS Online Proceedings Library 1723, 25–33 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1557/opl.2015.22
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