Influence of intraperitoneal injection of three types of hydrogel beads on expression of carbohydrate-binding sites in spleen macrophages

Biomaterials
K SmetanaH J Gabius

Abstract

The influence of the chemical structure of polymer implants on selected characteristics of macrophages was studied to improve our understanding of the mechanisms of non-self recognition of synthetic materials. Three types of polymers differing in net charge were prepared to compare in vivo responses. Beads from preparation of poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate), a copolymer of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate with sodium methacrylate, and a copolymer of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate and dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate were injected intraperitoneally into rats and harvested 48 h later. The effects of these polymers on the presence of inflammatory cells in the peritoneal exudate, on the adhesion of macrophages to individual batches of the different types of beads and on distinct molecular aspects of macrophages in the red pulp of spleen were evaluated. Beads from both types of copolymer caused an elevation in the number of macrophages in the exudate, in contrast to the situation in rats treated with poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) beads and physiological saline solution as control. The molecular design of the implant had no significant influence on the extent of macrophage adhesion to beads or on the expression of selected carbohydrate-...Continue Reading

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Jun 9, 1998·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences·K Smetana, J Vacík

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