Thermosensitive nanofibers loaded with ciprofloxacin as antibacterial wound dressing materials

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• 作者：Heyu Li^a ; Gareth R. Williams^b ; Junzi Wu^a ; Yao Lv^a ; Xiaozhu Sun^a ; Huanling Wu^a ; Li-Min Zhu^a ; ^{lzhu@dhu.edu.cn}
• 关键词：Thermosensitive ; PDEGMA ; P(LLA-CL) ; Ciprofloxacin ; Electrospinning ; Wound dressing
• 刊名：International Journal of Pharmaceutics
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：30 January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：517
• 期：1-2
• 页码：135-147
• 全文大小：4435 K
• 卷排序：517

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To obtain wound dressings which could be removed easily without secondary injuries, we prepared thermoresponsive electrospun fiber mats containing poly(di(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate) (PDEGMA). Blend fibers of PDEGMA and poly(l-lactic acid-co-ε-caprolactone) (P(LLA-CL) were fabricated via electrospinning, and analogous fibers containing the antibiotic ciprofloxacin (CIF) were also prepared. Smooth cylindrical fibers were obtained, albeit with a small amount of beading visible for the ciprofloxacin-loaded fibers. X-ray diffraction showed the drug to exist in the amorphous physical form post-electrospinning. The composite fibers showed distinct thermosensitive properties and gave sustained release of CIF over more than 160 h in vitro. The fibers could promote the proliferation of fibroblasts, and by varying the temperature cells could easily be attached to and detached from the fibers. Antibacterial tests demonstrated that fibers loaded with ciprofloxacin were effective in inhibiting the growth of E. coli and S. aureus. In vivo investigations on rats indicated that the composite PDEGMA/P(LLA-CL) fibers loaded with CIF had much more potent wound healing properties than a commercial gauze and CIF-loaded fibers made solely of P(LLA-CL). These results demonstrate the potential of PDEGMA/P(LLA-CL)/ciprofloxacin fibers as advanced wound dressing materials.