A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Platelet Lysate-Modified Porous Silicon Microparticles for Enhanced Cell Proliferation in Wound Healing Applications
Authors: Fontana F, Mori M, Riva F, Makila E, Liu DF, Salonen J, Nicoletti G, Hirvonen J, Caramella C, Santos HA
Publisher: American Chemical Society
Publication year: 2016
Journal: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Journal name in source: ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Journal acronym: ACS APPL MATER INTER
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
First page : 988
Last page: 996
Number of pages: 9
ISSN: 1944-8244
eISSN: 1944-8252
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5b10950
The new frontier in the treatment of chronic nonhealing wounds is the use of micro- and nanoparticles to deliver drugs or growth factors into the wound. Here, we used platelet lysate (PL), a hemoderivative of platelets, consisting of a multifactorial cocktail of growth factors, to modify porous silicon (PSi) microparticles and assessed both in vitro and ex vivo the properties of the developed microsystem. PL-modified PSi was assessed for its potential to induce proliferation of fibroblasts. The wound closure-promoting properties of the microsystem were then assessed in an in vitro wound healing assay. Finally, the PL-modified PSi microparticles were evaluated in an ex vivo experiment over human skin. It was shown that PL-modified PSi microparticles were cytocompatible and enhanced the cell proliferation in different experimental settings. In addition, this microsystem promoted the closure of the gap between the fibroblast cells in the wound healing assay, in periods of time comparable with the positive control, and induced a proliferation and regeneration process onto the human skin in an ex vivo experiment. Overall, our results show that PL-modified PSi microparticles are suitable microsystems for further development toward applications in the treatment of chronic nonhealing wounds.