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  • Gelatin methacryloyl and its hydrogels with an exceptional degree of controllability and batch-to-batch consistency.

Gelatin methacryloyl and its hydrogels with an exceptional degree of controllability and batch-to-batch consistency.

Scientific reports (2019-05-06)
Mengxiang Zhu, Yingying Wang, Gaia Ferracci, Jing Zheng, Nam-Joon Cho, Bae Hoon Lee
ABSTRACT

Gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA) is a versatile material for a wide range of bioapplications. There is an intense interest in developing effective chemical strategies to prepare GelMA with a high degree of batch-to-batch consistency and controllability in terms of methacryloyl functionalization and physiochemical properties. Herein, we systematically investigated the batch-to-batch reproducibility and controllability of producing GelMA (target highly and lowly substituted versions) via a one-pot strategy. To assess the GelMA product, several parameters were evaluated, including the degree of methacryloylation, secondary structure, and enzymatic degradation, along with the mechanical properties and cell viability of GelMA hydrogels. The results showed that two types of target GelMA with five batches exhibited a high degree of controllability and reproducibility in compositional, structural, and functional properties owing to the highly controllable one-pot strategy.

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