Advanced Fiber Materials, Volume. 6, Issue 2, 00361(2024)

Blow-Spun Si3N4-Incorporated Nanofibrous Dressing with Antibacterial, Anti-Inflammatory, and Angiogenic Activities for Chronic Wound Treatment

Pengchao Ma1,†... Chun-Yi Yang1,†, Chengli Li1,2,†, Peilun Hu1,2, Fang Yang4, Jiaju Lu3, Yin-Yuan Huang1, Hui Wu1, Qiong Wu4, Yongwei Pan2, and Xiumei Wang15,* |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • 2Department of Orthopedics, School of Clinical Medicine, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, Tsinghua University, Beijing 102218, China
  • 3School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
  • 4MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Center for Synthetic and Systems Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • 5Center for Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, Wuzhen Laboratory, Tongxiang 314500, China
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    The effective and safe healing of chronic wounds, such as diabetic ulcers, presents a significant clinical challenge due to the adverse microenvironment in the wound that hinders essential processes of wound healing, including angiogenesis, inflammation resolution, and bacterial control. Therefore, there is an urgent demand for the development of safe and cost-effective multifunctional therapeutic dressings. Silicon nitride, with its distinctive antibacterial properties and bioactivities, shows great potential as a promising candidate for the treatment of chronic wounds. In this study, a silicon nitride-incorporated collagen/chitosan nanofibrous dressing (CCS) were successfully fabricated using the solution blow spinning technique (SBS). SBS offers compelling advantages in fabricating uniform nanofibers, resulting in a three-dimensional fluffy nanofibrous scaffold that creates an optimal wound healing environment. This blow-spun nanofibrous dressing exhibits excellent hygroscopicity and breathability, enabling effective absorption of wound exudate. Importantly, the incorporated silicon nitride within the fibers triggers surface chemical reactions in the aqueous environment, leading to the release of bioactive ions that modulate the wound microenvironment. Here, the CCS demonstrated exceptional capabilities in absorbing wound exudate, facilitating water vapor transmission, and displaying remarkable antibacterial properties in vitro and in a rat infected wound model (up to 99.7%, 4.5 × 107 CFU/cm2 for Staphylococcus aureus). Furthermore, the CCS exhibited an enhanced wound closure rate, angiogenesis, and anti-inflammatory effects in a rat diabetic wound model, compared to the control group without silicon nitride incorporation.

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    Pengchao Ma, Chun-Yi Yang, Chengli Li, Peilun Hu, Fang Yang, Jiaju Lu, Yin-Yuan Huang, Hui Wu, Qiong Wu, Yongwei Pan, Xiumei Wang. Blow-Spun Si3N4-Incorporated Nanofibrous Dressing with Antibacterial, Anti-Inflammatory, and Angiogenic Activities for Chronic Wound Treatment[J]. Advanced Fiber Materials, 2024, 6(2): 00361

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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Aug. 9, 2023

    Accepted: Dec. 17, 2023

    Published Online: Jul. 5, 2024

    The Author Email: Wang Xiumei (wxm@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s42765-023-00361-w

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