Issue 22, 2015

Nitrofurazone-loaded electrospun PLLA/sericin-based dual-layer fiber mats for wound dressing applications

Abstract

The ideal wound dressing should achieve rapid healing with hemostasis, antimicrobial activity, maintenance of a moist wound bed, etc. The electrospun blend mat meets the requirements outlined for wound healing, by their microfibrous structures providing a suitable environment for wound healing. In this study, a dual-layer nanofiber blend mat wound dressing of nitrofurazone (NFZ)-loaded poly(L-lactide) (PLLA)/sericin nanofibers and NFZ-loaded PLLA nanofibers is fabricated by electrospinning. The NFZ-loaded PLLA/sericin nanofibers act as the first layer and then the NFZ-loaded PLLA nanofibers are the second layer to prepare the dual-layer fiber dressings. The prepared dual-layer NFZ-loaded fiber dressings have satisfactory antibacterial activity against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. In vitro drug release studies show that the drug release profiles can be controlled by adjusting the drug amount in different layers of the dual-layer dressings. The methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium (MTT) assays demonstrate that the NFZ-loaded PLLA/sericin fibers are nontoxic and biocompatible. In vivo wound healing tests are performed in rats. The results reveal that the dual-layer fiber dressings perform better than commercial non-woven dressing in decreasing wound size. It is observed at 12 days that the wound size reduction is 97% for being dressed with the dual-layer fiber dressings but 84% for the commercial woven dressing. These NFZ-loaded PLLA/sericin‖PLLA dual-layer fiber mats may provide a promising candidate for accelerating wound healing.

Graphical abstract: Nitrofurazone-loaded electrospun PLLA/sericin-based dual-layer fiber mats for wound dressing applications

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
11 Dec 2014
Accepted
02 Feb 2015
First published
02 Feb 2015

RSC Adv., 2015,5, 16940-16949

Nitrofurazone-loaded electrospun PLLA/sericin-based dual-layer fiber mats for wound dressing applications

R. Zhao, X. Li, B. Sun, Y. Tong, Z. Jiang and C. Wang, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 16940 DOI: 10.1039/C4RA16208K

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