Inhibition of protein and cell attachment on materials generated from N-(2-hydroxypropyl) acrylamide.

Effective control over biointerfacial interactions is essential for a broad range of biomedical applications. At this point in time, only a relatively small range of radically polymerizable monomers have been described that are able to generate low fouling polymer materials and surfaces. The most important examples that have been successfully used in the context of the reduction of nonspecific protein adsorption and subsequent cell attachment include PEG-based monomers such as poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate (PEGMA), zwitterionic monomers such as 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine and noncharged monomers such as acrylamide and N-(2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamide (HPMAm). However, issues such as oxidative degradation and poor polymerization characteristics limit the applicability of most of these candidates. Here we have synthesized the monomer N-(2-hydroxypropyl) acrylamide (HPAm), examined its polymerization kinetics and evaluated its suitability for RAFT mediated polymerization in comparison to HPMAm. We also synthesized hydrogels using HPMAm and HPAm and evaluated the ability of HPAm polymers to occlude protein adsorption and cell attachment. In RAFT-controlled polymerization, much faster (8×) polymerization was observed for HPAm relative to HPMAm and better control was achieved over the molecular weight distribution. The performance of hydrogels prepared from HPAm in the prevention of protein adsorption and cellular attachment was equivalent to or better than that observed for materials made from HPMAm and PEG. These results open the door for HPAm based polymers in applications where effective control over biointerfacial interactions is required.

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