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Complement activation by PEO-grafted glass surfaces

✍ Scribed by Kidane, Argaw ;Park, Kinam

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1999
Tongue
English
Weight
120 KB
Volume
48
Category
Article
ISSN
0021-9304

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✦ Synopsis

Activation of the complement system is one way in which the human body reacts to foreign materials that come in contact with blood. Poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) has been used quite frequently to modify biomaterial surfaces to prevent protein adsorption and cell adhesion. Despite extensive use of PEO, however, PEO-induced complement activation has not been examined before. We examined the complement activation by PEO chains grafted to glass surfaces. PEO was grafted to trichlorovinylsilane-treated glass (TCVS-glass) by β₯-irradiation using PEO homopolymer, Pluronic F108 (PF108), and PEO-polybutadiene-PEO triblock copolymer (COP5000). Complement activation was assessed by measuring the plasma C3a level. Of the three polymers grafted (PEO, PF108, and COP5000), only PF108 showed significant increases in complement activation over controls. Complement C3a production on PF108-grafted glass was linearly dependent on surface concentration of grafted PF108. The C3a concentration increased from 46 ng/mL to 316 ng/mL as the surface PF108 concentration increased from 0 -0.25 g/cm 2 . Kinetics of C3a generation by PF108-grafted surfaces show that 60% of the steady state C3a concentration was generated during the first hour of plasma exposure. When the same PF108-grafted glass surface was repeatedly exposed to fresh plasma, the amount of C3a generated decreased by 70% after the first exposure. This supports the "single-hit" mechanism in complement activation. PEO homopolymer did not activate complement in bulk solution, and, thus, it appears that C3a complement activation by PF108grafted surfaces is due to the presence of poly(propylene oxide) units. Grafting of PEO using PEO-containing block copolymers requires examination of complement activating properties of the non-PEO segment.

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