Hydrophilic‐hydrophobic microdomain surfaces having an ability to suppress platelet aggregation and their in vitro antithrombogenicity
- 13 September 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Biomedical Materials Research
- Vol. 20 (7), 919-927
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jbm.820200707
Abstract
Block copolymers were synthesized by a coupling reaction of hydrophilic chains of poly(2‐hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (PHEMA) with hydrophobic chains of polystyrene (PSt), or poly(dimethyl siloxane) (PDMS). Microstructures of films of the block copolymers exhibited a hydrophilic‐hydrophobic microphase separated structure. For evaluation of in vivo antithrombogenicity, small diameter tubes (1.5 mm I. D. and 20 cm length) coated by the copolymers on their internal surfaces were implanted in rabbits as arteriovenous shunts. Occlusion times of the tubes, measured by formation of thrombus, were three days for PHEMA, two days for PSt, and three days for PDMS. The block copolymers showed excellent antithrombogenic properties: occlusion times were 20 days for HEMA‐St block copolymer and 12 days for HEMA‐DMS block copolymers. In vitro examination of polymer‐platelet interaction in terms of platelet adhesion and aggregation, which are important initial processes of blood coagulation, demonstrated suppressed adhesion and aggregation on microdomain surfaces constructed of hydrophilic and hydrophobic block copolymers. From both in vivo and in vitro examination, it was concluded that HEMA‐St and HEMA‐DMS block copolymers showed promising antithrombogenic activities by suppressing activation and aggregation of platelets.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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