摘要
The conventional silk fibroin(SF)films obtained by casting from SF aqueous solution are amorphous,and easily dissolved in water.This defect limits the practical use of SF films in biomedical field.A new water-insoluble silk fibroin film(an SF-FA film)could be simply prepared by casting from SF formic acid solution.The physical properties and moisture permeability of SF-FA films were examined.The results show that the SF-FA film swollen in water exhibits outstanding pliability.The weight loss of SF-FA films in water is also very little.The unique physical properties for the SF-FA film in the wet relate to the intrinsic structure of the fibroin film.The cell viability of rat embryo dermal fibroblasts seeded on the control films and the SF-FA films was evaluated by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide(MTT)assay.Results show that the optical density(OD)value of the SF-FA film is almost the same as that of the conventional SF film treated with alcohol,therefore,the SF-FA film has good cell compatibility.In addition,the SF-FA film is also a biodegradable material.Because of their good transparency,it is helpful in study of clinical experiment with the SF-FA films.
The conventional silk fibroin（SF）films obtained by casting from SF aqueous solution are amorphous,and easily dissolved in water.This defect limits the practical use of SF films in biomedical field.A new water-insoluble silk fibroin film（an SF-FA film）could be simply prepared by casting from SF formic acid solution.The physical properties and moisture permeability of SF-FA films were examined.The results show that the SF-FA film swollen in water exhibits outstanding pliability.The weight loss of SF-FA films in water is also very little.The unique physical properties for the SF-FA film in the wet relate to the intrinsic structure of the fibroin film.The cell viability of rat embryo dermal fibroblasts seeded on the control films and the SF-FA films was evaluated by 3-（4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl）-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide（MTT）assay.Results show that the optical density（OD）value of the SF-FA film is almost the same as that of the conventional SF film treated with alcohol,therefore,the SF-FA film has good cell compatibility.In addition,the SF-FA film is also a biodegradable material.Because of their good transparency,it is helpful in study of clinical experiment with the SF-FA films.
基金
National Programon Key Basic Research Project of China(973program)(No.2005CB623906)
