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A systematic in vitro biodegradation study of regular poly(ester amide)s (PEAs) composed of naturally occurring hydrophobic α-amino acids, fatty diols and dicarboxylic acids was carried out in the presence of hydrolases like trypsin, α-chymotrypsin, and lipase. An automatic potentiometric titration method was used to examine the biodegradation property of the PEAs. Spontaneous immobilization (absorption) of the enzymes onto the PEAs films surfaces was observed. The surface immobilized enzyme not only accelerated the erosion of the PEAs but also was able to catalyze the hydrolysis of both low-molecular-weight (ATEE) and high-molecular-weight (protein) external substrates. It was found that the enzyme surface absorption process is reversible by nature. A kinetic method for a quantitative determination of the enzyme desorbed from the film surface was developed. The enzymes could also be impregnated into the PEAs to make them “self-destructive” at a target rate. A comparison of the PEAs' in vitro biodegradation data with polylactide (PDLLA) showed that PEAs exhibited a far more tendency toward enzyme catalyzed biodegradation than PDLLA.
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Tsitlanadze, G., Kviria, T., Katsarava, R. et al. In vitro enzymatic biodegradation of amino acid based poly(ester amide)s biomaterials. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine 15, 185–190 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JMSM.0000011821.46166.1e
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