Abstract
Despite the many existing crosslinking procedures, glutaraldehyde (GA) is still the method of choice used in the manufacture of bioprosthesis. The major problems with GA are: (a) uncontrolled reactivity due to the chemical complexity or GA solutions; (b) toxicity due to the release of GA from polymeric crosslinks; and (c) tissue impermeabilization due to polymeric and heterogeneous crosslinks formation, partially responsible for the undesirable calcification of the bioprosthesis. A new method of crosslinking glutaraldehyde acetals has been developed with GA in acid ethanolic solution, and after the distribution inside de matrix, GA is released to crosslinking. Concentrations of hydrochloride acid in ethanolic solutions between 0.1 and 0.001 mol/L with GA concentration between 0.1 and 1.0% were measured in an ultraviolet spectrophotometer to verify the presence of free aldehyde groups and polymeric compounds of GA. After these measurements, the solutions were used to crosslink bovine pericardium. The spectrophotometric results showed that GA was better protected in acetal forms for acid ethanolic solution with HCl at 0.003 mol/L and GA 1.0%(v/v). The shrinkage temperature results of bovine pericardium crosslinked with acetal solutions showed values near 85 °C after the exposure to triethylamine vapors.
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The authors would like to acknowledge Ezer Biazin and Glauco D. Broch for their technical assistance and Ms. Angela C. P. Giampedro for the English language assistance. This research was financed by PADCT/CNPq, Proc no. 620.228/91 and FAPESP, Proc. no. 1996/2455–8 and no. 02/00655–8.
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Yoshioka, S.A., Goissis, G. Thermal and spectrophotometric studies of new crosslinking method for collagen matrix with glutaraldehyde acetals. J Mater Sci: Mater Med 19, 1215–1223 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10856-007-0151-0
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