Research Article

Hydrogel-Based Controlled Delivery Systems for Articular Cartilage Repair

Table 3

Biomaterials used in hydrogels to deliver viral vectors.

Viral vectorsMaterialsSystemsGenesRelease profilesEfficacyTargetsReferences

AdenoviralCollagenIgG complexation in collagen gelGFPControlled release70% transduction at day 1, decreasing thereafterRat aortic smooth muscle cells[92]
GFPSlow releaseBioactivity decreasedFibroblasts[93]
FibrinGFPSlow releaseHalf-maximal activity at 45 hFibroblasts, i.m. injection (mouse)[93]
BMP-7Bone formation at 4 weeks
lacZSustained release for 192 hEnhanced bioactivityFibroblasts[94]

LentiviralFibrinHydrogel complexed with hydroxyapatite nanoparticlesInitial burst of release (40% at 4 h), controlled released for 6 days (75%)Expression reduced in the presence of HA, decline between days 9 and 35HEK293T cells, s.c. injection (mouse)[95]

rAAVFibrinFGGFPBiphasic higher release at low fibrin concentration (100% released at 2 weeks)High efficiency at low FG concentration, decline after 8 dayshMSCs[29]
TGF-β1
RAD-16-ISelf-assembling peptide hydrogel pure or combined with HARFPFaster release at high peptide concentration (0.4%), complete release at 6–10 days except for RAD spheres at 0.4% with 90% of release only after 21 days80% transduction efficiency with spheres at 0.4%, time-course decline of expressionhMSCs[37]
lacZ
AlginateAlginate/poloxamer composite systems cross-linked at room temperature (AlgPH155+PF127 [C]) or high temperature (AlgPH155+PF127 [H])lacZ (AlgPH155+PF127 [C]) led to the most controlled release profile Higher transduction efficiency with AlgPH155+PF127 [H] hMSCs[22]

rAAV: recombinant adeno-associated viral vector; RAD-16-I: self-assembling peptide with (RADA)4 sequence; FG: fibrin glue; HA: hyaluronic acid; AlgPH: sodium alginate; PF127: poloxamer F127; GFP: green fluorescent protein; BMP: bone morphogenetic protein; lacZ: E. coliβ-galactosidase; TGF-β: transforming growth factor beta; RFP: red fluorescent protein; i.m.: intramuscular; hMSCs: human mesenchymal stem cells.