Assembly of Emulsion-Based Cascade Vehicles for Combination Oxygen-Chemotherapy in Diabetic Wound Healing.
Xunhui ZhangHuimin GengCaiyun ShanXiaomiao CuiXiaohui ZhangMuthupandian AshokkumarJiwei CuiPeiyu ZhangPublished in: Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids (2024)
High blood glucose and insufficient angiogenesis in diabetic wounds prevent healing, often leading to amputation or death. To address this, a multifunctional emulsion loaded with simvastatin and stabilized by enzymes was synthesized using ultrasound-assisted emulsification. This emulsion promotes angiogenesis and reduces blood glucose levels. Glucose oxidase and catalase at the emulsion interface catalyze a glucose cascading response, lowering the glucose concentration at the diabetic wound site and improving the wound microenvironment. Simvastatin in the emulsion further promotes angiogenesis. The emulsion significantly accelerated wound healing in diabetic rats, offering a promising approach to diabetic wound management.