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Dynamic Bonds between Boronic Acid and Alginate: Hydrogels with Stretchable, Self-healing, Stimuliresponsive, Re-moldable, and Adhesive Properties Sang Hyeon Hong, Sunjin Kim, Joseph P. Park, Mikyung Shin, Keumyeon Kim, Ji Hyun Ryu, and Haeshin Lee Biomacromolecules, Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.8b00144 • Publication Date (Web): 30 Mar 2018 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on March 31, 2018

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Dynamic Bonds between Boronic Acid and

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Alginate: Hydrogels with Stretchable, Self-healing,

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Stimuli-responsive, Re-moldable, and Adhesive

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Properties

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Sang Hyeon Hong†, Sunjin Kim†, Joseph P. Park†, Mikyung Shin†, Keumyeon Kim‡, Ji Hyun Ryu

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Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305–701, South Korea ‡R&D

Center InnoTherapy Inc. 25, Sonyou 13th Rd, High-tech CityII Suite #2019, Youngdeungpo-Gu 07282, South Korea ⊥

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Department of Carbon Fusion Engineering, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Jeonbuk, 54538, South Korea

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KEYWORDS: Hydrogel, self-healing, stretchable, boronic acid.

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ABSTRACT: For the increasing demand of soft materials with wide ranges of applications,

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hydrogels have been developed exhibiting variety of functions (e.g. stretchable, self-healing,

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stimuli-responsive, and etc.). So far, add-in components such as inorganic nanoparticles, carbon

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materials, clays, and many others to main polymers have been used to achieve various unique

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functions of hydrogels. The multi-component hydrogel systems often exhibit batch-dependent

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inconsistent results and problems in multi-component mixings, require labors during

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preparations, and accompany unpredictable cross-talk between the added components. Here, we

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developed ‘single polymeric component’, alginate-boronic acid (alginate-BA) hydrogel to

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overcome the aforementioned problems. It exhibits unprecedented multi-functionalities

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simultaneously such as high stretchable, self-healing, shear-thinning, pH- and glucose-

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sensitivities, adhesive, and re-shaping properties. Multi-functionalities of alginate-BA hydrogel

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is resulted from the reversible inter-, intra-molecular interactions by dynamic equilibrium of

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boronic acid-diol complexation and dissociation, which was proved by single molecule level

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Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) pulling experiments. We also found that the alginate-BA gel

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showed enhanced in vivo retentions along gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Our findings suggest that

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rational polymer designs can result in minimizing the number of a participating component for

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multi-functional hydrogels, instead of increasing complexity by adding various additional

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components.

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INTRODUTION

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Since the development of the first hydrogel by Wichterle and Lim in 1960,1 hydrogels have been

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used in a variety of biomedical applications, such as scaffolds for tissue engineering2,3, matrixes

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for cell culture systems,4–6 and vehicles for drug delivery.7 However, recent progress in hydrogel

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development has focused on extra functions, such as the ability to sensitively respond to external

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stimuli,8 self-heal,9 stretch,10–12 and remold shape 13,14 for a wide range of applications.

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In general, the physicochemical properties of hydrogels depend greatly on gelation chemistry,

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which is classified into two types15,16: covalent and physical crosslinking. The primary purpose

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of using chemical crosslinking in hydrogels is to achieve strong mechanical properties and


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stability. However, hydrogels with unique, dynamic characteristics, such as self-healing or

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injectable properties, utilize physical crosslinking (e.g., hydrogen/ionic bonds, hydrophobic

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interactions, and mechanical entanglements). Reversibility in bond association and dissociation

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helps to reconstruct polymeric networks within hydrogels that exhibit self-healing, stimuli-

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responsive, or injectable properties.

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To achieve these dynamic properties in hydrogels, two or three components are typically used. A

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mixture of clay, sodium polyacrylate, and dendrimers (3 components) led to hydrogels with

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exceptional mechanical strength accompanied by self-healing ability 17. Additionally, tri-n-

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butylphosphine, glycidyl pluronic, and polysulfide (3 components) generated self-healing and

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remoldable gels18. Unprecedented stretchability was achieved by a mixture of calcium, alginate,

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and poly(acrylamide), in which the reversible ionic bonds reconstructed internal polymeric

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networks 12. Poly(propylene glycol), a furan-functionalized component, and bismaleimide

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exhibited self-healing properties 19. Several other studies have utilized three components to

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construct hydrogels with dynamic properties. Functional, dynamic hydrogels with two

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components have also been reported. For example, host-guest recognitions, such as cyclodextrin-

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cholic acid 20 or dibenzo[24]crown-8-bisammonium21, resulted in self-healing hydrogels. In

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addition, dynamic self-healing properties were achieved by dynamic bond exchange of the

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Schiff-base linkage formation between hydroxyl-terminated PEG with 4-formylbenzoic acid and

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the glycol chitosan,22 catechol-Fe3+ complexation23 .

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Although preparation methods aimed at creating functional, dynamic hydrogels have been

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successfully developed, the use of multiple components in hydrogels may require significant

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degrees of considerations such as solubility, multi-step synthesis, mixing, and so on compared to

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a single polymeric component system. The advantages of using a single polymeric component


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are numerous. Uncertainties, including inhomogeneous mixing of viscous polymeric solutions,

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interference between functional groups due to unexpected interactions, or leaching of ionic

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components, such as calcium, into the environment, can be significantly reduced in a single

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polymeric component system. Furthermore, multiple components often decrease injectable

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properties and require a tedious amount of labor. In fact, attempts to reduce the number of

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polymeric components for multi-functional hydrogel exist. However, tethering chemistry to a

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polymer backbone has been rather complex. For example, self-healable and injectable hydrogel

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using a copolymer of 2-(dimethylamino)-ethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA) and 2-(3-(6-methyl-4-

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oxo-1,4-dihydropyrimidin-2-yl)ureido)ethyl methacrylate (SCMHBMA)24. Also, a hydrogel with

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glucose responsive and self-healing ability was achieved by acrylate copolymerization of

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phenylboronic acid and amine group followed by glucose tethering for boronic aicd-glucose

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complexation25.

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In this study, we developed a highly simplified single polymeric component hydrogel that

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consisted of an alginate-boronic acid conjugate (alginate-BA) utilizing intrinsic cis-diol existing

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along alginate backbones. The prepared alginate-BA hydrogel simultaneously exhibited multiple

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dynamic functions of self-healing, stretchability, re-shaping, stimuli-sensitivity, and adhesive

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properties. The boronate and cis-diol interaction is well known26 and has been applied to various

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applications, such as sugar sensors27, chromatography28, drug delivery systems29, and cell surface

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labeling30. Interestingly, when preparing alginate-BA, moieties of cis-diol and boronic hydroxyl

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groups co-exist in the same polymer, which can cause spontaneous self intra- and/or inter-

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polymeric interactions. However, we hypothesized that the backbone stiffness of alginate31 and a

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high alginate-BA concentration might minimize intra-cis-diol-boronate interactions. In

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particular, the dynamic equilibrium of the bond rearrangement/transfer between the cis-diol and


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boronic acid hydroxyls resulted in a distinctive natural rubber-like viscoelastic alginate-BA

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hydrogel. The alginate-BA hydrogel demonstrated unprecedented multi-functionality by

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simultaneously exhibiting, high stretchability, self-healing, shear-thinning, pH- and glucose-

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sensitivity, adhesiveness, and re-shaping properties that were achieved by the single polymeric

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component, alginate-BA. Utilizing these features, oral administration of the hydrogel resulted in

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long-lasting in vivo mucosal adhesions compared to the unmodified alginate. We expect that this

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novel material will satisfy the demanding biological and handling requirements for specific

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hydrogel uses.

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EXPRIMENTAL SECTION

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Materials. Alginate sodium salt from brown algae (Sigma, USA), 3-Aminophenylboronic acid

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hydrochloride (Sigma), N-Hydroxysuccinimide (NHS, Sigma), and 1-(3-Dimethylaminopropyl)-

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3-ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride (EDC, TCI, Japan) were used as received.

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Preparation of alginate-boronic acid. 3-Aminophenyl boronic acid (BA) was conjugated onto

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the alginate backbone by EDC/NHS reactions. To conjugate the boronic acid, 1 g of alginate was

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dissolved in 0.1 M MES buffer solution, and the pH of the solution was adjusted to 5.5 using 0.1

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M HCl. And then, 700 mg of EDC and 100 mg of NHS were added to the alginate solution in a

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drop wise manner. Boronic acid (300 mg) was added to the mixture solution and reacted for 12

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hours at room temperature. The resulting reaction solution was dialyzed (MWCO: 3,500 Da,

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Spectra/Por), and the pH of the solution was maintained at 5.5 during purification. The degree of

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substitution (DOS) of boronic acid moiety was determined using UV absorbance at 295 nm using

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an UV-Vis spectrophotometer (Hewlett-Packard 8453, Groton, CT, USA). Boronic acid was

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used as a standard molecule from 0.1 mM to 0.5 mM (Figure S1). The Fourier transfer infrared


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(FT-IR) analysis of the polymers were conducted on a Nicolet is50 FT-IR spectrometer (Thermo

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Fisher Scientific Co., Waltham, MA, USA) in the range 4,000-400 cm-1 and 1H nuclear magnetic

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resonance (NMR) data were collected in D2O using Agilent-400 MHz NMR instrument

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(Agilent Technologies Inc., USA). In addition, the polymers were characterized with Agilent

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1200 series using gel permeation chromatography (GPC) column (SB-804 HQ, Shodex,

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Germany). The flow of eluent was 0.5 mg / min, and the injection volume was 50 µl. The eluent

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was monitored by refractive index (RI) detector.

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Alginate-BA hydrogel formation. For the preparation of alginate-BA hydrogels, the polymers

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were dissolved in DDW at 3 wt %, and then 100 mM of PBS buffer (pH 7.4, except for

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hydrogels used in the rheometer measurements) was added to the alginate-containing solutions to

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yield a final concentration of 2.3 wt%. The hydrogels were formed within 1 min and stabilized

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for subsequent 30 min. After that, the manipulation of the hydrogel such as elongation by

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tweezers, shape molding or injection through 18G needle was performed.

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Rheological studies of alginate-BA hydrogel. The rheological properties (storage modulus, G’

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and loss modulus, G’’) of the alginate-BA hydrogels were monitored using a rotating rheometer

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(Bohlin Advanced Rheometer, Malvern Instruments, Worcestershire, U.K.). For the frequency

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sweep measurements, the sweep frequency varied from 0.1 to 10 Hz. The moduli were measured

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at pH 7.4, 10, and 12 to investigate the pH-dependent modulus changes of the hydrogel. The pH

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reversibility was tested by addition of small amount of acid (1 M HCl) to dissolve hydrogel and

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subsequent addition of base (1 M NaOH) to re-from hydrogel. The modulus was also measured

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with the amount of glucose (200, 400, 600, 800, and 1000 mM) to observe subsequent decrease

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of storage modulus of fully cured hydrogel at pH 12. And also, viscosity was measured witin the

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range of shear rate (0.001-10 s-1)


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Test for self-healing property. To evaluate self-healing ability, the alginate-BA hydrogel was

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shaped into heart. The sample was partially cut by a razor and then manually re-attached.

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Additional 5 min was used for stabilization of the hydrogels at room temperature before picking

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up by a tweezers. To quantitatively investigate the self-healing property, responses to applied

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shear strain was observed by step-strain experiments with a rheometer. The step-strain

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experiments were performed at 1 % strain 5 % 1 % 10 % 1 % 20 % 1%.

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UTM study for the adhesive force. To examine the adhesion of alginate-BA hydrogels, a UTM

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test was conducted (Instron 5583, USA) with a 150 N load cell. The 20 µl of hydrogel for the test

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were prepared between glass capped cylindric probes (diameter: 8 mm) and was compressed

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with 0.1 mN of normal force. The probes were detached at a rate of 10 mm min−1. The adhesion

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force (kPa) was determined as the maximum load (kN) divided by the area (m2).

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AFM experiment for molecular mechanism study. AFM pulling experiments were performed

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using Asylum MFP-3D-BIO AFM instrument (Asylum Research, Santa Barbara, CA) equipped

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with silicon nitride tips with a spring constant of 250 pN/nm (Bruker AFM Probes, Madison,

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WI). For surface preparations, alginate-BA was spin-coated (750 rpm) on Si substrates to for

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thickness of ~ 10 nm. Subsequently, force-distance curves were measured by bringing the tip

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down to the surfaces with a speed of 0.5 µm/sec and then stayed on surface (surface dwell time =

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60 sec) to allow the polymer adsorption onto the tip surfaces in 10 mM Tris (pH 9). The pulling

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speed was the same as 0.5 µm/sec.

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In vivo oral administrations and tissue histology. All animal care and experimetnal

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procedures were followed the ethical protocol given by the Korean Ministry of Health and

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Welfare. Nude mice (BALB/c nude mouse, male, 9-10weeks Central Lab. Animal Inc., Korea)


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were starved 12 hr before experiments. Alginate and alginate-BA were dissolved in DDW at 3

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wt% rhodamine-dextran solution (1 mg / ml) was mixed with alginate or alginate-BA solution at

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the ratio of 10 v/v% for visualization. Doses of 10 µl of the samples were orally administered to

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mice. Afterward, 50 µl of PBS buffer was orally injected into the mice. The mice were then

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sacrifieced after 30 min or 24 h. Fluorescent images were obtained with an IVIS 200 imaging

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system (Xenogen, CA, USA). Three mice for each group were used in vivo test.

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Alginate solution and alginate-BA hydrogel were also subcutaneously implanted on the backs of

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nude mice. At day 3 and 7 post implantations, the mice were euthanized, and then the tissues

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surrounded by the hydrogel-implanted areas were collected. The tissue sections were fixed with

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10% formalin, and dehydrated in a graded sucrose solution (10, 20, and 30 w/v %). For the

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cryosection, the dehydrated tissues were embedded in optimum cutting temperature (OCT)

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compound (Sakura Finetek, USA) followed by freezing process using liquid nitrogen. Serial

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cryosections of 10 µm were obtained using a Leica CM3050s Cryostat (Leica Biosystems,

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Germany). For histological analysis, the sectioned tissues were stained with hematoxylin and

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eosin. The stained sections were observed using a Nikon Eclipse TS100 inverted routine

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microscope (Nikon, Japan).

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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

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To

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dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide (EDC) and N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) were used as

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carboxyl activating agents. Alginate was employed as a backbone material due to its

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biocompatibility and structural suitability from a cis-diol group in a repeating unit. The degree of

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substitution was quantified by UV–vis absorbance at 295 nm using 3-aminophenylboronic acid


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as a standard molecule. The result showed that the degree of boronic acid conjugation was

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approximately 10 ± 1.5 % (Figure S1). To confirm the presence of boronic acid moiety, the

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alginate-BA was further characterized by FT-IR and NMR spectroscopy. As shown in Figure.

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S2a, the newly appeared peak at 1,670 cm-1 was observed in the spectrum (alginate: black,

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alginate-BA: red line), which were attributed to the amide-linked C=O stretching vibrations.

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Also, the C=C bending of phenyl group and the B-O stretching vibrations in boronic acid moiety

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appeared at 1,500-1,600 cm-1 and 1,340 cm-1 respectively. The peak at 700 cm-1 was assigned to

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the C-H bending vibration of the phenyl group of BA. The 1H NMR (D2O) spectra confirmed the

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conjugation by showing the phenyl group protons at 7.3 to 7.7 ppm of the alginate-BA (blue)

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(Figure S2b), which corresponded to control boronic acid protons shown in the red spectra. In

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addition, GPC measurements of the synthesized alginate-BA (0.5 mg/ ml) were conducted, and

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the eluent was monitored by a refractive index (RI) detector. As shown in Figure S2c, the

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elution time (10.8 min) of alginate-BA was earlier than that of unconjugated alginate (11.8 min),

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indicating that the interactions between boronic acid and cis-diol in alginate-BA resulted in an

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increase in the hydrodynamic volume. Then, Alginate-BA was dissolved in 25 mM phosphate

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buffered saline (PBS, pH 7.4) at a concentration of 2.3 wt %, which formed viscoelastic

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hydrogels.

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While most common hydrogels suffer from mechanical failures under large strain due to their

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rigid polymer network, the alginate-BA hydrogel exhibited superior stretchable property (Figure

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1a). The hydrogel (200 µl) was stretched by two tweezers and could be stretched by 23 times (1

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23 cm) in the longitudinal direction without any fracture. Chemically unmodified alginate or

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the well-known conventional alginate- Ca2+ hydrogel did not show the similar stretching

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behavior (Figure S2). Another unique characteristic of the hydrogel is that the alginate-BA gel is


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injectable by a ‘shear-thinning’ mechanism. As shown in the rheometer study, the viscosity of

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the alginate gel was rapidly decreased (i.e. thinned) at a strain rate started from 0.1 sec-1 (1450 to

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45 Pas) (Figure S3). Due to the shear-thinning properties, the alginate gel was injectable via 18-

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gauge needle, showing a fiber-like, one-dimensional long hydrogel (Figure 1b). The gel was

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visualized by red dye, monoazo-chromophores. This macroscopically observed result could be

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attributed to the reversible inter-alginate chain interactions between the cis-diol in the alginate

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backbone and the diols of boronic acid. To explain the observed stretchability at a molecular

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level, we performed pulling experiments using atomic force microscopy (AFM). Previously, the

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cis-diol and boronate interaction has been reported[22-26], but a single-molecule level

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demonstration of the alginate inter-chain interaction has not been conducted. Alginate-BA was

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deposited onto a silicon substrate by spin-coating (1 mg/mL, 750 rpm for 30 sec). This process

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provided a thin film of alginate-BA with a dry thickness of ~ 10 nm. Subsequently, an alkaline

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buffer (pH = 9.0, Tris) was added to the alginate-BA adsorbed Si surfaces to trigger cis-diol-

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boronic acid binding as well as swelling. After that, a bare Si3N4 AFM tip was placed on the

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surface (0.5 µm/sec) and then stayed on the surface for 60 sec to allow alginate-BA adsorption

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onto the tip surface before it was pulled (0.5 µm/sec). Subsequently, the tip surface adsorbed

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alginate-BA was stretched by AFM pulling (Figure 1c). In particular, in an external-force

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applied environment by AFM pullings, the cis-diol/boronic acid bond dissociation is inevitably

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observed. Importantly however, the dissociated bond moved along the direction of applied force

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indeed reforms the same type of a bond (i.e. cis-diol/boronic acid) due to its reversible character.

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The aforementioned bond dissociation and reformation cycles were repeated along the applied

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force direction by AFM, accomplishing the outstanding stretchability of the alginate-BA gel

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(Figure 1d). The dissociation at a molecular level exhibited a saw-tooth pattern as shown in


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Figure 1e. The force required for dissociation between cis-diol and boronic acid was in the range

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of 130~360 pN. The saw-tooth pattern in the AFM pulling experiments was similar to the pattern

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for multi-domain proteins, such as titin32, or multimers of small proteins with disulfide bonds33,

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but the pattern was not a typical result for a polysaccharide pulling experiment34. In general, a

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polysaccharide with a 1,4-glycosidic bond exhibited a pure elastic chain extension corresponding

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to a worm-like model (Figure 1e, 2nd curves, ref: 30). It is worthwhile to mention that those

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curves did not show any saw-tooth pattern, whereas a clear saw-tooth pattern was

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unprecedentedly observed in the alginate-BA pulling experiments (Figure 1e, 1st curve). The

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pattern indicates the energy required for breaking an individual (or multiple) boronic acid-diol

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complex (boronate complex) during pulling of the alginate-BA chain. Note that the high

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frequency of the peak appearance might represent repetitive cycles of reversible formation-

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dissociation of boronic acid-diol complexes.

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In contrast, without external force, the thermodynamic mobility of polymer chains allowed for

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the new formation of boronic acid-cis-diol bonds. Unlike common hydrogels composed of a rigid

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covalent network, the dynamic bond rearrangements within the alginate-BA hydrogels

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continuously occur at a molecular level (Figure 2a). Thus, the dynamic bond formation-

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dissociation cycles can result in various unique hydrogel properties, such as self-healing and re-

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shaping. First, alginate-BA hydrogel was capable of self-healing, as shown in Figure 2b. The

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hydrogel was initially molded into a heart shape and then partially cleaved (1st and 2nd photos).

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Subsequently, the cleaved area was re-attached for 5 minutes, and the healed part was monitored.

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The healed hydrogel was mechanically strong enough to be picked up by a tweezers without

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fracturing (Figure 2b, 3rd photo). The self-healing property was also quantitatively measured by

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continuous step-strain measurement at a frequency of 1 Hz using a rheometer (Figure 2c). We


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performed strain-sweeping experiments in an up-and-down manner by 1 (317.8 Pa) to 5 % (17.5

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Pa), down back to 1 (213.6 Pa) to 10 % (4.8 Pa), and down back to 1 (194.4 Pa) to 20 % (1.2 Pa)

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until the gel exhibited mechanical failure. For the last strain relaxation step (20 1 %), the gel

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recovered the storage modulus (G’, 141.9 Pa) despite the sudden large changes in strain value. In

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order to analyze the self-healing efficiency of the hydrogel with a view point to its mechanical

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strength recovery, we synthesized the alginate-BA having different degree of substitution (DS =

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5 and 18 %). The healing efficiency was evaluated by storage modulus (G’) determined by step-

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strain rheometeric experiments for the gels after re-attachment. As shown in Figure S5, the

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healing efficiency increased with increasing DS of polymer. For the 10 % DS hydrogel, only 44

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% of the storage modulus was recovered, whereas 98.3 % of modulus were recovered with 18 %

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DS hydrogels. This rapid and complete self-healing in bulk hydrogel may also be attributed by

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the aforementioned dynamic network reorganization processes. On the other hand, in the case of

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hydrogel having a 5 % of DS, the mechanical property was too weak for proper measurement (~

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10 Pa). Second, a re-shaping characteristic was also observed in the alginate-BA hydrogel, as

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described in Figure 2d. The prepared hydrogel was molded into various shapes, and the

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morphology changed from the sphere to a dolphin in a one-step molding process (top left and top

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right). Subsequently, due to the reversible bond reformation, the hydrogel shape could be

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continuously changed from a dolphin to a heart to a duck shape (bottom right and left).

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Bonds between cis-diol and boronic acid exhibit pH-dependent properties35. In general, the

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phenylboronic acids show pKa values approximately 7.0 to 8.5 depending on the substituted

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moieties. Above a corresponding pKa value of a given boronic acid derivative, boronate is

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formed, which binds strongly to cis-diol, and below the pKa value, boronic acid is formed, which

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weakly binds to cis-diol. First, we hypothesized that the alginate-BA hydrogel might show pH-


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sensitive properties that were particularly sensitive for mechanical strength. We performed

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frequency sweep experiments from 0.1 to 10 Hz as a function of pH (7.4, 10, and 12; 2.3 wt%).

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At pH 7.4, the hydrogel exhibited viscoelastic properties. In detail, a G’ (292 Pa at 1 Hz) < G”

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(421 Pa at 1 Hz) trend was observed at a rotating frequency region lower than 3 Hz, but G’ (821

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Pa at 5 Hz) > G’’ (629 Pa at 5 Hz) was detected at a frequency higher than 3 Hz (Figure 3a).

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This result indicates that the hydrogel network was not fully formed. On the other hand, the

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value of both the storage modulus and loss modulus (G’ = 1996 Pa, G’’ = 1265 Pa at 1 Hz) were

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increased by approximately 5-fold, and the gel-like region also expanded (~ 0.2 Hz) as pH

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increased to 10 (Figure 3b). At pH 12, no such crossover point was found. For the overall

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rotational frequency region, G’ (representative value of 80,260 Pa at 1 Hz) was always higher

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than G’’ (7,099 Pa at 1 Hz) and demonstrated almost complete boronate bond formation (Figure

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3c). The observed pH-dependent mechanical property changes of the hydrogel can be reversible,

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and a sol-gel transition was also observed in sudden pH shift experiments, such as shifting pH 12

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down to pH 2 and back up to pH 12. By measuring G’ values at a frequency of 1 Hz, the G’

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values were reversible in response to the pH values with G’ decreasing from 34,560 Pa to 3.5 Pa

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and then increasing to 42,600 Pa after the addition of small amount of 1 M HCl or NaOH

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solution (Figure 3d). In addition, we lowered (2.3 wt% -> 1.0 wt%) and increased (2.3 wt% ->

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4.0 wt%) the polymer concentrations at pH 7.4 (Figure S6). When decreasing the concentration,

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G’ value was lowered from 292 Pa for 2.3 wt% down to 22.5 Pa for 1 wt% at 1 Hz oscillation

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condition. Increasing the concentration resulted in expanding gel-like region from 3 Hz for 2.3

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wt% 0.13 Hz for 4 wt%, and G’ value was increased as expected (433 Pa for 4 wt% at 1 Hz).

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glucose bonds would act as crosslinking inhibitors, which would result in decreases in the

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mechanical properties of alginate-BA hydrogels (Figure 3e). We prepared solutions with various

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concentrations of glucose: 200, 400, 600, 800, and 1,000 mM in PBS buffer (pH = 12). As

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expected, the added glucose inhibited existing crosslinking, which resulted in decreases in the

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storage moduli from 80,260 Pa (for 0 mM glucose) to 15,620 Pa (for 200 mM), 7,363 Pa (for 400

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mM), 5,579 Pa (for 600 mM), 2,558 Pa (for 800 mM), and 1,290 Pa (for 1,000 mM) (Figure 3f).

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material.

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Furthermore, with the application of slight pressure, the alginate-BA hydrogel was capable of

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serving as a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA)36, which is generally attributed to a viscoelastic

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material, such as acrylic resins. Viscoelastic materials make intimate contact followed by

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adherence onto surfaces via mechanical interlocking or van der Waals forces. The boronic acid-

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mediated binding force demonstrated in AFM experiments might be beneficial for enhancing

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bulk properties (i.e., increases in pulling resistance between substrates) as a PSA material in

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addition to the intrinsic viscoelastic nature of alginate-BA hydrogels37. Therefore, we evaluated

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the adhesiveness of the hydrogel in a universal testing machine (UTM). The hydrogel was

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prepared between two identical glass-capped probes with a probe traveling speed of 1 cm/min, as

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shown in Figure 3g. The detachment force value was ~ 32 kPa (Figure 3h, black), whereas the

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use of alginate itself without boronic acid conjugations showed a significantly low adhesion

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force of ~ 3 kPa (red). This adhesiveness was comparable to previously reported polymer-based

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hydrogel adhesives

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showing the significant stretchability as the probe moved upward from the bottom probe.

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Utilizing the aforementioned adhesive properties, we tested mucoadhesion properties of the

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alginate-BA hydrogels. We orally administered alginate-BA to mice (Figure 4a). According to

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the previous studies, alginate itself has been used in oral drug delivery systems due to its

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resistance to strong acidic environments in stomach40. Thus, it is fairly reasonable model system

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for alginate-BA hydrogel as a new oral administrative polymer. Also we expect that the adhesive

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nature demonstrated by alginate-BA hydrogels would increase residual time in the body.

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We prepared 3 wt% of alginate-BA and alginate solution as a negative control respectively,

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which were visualized by mixing rhodamine B isothiocyanate-dextran (Rho-dex) (1 mg/mL, 1

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µl). The alginate-BA (10 µl) was fed to mice and then additional PBS buffer (pH 7.4, 50 µl) was

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administered. The same volume of chemically unmodified alginate was used as a control. The in

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vivo retention along a gastrointestinal (GI) tract of the polymer was monitored by IVIS Lumina

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at 30 minutes and 24 hours after the administrations (n=3). At an early timeframe (< 30 minutes),

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a clear alginate-BA fluorescent signal was detected at the esophagus region (Figure 4b, right

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panel, yellow circle). Whereas no fluorescence was observed for alginate oral administration

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(Figure 4b, left panel). It is because alginate-BA gelation was expected to occur in the

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esophagus region due to the pH upshift to 7.4, resulting in an increase of in vivo retention, but

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alginate was simply washed off (top, left panel). In addition, overall remained amount of

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alginate-BA was high compared with that of alginate. The increased in vivo retention of alginate-

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BA was continuously observed for subsequent 24-hr observation after the feeding. Strong

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fluorescent signals (e.g. red dots) of alginate-BA hydrogel were observed in intestine region.

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However, weak dispersive residual fluorescent signals were remained for the case of alginate

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(Figure 4b, bottom left panel). We also performed additional a negative control experiment.

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solution was orally administered with 9 µl of PBS buffer instead of alginate or alginate-BA, and

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then a 50 µl of PBS was injected consistently with the previous experiment. After 30 minutes,

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fluorescent image was obtained, and signals were not observed in both untreated mouse (Figure

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S7, left) and Rho-dex fed mouse (right). Thus, the fluorescent signals shown in Figure 4b were

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indeed the alginate-BA’s mucoadhesion with which the labelling Rho-dex was complexed in

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vivo. These results indicate that the pH-responsible gelation and the sticky nature of alginate-BA

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hydrogel allow one to utilize alginate-BA as a potential useful material for mucoadhesive oral-

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delivery applications. Finally, alginate solution and alginate-BA hydrogels were implanted

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subcutaneously under mice skins for evaluation of inflammatory responses by histological study.

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The sectioned tissues were stained by hematoxylin-eosin (H&E), where inflammatory cells show

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purple and normal tissues show pink. Severe inflammatory responses at day 3 were observed

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both alginate and alginate-BA (Figure 4c, 1st and 2nd pictures, black triangle), however, immune

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responses were mostly disappeared in day 7 (Figure 4c, 3rd picture). The data indicates that the

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hydrogel has low toxicity.

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In conclusion, we developed a single polymeric component, alginate-BA hydrogel that

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exhibited unprecedented multifunctional properties, including stretchability (Figure 1a), self-

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healing (Figure 2b), stimuli-responsiveness (pH: Figure 3a-c, glucose: Figure 3f), re-shaping

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(Figure 2d), shear-thinning (Figure 1b), and adhesive properties (Figure 3h). The carboxyl

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group of the alginates was chemically conjugated with the amine group of boronic acid to take

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advantage of the reversible boronate-cis-diol complexation, which resulted in reversible self-

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crosslinking both with and without external force. Based on our results, the alginate-BA

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hydrogels have excellent potential for a wide range of applications, including pressure-sensitive


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biological glues to biomedical platforms that require stretchability, self-healing, and multi-

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Figure 1. Macroscopic and molecular-level studies of alginate-BA hydrogels: shear-thinning and stretchable properties in the presence of an external force. (a) A series of photos showing the high stretchability and (b) injectability demonstration by a shear-thinning mechanism applied via an 18-gauge needle of alginate-BA hydrogels (macroscopic phenomenon). (c) Schematic illustrations of molecular behavior at a microscopic level in the AFM pull-off experiment, and


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schematics of (d) bonding transfer along the direction of an external force. (e) force-distance curves of molecular interactions between alginate-BA chains (top) and unmodified polysaccharides (bottom, the spectrum was adapted from ref: 34) obtained in the AFM pull-off experiment. Extensions were normalized by the length determined at a force of 3.0 nN (top) and1.5 nN (bottom) and the tick interval on the y-axis is 1.5 nN.

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Figure 2. (a) Schematic illustrations of the boronic acid-cis-diol bond dissociation followed by association via dynamic chain movement without external force. (b) Demonstration of selfhealing properties. (c) Quantitative analysis of self-healing properties. The gel was fractured under strain (top: sequential strain steps, 1 % 5 % 1 % 10 % 1 20 % 1 %) and the recovered storage moduli were determined (bottom). (d) Photos demonstrating the re-shaping capability of the hydrogel.

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Figure 3. Experiments examining the tunable rheological properties of alginate-BA hydrogels by pH-dependent changes in modulus (G’: closed, G’’: open) at (a) pH 7.4, (b) pH 10, and (c) pH 12 by a frequency sweep from 0.1 to 10 Hz and (d) a reversible sol-gel transition from a pH shift. (e-f) Addition of glucose resulted in a decrease of storage modulus (0 mM: closed circle, 200 mM: open circle, 400 mM: closed triangle, 600 mM: open triangle, 800 mM: closed square, 1000 mM: open square). (g-h) Pressure sensitive adhesive force measured by UTM (black: alginateBA, red: alginate).

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Figure 4. (a) Schematic illustrations of oral administration of alginate-BA and alginate. (b) BALB/c mice were orally administered with Rho-dex containing alginate (left) and alginate-BA (right) solutions and euthanized after 30 min and 24 hrs. The fluorescent images were obtained by IVIS. (c) Photos of H&E stained subcutaneous tissue sections after 3 and 7 days of implantations of alginate-BA hydrogel and alginate (3 days). The inflammatory response was indicated black triangles.

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Supporting Information.

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Supporting Information is available from the ACS Publications website.

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UV-Vis, FT-IR, NMR spectrometry data of alginate-BA; GPC; Fracturing of alginate-Ca2+

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hydrogel; Rheology data; Fluorescent images of in vivo test

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AUTHOR INFORMATION

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Corresponding Author

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*E-mail: [email protected]

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Notes

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The authors declare no competing financial interest

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

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This work was supported by a grant from the National R&D Program for Cancer Control, The

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Ministry for Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea (1631060) and Disaster and Safety

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Management Institute (MPSS-CG-2016-02).

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