Full-thickness diabetic wounds are chronic injuries characterized by bleeding, excessive exude, and prolonged inflammation. Single-layer dressings fail to address their disturbed pathophysiology. Therefore, bilayer dressings with structural and compositional differences in each layer have gained attention. We hypothesized that natural polymer (alginate, curdlan, and agarose) based bilayer dressings with inherent healing properties could effectively resolve these issues. Hence, bilayer dressings were fabricated by electrospinning curdlan/agarose/ polyvinyl alcohol blend (top layer) on an alginate/agarose/polyvinyl alcohol-based lyophilized porous (bottom) layer. Ciprofloxacin was incorporated in both layers as a potential antibacterial drug. The bilayer dressing exhibited high swelling (~1300 %), biocompatibility (>90 % with NIH 3T3 and L929 mouse fibroblasts), and hemocompatibility (hemolysis <5 %). In vitro, scratch assay revealed a faster wound closure (~ 95-100 %) than control. Inhibition zone assay revealed antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. Real-time (in vitro) gene expression experiments performed using human THP-1 macrophages exhibited a significant increase in anti-inflammatory cytokines (4.51 fold in IL-10) and a decrease in pro-inflammatory cytokines (1.42 fold in IL-6) in comparison to lipopolysaccharide. Thus, fabricated dressings with high swelling, hemostatic, immunomodulatory, and antibacterial characteristics can serve as potential multifunctional and sustainable templates for healing full-thickness diabetic wounds.
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