Abstract
Purpose
To investigate the interaction of a novel low molecular weight hyaluronic acid derivative
containing hydrophobic groups with soft contact lenses and its effect on lens hydrophilicity
compared with a conventional form of hyaluronic acid.
Methods
This investigation studied the uptake of fluorescently-labelled hyaluronic acid and
a low molecular weight hyaluronic acid derivative to four types of contact lenses
using fluorescent microscopy and confocal laser scanning microscopy. Further, the
four lens types were used to compare efficacy in improving hydrophilicity, as well
as maintenance of contact angle measurements, in commercially available multipurpose
solutions that contained either hyaluronic acid, the low molecular weight hyaluronic
acid derivative, or an alternative wetting agent.
Results
The low molecular weight hyaluronic acid derivative was found to sorb more readily
to silicone hydrogel lenses and exhibit a greater accumulation over time than conventional
hyaluronic acid. Multipurpose solutions containing the low molecular weight hyaluronic
acid derivative showed an increase in lens hydrophilicity through decreases in contact
angle measurements when compared with those obtained from lenses treated with multipurpose
solutions containing conventional hyaluronic acid or alternative wetting agents. This
increase in lens hydrophilicity associated with the low molecular weight hyaluronic
acid derivative was also maintained over multiple cycles in phosphate buffered saline,
while alternative solutions with conventional hyaluronic acid did not.
Conclusion
Overall, lens treatment using a low molecular weight hyaluronic acid derivative-based
solution lead to improved in vitro lens hydrophilicity.
Keywords
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: June 04, 2020
Accepted:
May 7,
2020
Received in revised form:
May 6,
2020
Received:
January 28,
2020
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