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biorxiv2026-08-11biomaterialswound healingtherapeutics

A spermidine-crosslinked DNA hydrogel clots like a NET and advertises mitochondrial protection as a side brief

A DNA hydrogel meant to mimic neutrophil extracellular traps is crosslinked with spermidine, a small molecule the authors credit with autophagy, cardioprotection, anti-inflammation, antioxidant activity, and mitochondria protection. The DNA net recruits platelets and red cells for rapid hemostasis; as it degrades, spermidine is released into the wound. In mice the gel clots and speeds closure. The mitochondrial claim is a listed property of the crosslinker, not a wound-bed respirometry result.

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Signal profile (abstract-level)

biomaterials · wound healing · therapeutics

Score 61/100BIORXIVmedium confidencebiomaterials
61
Importance
50
Mito signal
25
Dysfunction
75
Evidence
85
Translational

Editorial signal profile from the abstract (importance score, mito keywords, dysfunction tags, evidence density, translational cues). Not a figure reproduced from the preprint PDF.

Finding. A DNA hydrogel that looks like a neutrophil extracellular trap, glued with spermidine, can clot fast and then help a mouse wound close. The DNA catches platelets and red cells. As the net dissolves, spermidine, a molecule famous for autophagy and mitochondria-friendly adjectives, is supposed to keep working in the bed. That last part is the reason the paper is in this queue. It is not a mitochondrial experiment.

Why this paper matters

Hemostats that rip new tissue off on removal are a real problem. A biodegradable DNA net with a bioactive crosslinker is a reasonable materials idea. Honesty: mitochondrial protection is a spermidine brochure line, not a figure in the abstract.

What they actually measured

Physicochemistry, cytocompatibility, hemolysis, hemostasis, murine healing.

How to read the score

Low sixties. Score 61.

What to do with it

If you design hemostatic hydrogels, look at the NET-mimic plus spermidine release. If you wanted organelle data, they are not here. The directional implication is only that a spermidine-crosslinked DNA gel can clot and speed murine closure; mitochondrial benefit remains a property of the small molecule, unmeasured in this wound.

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Source preprint

Bioactive Spermidine-Crosslinked DNA Hydrogel for rapid homeostasis and accelerated wound healing

10.64898/2026.08.11.744095

Singh N, Joshi A, Gajjar D, Yadav A, Kashyap V, Solanki R, Singh A, Seshadri S, Srivastava A, Bhatia D.

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