The development of a biomimetic surface able to promote endothelialization is fundamental in the search for blood vessel substitutes that prevent the formation of thrombi or hyperplasia. This study aims at investigating the effect of functionalization of poly-epsilon-caprolactone or poly(L-lactic acid-co--caprolactone) electrospun scaffolds with a photoreactive adhesive peptide. The designed peptide sequence contains four Gly-Arg-Gly-Asp-Ser-Pro motifs per chain and a p-azido-Phe residue at each terminus. Different peptide densities on the scaffold surface were obtained by simply modifying the peptide concentration used in pretreatment of the scaffold before UV irradiation. Scaffolds of poly-epsilon-caprolactone embedded with adhesive peptides were produced to assess the importance of peptide covalent grafting. Our results show that the scaffolds functionalized with photoreactive peptides enhance adhesion at 24h with a dose-dependent effect and control the proliferation of human umbilical vein endothelial cells, whereas the inclusion of adhesive peptide in the electrospun matrices by embedding does not give satisfactory results.

Dettin, M., Zamuner, A., Roso, M., Iucci, G., Samouillan, V., Danesin, R., et al. (2015). Facile and selective covalent grafting of an RGD-peptide to electrospun scaffolds improves HUVEC adhesion. JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE SCIENCE, 21(10), 786-795 [10.1002/psc.2808].

Facile and selective covalent grafting of an RGD-peptide to electrospun scaffolds improves HUVEC adhesion

IUCCI, GIOVANNA;
2015-01-01

Abstract

The development of a biomimetic surface able to promote endothelialization is fundamental in the search for blood vessel substitutes that prevent the formation of thrombi or hyperplasia. This study aims at investigating the effect of functionalization of poly-epsilon-caprolactone or poly(L-lactic acid-co--caprolactone) electrospun scaffolds with a photoreactive adhesive peptide. The designed peptide sequence contains four Gly-Arg-Gly-Asp-Ser-Pro motifs per chain and a p-azido-Phe residue at each terminus. Different peptide densities on the scaffold surface were obtained by simply modifying the peptide concentration used in pretreatment of the scaffold before UV irradiation. Scaffolds of poly-epsilon-caprolactone embedded with adhesive peptides were produced to assess the importance of peptide covalent grafting. Our results show that the scaffolds functionalized with photoreactive peptides enhance adhesion at 24h with a dose-dependent effect and control the proliferation of human umbilical vein endothelial cells, whereas the inclusion of adhesive peptide in the electrospun matrices by embedding does not give satisfactory results.
2015
Dettin, M., Zamuner, A., Roso, M., Iucci, G., Samouillan, V., Danesin, R., et al. (2015). Facile and selective covalent grafting of an RGD-peptide to electrospun scaffolds improves HUVEC adhesion. JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE SCIENCE, 21(10), 786-795 [10.1002/psc.2808].
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