کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
11338 732 2006 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Surface immobilization of active vascular endothelial growth factor via a cysteine-containing tag
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی شیمی بیو مهندسی (مهندسی زیستی)
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Surface immobilization of active vascular endothelial growth factor via a cysteine-containing tag
چکیده انگلیسی

Developing tissue engineering scaffolds with immobilized growth factors requires facile and reliable methods for the covalent attachment of functionally active proteins. We describe here a new approach to immobilize recombinant proteins based on expression of the protein of interest with a 15-aa long fusion tag (Cys-tag), which avails a free sulfhydryl group for site-specific conjugation. To validate this approach, we conjugated a single-chain vascular endothelial growth factor expressed with an N-terminal Cys-tag (scVEGF) to fibronectin (FN) using a common thiol-directed bi-functional cross-linking agent. We found that the FN-scVEGF conjugate retains VEGF activity similar to that of free scVEGF when used as a soluble ligand. Cells expressing VEGF receptor VEGFR-2 grown on plates coated with FN-scVEGF displayed morphological phenotypes similar to those observed for cells grown on FN in the presence of equivalent amounts of free scVEGF. In addition, 293/KDR cell growth stimulation was observed in the same concentration range with either immobilized or free scVEGF. The effects of immobilized scVEGF, and soluble scVEGF were blocked by NVP-AAD777-NX, a VEGF receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor. These data indicate that site-specific immobilization via Cys-tag provides a facile and reliable method for permanent deposition of functionally active growth factors on synthetic or protein scaffolds with applications for advanced tissue engineering.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Biomaterials - Volume 27, Issue 31, November 2006, Pages 5452–5458
نویسندگان
, , , , ,