کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
7492 554 2011 9 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Two-tier hydrogel degradation to boost endothelial cell morphogenesis
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی شیمی بیو مهندسی (مهندسی زیستی)
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Two-tier hydrogel degradation to boost endothelial cell morphogenesis
چکیده انگلیسی

Cell-responsive degradation of biofunctional scaffold materials is required in many tissue engineering strategies and commonly achieved by the incorporation of protease-sensitive oligopeptide units. In extension of this approach, we combined protease-sensitive and -insensitive cleavage sites for the far-reaching control over degradation rates of starPEG-heparin hydrogel networks with orthogonally modulated elasticity, RGD presentation and VEGF delivery. Enzymatic cleavage was massively accelerated when the accessibility of the gels for proteases was increased through non-enzymatic cleavage of ester bonds. The impact of gel susceptibility to degradation was explored for the 3-dimensional ingrowth of human endothelial cells. Gels with accelerated degradation and VEGF release resulted in strongly enhanced endothelial cell invasion in vitro as well as blood vessel density in the chicken chorioallantoic membrane assay in vivo. Thus, combination of protease-sensitive and -insensitive cleavage sites can amplify the degradation of bioresponsive gel materials in ways that boost endothelial cell morphogenesis.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Biomaterials - Volume 32, Issue 36, December 2011, Pages 9649–9657
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