Mediating specific cell adhesion to low-adhesive diblock copolymers by instant modification with cyclic RGD peptides

E. Lieb, M. Hacker, J. Tessmar, L. A. Kunz-Schughart, J. Fiedler, C. Dahmen, U. Hersel, H. Kessler, M. B. Schulz, A. Göpferich

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Abstract

One promising strategy to control the interactions between biomaterial surfaces and attaching cells involves the covalent grafting of adhesion peptides to polymers on which protein adsorption, which mediates unspecific cell adhesion, is essentially suppressed. This study demonstrates a surface modification concept for the covalent anchoring of RGD peptides to reactive diblock copolymers based on monoamine poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(D,L- lactic acid) (H 2N-PEG-PLA). Films of both the amine-reactive (ST-NH-PEG 2PLA 20) and the thiol-reactive derivative (MP-NH-PEG 2PLA 40) were modified with cyclic αvβ3/αvβ5 integrin subtype specific RGD peptides simply by incubation of the films with buffered solutions of the peptides. Human osteoblasts known to express these integrins were used to determine cell-polymer interactions. The adhesion experiments revealed significantly increased cell numbers and cell spreading on the RGD-modified surfaces mediated by RGD-integrin-interactions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2333-2341
Number of pages9
JournalBiomaterials
Volume26
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2005

Keywords

  • Biomimetic material
  • Cell adhesion
  • Diblock copolymer
  • Integrin
  • Osteoblast
  • Poly(ethylene oxide)
  • Poly(lactic acid)
  • RGD peptide
  • Surface modification

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