In vitro study of cell-promoting multiple-armed peptides

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. Part a
Cheng LiMir Imran

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of several linear and branch cell-binding peptides to promote cell growth in prosthetic vascular grafts. In this in vitro study, the peptides were covalently immobilized onto expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) vascular grafts. Cell-growth properties were studied using primary human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and primary human umbilical artery smooth muscle cells (HUASMCs). Linear peptides (P15 and P15') and multiple-armed peptides (MAP4-I and MAP4-II) were covalently bonded onto ePTFE grafts by an atmospheric plasma coating method. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and amino acid analysis were used to analyze the surface characteristics of the peptide-coated samples. Cell adhesion, proliferation, and morphology were evaluated by culturing HUVECs and HUASMCs onto the surfaces of different samples: ePTFE control, chemically activated ePTFE, P15-coated ePTFE, and MAP4-coated ePTFE. The cell culture experiments were repeated several times to obtain statistically reliable cell-growth data. Cell-growth data were statistically analyzed by the two-way statistical analysis of variance. The study showed that multiple-armed MAP4 peptides were significantly more...Continue Reading

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Sep 1, 2005·Journal of Biomaterials Science. Polymer Edition·Cheng LiMir Imran
May 10, 2007·Expert Review of Medical Devices·Marco Morra

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