Materials for enhancing cell adhesion by immobilization of cell-adhesive peptide

J Biomed Mater Res. 1991 Nov;25(11):1325-37. doi: 10.1002/jbm.820251102.

Abstract

Materials to enhance cell adhesion were synthesized by surface integration of peptide, Arg-Gly-Asp-Ser(RGDS), which is an active-site sequence of cell-adhesive proteins. Polystyrene film was glow-discharged and graft-copolymerized with acrylic acid. Then the peptide was immobilized to the poly(acrylic acid) grafts by using water-soluble carbodiimide. The cell-adhesive activity of the RGDS-immobilized film increased with increasing amount of immobilized peptide, and approached the activity of fibronectin(FN)-immobilized film. The RGDS-immobilized film was more stable against heat treatment and pH variation than the FN-immobilized film. In addition, the RGDS-immobilized film enhanced cell growth more strongly than the FN-immobilized film.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Cell Adhesion*
  • Cell Division
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Fibronectins
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Mice
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Peptides*
  • Polystyrenes
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
  • Temperature

Substances

  • Fibronectins
  • Peptides
  • Polystyrenes