Department of Materials, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, UK; Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
Adv Healthc Mater. 2014 Sep;3(9):1381-6. doi: 10.1002/adhm.201400032. Epub 2014 Feb 24.
Specific binding peptides are used to spatially organize biomolecule gradients within an electrospun fiber scaffold. Different biomolecule-binding peptide-polymer conjugates are sequentially co-electrospun with a fiber-forming host polymer to generate opposing gradients of peptide functionalization. The binding peptides specifically and non-covalently guide the spatial arrangement of biomolecules into dynamic gradients within the scaffold, mimicking biological gradients found in native tissues.
特定结合肽被用于在静电纺纤维支架内空间组织生物分子梯度。不同的生物分子结合肽-聚合物缀合物与纤维形成的主聚合物顺序共静电纺丝,以产生肽功能化的相反梯度。结合肽特异性地和非共价地引导生物分子在支架内进入动态梯度的空间排列,模拟天然组织中发现的生物梯度。