Wang Lin, Zhao Meirong, Li Siheng, Erasquin Uriel J, Wang Hao, Ren Li, Chen Changyi, Wang Yingjun, Cai Chengzhi
Department of Chemistry, University of Houston , Houston, Texas 77204, United States.
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2014 Jun 11;6(11):8401-6. doi: 10.1021/am501309d. Epub 2014 May 1.
We show that coating of decellularized extracellular matrix (DC-ECM) on substrate surfaces is an efficient way to generate a platform mimicking the native ECM environment. Moreover, the DC-ECM can be modified with a peptide (QK) mimicking vascular endothelial growth factor without apparently compromising its integrity. The modification was achieved through metabolic incorporation of a "clickable" handle to DC-ECM followed by rapid attachment of the QK peptide with an azido tag using copper-catalyzed click reaction. The attachment of the QK peptide on to DC-ECM in this way further enhanced the angiogenic responses (formation of branched tubular networks) of endothelial cells.
我们表明,在底物表面包被去细胞外基质(DC-ECM)是生成模拟天然细胞外基质环境平台的有效方法。此外,DC-ECM可用模拟血管内皮生长因子的肽(QK)进行修饰,而不会明显损害其完整性。修饰是通过将一个“可点击”手柄代谢掺入DC-ECM,然后使用铜催化的点击反应将带有叠氮标签的QK肽快速连接来实现的。以这种方式将QK肽连接到DC-ECM上进一步增强了内皮细胞的血管生成反应(形成分支管状网络)。