Poly(L-lysine)-GRGDS as a biomimetic surface modifier for poly(lactic acid) |
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Authors: | Quirk R A Chan W C Davies M C Tendler S J Shakesheff K M |
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Institution: | School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Nottingham, University Park, UK. |
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Abstract: | The immobilization of adhesion peptide sequences (such as RGD) at the surfaces of poly(alpha-hydroxyacid)s, including poly(lactic acid) (PLA), is complicated by an absence of functional groups to support covalent attachment. We demonstrate a method to overcome this problem, by attaching the peptide to poly(L-lysine) (PLL), which immobilizes the sequence through adsorption at the poly(alpha-hydroxyacid) surface. When coated using a 0.01% w/v solution of PLL-GRGDS, bovine aortic endothelial cells seeded upon the modified PLA showed a marked increase in spreading over unmodified PLA. However, inhibition of the cell-spreading effect occurred when using higher concentrations of PLL-GRGDS, which we attribute to the PLL component. This inhibitory effect can be challenged by increasing the amount of GRGDS attached to each PLL molecule. Potentially, this is a flexible method of surface modification that can engineer many different types of tissue engineering scaffolds with a variety of biomolecules, thus allowing initial cell adhesion to be controlled. |
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