title: Adhesion and growth of vascular smooth muscle cells in cultures on bioactive RGD peptide-carrying polylactides.
abstract: The surface of poly(L-lactide) (PLLA) films deposited on glass coverslips was modified with poly(DL-lactide) (PDLLA), or 1:4 mixtures of PDLLA and PDLLA-b-PEO block copolymers, in which either none, 5% or 20% of the copolymer molecules carried a synthetic extracellular matrix-derived ligand for integrin adhesion receptors, the GRGDSG oligopeptide, attached to the end of the PEO chain. The materials, perspective for vascular tissue engineering, were seeded with rat aortic smooth muscle cells (11,000 cells/cm(2)) and the adhesion, spreading, DNA synthesis and proliferation of these cells was followed on inert and bioactive surfaces. In 24-h-old cultures in serum-supplemented media, the number of cells adhering to the PDLLA-b-PEO copolymer was almost eight times lower than that on the control PDLLA surface. On the surfaces containing 5% and 20% GRGDSG-PEO-b-PDLLA copolymer, the number of cells increased 6- and 3-fold respectively, compared to the PDLLA-b-PEO copolymer alone. On PDLLA-b-PEO copolymer alone, the cells were typically round and non-spread, whereas on GRGDSG-modified surfaces the cell spreading areas approached those found on PDLLA, reaching values of 991 microm(2) and 611 microm(2) for 5% and 20% GRGDSG respectively, compared to 958 microm(2) for PDLLA. The cells on GRGDSG-grafted copolymers were able to form vinculin-containing focal adhesion plaques, to synthesize DNA and even proliferate in a serum-free medium, which indicates specific binding to the GRGDSG sequences through their adhesion receptors.
authors: Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Videnska 1083, 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic. lucy@biomed.cas.cz
authors: Lucie
authors: L
authors: Bacakova
authors: Elena
authors: E
authors: Filova
authors: Dana
authors: D
authors: Kubies
authors: Ludka
authors: L
authors: Machova
authors: Vladimir
authors: V
authors: Proks
authors: Vesela
authors: V
authors: Malinova
authors: Vera
authors: V
authors: Lisa
authors: Frantisek
authors: F
authors: Rypacek
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques / Q000379:methods; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000737:chemistry; D008297:Male; D008422:Materials Testing; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D032389:Myocytes, Smooth Muscle / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000737:chemistry*; D011091:Polyesters / Q000737:chemistry*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013499:Surface Properties; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D009842:Oligopeptides; D011091:Polyesters; C033616:poly(lactide); C047981:arginyl-glycyl-aspartic acid