Recombinant proteins represent a new and promising class of polymeric materials in the field of biomaterials research. An important model for biomaterial design is elastin, the protein accounting for the elasticity of several tissues. Human elastin-like polypeptides (HELPs) have been developed as recombinant versions of elastin with the purpose of enhancing some peculiar characteristics of the native protein, like self-assembling. In this paper, we report on a comparative study of rat myoblasts response to coatings based on two different HELP macromolecules, with respect to control cultures on bare cell culture polystyrene and on a standard collagen coating. Cell behavior was analyzed in terms of adhesion, proliferation and differentiation. The collected data strongly suggest the use of HELPs as excellent biomaterials for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications.

Human recombinant elastin-like protein coatings for muscle cell proliferation and differentiation / Ciofani, Gianni; Genchi, Giada G; Liakos, Ioannis; Athanassiou, Athanassia; Mattoli, Virgilio; Bandiera, Antonella. - In: ACTA BIOMATERIALIA. - ISSN 1742-7061. - 9:2(2013), pp. 5111-5121. [10.1016/j.actbio.2012.10.016]

Human recombinant elastin-like protein coatings for muscle cell proliferation and differentiation

CIOFANI, GIANNI;
2013

Abstract

Recombinant proteins represent a new and promising class of polymeric materials in the field of biomaterials research. An important model for biomaterial design is elastin, the protein accounting for the elasticity of several tissues. Human elastin-like polypeptides (HELPs) have been developed as recombinant versions of elastin with the purpose of enhancing some peculiar characteristics of the native protein, like self-assembling. In this paper, we report on a comparative study of rat myoblasts response to coatings based on two different HELP macromolecules, with respect to control cultures on bare cell culture polystyrene and on a standard collagen coating. Cell behavior was analyzed in terms of adhesion, proliferation and differentiation. The collected data strongly suggest the use of HELPs as excellent biomaterials for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications.
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