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Green EM, Peter Winlove C. The structure and mechanical properties of the proteins of lamprey cartilage. Biopolymers 2015; 103:187-202. [DOI: 10.1002/bip.22583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2014] [Revised: 10/14/2014] [Accepted: 10/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Ellen M. Green
- College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, School of Physics; University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4QL; United Kingdom
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- College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, School of Physics; University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4QL; United Kingdom
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Urry D, Trapane T, Wood S, Harris R, Walker J, Prasad K. D ˙ Ala3 analog of elastin polypentapeptide. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3011.1984.tb02741.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Bochicchio B, Jimenez-Oronoz F, Pepe A, Blanco M, Sandberg LB, Tamburro AM. Synthesis of and Structural Studies on Repeating Sequences of Abductin. Macromol Biosci 2005; 5:502-11. [PMID: 15948227 DOI: 10.1002/mabi.200500007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Little data exist on the structure and function of compressible elastomeric proteins such as abductin. An understanding of the underlying structural features of these proteins may lead to the development of a new class of highly tailored "compressible" hydrogels. To that effect, in this work, the structure of abductin was investigated by means of studies on several synthetic peptides corresponding to the most frequent sequences of abductin. In particular, the 10 amino acid abductin peptide sequence FGGMGGGNAG, tandem repeated in the protein, and two related 25 and 40 amino acid polypeptides were synthesized. These peptides were studied with regard to secondary structure, self-assembly, and polymer morphology. The results obtained with these peptides allow us to propose a preliminary structure-elasticity relationship for abductin not dissimilar from that currently accepted for elastin.A possible mechanism of elasticity relating abductin to elastin.
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- Brigida Bochicchio
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Via Nazario Sauro 85, 85100 Potenza, Italy
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Dutoya S, Verna A, Lefèbvre F, Rabaud M. Elastin-derived protein coating onto poly(ethylene terephthalate). Technical, microstructural and biological studies. Biomaterials 2000; 21:1521-9. [PMID: 10885724 DOI: 10.1016/s0142-9612(99)00274-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Recently, it has been shown in our laboratory that certain proteins solubilized from elastin (ESP) formed a tight association with certain polymers such as elastin or polyethylene glycol terephthalate (PET) ... . The present paper deals with the description of the optimal chemical conditions of this unexpected association, its microstructure and its biological properties. A microstructural study of the composite ESP-PET material was performed using scanning and transmission electron microscopy. The thickness of the yield composite was evaluated (0.4-2 microm) but its imperviousness was unsatisfactory using ESP alone. So, we tentatively coated PET with the elastin-ESP complex. The microscopic views confirmed that the polymer was better filled by the organic matrix, the thickness of the layer being markedly improved (3 microm). Simultaneously, we attempted to verify whether the yielded composite retains the biological properties previously demonstrated with the 'Biopatches' and probably due to ESP. Thus, the culture of endothelial cells on an ESP-coating (with elastin or not) showed that a 100 microg/cm2 ESP concentration was able to promote endothelial cell growth in perfect conditions, maintaining their phenotypic character. While several physico-chemical determinations are in progress in our laboratory to identify and characterize the protein involved, a prototype of small-calibre vascular prosthesis was elaborated with elastin-ESP-PET composite and will be placed in a dog at the abdominal femoral junction to evaluate the in vivo performance of such an attractive material in artery restoration.
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- S Dutoya
- Unité 443 INSERM, Unirersité V. Segalen-Bordeaux 2, France
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Sciortino F, Prasad KU, Urry DW, Palma MU. Self-assembly of bioelastomeric structures from solutions: mean-field critical behavior and Flory-Huggins free energy of interactions. Biopolymers 1993; 33:743-52. [PMID: 8343576 DOI: 10.1002/bip.360330504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Elastic and quasi-elastic light scattering studies were performed on aqueous solutions of poly(Val-Pro-Gly-Gly), a representative synthetic bioelastomer that differs from the previously studied poly(Val-Pro-Gly-Val-Gly) by the deletion of the hydrophobic Val in position four. When the spinodal line was approached from the region of thermodynamic stability, the intensity of light scattered by fluctuations, and the related lifetime and correlation length, were observed to diverge with mean-field critical exponents for both systems. Fitting of the experimental data allowed determining the spinodal and binodal (coexistence) lines that characterize the phase diagrams of the two systems, and it also allowed a quantitative sorting out of the enthalpic and entropic contributions to the Flory-Huggins interaction parameters. The contribution of valine is derived by comparison of the two cases. This can be viewed as sorting out the effect of a modulation of the solute. The same approach may allow sorting out the entropic and enthalpic effect of modulations of the solvent by cosolutes (or by cosolvents). This could be of particular interest in the case of small osmolytes, affording important adaptive roles in nature, at the cost of very limited changes in genetic information. Finally, the suggestion is further supported that statistical fluctuations of anomalous amplitude, such as those occurring in proximity of the spinodal line, have a role in promoting the process of self-assembly of extended supramolecular structures. On the practical side, the present approach appears useful in the design of novel synthetic model systems for bioelastomers.
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- F Sciortino
- Graduate School of Physics, University of Palermo, Italy
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Bordenave L, Caix J, Basse-Cathalinat B, Baquey C, Midy D, Baste JC, Constans H. Experimental evaluation of a gelatin-coated polyester graft used as an arterial substitute. Biomaterials 1989; 10:235-42. [PMID: 2742951 DOI: 10.1016/0142-9612(89)90099-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Protein coating and endothelial cell preseeding have been proposed and studied as improvements to arterial prostheses. In this paper, an impervious polyester vascular graft which had been coated with cross-linked gelatin was compared to a porous one over a period of up to 8 months in dogs. This evaluation involved in vivo methods using radio tracers to study patency and thrombogenicity and in vitro controls of the healing processes. The main advantages offered by coated grafts over uncoated include the absence of preclotting and better biointegration.
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- L Bordenave
- CEEMASI, Inserm U.306, Université de Bordeaux II, France
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Merhi Y, Roy R, Guidoin R, Hebert J, Mourad W, Benslimane S. Cellular reactions to polyester arterial prostheses impregnated with cross-linked albumin: in vivo studies in mice. Biomaterials 1989; 10:56-8. [PMID: 2653448 DOI: 10.1016/0142-9612(89)90010-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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This study was designed to assess the possible immunological responses in mice against polyester prostheses coated with albumin and previously stabilized either with cross-linked glutaraldehyde (GA), at different concentrations, or with carbodiimide (CDI). Prosthetic discs were first implanted in the peritoneal cavities of mice, and T cells and T cell subsets (helper, suppressor, la-bearing T lymphocytes) were then quantified before implantation and at 1, 2, 3 and 4 weeks post-implantation. The percentages of T cells, subsets, and the helper/suppressor cell ratio, as well as the percentage of T cells with la receptors, were similar to the control in all experimental groups. No significant difference and no correlation were observed between the groups wherever tested. Virgin and albumin-coated grafts did not induce any quantitative changes in T cell subpopulations in mice.
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- Y Merhi
- Laboratoire de Chirurgie Expérimentale, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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Ben Slimane S, Guidoin R, Marceau D, King M, Merhi Y, Rao TJ, Martin L, Lafrenière-Gagnon D, Gosselin C. Albumin-coated polyester arterial prostheses: is xenogenic albumin safe? BIOMATERIALS, ARTIFICIAL CELLS, AND ARTIFICIAL ORGANS 1987; 15:453-81. [PMID: 3447651 DOI: 10.3109/10731198709118539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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This paper adds a new dimension to the series of studies concerned with the development of an albumin-coated polyester vascular prosthesis by addressing the question of the origin of the albumin. Previous experiments in dogs have used canine albumin-coated polyester arterial grafts. This study evaluated the biocompatibility of xenogenic material by implanting in dogs prostheses coated with bovine albumin and cross-linked with glutaraldehyde. Two series of albuminated grafts, one gamma radiation sterilized, the other ethylene oxide sterilized, as well as a preclotted control series were undertaken. The origin of the albumin did not appear to be significant. In fact, the healing pattern of the xenogenic albumin coated grafts was identical to that found previously with isogenic albumin. Nor did the method of sterilization produce significantly different pathological results. However, a slower rate of healing with the coated grafts compared to the preclotted controls did appear to be related to the slow rate of albumin erosion and the potentially cytotoxic effect of the glutaraldehyde cross-linking agent.
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- S Ben Slimane
- Laboratoire des Biomatériaux, Hôpital St-François d'Assise, Québec, P.Q., Canada
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Wood SA, Lemons JE, Prasad KU, Urry DW. In vitro calcification and in vivo biocompatibility of the cross-linked polypentapeptide of elastin. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH 1986; 20:315-35. [PMID: 3957967 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.820200305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The in vitro calcifiability and molecular weight dependence of calcification of the polypentapeptide, (L X Val1-L X Pro2-Gly3-L X Val4-Gly5)n, which had been gamma-irradiation cross-linked have been determined when exposed to dialyzates of normal, nonaugmented fetal bovine serum. The material was found to calcify: calcifiability was found to be highly molecular weight dependent and to be most favored when the highest molecular weight polymers (n approximately equal to 240) had been used for cross-linking. The in vivo biocompatibility, biodegradability, and calcifiability of the gamma-irradiation cross-linked polypentapeptide were examined in rabbits in both soft and hard tissue sites. The material was found to be biocompatible irrespective of its physical form and to be biodegradable but with n of 200 or less it was not shown to calcify or ossify in the rabbit tibial nonunion model.
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Guidoin R, Snyder R, Martin L, Botzko K, Marois M, Awad J, King M, Domurado D, Bedros M, Gosselin C. Albumin coating of a knitted polyester arterial prosthesis: an alternative to preclotting. Ann Thorac Surg 1984; 37:457-65. [PMID: 6732335 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(10)61131-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Coating a knitted polyester arterial prosthesis with cross-linked albumin fills the interstices of the graft and relieves the surgeon of the necessity to preclot . This is of particular value in patients whose blood clotting properties are hypercoagulable, or hypocoagulable . In addition, such prostheses require less handling, which can lower the risk of bacteremic colonization and shorten the operative time. The in vivo behavior of the implanted albuminated prosthesis in the thoracic aorta of dogs is similar to that of preclotted grafts, although the sequences of early healing are different. The preclotted graft develops a continuous, thick thrombotic matrix on its luminal surface during the first 4 hours of implantation. Following the initiation of the fibrinolytic mechanism 24 to 48 hours postoperatively, this thrombotic deposit quickly recedes , leaving blood cells and platelets adhering here and there to the prosthetic surface. In comparison, the albuminated coating is not associated with major early thrombotic deposits. The albumin remains visible between the filaments during the first 2 weeks of implantation. Both treated and control grafts contain numerous thrombi on their inner surface after 1 to 2 weeks. After 1, 3, and 6 months, both implants are well encapsulated and present a glistening and continuous luminal surface. This excellent healing, however, can be compromised should the graft adhere too closely to the animal's lungs.+2
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