Synthesis of silk fibroin-glycopolypeptide conjugates and their recognition with lectin

TitleSynthesis of silk fibroin-glycopolypeptide conjugates and their recognition with lectin
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2012
AuthorsDas, S, Pati, D, Tiwari, N, Nisal, A, Gupta, SSen
JournalBiomacromolecules
Volume13
Issue11
Pagination3695-3702
Date PublishedNOV
Type of ArticleArticle
ISSN1525-7797
Abstract

Silk fibroin (SF), the natural fibrous protein created by the Bombyx mori silk worm, is being increasingly excellent mechanical strength, high oxygen/water permeability, excellent mechanical strength; high oxygen/water:permeability, and biocompatibility: :It is also well known that surface. modification of SF, With Organic ligands such as the extracellular protein :binding. Arg-Gly-Asp, (RGD) peptides:,: help adhesion and,proliferation. of cells better-a key; requirement for it to function as extracellular. matrices; In this, Work, We have conjugated synthetic glycopolypeptides (GPs) that were synthesized by controlled ring opening polymerization of alpha-manno-lys N-carboxyanhydrides (NCAs) onto SF by using Cu catalyzed click reaction to synthesize 1 a new hybrid :Material (SF GP), Which We believe will have :both the mechanical properties of native SF and the molecular recognition property of the carbohydrates in the GP. By controlling the :amount of GP grafted onto SF, we have made three SF GP conjugates that differ in their ability to assemble into films. SF GP conjugates having a very high content of GP formed completely water soluble brush like polymer that displayed very high affinity toward the lectin concanavalin-A (Con-A) Films cast from SF-GP conjugates using lower amounts of grafted GP were more stable in water, and the stability can be modulated by varying the amount of G grafted. The water insoluble film SF-GP(25) was also found to bind to fluorescently labeled Con A, as was seen by confocal microscopy Such SF-GP hybrid films may be useful as mimics of extracellular matrices for tissue engineering:

DOI10.1021/bm301170u
Type of Journal (Indian or Foreign)Foreign
Impact Factor (IF)5.371
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Chemical Engineering & Process Development
Polymer Science & Engineering