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Improving Endothelial Cell Retention for Single Stage Seeding of Prosthetic Grafts: Use of Polymer Sequences of Arginine-Glycine-Aspartate

Improving Endothelial Cell Retention for Single Stage Seeding of Prosthetic Grafts: Use of Polymer Sequences of Arginine-Glycine-Aspartate

A Tiwari, A Kidane, H Salacinski, G Punshon, G Hamilton, A M Seifalian

Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2003 Apr;25(4):325-9.

PMID: 12651170

Abstract:

Objective:
single stage seeding within the timeframe of a typical vascular operation has not been successful. One reason for this is poor cell adherence to the graft lumen once exposed to pulsatile blood flow. In this study we have carried out investigations with the use of two different fibronectin-based peptides, fibronectin-like engineered protein polymer (FEPP) which contains multiple copies of arginine-glycine-aspartate (RGD) and fibronectin adhesion promoting peptide (FAPP) to improve cell adherence.
Materials and methods:
FAPP and FEPP were coated onto native polyurethane and heparinised polyurethane grafts. The grafts were then seeded for either 1 or 2h with human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC). After the incubation period the cells were washed off and cell retention was calculated. Cell metabolism was measured using Alamar Blue, and confirmed with scanning electron microscopy (SEM).
Results:
heparinised grafts coated with FEPP showed the best cell retention after both 1 and 2h seeding (80+/-4% vs 81+/-3%). This graft had no significant difference in cell retention after both times whilst all the other grafts had better cell retention after a 2h seeding. The Alamar blue and SEM results confirmed cell viability and function for all graft types.
Conclusion:
heparinised graft coated with FEPP allows significant cell retention after only 1h of seeding and shows promise for single stage seeding.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP125720210	Fibronectin Adhesion-promoting Peptide		125720-21-0	Price

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