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Silk Macromolecules with Amino Acid–Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Grafts for Controlling Layer-by-Layer Encapsulation and Aggregation of Recombinant Bacterial Cells
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posted on 2015-02-24, 00:00 authored by Irina Drachuk, Rossella Calabrese, Svetlana Harbaugh, Nancy Kelley-Loughnane, David L. Kaplan, Morley Stone, Vladimir V. TsukrukThis study introduces double-brush designs of functionalized silk polyelectrolytes based upon regenerated silk fibroin (SF), which is modified with poly-l-lysine (SF-PLL), poly-l-glutamic acid (SF-PGA), and poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) side chains with different grafting architecture and variable amino acid-PEG graft composition for cell encapsulation. The molecular weight of poly amino acids (length of side chains), molecular weight and degree of PEG grafting (D) were varied in order to assess the formation of cytocompatible and robust layer-by-layer (LbL) shells on two types of bacterial cells (Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria). We observed that shells assembled with charged polycationic amino acids adversely effected the properties of microbial cells while promoting the formation of large cell aggregates. In contrast, hydrogen-bonded shells with high PEG grafting density were the most cytocompatible, while promoting formation of stable colloidal suspensions of individual cell encapsulates. The stability to degradation of silk shells (under standard cell incubation procedure) was related to the intrinsic properties of thermodynamic bonding forces, with shells based on electrostatic interactions having stronger resistance to deterioration compared to pure hydrogen-bonded silk shells. By optimizing the charge density of silk polyelectrolytes brushes, as well as the length and the degree of PEG side grafts, robust and cytocompatible cell coatings were engineered that can control aggregation of cells for biosensor devices and other potential biomedical applications.
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biosensor devicescell encapsulatessilk Macromoleculesacidsilk shellscell incubation procedurecell encapsulationformationcell aggregatesfunctionalized silk polyelectrolytescytocompatible cell coatingscharge densityPEG side graftssilk polyelectrolytes brushesSFregenerated silk fibroinside chainsCellsThis study
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