Protein-based Cartilage Matrices to Promote Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation

基于蛋白质的软骨基质促进间充质干细胞分化

基本信息

批准号：
8512244
负责人：
Julie C. Liu
金额：
$ 11.55万
依托单位：
PURDUE UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2013
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2013-05-02 至 2015-04-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8512244
关键词：
Affect American Autologous Binding Biochemical Cartilage Cartilage Matrix Cell Count Cell Therapy Cells Chondrocytes Chondrogenesis Clinical Congenital Abnormality Consensus Cues Data Development Disease Endocytosis Engineering Fatigue Future Goals Growth Factor Harvest Hyaline Cartilage Hypertrophy In Vitro Injury Investigation Ligands Mechanics Mesenchymal Stem Cells Morbidity - disease rate Nose Patients Pattern Peptides Phenotype Physiological Property Protein Engineering Protein Family Proteins Public Health Recombinant Proteins Reconstructive Surgical Procedures Research Safety Signal Transduction Site Solutions Stem cells System Testing Tissue Engineering Tissues Transforming Growth Factor beta Trauma United States National Institutes of Health Work adult stem cell base bone bone morphogenetic protein 2 cartilage cell cartilage development craniofacial craniofacial repair crosslink density design design and construction immunogenicity in vivo innovation interest osteochondral tissue parathyroid hormone-related protein physical property prevent protein protein interaction public health relevance receptor resilin response scaffold stem cell differentiation

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Designing materials with cues that direct stem cell differentiation into cartilage cells is a key step in developing tissue-engineering based strategie for craniofacial repair. By contributing to homogeneous differentiation and maintaining the desired differentiation state in vivo, these materials would increase the efficiency of differentiation and safety of cell-based therapies. The long-term goal is to establish general design rules for material properties that enhance or direct adult stem cell differentiation. To achieve this goal, the objective is to investigate chondrogenesis using a family of protein-based materials in which the biochemical and biophysical properties are decoupled and can be independently tuned. Specifically, we will incorporate sequences from resilin to confer the desired mechanical properties. We will also engineer protein-protein interactions within the material to modulate presentation of biochemical cues. Our central hypothesis is that material properties (i.e. ligand presentation and crosslinking density) can be used to modulate both mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) chondrogenesis and chondrocyte hypertrophy. In the first specific aim, we will investigate the effect of ligand presentation on cartilage differentiation. Through protein engineering, we will engineer materials that vary the binding strength of the ligand to the material and the valency of the ligand. The second specific aim will determine whether biochemical context modulates the optimal crosslinking density that maintains the cartilage phenotype and prevents hypertrophy. The innovation of this work is that we use the high level of structural control inherent in recombinant proteins to investigate materials parameters (e.g. binding strength and valency) that would not easily be achieved using other materials. The significance of the proposed research is that these protein-based materials will be used in establishing general design principles for cartilage-promoting materials.

描述（由申请人提供）：设计具有将干细胞分化为软骨细胞的线索的材料是开发基于组织工程的颅面修复策略的关键步骤。通过在体内促进均质分化并维持所需的分化状态，这些材料将提高基于细胞疗法的分化和安全性的效率。长期目标是建立增强或直接成人干细胞分化的材料特性的一般设计规则。为了实现这一目标，目的是使用基于蛋白质的材料家族来研究软骨发生，在该材料中，生化和生物物理特性被解耦并可以独立调整。具体而言，我们将结合列林的序列以赋予所需的机械性能。我们还将在材料中设计蛋白质 - 蛋白质相互作用，以调节生化线索的表现。我们的中心假设是材料特性（即配体呈现和交联密度）可用于调节间充质干细胞（MSC）软骨发生和软骨细胞肥大。在第一个特定目的中，我们将研究配体呈现对软骨分化的影响。通过蛋白质工程，我们将设计材料，以改变配体与配体材料和价值的结合强度。第二个特定目的将决定生化环境是否调节保持软骨表型的最佳交联密度并防止肥大。这项工作的创新是，我们使用重组蛋白质固有的高水平结构控制来研究材料参数（例如结合强度和价值），使用其他材料不容易实现。拟议的研究的意义在于，这些基于蛋白质的材料将用于建立针对软骨促进材料的一般设计原理。