Biofunctionalization of PEDOT films with laminin-derived peptides

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• 作者：Nandita Bhagwat^a ; Roy E. Murray^b ; S. Ismat Shah^a ; ^b ; Kristi L. Kiick^a ; ^{kiick@udel.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; David C. Martin^a ; ^{milty@udel.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：PEDOT ; Copolymer films ; Surface modification ; Surface characterfization ; Biofunctionalization
• 刊名：Acta Biomaterialia
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：1 September 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：41
• 期：Complete
• 页码：235-246
• 全文大小：2565 K

文摘

Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophenes) (PEDOT) have been extensively explored as materials for biomedical implants such as biosensors, tissue engineering scaffolds and microelectronic devices. Considerable effort has been made to incorporate biologically active molecules into the conducting polymer films in order to improve their long term performance at the soft tissue interface of devices, and the development of functionalized conducting polymers that can be modified with biomolecules would offer important options for device improvement. Here we report surface modification, via straightforward protocols, of carboxylic-acid-functional PEDOT copolymer films with the nonapeptide, CDPGYIGSR, derived from the basement membrane protein laminin. Evaluation of the modified surfaces via XPS and toluidine blue O assay confirmed the presence of the peptide on the surface and electrochemical analysis demonstrated unaltered properties of the peptide-modified films. The efficacy of the peptide, along with the impact of a spacer molecule, for cell adhesion and differentiation was tested in cell culture assays employing the rat pheochromocytoma (PC12) cell line. Peptide-modified films comprising the longest poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) spacer used in this study, a PEG with ten ethylene glycol repeats, demonstrated the best attachment and neurite outgrowth compared to films with peptides alone or those with a PEG spacer comprising three ethylene glycol units. The films with PEG₁₀-CDPGYISGR covalently modified to the surface demonstrated 11.5% neurite expression with a mean neurite length of 90 μm. This peptide immobilization technique provides an effective approach to biofunctionalize conducting polymer films.

Statement of Significance

For enhanced diagnosis and treatment, electronic devices that interface with living tissue with minimum shortcomings are critical. Towards these ends, conducting polymers have proven to be excellent materials for electrode-tissue interface for a variety of biomedical devices ranging from deep brain stimulators, cochlear implants, and microfabricated cortical electrodes. To improve the electrode-tissue interface, one strategy utilized by many researchers is incorporating relevant biological molecules within or on the conducting polymer thin films to provide a surface for cell attachment and/or provide biological cues for cell growth. The present study provides a facile means for generating PEDOT films grafted with a laminin peptide with or without a spacer molecule for enhanced cell attachment and neurite extension.