Journal
MATERIALS
Volume 9, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ma9070560
Keywords
spider silk; recombinant protein; biodegradable polymers; biomaterials; biomineralization; bone tissue engineering
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- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
- German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) [SFB 840 TP A8]
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Materials based on biodegradable polyesters, such as poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT) or poly(butylene terephthalate-co-poly(alkylene glycol) terephthalate) (PBTAT), have potential application as pro-regenerative scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. Herein, the preparation of films composed of PBT or PBTAT and an engineered spider silk protein, (eADF4(C16)), that displays multiple carboxylic acid moieties capable of binding calcium ions and facilitating their biomineralization with calcium carbonate or calcium phosphate is reported. Human mesenchymal stem cells cultured on films mineralized with calcium phosphate show enhanced levels of alkaline phosphatase activity suggesting that such composites have potential use for bone tissue engineering.
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