Journal
ACTA BIOMATERIALIA
Volume 4, Issue 4, Pages 844-851Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2008.01.017
Keywords
biocompatibility; biomolecules structure and function; cell adhesion; surface modification
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The topography and biocompatibility of zein layers adsorbed on patterned templates containing hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions were investigated. Nanopatterned templates consisting of hydrophilic lines on a hydrophobic background were drawn by dip-pen nanolithography (DPN) on gold-coated surfaces. 16-Mercaptohexadecanoic acid (COOH(CH2)(15)SH, MHA) was used as primary ink to generate hydrophilic lines. Unpattemed surfaces were backfilled with 18-octadecanethiol (CH3(CH2)(17)SH, ODT), which generated hydrophobic regions. Zein was allowed to adsorb on patterned surfaces from alcohol-water solutions. The topography of zein deposits was observed by atomic force microscopy (AFM). Height profiles from AFM measurements revealed that zein deposits followed closely the nanopattemed templates. The biocompatibility of zein layers assembled over hydrophilic/hydrophobic micropatterned templates was investigated. Templates containing MHA lines and ODT regions were generated by micro-contact printing (mu CP). Mouse fibroblasts seeded on patterned zein layers proliferated on zein deposited over MHA lines, but not on zein over ODT. The experiment indicated that fibroblast cells were able to respond to variations in the underlying surface chemistry, transmitted by the different orientation adopted by zein on the different substrates. This property may be useful in controlling the spatial distribution of cells on patterned protein layers. (c) 2008 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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