Journal
BIOMATERIALS
Volume 27, Issue 9, Pages 1907-1916Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2005.11.003
Keywords
cell adhesion; fibronectin; protein adsorption; integrin.; interface; adhesion mechanism
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The ability of fibronectin (Fn) to mediate cell adhesion through binding to alpha(5)beta(1) integrins is dependent on the conditions of its adsorption to the surface. Using a model system of alkylsilane SAMs with different functional groups (X=OH, COOH, NH, and CH3) and an erythroleukemia cell line expressing a single integrin (alpha(5)beta(1)), the effect of surface properties on the cellular adhesion with adsorbed Fn layers was investigated. I-125-labeled Fn, a modified biochemical cross-linking/extraction technique and a spinning disc apparatus were combined to quantify the Fn adsorption, integrin binding and adhesion strength, respectively. This methodology allows for a binding equilibrium analysis that more closely reflects cellular adhesion found in stable tissue constructs in vivo. Differences in detachment strength and integrin binding were explained in terms of changes in the adhesion constant (psi, related to affinity) and binding efficiency of the adsorbed Fn for the alpha(5)beta(1) integrins (CH(3)approximate to NH2
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