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Preparation of Protein-Peptide-Calcium Phosphate Composites for Controlled Protein Release.

ABSTRACT: Protein-peptide-calcium phosphate composites were developed for achieving sustainable and controlled protein release. Bovine serum albumin (BSA) as a model acidic protein was efficiently encapsulated with basic polypeptides such as polylysine and polyarginine during the precipitation of calcium phosphate (CaP). The prepared composites were fully characterized in terms of their morphologies, crystallinities, and the porosity of their structures, and from these analyses, it was observed that there are no significant differences between the composites. Scanning transmission electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy analysis indicated a homogeneous distribution of nitrogen and sulfur, confirming the uniform distribution of BSA and polypeptide in the CaP composite. In vitro release studies demonstrated that the composite prepared with the peptides ?-polylysine and polyarginine were suitable for the gradual release of the protein BSA, while those containing ?-polylysine and no peptide were unsuitable for protein release. Additionally, these composites showed high hemocompatibility for mouse red blood cells, and the osteoblast-like cell proliferation and spread in media with the composites prepared using BSA and ?-polylysine showed similar tendencies to medium with no composite. From these results, protein-peptide-CaP composites are expected to be useful as highly biocompatible protein delivery agents.

SUBMITTER: Kato K

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7287863 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Preparation of Protein-Peptide-Calcium Phosphate Composites for Controlled Protein Release.

Kato Katsuya K Lee Sungho S Nagata Fukue F

Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20200514 10

Protein-peptide-calcium phosphate composites were developed for achieving sustainable and controlled protein release. Bovine serum albumin (BSA) as a model acidic protein was efficiently encapsulated with basic polypeptides such as polylysine and polyarginine during the precipitation of calcium phosphate (CaP). The prepared composites were fully characterized in terms of their morphologies, crystallinities, and the porosity of their structures, and from these analyses, it was observed that there ...[more]

PMID: 32423135

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