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An in situ and in vitro investigation for the transglutaminase potential in tissue engineering.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19353617     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Transglutaminases (TGases) constitute a family of enzymes that stabilize protein assemblies by gamma-glutamyl-epsilon-lysine crosslinks. The role of tissue transglutaminase (TGase 2) in several pathophysiologies, wound healing applications, biomaterials functionalization, and drug delivery systems provides grounds for its use in tissue engineering. Herein, we initially studied the endogenous TGase activity and expression under normal (skin, duodenum, colon, and small bowel) and pathophysiological (keloid scar) conditions on cadaveric human tissues. Successful inhibition was achieved using low concentrations of BOC-DON-QIV-OMe (0.1 mM and 1 mM for normal skin and keloid scar, respectively), iodoacetamide (0.1 mM and 1 mM for normal skin and keloid scar, respectively), and cystamine dihydrochloride (1 mM and 10 mM for normal skin and keloid scar, respectively), whilst di-BOC-cystamine was found ineffective even at 100 mM concentration. Secondly, the addition of exogenous guinea pig liver transglutaminase (gpTGase) onto the inhibited tissues and collagen scaffolds was studied, and results presented advocate its use as potential tissue adhesive and drug delivery tool. However, the investigation of its crosslinking extent using second harmonic generation microscopy and differentially scanning calorimetry revealed rather poor stabilization function. Overall, our study indicates that TGase 2 has a role as a biological glue to consolidate various micro-structural components of tissues and biomaterials.
Authors:
D I Zeugolis; P P Panengad; E S Y Yew; C Sheppard; T T Phan; M Raghunath
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A     Volume:  92     ISSN:  1552-4965     ISO Abbreviation:  J Biomed Mater Res A     Publication Date:  2010 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-02-03     Completed Date:  2010-04-12     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101234237     Medline TA:  J Biomed Mater Res A     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1310-20     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
(c) 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Affiliation:
Tissue Modulation Laboratory, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Biocompatible Materials / chemistry,  metabolism
Biological Assay / instrumentation,  methods
Collagen / chemistry,  metabolism
Drug Carriers / chemistry,  metabolism
Glutamine / chemistry,  metabolism
Humans
Isoenzymes / metabolism*
Keloid / enzymology
Lysine / chemistry,  metabolism
Materials Testing
Molecular Structure
Skin / enzymology
Tissue Distribution
Tissue Engineering / methods*
Tissue Scaffolds
Transglutaminases / metabolism*
Wound Healing / physiology
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Biocompatible Materials; 0/Drug Carriers; 0/Isoenzymes; 0/atelocollagen; 56-85-9/Glutamine; 56-87-1/Lysine; 9007-34-5/Collagen; EC 2.3.2.13/Transglutaminases

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