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Published on: October 17, 2014
Adsorption behaviors of recombinant E-cadherin-IgG Fc fusion protein on polystyrene surface
1Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan.
Abstract:
Adsorption behaviors of recombinant E-cadherin-IgG Fc (E-cad-Fc) fusion protein and mutated E-cad-Fcs on the polystyrene (PS) surface were investigated using a 27 MHz quartz-crystal microbalance (QCM) and ELISA. The amount of adsorbed E-cad-Fc on PS surface was increased with an increase of E-cad-Fc concentration as a Langmuir-type in a monolayer. Adsorbed E-cad-Fc on PS surface was stable even after washing if calcium ions are absent in the washing solution due to the calcium ion dependence in the adsorption. E-cadherin homophilic adhesion among E-cadherins during adsorption of E-cad-Fc was involved. Deglycosylation of the E-cad in the E-cad-Fc did not affect adsorption of E-cad-Fc on the PS surface although deglycosylation of the E-cad in the E-cad-Fc enhanced cell adhesion compared with E-cad-Fc.
