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Culturing Mammalian Cells in Three-dimensional Peptide Scaffolds
Published on: June 13, 2018
[Self-assembling peptide GFS-4 nanofiber scaffolds for three-dimensional cell cultures and myocardial infarction
Zhenyin Chen1, Yuanyuan Yue1, Huinan Zhang1
1The Molecular Medicine and Cancer Research Center, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, P.R.China.
Abstract:
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of self-assembling peptide GFS-4 on three-dimen-sional myocardial cell culture and tissue repair of myocardial infarction. The circular dichroism (CD) spectrum was used to detect secondary structure of GFS-4, and atomic force microscope (AFM) was used to analyze the microstructure of self-assembly. The nanofiber scaffolds self-assembled by GFS-4 were used as the three-dimensional culture material to observe the growth effect of cardiomyocytes. The model of myocardial infarction was established and the effect of GFS-4 on myocardial infarction was studied. The results indicated that self-assembling peptide GFS-4 could form mainly β-sheet structure that can form dense nanofiber scaffolds after 24 hours' self-assembling. The myocardial cells had a favorable growth status in GFS-4 nanofiber scaffold hydrogel when cells treated in three-dimen-sional cell culture. The experiment of repairing myocardial infarction in vitro proved that peptide GFS-4 hydrogel scaffold could alleviate tissue necrosis in a myocardial infarction area. As a new nanofiber scaffold material, self-assembling peptide GFS-4 can be used for three-dimensional cell culture and tissue repairing in myocardial infarction area.
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