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Generation of Self-assembled Vascularized Human Skin Equivalents
Published on: February 12, 2021
Study on the kinetic self-assembly of type I collagen from tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) skin using the
1College of Marine Science and Biological Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, PR China.
Abstract:
The kinetic self-assembly of type I collagen from tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) skin was characterized by the fluorescence method based on thioflavin T (ThT). The fluorescence probe could bind to the active monomeric collagen with a higher ordered degree of molecule, which displayed the pH and ionic strength dependence, the binding constant higher at neutral pH and proportional to the NaCl concentration. Compared to the turbidity method, ThT was more suitable to characterize the nucleation phase of collagen self-assembly. The nucleus size was determined through the ThT fluorescence and linear-polymerization model. At various pH and ionic strength, the nucleus size was nearly identical, either one or two monomers, demonstrating that one or two active monomeric collagen formed into the nucleus and different pH and ionic strength didn't alter the self-assembly mechanism of collagen. This approach was beneficial to advance the understanding of the kinetic self-assembly of the fish-sourced collagen in vitro.
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