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Construction of Cyclic Cell-Penetrating Peptides for Enhanced Penetration of Biological Barriers
Published on: September 19, 2022
Identification of cell-penetrating osteogenic peptide from copine-7 protein and its delivery system for enhanced bone
Dongwoo Lee1,2, Kwang-Sook Park1, Gook Jin Yoon1
1Department of Oral Biochemistry, Dental Regenerative Bioengineering Major and Dental Research Institute, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
Peptide and proteins are recognized as highly selective and therapeutically active biomaterials, as well as relatively safe in clinical application. A calcium phospholipid-binding protein, copine 7 (CPNE7), has been recently identified to induce hard tissue regeneration, including bone and dentin by internalizing into the cells. However, the clinical application of the full length of CPNE7 has limited due to its large size with short half-life. Herein, as an alternative to CPNE7, six bioactive synthetic peptides are designed from CPNE7 (CPNE7-derived peptides, CDP1-CDP6) and investigated their osteogenic potential. Among the CDPs, CDP4 have the highest level of cell-penetrating activity as well as osteogenic efficiency in dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs). CDP4 increased the expression of osteogenesis-related genes and proteins, which was comparable to that by BMP-2. The cell penetration capacity of CDP4 may synergistically induce the osteogenic potential of DPSCs. Moreover, the implantation of the mixture of CDP4 with injectable collagen gel increased bone formation with recovery in the mouse calvarial defect model, comparable to full-length CPNE7 and even BMP-2. In conclusion, these results suggest that our synthetic peptide, CDP4, can be applied in combination with biomaterial to provide high osteogenic efficacy in the field of bone tissue engineering.
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