Abstract
Grafting of methoxypoly(ethylene glycol) (mPEG) to cells and biomaterials is a promising non-pharmacological immunomodulation technology. However, due to the labile nature of cells, surface-plasma interactions are poorly understood; hence, a latex bead model was studied. PEGylation of beads resulted in a density and molecular weight dependent decrease in total adsorbed protein with a net reduction from (159. 9±6. 4) ng cm -2 on bare latex to (18. 4±0. 8) and (52. 3±5. 3) ng cm -2 on PEGylated beads (1 mmol L -1 of 2 or 20 kD SCmPEG, respectively). SDS-PAGE and iTRAQ-MS analysis revealed differential compositions of the adsorbed protein layer on the PEGylated latex with a significant reduction in the compositional abundance of proteins involved in immune system activation. Thus, the biological efficacy of immunocamouflaged cells and materials is mediated by both biophysical obfuscation of antigens and reduced surface-macromolecule interactions.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 191-201 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Science China Life Sciences |
Volume | 55 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2012 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- immunocamouflage
- iTRAQ
- mass spectrometry
- methoxypoly(ethylene glycol)
- PEGylation
- polymer
- polystyrene latex
- protein adsorption
- proteomics
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
- General Environmental Science
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences