PMID- 30514892 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20191017 LR - 20231004 IS - 2045-2322 (Electronic) IS - 2045-2322 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 1 DP - 2018 Dec 4 TI - Aspartic and Glutamic Acid Templated Peptides Conjugation on Plasma Modified Nanofibers for Osteogenic Differentiation of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells: A Comparative Study. PG - 17620 LID - 10.1038/s41598-018-36109-5 [doi] LID - 17620 AB - Optimization of nanofiber (NF) surface properties is critical to achieve an adequate cellular response. Here, the impact of conjugation of biomimetic aspartic acid (ASP) and glutamic acid (GLU) templated peptides with poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) electrospun NF on osteogenic differentiation of human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) was evaluated. Cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) was used to functionalize the NF surface and thus to mediate the conjugation. The influence of the CAP treatment following with peptide conjugation to the NF surface was assessed using water contact angle measurements, Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS). The effect of CAP treatment on morphology of NF was also checked using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). Both the hydrophilicity of NF and the number of the carboxyl (-COOH) groups on the surface increased with respect to CAP treatment. Results demonstrated that CAP treatment significantly enhanced peptide conjugation on the surface of NF. Osteogenic differentiation results indicated that conjugating of biomimetic ASP templated peptides sharply increased alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity, calcium content, and expression of key osteogenic markers of collagen type I (Col-I), osteocalcin (OC), and osteopontin (OP) compared to GLU conjugated (GLU-pNF) and CAP treated NF (pNF). It was further depicted that ASP sequences are the major fragments that influence the mineralization and osteogenic differentiation in non-collagenous proteins of bone extracellular matrix. FAU - Onak, Gunnur AU - Onak G AD - Department of Biomedical Engineering, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Izmir, 35620, Turkey. FAU - Sen, Mustafa AU - Sen M AD - Department of Biomedical Engineering, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Izmir, 35620, Turkey. FAU - Horzum, Nesrin AU - Horzum N AD - Department of Engineering Sciences, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Izmir, 35620, Turkey. FAU - Ercan, Utku Kursat AU - Ercan UK AD - Department of Biomedical Engineering, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Izmir, 35620, Turkey. FAU - Yarali, Ziysan Buse AU - Yarali ZB AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9371-6424 AD - Department of Biomedical Engineering, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Izmir, 35620, Turkey. FAU - Garipcan, Bora AU - Garipcan B AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1773-5607 AD - Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Bogazici University, 34684, Istanbul, Turkey. FAU - Karaman, Ozan AU - Karaman O AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4175-4402 AD - Department of Biomedical Engineering, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Izmir, 35620, Turkey. ozan.karaman@ikc.edu.tr. AD - Bonegraft Biomaterials Co., Ege University Technopolis, 35100, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey. ozan.karaman@ikc.edu.tr. LA - eng GR - 117S429/Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştirma Kurumu (Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey)/International PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20181204 PL - England TA - Sci Rep JT - Scientific reports JID - 101563288 RN - 0 (Peptides) RN - 0 (Plasma Gases) RN - 30KYC7MIAI (Aspartic Acid) RN - 3KX376GY7L (Glutamic Acid) SB - IM MH - Aspartic Acid/*metabolism MH - Cell Differentiation/*drug effects MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Glutamic Acid/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Mesenchymal Stem Cells/*drug effects/*physiology MH - Microscopy, Electron, Scanning MH - Nanofibers/*chemistry MH - Osteogenesis/drug effects MH - Peptides/*metabolism MH - Plasma Gases MH - Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared MH - Surface Tension PMC - PMC6279782 COIS- The authors declare no competing interests. EDAT- 2018/12/06 06:00 MHDA- 2019/10/18 06:00 PMCR- 2018/12/04 CRDT- 2018/12/06 06:00 PHST- 2018/06/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/11/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/12/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/12/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/10/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/12/04 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1038/s41598-018-36109-5 [pii] AID - 36109 [pii] AID - 10.1038/s41598-018-36109-5 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Sci Rep. 2018 Dec 4;8(1):17620. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-36109-5.