Polydopamine nanospheres coated with bovine serum albumin permit enhanced cell differentiation: fundamental mechanism and practical application for protein coating formation

Ghalandari B, Yu Y, Ghorbani F, Warden AR, Ahmad KZ, Sang X, Huang S, Zhang Y, Su W, Divsalar A, Ding X (2021)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2021

Journal

Nanoscale Royal Society of Chemistry

DOI: 10.1039/d1nr07469e

Abstract

Protein coating is a strategy for modifying and improving the surface functional properties of nanomaterials. However, the underlying mechanism behind protein coating formation, which is essential for its practical applications, remains largely unknown. Herein, we investigate the fundamental molecular mechanism of protein coating formation. Polydopamine nanospheres (PDANS) coated with bovine serum albumin (BSA) are examined in this study due to their wide biomedical potential. Our results demonstrate that BSAs can flexibly bind to PDANS and maintain their structural dynamicity. Our findings unveil that regular structure formation arises from BSAs lateral interactions via electrostatic forces. Notably, the protein coating modified PDANS surface enhances cell adhesion and proliferation as well as osteogenic differentiation. Such an enhancement is attributed to complementary surface properties provided by the dynamic PDANS-BSA complex and regular structure caused by BSA-BSA interactions in protein coating formation. This study provides a fundamental understanding of the molecular mechanism of protein coating formation, which facilitates the further development of functional protein-coated nanomaterials and guides the bioengineering decision making for biomedical applications, especially in bone tissue engineering.

Involved external institutions

Shanghai Jiao Tong University / 上海交通大学 CN China (CN) Fudan University / 复旦大学 CN China (CN) Kharazmi University IR Iran, Islamic Republic of (IR)

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APA:

Ghalandari, B., Yu, Y., Ghorbani, F., Warden, A.R., Ahmad, K.Z., Sang, X.,... Ding, X. (2021). Polydopamine nanospheres coated with bovine serum albumin permit enhanced cell differentiation: fundamental mechanism and practical application for protein coating formation. Nanoscale. https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1nr07469e

MLA:

Ghalandari, Behafarid, et al. "Polydopamine nanospheres coated with bovine serum albumin permit enhanced cell differentiation: fundamental mechanism and practical application for protein coating formation." Nanoscale (2021).

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