RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Spatial control and cell adhesion selectivity on model gold surfaces grafted with elastin-like recombinamers A1 Flora, Tatjana A1 González de Torre, Israel A1 Quintanilla Sierra, Luis A1 Alonso Rodrigo, Matilde A1 Rodríguez Cabello, José Carlos K1 Control espacial K1 Spatial control K1 Adhesión celular K1 Cell adhesion K1 Biofuncionalización superficial K1 Surface bio-functionalization K1 Ablación láser K1 Laser ablation K1 Recombinantes tipo elastina K1 Elastin-like recombinamers AB A simple system for cell selectivity and spatially controlled cell adhesion has been developed using model gold surfaces grafted with a combination of two ELRs containing into their backbone cell-adhesion domains such as RGD and REDV. Grafting onto gold was achieved via redox reaction through thiol groups present in amino terminal cysteine tails of the ELRs. The correlation among contact angle, SEM micrographs, AFM, XPS and QCM-D have been carried out.After in-depth adhesion studies, a mixture of 75% ELR-REDV and 25% ELR-RGD was found to exhibit high selectivity for endothelial cells, promoting strong adhesion thereof.Consequently, certain areas of gold surfaces (strips) were cleaned by laser ablation and functionalized with the mixture 75% ELR-REDV - 25% ELR-RGD leading to a spatial segregation of the co-culture made of HUVEC and HFF1 cells. This platform therefore exhibits selective spatial control over cell adhesion associated with the bioactive epitopes (RGD and REDV) contained in the ELR sequence, since each functionalized surface (including strips) have similar topographic, hydrophobic and mechanical properties. PB Elsevier SN 0014-3057 YR 2018 FD 2018 LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/35330 UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/35330 LA eng NO European Polymer Journal, 2018, vol. 106. p. 19-29 NO Producción Científica DS UVaDOC RD 22-nov-2024