



@booklet {2190,
	title = {Bioengineered surfaces to improve the blood compatibility of biomaterials through direct thrombin inactivation},
	howpublished = {Acta BiomaterialiaActa Biomater.},
	year = {2012},
	note = {Export Date: 21 November 2012Source: ScopusArticle in Pressdoi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2012.07.020Language of Original Document: EnglishCorrespondence Address: Martins, M.C.L.; INEB - Instituto de Engenharia Biom{\'e}dica, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 823, 415email: cmartins@ineb.up.pt},
	month = {2012///},
	abstract = {Thrombus formation, due to thrombin generation, is a major problem affecting blood-contacting medical devices. This work aimed to develop a new strategy to improve the hemocompatibility of such devices by the immobilization of a naturally occurring thrombin inhibitor into a nanostructured surface. Boophilin, a direct thrombin inhibitor from the cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus, was produced as a recombinant protein in Pichia pastoris. Boophilin was biotinylated and immobilized on biotin-terminated self-assembled monolayers (SAM) via neutravidin. In order to maintain its proteinase inhibitory capacity after surface immobilization, boophilin was biotinylated after the formation of a boophilin-thrombin complex to minimize the biotinylation of the residues involved in thrombin-boophilin interaction. The extent of boophilin biotinylation was determined using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight/time of flight mass spectrometry. Boophilin immobilization and thrombin adsorption were quantified using quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation. Thrombin competitive adsorption from human serum was assessed using                        125I-thrombin. Thrombin inhibition and plasma clotting time were determined using spectrophotometric techniques. Boophilin-coated SAM were able to promote thrombin adsorption in a selective way, inhibiting most of its activity and delaying plasma coagulation in comparison with boophilin-free surfaces, demonstrating boophilin{\textquoteright}s potential to improve the hemocompatibility of biomaterials used in the production of blood-contacting devices. {\textcopyright} 2012 Acta Materialia Inc.
},
	keywords = {Coagulation, Hemocompatibility, Protein adsorption, Surface functionalization, Thrombin},
	isbn = {17427061 (ISSN)},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84865246462\&partnerID=40\&md5=278b2e7d1427a6032eba9ecbd01c3872},
	author = {Freitas, S.C. and Cereija, T.B. and Figueiredo, A.C. and Os{\'o}rio, H. and Pereira, P.J.B. and Barbosa, M.A. and Martins, M.C.L.}
}
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	volume = {33},
	year = {2012},
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},
	month = {2012///},
	pages = {7677 - 7685},
	abstract = {Albumin-scavenging surfaces decorated with n-alkyl chains represent an established strategy for blood-contacting applications. To evaluate this concept, a set of poly (2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (pHEMA) films modified with different amounts of octadecyl isocyanate (C18) was investigated in an in vitro hemocompatibility assay using freshly drawn human whole blood. In addition, the hydrogel materials were thoroughly characterized with respect to changes in wettability and elasticity, which accompanied the gradual chemical modification of pHEMA. An increase of the surface C18 content induced enhanced hydrophobicity and stiffness. Immobilization of C18 chains was found to substantially reduce the coagulation activation and the complement activation by the pHEMA films. Platelet adhesion and degranulation (PF4 release) were similar on the modified and the unmodified pHEMA. Platelet adhesion to pHEMA hydrogels was lower than the polytetrafluoroethylene reference. We conclude that the immobilization of octadecyl chains improved the hemocompatibility of pHEMA materials under conditions that might be encountered in low shear blood flow. {\textcopyright} 2012 Elsevier Ltd.},
	keywords = {Adhesion, Albumin, article, Biological materials, Biomaterials, Blood, Blood flow, Chemical modification, Coagulation, controlled study, Degranulation, Elasticity, Haemocompatibility, Hemocompatibility, human, hydrogel, in vitro study, In-vitro, isocyanate, Octadecyl, octadecyl isocyanate, PHEMA, Platelet adhesion, Platelets, Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate), PolyHEMA, polymacon, priority journal, Protein adsorption, thrombocyte adhesion, unclassified drug, wettability, Whole blood},
	isbn = {01429612 (ISSN)},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84865188580\&partnerID=40\&md5=81a8750115106c3d6e9fa2de862d9f70},
	author = {Fischer, M. and Baptista, C.P. and Gon{\c c}alves, I.C. and Ratner, B.D. and Sperling, C. and Werner, C. and Martins, C.L. and Barbosa, M.A.}
}
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},
	month = {2010///},
	pages = {3772 - 3780},
	abstract = {Thrombus formation is the major problem associated with biomaterials for blood contact medical devices. The immobilization of inhibitors to thrombin, a serine protease that plays a central role on the coagulation system, on the surface of biomaterials should be a good strategy to avoid blood clotting and increase their hemocompatibility. The aim of this work is the design of a nanostructured surface with capacity to adsorb and inactivate thrombin. The pentapeptide sequence d-Phenylalanine-Proline-Arginine-Proline-Glycine (fPRPG), that was described as a thrombin inhibitor, was immobilized onto tetra(ethylene glycol) terminated self-assembled monolayers (EG4-SAMs). Surface containing different amounts of fPRPG were prepared using different concentrations of N,N'-Carbonyldiimidazole (CDI) during immobilization. The efficiency of fPRPG immobilization was followed using ellipsometry, contact angle measurements, Infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy (IRRAS) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Thrombin adsorption was quantified using radiolabelled thrombin and its activity in solution and after adsorption on the developed surfaces was assessed using a chromogenic assay. It was found that, although the immobilization of fPRPG on to EG4-SAMs does not increase its selectivity to thrombin, the activity of the adsorbed thrombin was inhibited in a peptide concentration dependent way. We concluded that SAMs with fPRPG immobilized in high amounts can be used as thrombin-inhibitor surfaces, which is a good step on the development of new surfaces for blood contact devices. {\textcopyright} 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.},
	keywords = {Absorption spectroscopy, Adsorption, adsorption kinetics, Albumins, Amino Acid Sequence, Amino acids, Angle measurement, article, Biomaterials, Blood, Blood clotting, Blood contact, Carbonyldiimidazole, Coagulation, Coagulation system, concentration (parameters), Concentration-dependent, Contact angle, D-phenylalanine, ellipsometry, Ethylene, Ethylene Glycol, ethylene glycol derivative, gold, Hemocompatibility, Humans, imidazole derivative, Immobilized Proteins, Infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy, Iodine Radioisotopes, isotope labeling, Medical Devices, monolayer culture, nanoanalysis, Nanostructured surface, peptide, Peptide immobilization, Peptides, phenylalanylprolylarginylprolylglycine, Phosphatases, priority journal, Protein adsorption, protein assembly, protein function, protein immobilization, quantitative study, Sams, Self assembled monolayers, Self-assembled monolayers, Serine protease, Solubility, Solutions, Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared, Surface functionalization, Surface Properties, Tetra, tetra(ethylene glycol), Thrombin, thrombin inhibitor, Thrombin inhibitors, Thrombus formation, unclassified drug, X ray photoelectron spectroscopy},
	isbn = {01429612 (ISSN)},
	url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77649271932\&partnerID=40\&md5=f7180daf23d326319cf6d8dbf0eac77c},
	author = {Freitas, S.C. and Barbosa, M.A. and Martins, M.C.L.}
}
