Fibronectin fragment promotes osteoblast-associated gene expression and biological activity of human osteoblast-like cell

Biotechnol Lett. 2003 Dec;25(23):2007-11. doi: 10.1023/b:bile.0000004393.02839.d8.

Abstract

A fibronectin fragment, which spans from the ninth to tenth type III domain, showed > 95% biological activity in promoting osteoblast adhesion, proliferation and differentiation level compared with those of native fibronectin (FN) molecule. This suggests that the FN type III ninth-tenth domain fragment serves a good substitute for native FN in biomimetic application for osteogenesis.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biomimetics / methods
  • Cell Adhesion / drug effects
  • Cell Adhesion / physiology
  • Cell Differentiation / drug effects
  • Cell Differentiation / physiology
  • Cell Division / drug effects
  • Cell Division / physiology
  • Fibronectins / chemistry
  • Fibronectins / metabolism*
  • Fibronectins / pharmacology
  • Gene Expression Regulation / physiology*
  • Osteoblasts / cytology
  • Osteoblasts / drug effects
  • Osteoblasts / physiology*
  • Osteogenesis / drug effects
  • Osteogenesis / physiology*
  • Peptide Fragments / chemistry
  • Peptide Fragments / metabolism*
  • Peptide Fragments / pharmacology
  • Tissue Engineering / methods*

Substances

  • Fibronectins
  • Peptide Fragments