A facile method to in situ fabricate three dimensional gold nanoparticle micropatterns in a cell-resistant hydrogel

Photochem Photobiol Sci. 2016 Feb;15(2):181-6. doi: 10.1039/c5pp00426h. Epub 2016 Jan 20.

Abstract

A facile method for in situ fabrication of three-dimensional gold nanoparticle micropatterns in a cell-resistant polyethylene glycol hydrogel has been developed by combining photochemical synthesis of gold nanoparticles with photolithography technology. The gold nanoparticle micropatterns were further bio-modified with cell integrated polypeptide NcysBRGD based on a gold-thiol bond to improve cell behaviors. Primary cell tests showed that NcysBRGD can enhance cell adhesion very well on the surface of gold nanoparticle micropatterns.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Biocompatible Materials / chemistry
  • Cell Adhesion
  • Equipment Design
  • Gold / chemistry*
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate / chemistry*
  • Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Metal Nanoparticles / ultrastructure
  • Microtechnology
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Peptides / chemistry*
  • Sulfhydryl Compounds / chemistry
  • Tissue Array Analysis / instrumentation

Substances

  • Biocompatible Materials
  • Peptides
  • Sulfhydryl Compounds
  • Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate
  • Gold