2001 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Production of functional climeric collagens
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11558109
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 展開研究 |
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| Research Field |
Biomedical engineering/Biological material science
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| Research Institution | Hiroshima University |
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Principal Investigator |
YOSHIZATO Katsutoshi Hiroshima Univ., Graduate School of Science, Professor, 大学院・理学系研究科, 教授 (20095516)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KATAKURA Takeo R & D Center, Terumo Corporation, Chief Researcher, 研究開発センター, 主任研究員
OOFUSA Ken Hiroshima Univ., Graduate School of Science, Assistant, 大学院・理学系研究科, 助手 (50243548)
OBARA Masanobu Hiroshima Univ., Graduate School of Science, Associate Professor, 大学院・理学系研究科, 助教授 (60132479)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1999 – 2001
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| Keywords | collagen / interleukin 2 / drug delivery / cytokine / chimeric protein / sustained release |
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| Research Abstract |
Collagen has been utilized as a natural biomaterial because of its high biocompatibility, adhesiveness to cells and tissues, and biodegradability. The present study developed a recombinant technology to confer a mitogenic activity on type III collagen by fusing it to epidermal growth factor (EGF) at the collagen's N-terminus. The fusion protein of EGF-type III collagen was synthesized in insect cells which had been transfected with baculoviruses bearing its cDNA. The synthesized chimeric protein was shown to hold the triple helical conformation of collagen and the mitogenic activity of EGF. It was also demonstrated that the chimeric protein can be immobilized on tissue culture dishes as a fibrous form and in collagen gels without abolishing its original mitogenic activity of EGF. This fusion protein can be utilized as a biocompatible, biodegradable, and adhesive fibrous mitogen for a variety of purposes in the area of tissue engineering.
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