doi: 10.1267/ahc.10026, Yang, A. S., and Honig, B. This acquisition and the development of a next generation of injectables based on this technology will ensure Allergan offers innovative filler products for years to come., Robert Daniels, Elastagen CEO, noted: Partnering with Allergan, a leader in medical aesthetics, is incredibly exciting. doi: 10.1021/bi034837t, Tamburro, A. M., Guantieri, V., and Gordini, D. D. (1992). (2015). Domains 12 to 16 of tropoelastin promote cell attachment and spreading through interactions with glycosaminoglycan and integrins alphaV and alpha5beta1. EDPs can modulate an array of signal pathways (Scandolera et al., 2016), but full-length tropoelastin does not trigger pathways through the ERC. Future investigations will allow the bridging of the gap between mesoscale simulations and microscopically observed coacervation (Clarke et al., 2006). 276, 3603536042. Molecular model of human tropoelastin and implications of associated mutations. Lab. Computational smart polymer design based on elastin protein mutability. The self-assembly properties and nanostructure of these extra teleost isoforms are yet to be investigated. Annabi, N., Zhang, Y. N., Assmann, A., Sani, E. S., Cheng, G., Lassaletta, A. D., et al. Interactions of fibrillin-1 with heparin/heparan sulfate, implications for microfibrillar assembly. Positively charged lysine residues in domains 17 were identified to interact with negatively charged HS, most likely via ionic interactions (Lee et al., 2017). doi: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)83613-x, Miao, M., Bellingham, C. M., Stahl, R. J., Sitarz, E. E., Lane, C. J., and Keeley, F. W. (2003). Tropoelastin, the raw material used to create 'MeTro' elastic surgical glue developed with the University of Sydney, has been found to encourage stem cell growth - with the potential to ultimately help the body repair itself. Tropoelastins sequence and domain arrangement. Closer to the base of the molecule, the flexible hinge region between domains 21 and 23 presented with a scissors-like bending, which is now believed to contribute to elasticity and multimeric assembly through enhanced conformational space sampling (Tarakanova et al., 2019b). Biophys. Elastin-like polypeptides as models of intrinsically disordered proteins. Biochemistry 45, 95189530. J. Biol. Imaging 11:e007303. Acta Biomater. Human tropoelastin improves rat heart function postmyocardial infarction and could potentially be used to treat heart failure. doi: 10.1002/mabi.201800250, Tiedemann, K., Batge, B., Muller, P. K., and Reinhardt, D. P. (2001). Tropoelastin (TE) is the main (>90%) component of elastin, wherein crosslinked assembled coacervates of TE are exposed to lysyl oxidases and interact with microfibrils to expand elastin fibers. Allergan is an industry leader in Open Science,a model of research and development, which defines our approach to identifying and developing game-changing ideas and innovation for better patient care. Mechanism of helix induction by trifluoroethanol: a framework for extrapolating the helix-forming properties of peptides from trifluoroethanol/water mixtures back to water. Unlike other companies that use paid endorsements and questionable data, NULASTIN science is proven by 3rd party clinical evaluation. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M510833200, Lee, P., Bax, D. V., Bilek, M. M., and Weiss, A. S. (2014). Hydrophobic domains of human tropoelastin interact in a context-dependent manner. doi: 10.1038/nature04085. Biol. Natl. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2020.08.023, Luan, C. H., Harris, R., Prasad, K. U., and Urry, D. W. (1990). It is likely that, as a general rule, integrin binding to tropoelastin is mediated via GAGs, which is facilitated by the repetition of tropoelastins primary sequence and the surface exposure of positively charged similar domains (Lee et al., 2017; Bochicchio et al., 2021). doi: 10.1016/s0003-9861(02)00719-1, Muiznieks, L. D., Reichheld, S. E., Sitarz, E. E., Miao, M., and Keeley, F. W. (2015). Total synthesis and expression in Escherichia coli of a gene encoding human tropoelastin. Anal. Biochemistry 45, 99899996. The understanding of tropoelastins structure has been hindered by numerous intrinsic properties of the molecule. Exp. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M107920200, Tu, Y., and Weiss, A. S. (2010). Additionally, elastin is remarkably durable as it is primarily deposited during prenatal development and childhood, and is rarely synthesized during adulthood. Package Size. 38, 280291. Tropoelastin is the building block of elastin, a key component of the skin, arteries and lungs that gives tissue its elasticity. Characterization of an unusual tropoelastin with truncated C-terminus in the frog. doi: 10.1002/jcp.20546, Kozel, B. Chem. doi: 10.1038/nrm3904, Bressan, G. M., Castellani, I., Giro, M. G., Volpin, D., Fornieri, C., and Pasquali Ronchetti, I. This model revealed that tropoelastin maintains a canonical or average structure based on the distribution of its possible conformations in spite of its flexible nature (Figure 2), as well as the possible roles that local structures play in biological processes, specifically, elastogenesis (Tarakanova et al., 2019b). Our understanding of key aspects of the assembly process have been unclear due to the intrinsic properties of elastin and tropoelastin that render them difficult to study. Biochim. (2019a). Completion of the transition is subject to customary closing conditions, including review by Australias Foreign Investment Review Board. doi: 10.1016/j.cis.2010.10.003, Yeo, G. C., Tarakanova, A., Baldock, C., Wise, S. G., Buehler, M. J., and Weiss, A. S. (2016). (2012). A novel cell adhesion region in tropoelastin mediates attachment to integrin alphaVbeta5. Micron 32, 185200. doi: 10.1161/circimaging.117.007303, Prhashanna, A., Taylor, P. A., Qin, J., Kiick, K. L., and Jayaraman, A. Today Biol. (1995). (2017). (1981). Elastin synthesis in arterial smooth muscle cell culture. With leaps in the improvement of cryogenic electron microscopy to characterize flexible molecules, we predict that this approach will contribute to a deeper understanding of tropoelastin structure and self-assembly in the context of endogenous fiber formation and biomaterials fabrication. Chem. Tropoelastin is typically used as a thin coating on tissue culture surfaces. DEERFIELD, IL - Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) today announced it will move its global headquarters to the company's existing office in Irving, Texas, from its current location in Deerfield, Illinois. J. Med. 68, 411419. The smooth muscle cell. Elastin binding protein and FKBP65 modulate in vitro self-assembly of human tropoelastin. Matrix Biol. Cooperativity between the hydrophobic and cross-linking domains of elastin. 280, 3052630537. Amino acid conformational preferences and solvation of polar backbone atoms in peptides and proteins. FASEB J. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2019.08.005, Wise, S. G., and Weiss, A. S. (2009). Ann. (2017). doi: 10.1016/s0022-5320(83)80021-5, Broekelmann, T. J., Kozel, B. Importantly, the presence of fibrils indicates that the nanostructures formed during initial assembly contribute to the supramolecular structures that arise during both early (spherule) and later (fibril) stages of elastogenesis. KP domains are found closer toward the N-terminus, whereas KA domains are closer to the C-terminus and include alanine tracts (Indik et al., 1987). Sequence and structure determinants for the self-aggregation of recombinant polypeptides modeled after human elastin. 26, 17001709. Human ELN gives rise to a broad variety of splice isoforms, with alternative splicing being observed with exons 22, 23, 24, 26A, 32, and 33 (Fazio et al., 1988; Parks et al., 1992) that result in 13 known human isoforms of the mature tropoelastin protein (Reichheld et al., 2019). The first successful experiments to define the 3D envelope of tropoelastin utilized small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) (Baldock et al., 2011). (2007). doi: 10.1074/jbc.M609505200, Dyksterhuis, L. B., Baldock, C., Lammie, D., Wess, T. J., and Weiss, A. S. (2007). Elastin binding protein (EBP) is a splice variant of -galactosidase, that recognizes the repetitive hydrophobic sequences (VGVAPG) of tropoelastin (Tajima et al., 1997). (1988). Biochem. Chem. Modulative effects are also observed within full length tropoelastin, where disruptions to domain 26 diminish self-assembly (Jensen et al., 2000), highlighting the context of primary sequence on higher order structures. Domains in tropoelastin that mediate elastin deposition in vitro and in vivo. Trifluoroethanol may form a solvent matrix for assisted hydrophobic interactions between peptide side chains. doi: 10.1038/nature06669, Cox, B. Baul, U., Bley, M., and Dzubiella, J. The importance of tropoelastins flexibility during self-assembly has also been examined in the light of natural allysine modifications, which condense to give cross-links within mature elastin (discussed further in the following section) (Ozsvar et al., 2019). doi: 10.1021/bi060289i, Tarakanova, A., and Buehler, M. 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[Epub ahead of print]. 149, 282289. Ltd., which was sold to Allergan, now a division of AbbVie. (1989). Four days after a heart attack, purified tropoelastin was injected into the heart. The most commonly investigated isoform contains domain 26A and lacks domain 22, and is predominantly found in elastic tissues (Indik et al., 1987; Vrhovski et al., 1997). Marked longevity of human lung parenchymal elastic fibers deduced from prevalence of D-aspartate and nuclear weapons-related radiocarbon. Pharmacol. 1, 2 Elastogenesis, the process of elastin formation, mainly occurs during the fetal and early neonatal development of organs such as blood vessels, lungs, and skin. U.S.A. 84, 56805684. An electron microscopic study. 9:643110. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.643110. Acad. While the clinical stage tropoelastin platform provides multiple opportunities for aesthetics, scar remodelling and tissue repair, it also has the . (2019). Overview of the computational and experimental methodologies that have recently contributed to our understanding of elastic fiber assembly. Chem. Of most importance, the inability to acquire large quantities of pure tropoelastin historically presented a significant obstacle to experimentally characterizing its structure. Tropoelastin interacts with cell-surface glycosaminoglycans via its COOH-terminal domain. doi: 10.1021/bi400760f, Miao, M., Reichheld, S. E., Muiznieks, L. D., Sitarz, E. E., Sharpe, S., and Keeley, F. W. (2017). J. Biol. Rev. Integrin alpha v beta 3 binds a unique non-RGD site near the C-terminus of human tropoelastin. Tropoelastin was revealed to be an asymmetric molecule with distinct N- and C-terminal regions that are respectively referred to as the head and foot of the molecule. 300, 13351359. Plus 2:100002. doi: 10.1016/j.mbplus.2019.03.001, Parks, W. C., Roby, J. D., Wu, L. C., and Grosso, L. E. (1992). The smallest amino acid, glycine is known to promote flexibility within local structures due to lack of steric hindrance, whereas prolines restrictive sidechain inhibits conformational sampling and disrupts the formation of prolonged secondary structures (Roberts et al., 2015). Due to the lack of a full-atomistic structure, a number of elastin derivatives, including isolated tropoelastin domains (Toonkool et al., 2001; Mackay et al., 2005; Dyksterhuis et al., 2007; Dyksterhuis and Weiss, 2010) and synthetic elastin-derived peptides (EDPs) (Luan et al., 1990; Tamburro et al., 1992; Kentsis and Sosnick, 1998; Kumashiro et al., 2006; Reichheld et al., 2014, 2017; Muiznieks et al., 2015; MacEwan et al., 2017; Tarakanova et al., 2017) have been studied to understand tropoelastins domain level properties. They can be categorized as either hydrophobic or cross-linking based on their functionality and amino acid content (Figure 1). Biomacromolecules 20, 11781189. The advantage of coarse-grained methodologies is that they allow for the simulation of timescales of large molecular systems on the order of microseconds, which are otherwise computationally infeasible with classical full-atomistic molecular dynamics. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-71530-8_13-1, Wen, Q., Mithieux, S. M., and Weiss, A. S. (2020). Eng. doi: 10.1080/07391102.1992.10508661, Tamburro, A. M., Pepe, A., and Bochicchio, B. J. Biochem. (2014). Front. Domains 2736 make up tropoelastins foot, which are labeled as such due to their spatial arrangement, forming an almost claw-like component of the molecule. Natl. (1989). doi: 10.1074/jbc.M507309200, Brown-Augsburger, P., Tisdale, C., Broekelmann, T., Sloan, C., and Mecham, R. P. (1995). 33, 54685481. This process is reversible and thermodynamically controlled and does not require protein cleavage. 26, 524540. Elastogenesis in human aorta: an electron microscopic study. Upon secretion tropoelastin has the propensity to self-aggregate through a process known as coacervation. Domain 26 of tropoelastin plays a dominant role in association by coacervation. (2009). Tropoelastin is a spring-like molecule that is extremely extensible prior to cross-linking. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1991.tb17013.x, Mecham, R. P., Levy, B. D., Morris, S. L., Madaras, J. G., and Wrenn, D. S. (1985). (2011). J. Struct. Genet. For example, models involving single point mutations at negatively charged residues demonstrated both regional and global destabilization of tropoelastins structure, which were validated by SAXS structures (Yeo et al., 2012; Tarakanova et al., 2018). I thank the Elastagen team for their hard work and dedication in developing our innovative tropoelastin product pipeline and look forward to working with Allergan to take these products to market., Commenting on the transaction, Elastagens founding scientist Prof Anthony Weiss added:Our technology has come a long way from the lab bench at the University of Sydney towards developing products for patients around the world. The most crucial of these properties is the ability to undergo many stretch-recoil cycles whilst maintaining the structural and functional integrity of elastic tissues over an organisms lifetime. LOX and LOXL convert the -amino group of lysine to -aminoadipic acid -semialdehyde (allysine) (Schmelzer et al., 2019), which spontaneously undergo either a Schiff base reaction with a lysine, or two allysines crosslink through aldol condensation, to give rise to bifunctional crosslinks (Franzblau et al., 1969; Lent et al., 1969). (2005). Investig. Matrix Biol. Implications for tissue specificity and durability of elastic tissue. Tropoelastin: a versatile, bioactive assembly module. Polymorphisms in the human tropoelastin gene modify in vitro self-assembly and mechanical properties of elastin-like polypeptides. Biochemistry 37, 1461314622. Natl. HS, which is present on cell surface proteoglycans (syndecans and glypicans), interacts strongly with tropoelastin (Cain et al., 2005). Tropoelastin promotes cell attachment and migration of several cell types including fibroblasts, endothelial cells and mesenchymal stem cells. Cell Biol. Proc. 284, 22162230. The presence of tropoelastin spherules fusing to fibrils has been noted in native tissue, demonstrating marked similarities between in vitro and in vivo coacervation (Haust et al., 1965; Albert, 1972; Kozel et al., 2006). doi: 10.1074/jbc.M501390200, Chung, M. I., Miao, M., Stahl, R. J., Chan, E., Parkinson, J., and Keeley, F. W. (2006). Biosynthesis and nature of elastin structures. doi: 10.1111/iep.12224, Kentsis, A., and Sosnick, T. R. (1998). U.S.A. 109, 28782883. Tropoelastin massively associates during coacervation to form quantized protein spheres. For example, the tetrafunctional cross-link, on which the model is based, is derived from porcine elastin (Brown-Augsburger et al., 1995). Powered by Madgex Job Board Software. In vitro elastogenesis: instructing human vascular smooth muscle cells to generate an elastic fiber-containing extracellular matrix scaffold. J. Biol. Transl. Chem. doi: 10.1203/00006450-199010000-00015, Nonaka, R., Sato, F., and Wachi, H. (2014). Domain 36 of tropoelastin in elastic fiber formation. Proline-poor hydrophobic domains modulate the assembly and material properties of polymeric elastin. doi: 10.1002/bip.23007, Miao, M., Stahl, R. J., Petersen, L. F., Reintsch, W. E., Davis, E. C., and Keeley, F. W. (2009). FEBS Lett. The compositions include a coalescence-controlling agent in the form of a polysaccharide or polysaccharide derivative, in an amount effective for providing the substance with the properties of flow, enabling injection. Coarse-grained model of tropoelastin self-assembly into nascent fibrils. J. Biol. Sci. Adv. Conformational transitions of the cross-linking domains of elastin during self-assembly. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1111615108, Yeo, G. C., Baldock, C., Wise, S. G., and Weiss, A. S. (2017). Fed. Trends Biotechnol. Chem. J. Ultrastruct. 207, 8796. This content is for members only. Characterization of the complete human elastin gene. On the cell surface, EBP forms a complex with protective protein/cathepsin A (PPCA) and neuraminidase-1 (Neu-1), giving rise to the ERC (Duca et al., 2007). J. Exp. The conversion of a single lysine to an allysine results in structural stabilization, which may serve as a checkpoint during self-assembly to ensure that molecules incapable of forming multiple cross-links are not incorporated into the growing chain. J. The liquid structure of elastin. Isolation and characterization of crosslinked peptides from elastin. Additionally, coarse-graining the full-atomistic model has allowed for the examination of mesoscale tropoelastin assembly and, in particular, deciphered the orientation of tropoelastin molecules that occurs during early stage assembly (inset image) (Tarakanova et al., 2019a). Deficient coacervation of two forms of human tropoelastin associated with supravalvular aortic stenosis. Tropoelastin is characterised by alternating hydrophobic and hydrophilic domains and is highly flexible. 28, 432441. Proc. Biochemistry 36, 84138421. 293, 1510715119. Modulation by elastin peptide VGVAPG of cell proliferation and elastin expression in human skin fibroblasts. Codistribution analysis of elastin and related fibrillar proteins in early vertebrate development. EBP plays two roles in the assembly of elastin. Res. Chemistry 10, 31663176. Elastin is heterogeneously cross-linked. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1801205115, Tarakanova, A., Yeo, G. C., Baldock, C., Weiss, A. S., and Buehler, M. J. Coacervation involves the agglomeration of protein molecules, which is an . Molecular modeling of protein materials: case study of elastin. (2005). Molecular docking studies utilizing tropoelastin and the 3D structure of LOX1 (Vallet et al., 2018) may assist in our understanding as to whether the enzyme has a preference for modifying particular tropoelastin residues. Acta Gen. Subj. (1977). The ERC binds elastin derived peptides, which are the product of proteolytic activity of soluble and insoluble elastin by various elastases. II. J. Biol. Fabricating organized elastin in vascular grafts. Elastagen Pty Ltd, a clinical stage company developing medical device products based on recombinant tropoelastin, today announced. Am. Exp. (1965). Biochemistry 8, 28332837. By leveraging the advantages of computational models, such as elastic network models, full-atomistic models and coarse grained models, as depicted in Figure 2, the correlation between the structure, motions, and the functionality of tropoelastin have recently been explored in depth (Yeo et al., 2016; Tarakanova et al., 2018, 2019a). 13, 739743. Unsubstituted models are also critical to understanding self-assembly. Nat. Exp. Modeling has been verified using wet-bench methodologies, forming a robust suite of complementary methodologies that will undoubtedly become more prevalent for exploring the assembly of biological fibers over time. doi: 10.1021/bi9707133, MacEwan, S. R., Weitzhandler, I., Hoffmann, I., Genzer, J., Gradzielski, M., and Chilkoti, A. The business could generate net sales of approximately $7 to $8 billion in 2025 from $3.8 billion in 2017. AT acknowledges support from University of Connecticuts Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy Faculty Research Seed Grant. Matrix Biol. Rep. 8, 116. Fazio, M. J., Olsen, D. R., Kuivaniemi, H., Chu, M. L., Davidson, J. M., Rosenbloom, J., et al. Implications for microfibril and elastic fiber assembly. CB gratefully acknowledges BBSRC funding (Ref: BB/R008221/1). doi: 10.1016/s0968-4328(99)00082-7, Tajima, S., Wachi, H., Uemura, Y., and Okamoto, K. (1997). Delineation of unusual features in the 5-flanking region. 258, 118. Dermatol. Further down the molecule, the cell-interactive C-terminus was noted to be highly flexible, indicating that high conformational sampling could be conducive to tropoelastins interactions between cell-surface receptors and elastic fiber-associated proteins. A., Rongish, B. J., Czirok, A., Zach, J., Little, C. D., Davis, E. C., et al. 16,17 We have previously shown that monomeric TE is utilized as a substrate by dermal fibroblasts in the formation of elastin fibroblasts in vitro, where Furthermore, as integrins are involved in the remodeling of the ECM (Bonnans et al., 2014), this is consistent with a model where the tropoelastin-integrin interaction forms part of the wound repair process. All rights reserved. Dyn. Effect of peptide sequence on the LCST-like transition of elastin-like peptides and elastin-like peptidecollagen-like peptide conjugates: simulations and experiments. 21:063001. doi: 10.1088/0965-0393/21/6/063001, Tarakanova, A., Huang, W., Weiss, A. S., Kaplan, D. L., and Buehler, M. J. The isoform-function theory is further reinforced by the presence of two different ELN genes within teleosts that are differentially expressed both spatially and temporally during development (Miao et al., 2007). The last 17 amino acid residues of the C-terminus of domain 36 are also implicated in HS interactions; the last four residues are Arg-Lys-Arg-Lys and are positively charged at physiological pH which provides a charged cluster capable of binding negatively charged HS (Broekelmann et al., 2005). The elastin receptor complex transduces signals through the catalytic activity of its Neu-1 subunit. The cross-linking domains are defined by lysines, which are responsible for the formation of durable bi-, tri-, and tetrafunctional cross-links within mature elastin. Combinations of these two amino acids result in domains that undergo rapid conformational sampling (Rauscher and Pomes, 2017), which, if perturbed toward a conformation that gravitate toward stability, will assemble into highly ordered amyloid-like fibrils that are not elastomeric (Rauscher et al., 2006; Roberts et al., 2015). Chem. Matrix Biol. J. Biol. Med. Collapse Section. This suggests a high level of conformational sampling during this phase of coacervation, indicating that the flexibility of tropoelastin plays a key role in assembly that may persist, to some extent, into later stages of assembly (Reichheld et al., 2020). 87, 18281834. U.S.A. 108, 43224327. Figure 2. Such models could be used in conjunction with the full molecular model of tropoelastin to examine the self-assembly of discrete regions to understand the impacts of amino acid substitutions in disease. Co-author Professor Anthony Weiss from the Charles Perkins Centre and Faculty of Science explained: "Tropoelastin can repair the heart because it is a precise replica of the body's natural elastic protein,". Synthesis and structural studies of a pentapeptide sequence of elastin. Arch. Biophys. Coacervation of recombinant human tropoelastin is strongly influenced by the concentration of protein and NaCl and to a lesser extent on pH. Interactions with these integrins on the surface of mesenchymal stem cells, either through surface bound or as soluble tropoelastin, promote MSC proliferation and phenotypic maintenance via FAK and PKB/AKT (Yeo and Weiss, 2019). Exon 26-coded polypeptide: an isolated hydrophobic domain of human tropoelastin able to self-assemble in vitro. Coacervation optimally occurs at physiological temperature, however, in vitro coacervation can also occur at lower temperatures depending on experimental conditions and the choice of tropoelastin isoform or derivative (Yeo et al., 2011). 252, 351365. Bioeng. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1701877114, Reichheld, S. E., Muiznieks, L. D., Lu, R., Sharpe, S., and Keeley, F. W. (2019). Biotechnol., 25 February 2021, View all doi: 10.1073/pnas.1812951116, Yue, K., Li, X., Schrobback, K., Sheikhi, A., Annabi, N., Leijten, J., et al. Res. Elastin is a critical skin protein consisting of crosslinked tropoelastin. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M308465200, Miao, M., Bruce, A. E., Bhanji, T., Davis, E. C., and Keeley, F. W. (2007). 7:32. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2016.00032, Schmelzer, C. E. H., Heinz, A., Troilo, H., Lockhart-Cairns, M. P., Jowitt, T. A., Marchand, M. F., et al. Res. Acad. Unlike hydrophobic domains, cross-linking domains in isolation are unable to self-assemble; thus, they have been studied in the context of the cross-linking of elastin-derived biomaterials (Annabi et al., 2017; Yue et al., 2017). Biophys. Elastic fibers are eventually formed after extensive cross-linking through a process termed maturation (Yeo et al., 2016). J. Biol. In addition to the RKRK sequence, domain 36 contains tropoelastins sole two cysteines and only disulfide bond. doi: 10.1016/j.jsb.2004.11.005, Muiznieks, L. D., Jensen, S. A., and Weiss, A. S. (2003). Med. The evolutionary background and functional consequences of the rs2071307 polymorphism in human tropoelastin. Fibrillin-rich microfibrils of the extracellular matrix: ultrastructure and assembly. 43, 131138. Biopolymers 107:e23007. (2006). J. Biol. Chem. Colloid Interface Sci. Initially, in vitro coacervation is characterized by the rapid aggregation of tropoelastin. We are making enrolling in text alerts easier than ever. A model two-component system for studying the architecture of elastin assembly in vitro. Sci. The company is particularly pointing to usage in the treatment of acne scars, stretch marks, aesthetic skin repair and surgical wound repair. A single tropoelastin molecule can stretch up to eight times its resting length and has a Youngs modulus (tensile stiffness) of 3 kPa (Baldock et al., 2011) in comparison to elastins extensibility of 150% and stiffness of 1 mPa (Aaron and Gosline, 1981). Engineering a highly elastic human protein-based sealant for surgical applications. Computational models have also been leveraged to pinpoint the molecular consequences of synthetic and disease mutations of tropoelastin. doi: 10.1016/j.matbio.2006.09.011, Miao, M., Reichheld, S. E., Muiznieks, L. D., Huang, Y., and Keeley, F. W. (2013). Parameter, Testing, and Method. The next stage of elastin assembly involves the deposition of tropoelastin spherules onto the microfibril scaffold of elastic fibers. J. Biochem. N. Y. Acad. doi: 10.1021/bi00835a022, Lockhart-Cairns, M. P., Newandee, H., Thomson, J., Weiss, A. S., Baldock, C., and Tarakanova, A. Direct observation of structure and dynamics during phase separation of an elastomeric protein. Elastagen's revolutionary recombinant human tropoelastin, is identical to that present in human tissue and has many clinical applications, including effective breakthrough treatments for acne.
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