RT Journal Article T1 A collagen-targeted biomimetic RGD peptide to promote osteogenesis A1 Visser, Rick A1 Arrabal-García, Pilar María A1 Santos-Ruiz, Leonor A1 Fernández-Barranco, Raúl A1 Becerra-Ratia, José A1 Cifuentes-Rueda, Manuel K1 Huesos - Crecimiento K1 Tejidos (Biología) - Diferenciación AB Osteogenesis is a complex, multifactorial process in which many different signals interact. The bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are the most potent inducers of osteoblastic differentiation, although very high doses of BMPs in combination with collagen type I formulations have to be used for clinical applications. Although integrin-binding arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (RGD) biomimetic peptides have shown some promising abilities to promote the attachment of cells to biomaterials and to direct their differentiation, the linking of these peptides to collagen sponges usually implies chemical manipulation steps. In this study, we describe the design and characterization of a synthetic collagen-targeted RGD biomimetic (CBD-RGD) peptide formed from a collagen-binding domain derived from the von Willebrand factor and the integrin-binding RGD sequence. This peptide was demonstrated to bind to absorbable collagen type I sponges (ACSs) without performing any chemical linking, and to induce the differentiation of MC3T3-E1 mouse preosteoblasts and rat bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells. Furthermore, in vivo experiments showed that ACSs functionalized with CBD-RGD and loaded with a subfunctional dose of BMP-2-formed ectopic bone in rats, while nonfunctionalized sponges loaded with the same amount of BMP-2 did not. These results indicate that the combination of this biomimetic peptide with the currently used collagen+BMP system might be a promising approach to improve osteogenesis and to reduce the doses of BMPs needed in clinical orthopedics. PB MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC SN 1937-3341 YR 2014 FD 2014-01 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/29701 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/29701 LA eng NO Rick Visser, Pilar M. Arrabal, Leonor Santos-Ruiz, Raul Fernandez-Barranco, Jose Becerra, and Manuel Cifuentes.A Collagen-Targeted Biomimetic RGD Peptide to Promote Osteogenesis.Tissue Engineering Part A.Jan 2014.34-44.http://doi.org/10.1089/ten.tea.2012.0610 NO MICINN (BIO2009-13903-C01-01)MINECO (BIO2012-34960)Junta de Andalucía (P07-CVI-2781)ISCiii, RETICS, Red Española de Terapia Celular (TerCel) (RD12/0019/0032)ISCiii, CIBER-BBN (CB06/01/1015) DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 20 ene 2026