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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces | 2014

Surface-Independent Antibacterial Coating Using Silver Nanoparticle-Generating Engineered Mussel Glue

Yun Kee Jo; Jeong Hyun Seo; Bong-Hyuk Choi; Bum Jin Kim; Hwa Hui Shin; Byeong Hee Hwang; Hyung Joon Cha

During implant surgeries, antibacterial agents are needed to prevent bacterial infections, which can cause the formation of biofilms between implanted materials and tissue. Mussel adhesive proteins (MAPs) derived from marine mussels are bioadhesives that show strong adhesion and coating ability on various surfaces even in wet environment. Here, we proposed a novel surface-independent antibacterial coating strategy based on the fusion of MAP to a silver-binding peptide, which can synthesize silver nanoparticles having broad antibacterial activity. This sticky recombinant fusion protein enabled the efficient coating on target surface and the easy generation of silver nanoparticles on the coated-surface under mild condition. The biosynthesized silver nanoparticles showed excellent antibacterial efficacy against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and also revealed good cytocompatibility with mammalian cells. In this coating strategy, MAP-silver binding peptide fusion proteins provide hybrid environment incorporating inorganic silver nanoparticle and simultaneously mediate the interaction of silver nanoparticle with surroundings. Moreover, the silver nanoparticles were fully synthesized on various surfaces including metal, plastic, and glass by a simple, surface-independent coating manner, and they were also successfully synthesized on a nanofiber surface fabricated by electrospinning of the fusion protein. Thus, this facile surface-independent silver nanoparticle-generating antibacterial coating has great potential to be used for the prevention of bacterial infection in diverse biomedical fields.


Microbial Cell Factories | 2014

Highly purified mussel adhesive protein to secure biosafety for in vivo applications

Bong-Hyuk Choi; Hogyun Cheong; Yun Kee Jo; So Yeong Bahn; Jeong Hyun Seo; Hyung Joon Cha

BackgroundUnique adhesive and biocompatibility properties of mussel adhesive proteins (MAPs) are known for their great potential in many tissue engineering and biomedical applications. Previously, it was successfully demonstrated that redesigned hybrid type MAP, fp-151, mass-produced in Gram-negative bacterium Escherichia coli, could be utilized as a promising adhesive biomaterial. However, purification of recombinant fp-151 has been unsatisfactory due to its adhesive nature and polarity which make separation of contaminants (especially, lipopolysaccharide, a toxic Gram-negative cell membrane component) very difficult.ResultsIn the present work, we devised a high resolution purification approach to secure safety standards of recombinant fp-151 for the successful use in in vivo applications. Undesirable impurities were remarkably eliminated as going through sequential steps including treatment with multivalent ion and chelating agent for cell membrane washing, mechanical cell disruption, non-ionic surfactant treatment for isolated inclusion body washing, acid extraction of washed inclusion body, and ion exchange chromatography purification of acid extracted sample. Through various analyses, such as high performance liquid chromatographic purity assay, limulus amoebocyte lysate endotoxin assay, and in vitro mouse macrophage cell tests on inflammation, viability, cytotoxicity, and apoptosis, we confirmed the biological safety of bacterial-derived purified recombinant fp-151.ConclusionsThrough this purification design, recombinant fp-151 achieved 99.90% protein purity and 99.91% endotoxin reduction that nearly no inflammation response was observed in in vitro experiments. Thus, the highly purified recombinant MAP would be successfully used as a safety-secured in vivo bioadhesive for tissue engineering and biomedical applications.


Journal of Materials Chemistry B | 2015

Bioengineered mussel glue incorporated with a cell recognition motif as an osteostimulating bone adhesive for titanium implants

Yun Kee Jo; Bong-Hyuk Choi; Cong Zhou; Jin-Soo Ahn; Sang Ho Jun; Hyung Joon Cha

Successful titanium implantation strongly depends on early fixation through an osseointegration between the titanium fixture and adjacent bone tissue. From a clinical perspective, rapid recruitment of functional biomolecules from the blood and osteogenic cell binding is critical for osseointegration immediately after implant insertion. Thus, surface modifications aiming to improve the interactions between the blood and implant and to enhance the binding of osteogenic cells onto the implant surface can contribute to successful osseointegration. Mussel adhesive proteins (MAPs) derived from marine mussels have been considered as promising bioadhesives that have strong adhesion and coating abilities onto organic and inorganic surfaces, even in wet environments. Here, we investigated the in vitro and in vivo osteostimulating ability of the bioengineered mussel glue MAP-RGD, which is a recombinant MAP fused with an Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) peptide, an effective cell recognition motif for activating intracellular signaling pathways, using a titanium mesh (Ti-mesh) as a model titanium implant. We found that the in vitro cell behaviors of pre-osteoblast cells, such as attachment, proliferation, spreading, and osteogenic differentiation, increased significantly on the MAP-RGD-coated Ti-mesh surface. In vitro blood responses including blood wetting, blood clotting, and platelet adhesion were also highly enhanced on the MAP-RGD-coated surface. Importantly, implantation of the MAP-RGD-coated Ti-mesh resulted in a remarkable acceleration of in vivo bone regeneration and maturation of a new bone in a rat calvarial defect. Consequently, the bioengineered mussel glue can be successfully utilized as an osteostimulating bone bioadhesive for titanium implant applications with further expansion to general bone tissue engineering.


Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B | 2018

Antibacterial efficacy of poly(vinyl alcohol) composite nanofibers embedded with silver-anchored silica nanoparticles

Abdul Wahab Jatoi; Yun Kee Jo; Hoik Lee; Seong-Geun Oh; Dong Soo Hwang; Zeeshan Khatri; Hyung Joon Cha; Ick-Soo Kim

Silver has been widely used as an effective antibacterial agent especially for treating burns and wounds. However, release of silver from materials often arouse side effects due to toxicity of silver towards mammalian cells. Argyria and argyrosis are well known problems of acute toxicity of silver towards human body. Immobilization of silver is an effective approach to reduce silver release. Herein, we present poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) composite nanofibers embedded with silver-anchored silica nanoparticles (SSNs) as a novel antibacterial material. Silver nanoparticles anchored on silica nanoparticles were prepared and incorporated into PVA nanofibers to fabricate silver-silica embedded PVA nanofibers (SSN-PVA) by electrospinning. Incorporation of SSNs into PVA was confirmed by TEM and SEM results revealed regular nanofibers whose diameter increased with successive addition of SSNs. The SSN-PVA nanofibers showed significant antibacterial efficacy against both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. Our research results demonstrated SSN-embedded polymeric nanofibers can open up a promising prospect for the prevention of bacterial infection in diverse biomedical fields including wound dressing.


Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering | 2016

Recent developments and applications of bioinspired silicification

Byung Hoon Jo; Chang Sup Kim; Yun Kee Jo; Hogyun Cheong; Hyung Joon Cha

Bioinspired synthesis of silica has attracted attention from a wide range of researchers as novel route for fabrication of various nanomaterials. Proteins including silaffins and silicateins as well as polyamines from marine diatoms and sponges are key biomolecules in these biomimetic silicification processes. These methods allow silica mineralization from various silica precursors under mild, biologically compatible conditions in an unprecedentedly fast and facile manner. Notably, the silica polycondensation entails the concomitant encapsulation of other molecules in the reaction solutions. Due to the efficient encapsulation and synergetic effects brought by the encapsulated molecules and the characteristics of biomimetic silica synthesis as well as the mechanical and chemical properties of silica itself, the silica- biomolecule nanocomposites have broad applications in biocatalysis, biosensor, and biomedical areas. Introduction and combination of novel template, precursors, inorganics, or enzymes with the previously used strategies will allow construction of more efficient, purpose-optimized silica nanomaterials with controlled size, composition, and morphology.


Advanced Materials | 2017

Diatom-Inspired Silica Nanostructure Coatings with Controllable Microroughness Using an Engineered Mussel Protein Glue to Accelerate Bone Growth on Titanium-Based Implants

Yun Kee Jo; Bong-Hyuk Choi; Chang Sup Kim; Hyung Joon Cha

Silica nanoparticles (SiNPs) have been utilized to construct bioactive nanostructures comprising surface topographic features and bioactivity that enhances the activity of bone cells onto titanium-based implants. However, there have been no previous attempts to create microrough surfaces based on SiNP nanostructures even though microroughness is established as a characteristic that provides beneficial effects in improving the biomechanical interlocking of titanium implants. Herein, a protein-based SiNP coating is proposed as an osteopromotive surface functionalization approach to create microroughness on titanium implant surfaces. A bioengineered recombinant mussel adhesive protein fused with a silica-precipitating R5 peptide (R5-MAP) enables direct control of the microroughness of the surface through the multilayer assembly of SiNP nanostructures under mild conditions. The assembled SiNP nanostructure significantly enhances the in vitro osteogenic cellular behaviors of preosteoblasts in a roughness-dependent manner and promotes the in vivo bone tissue formation on a titanium implant within a calvarial defect site. Thus, the R5-MAP-based SiNP nanostructure assembly could be practically applied to accelerate bone-tissue growth to improve the stability and prolong the lifetime of medical implantable devices.


ACS Nano | 2018

Sprayable Adhesive Nanotherapeutics: Mussel-Protein-Based Nanoparticles for Highly Efficient Locoregional Cancer Therapy

Yeonsu Jeong; Yun Kee Jo; Bum Jin Kim; Byeongseon Yang; Kye Il Joo; Hyung Joon Cha

Following surgical resection for primary treatment of solid tumors, systemic chemotherapy is commonly used to eliminate residual cancer cells to prevent tumor recurrence. However, its clinical outcome is often limited due to insufficient local accumulation and the systemic toxicity of anticancer drugs. Here, we propose a sprayable adhesive nanoparticle (NP)-based drug delivery system using a bioengineered mussel adhesive protein (MAP) for effective locoregional cancer therapy. The MAP NPs could be administered to target surfaces in a surface-independent manner through a simple and easy spray process by virtue of their unique adhesion ability and sufficient dispersion property. Doxorubicin (DOX)-loaded MAP NPs (MAP@DOX NPs) exhibited efficient cellular uptake, endolysosomal trafficking, and subsequent low pH microenvironment-induced DOX release in cancer cells. The locally sprayed MAP@DOX NPs showed a significant inhibition of tumor growth in vivo, resulting from the prolonged retention of the MAP@DOX NPs on the tumor surface. Thus, this adhesive MAP NP-based spray therapeutic system provides a promising approach for topical drug delivery in adjuvant cancer therapy.


Advanced Materials Interfaces | 2018

Biomimetic Surface Engineering of Biomaterials by Using Recombinant Mussel Adhesive Proteins

Yun Kee Jo; Hyo Jeong Kim; Yeonsu Jeong; Kye Il Joo; Hyung Joon Cha


Archive | 2018

Mussel‐Mimetic Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering Applications

Yun Kee Jo; Hyo Jeong Kim; Eun Yeong Jeon; Bong-Hyuk Choi; Hyung Joon Cha


European Polymer Journal | 2018

Electrospun antibacterial polyacrylonitrile nanofiber membranes functionalized with silver nanoparticles by a facile wetting method

Davood Kharaghani; Yun Kee Jo; Muhammad Qamar Khan; Yeonsu Jeong; Hyung Joon Cha; Ick-Soo Kim

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Hyung Joon Cha

Pohang University of Science and Technology

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Bong-Hyuk Choi

Pohang University of Science and Technology

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Bum Jin Kim

Pohang University of Science and Technology

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Hogyun Cheong

Pohang University of Science and Technology

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Jin-Soo Ahn

Seoul National University

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Hwa Hui Shin

Pohang University of Science and Technology

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Yeonsu Jeong

Pohang University of Science and Technology

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