Title
Immunological properties of Andean starch films are independent of their nanometric roughness and stiffness
Date Issued
01 April 2015
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Gamucci O.
Corvaglia S.
Brunetti V.
Bardi G.
Publisher(s)
Elsevier B.V.
Abstract
Starch is a natural material extracted from roots, seeds, stems and tubers of different plants. It can be processed as a thermoplastic to produce a variety promising products for biomedical applications, including foams, sheets and films. In the present work, we investigated the immunological properties of microfilms prepared with starches extracted from six different types of Andean potatoes and their relationship with the different film-surface features. We confirmed the biocompatibility of all the films using THP-1 human monocytes, noticing only slight decrease in cell viability in two of the tested starches. We also analyzed pro-inflammatory cytokine release and immune cell surface receptor modulation on THP-1 plated onto the films. Our data show differences in the immunological profile of the same cells cultured onto the different starch films. Furthermore, we examined whether the dissimilar stiffness or the nanometric roughness of the films might influence the immune stimulation of the THP-1 monocytes. Our results demonstrate no correlation between cultured THP-1 immune activation and surface film characteristics. We conclude that different Andean native potato starch films have specific ability to interact with cell membranes of immune cells, conceivably due to the different spatial localization of amylose and amylopectin in the diverse starches.
Start page
460
End page
466
Volume
75
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Bioquímica, Biología molecular
Otras ingenierías y tecnologías
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84923377930
PubMed ID
Source
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
ISSN of the container
01418130
Sponsor(s)
The authors would like to thank the Peruvian Science and Technology Program (FINCyT-Peru) , the Vice-Rectorate for Research of the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru (VRI-PUCP) and Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia for their financial support.
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