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A phage-targeting strategy for the design of spatiotemporal drug delivery from grafted matrices
https://doi.org/10.1186/1755-1536-4-7
© Sawada et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2011
- Received: 17 June 2010
- Accepted: 17 February 2011
- Published: 17 February 2011
Abstract
Background
The natural response to injury is dynamic and normally consists of complex temporal and spatial cellular changes in gene expression, which, when acting in synchrony, result in patent tissue repair and, in some instances, regeneration. However, current therapeutic regiments are static and most rely on matrices, gels and engineered skin tissue. Accordingly, there is a need to design next-generation grafting materials to enable biotherapeutic spatiotemporal targeting from clinically approved matrices. To this end, rather then focus on developing completely new grafting materials, we investigated whether phage display could be deployed onto clinically approved synthetic grafts to identify peptide motifs capable of linking pharmaceutical drugs with differential affinities and eventually, control drug delivery from matrices over both space and time.
Methods
To test this hypothesis, we biopanned combinatorial peptide libraries onto different formulations of a wound-healing matrix (Integra®) and eluted the bound peptides with 1) high salt, 2) collagen and glycosaminoglycan or 3) low pH. After three to six rounds of biopanning, phage recovery and phage amplification of the bound particles, any phage that had acquired a capacity to bind the matrix was sequenced.
Results
In this first report, we identify distinct classes of matrix-binding peptides which elute differently from the screened matrix and demonstrate that they can be applied in a spatially relevant manner.
Conclusions
We suggest that further applications of these combinatorial techniques to wound-healing matrices may offer a new way to improve the performance of clinically approved matrices so as to introduce temporal and spatial control over drug delivery.
Keywords
- Peptide
- Chondroitin Sulfate
- Phage Display
- Peptide Library
- Differential Affinity
Background
Synthetic grafts for full-thickness acute and chronic wounds have emerged as an important tool in the surgical management of cutaneous injuries [1–5]. Recognizing that significant improvements are still needed, several investigators have proposed that a combination of matrices with biotherapeutics would be an important direction in the development of next generation grafts [6–11]. Although it may be possible to create new matrices de novo, one promising approach has involved adding biotherapeutics and gene-based medicines to commonly used and clinically approved matrices before their deployment [1, 2, 6, 7, 10–16]. Athough this approach builds on a significant amount of clinical experience, the results have unfortunately been variable, and furthermore, the approach is not amenable to treatment after graft placement. For example, gene-activated matrices (GAM) [17–21] require preformulation of genes within collagen matrices and, although we have used wound-healing matrices (Integra®; Integra LifeSciences, Plainsboro, NJ, USA) in animal models of wound healing to evaluate exogenous gene delivery at the site of injury after deployment [21, 22], the response with different strategies has been variable, presumably because of changes in DNA/DNA vector-fixation capacity in already deployed matrices.
A crucial factor in the inclusion of candidate biotherapeutics into the wound bed is the assumption that factors, in particular growth factors, will have the necessary bioavailability to elicit a biologic response at the right place and at the right time [6, 9, 12]. Accordingly, the disappointing performance of recombinant growth factors and gene medicines in various clinical paradigms [23–30] may simply reflect the pharmacokinetics of these factors in the wound bed, their stability in a protease-rich environment, and their spatial distribution on matrices. Although the use of synthetic and semisynthetic grafts may have achieved widespread clinical use, there remains an important challenge to transform these first-generation matrices into dynamic, spatiotemporally sensitive, next-generation drug-deployment vehicles.
One way to monitor the changes in spatiotemporal responsiveness to therapeutics has involved analyzing the wound-bed genome [31–34], transcriptome [35–38] and proteome [35, 39] for clues as to what genes are active, and when and where. Another approach involves evaluating changes in endogenous gene expression non-invasively and in real time [40–42]. To this end, we have shown that it is possible to monitor non-invasively any changes in vascularization and permeability after grafting [22], and that both endogenous and exogenous gene expression can be monitored noninvasively after placement of tissue grafts [21]. Because the identification of when and where drug targets are expressed defines the parameters of spatiotemporal delivery, we sought to describe two endpoints, angiogenesis and inflammation, to guide our drug-delivery efforts.
In the present study, we tested whether combinatorial tools such as phage display [43] could be used to help design next-generation matrices capable of drug delivery. If so, we reasoned that a genetic selection of active peptides might help identify unique classes of peptides with different affinities and specificities, whose activities are dependent, a priori, on the specific protocol used for their selection. We first focused on characterizing the dynamic nature of the endogenous gene expression in the wound bed in an attempt to characterize aspects of the temporal and spatial kinetics of tissue responsiveness. We then focused on identifying specific peptide motifs that could be deployed to target the graft with specific, and presumably differential, affinities. In designing the targeting strategy for these proof-of-concept experiments, we selected a clinically approved graft that is 1) in wide use for both full-thickness burns and chronic wounds, 2) a biosynthetic formulation that is stable at room temperature, 3) suitable for combinatorial screening and 4) amenable to biopanning using phage display. We show how an Integra®-based matrix that is a composite of modified type I bovine collagen and chondroitin sulfate glycosaminoglycan (CS-GAG), can be used to select for peptide targeting. Moreover, having previously used this matrix to define the kinetics of vascular permeability and neovascularization in a full-thickness wound, we show that there are temporal and spatial changes in gene expression that accompany tissue repair, which specifically need targeting at different times and different locations. These data provide the first systematic evaluation of phage display to identify peptide motifs for biotherapeutic targeting to the wound bed. We also describe the screening protocols used to detect, identify and validate these peptides. The possibility that these findings could serve as a foundation to evolve static synthetic matrices into dynamic grafts that provide temporal and spatial control over drug delivery is discussed.
Results
Summarized biopanning strategies useda for the identification of Integra® (IT) matrix targeting peptides from New England Biolabs libraries
Protocol | IT1BA | IT6BA | IT6BAS | IT6BGC | IT7BA | IT7BCG | IT8BA | IT8BAS | IT8PA | IT8PAS | IT9MA | IT9PA |
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Target | Matrix | Sonicated | Sonicated | Sonicated | Sonicated | Sonicated | Sections | Sections | Sections | Sections | Sonicated | Sonicated |
Library | C7C | C7C | C7C | C7C | PHD12 | PHD12 | C7C | C7C | C7C | C7C | PHD12 | PHD12 |
Block | BSA | BSA | BSA | BSA | BSA | BSA | BSA | BSA | PO4 | PO4 | NFM | PO4 |
Elution | Acid | Acid | Acid/salt | GAG | Acid | GAG | Acid | Acid/salt | Acid | Acid/salt | Acid | Acid |
Selection rounds | 3 to 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Colonies analyzed | 50 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
Peptide ID | Table 2 | Table 2 | Table 2 | Table 2 | Table 2 | Table 2 | Table 3 | Table 3 | Table 3 | Table 3 | Table 3 | Table 3 |
Phylogeny | Figure 3 | Figure 4A | Figure 4A | Figure 5A | Figure 4B | Figure 5B | Figure 6A,C | Figure 6A | Figure 6B,D | Figure 6B | Figure 7 | Figure 7 |
Summary of phage screening strategy. Libraries of targeted phage were added to either intact matrix (IT1), sonicated immobilized matrix (IT6, IT7 and IT9) or thin sections of matrix (IT8). The blocking strategies with phosphate buffer (P04), bovine serum albumin (BSA) or non fat milk (NFM) were deployed as indicated, and eluates from samples treated with chondroitin sulfate, high salt or high acid, which were processed over three to four rounds (R3, R3/4) of selection before sequence analyses, were used.
Temporal and spatial assessment of vascular remodeling and inflammation in vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-luciferase and Smad 2/3 binding element-luciferae transgenic mice
Spatiotemporal localization of the host response to grafted injuries in transgenic reporter mice. Transgenic mice expressing the firefly luciferase reporter under the regulation of either (A) the vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 promoter or (B) the Smad binding element promote were analyzed for the kinetics of the vascular remodeling and scarring response, respectively, 3, 7 and 14 days after placement of a full-thickness Integra® graft. Transgenic expression of luciferase was imaged and bioluminescence quantified by selecting a circular region of interest (ROI) at the grafting site and comparing it to an ROI at a site remote form the injury.
Signaling through the transforming growth factor (TFF)-β and Smad 2/3 pathway, in contrast, has been associated in various in vitro and in vivo models with inflammation and scarring [45, 46]. The binding element for the Smad 2 and 3 transcription factors can be used to monitor smad2/3 gene activation. Therefore, to determine the kinetics of activation of this pathway, we examined the activation of this Smad Binding Element (SBE) promoter in a luciferase transgenic mouse after a full-thickness wound and graft. Results showed luciferase activity at 3 days distributed across the wound bed, which resolved by day 7 (Figure 2B). Quantification of the luciferase activity showed a peak as early as post-operative day 3 (the earliest day examined), which declined through the 14-day time course. Whereas TGF-β-Smad2/3 pathway signaling is generally associated with scar formation, the determinants for which are thought to be a late response of the wound bed, these data suggest that SBE signaling may be an early response.
Screening strategy for identification of matrix targeting peptides
Identification of Integra® (IT) matrix targeting peptides from libraries eluted by acid, acid salt and chondroitin sulfatea
IT1b | R3 (pH 2) | IT6c | R3 (pH 2) | IT6 | R (GAGd) | IT7c | R3 (pH 2) | IT7 | R3 (GAG) |
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BSA | IT1 (Figure 3) | BSAe | IT6-BA (Figure 4A) | BSA | IT6-CG (Figure 4B) | BSA | IT7-BA (Figure 5A) | BSA | IT7-CG (Figure 5B) |
3.2 | CTES APYFC | A-1 | CNPLHRQHC | CG-1 | CLSTSSKSC | BA-1 | HWHDWMWSWRRD | CG-1 | AYYPQNHKSNAE |
3.4 | CPDA NNGNC | A-2 | CFKHSSHQC | CG-2 | CLSTSSKSC | BA-2 | SMWPWYYSQWAR | CG-2 | APQYQHNQATHT |
3.7 | CNMA QT NMC | A-3 | CPPTPLSLC | CG-3 | CLSTSSKSC | BA-3 | TLGDRYSTKHPI | CG-3 | SITWTHHPGALQ |
3.8 | CPNA NLGTC | A-4 | CINASKPLC | CG-4 | CQTSANTQC | BA-4 | SFSTMNTAPGGS | CG-4 | AGLHPRSLESLP |
4.2 | CINS FYAQC | A-5 | CNRMVQPMC | CG-5 | CGVPAGSTC | BA-5 | WYMPWWSAGQAA | CG-5 | HPGNRSLDPLNH |
4.3 | CKSA IS SSC | A-6 | CNLALTQAC | CG-6 | CLSTSSKSC | BA-7 | QKKIRKRPHVKR | CG-6 | LLADTTHHRPWT |
4.4 | CVPQYS SQC | A-7 | CFKHSSHQC | CG-7 | CLSTSSKSC | BA-8 | GAFHKHHHARLI | CG-7 | ATGKPTRLESHV |
4.5 | CQPKAVNHC | A-8 | CQEPRSNAC | CG-8 | CLATKLHNC | BA-9 | WYMPWWSAGQAA | CG-8 | NPSNLYRQPAMT |
4.7 | CPVS PS GAC | A-9 | CPSHHLESC | CG-9 | CLSTSSKSC | BA-10 | WNRSPLPDYGAA | CG-9 | SKAHDISQRQPP |
4.8 | CSNA SRPFC | A-10 | CNPLHRQHC | CG-10 | CDGVSTKHC | BA-11 | SLWQRWFPVLDH | CG-10 | VNRIPGENLSSP |
4.10 | CNPA LS THC | A-11 | CSKTFPVRC | CG-11 | CLSTSSKSC | BA-12 | HWHDWMWSWRRD | CG-11 | AYYPQNHKSNAE |
4.13 | CGKA GLPLC | A-12 | CFKHSSHQC | CG-12 | CLSTSSKSC | BA-13 | DLALRNPTPSDP | CG-12 | SNQPAPALFHQL |
4.14 | CPTHP PFQC | - | - | CG-13 | CIKNPTKYC | BA-14 | SHALPLTWSTAA | CG-13 | YSPASKSPVPSL |
4.15 | CES SAIRYC | AS-1 | CFKHSSHQC | CG-14 | CLSTSSKSC | BA-15 | WHYNSWYRWPVM | CG-14 | SVSVGMKPSPRP |
4.18 | CNNGTS RLC | AS-2 | CFKHSSHQC | CG-15 | CMPSPSLK | - | - | CG-15 | SVSVGMKPSPRP |
4.19 | CPS QTHP TC | AS-3 | CTYPFHASC | - | - | - | - | - | - |
4.20 | CTNQQRHTC | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Identification of Integra® (IT) matrix targeting peptides from peptide libraries after bovine serum albumin (BSA), phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) and non-fat milk (NFM) blockinga
IT8b | R3 (pH 2) | IT8 | R3 (NaCl) | IT8 | R3 (pH 2) | IT8 | R3 (NaCl) | IT8 | R4 (pH 2) | IT8 | R4 (pH 2) | IT9c | R4 (pH 2) |
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BSA | IT8-BA | BSA | IT8-BAS | PO4 | IT8-PA | PO4 | IT8-PAS- | BSA | IT8-BA | PO4 | IT8-PA- | NFM | IT9-MA |
Figure 6A | Figure 6B | Figure 6C | Figure 6D | Figure 7 | |||||||||
BA1 | CVPSSARIC | BAS1 | CHMSPRHQS | PA1 | CVQSSTQHC | PAS4 | CHVTAQRAC | R4BA1 | CKGPVSRHC | R4PA1 | CGKHDDTYC | MA1 | HETFPSPRANSV |
BA2 | CRPHDSKAC | BAS2 | CLPNKQWSC | PA2 | CSGHHSLRC | PAS5 | CATPEWPPC | R4BA2 | CTTSSEHVC | R4PA2 | CPTKDLRYC | MA2 | HETFPSPRANSV |
BA3 | CHPEPRSQC | BAS3 | CKQPLNNTC | PA3 | CPTSQQKVC | PAS6 | CPNLMNTRC | R4BA3 | CSTTMKTSC | R4PA3 | CTSSGNRYC | MA3 | HETFPSPRANSV |
BA4 | CVEKRPRQC | BAS4 | CTVTPRHLC | PA4 | CNSTHPRAC | PAS8 | CTKSSPPRC | R4BA4 | CDNKRSPAC | R4PA4 | CTIKTNLQC | MA4 | HETFPSPRANSV |
BA5 | CFMDYRNLC | BAS5 | CDNTSKTQC | PA5 | CNRLESHLC | PAS9 | CTQTTVASC | R4BA5 | CKLNYPNAC | R4PA5 | CHSTAKSAC | MA5 | SQIDYATGPRQA |
BA6 | CSHSVQPFC | BAS6 | CASTTAACC | PA6 | CTNPHRSQC | PAS10 | CDQSKTIAC | R4BA7 | CQFSKSQSC | R4PA6 | CPASKGDFC | MA6 | WDTEKASPLSPL |
BA7 | CQTHNPRQC | BAS7 | CLHMDKKRC | PA7 | CTKTPWPGC | PAS11 | CSRGSMGIC | R4BA8 | CTLDTRRDC | R4PA8 | CSHRVPHDC | MA7 | HETFPSPRANSV |
BA8 | CDGAPAPLC | BAS8 | CMKTPMRSC | PA8 | CNRLQGEHC | PAS12 | CSPIRGSMC | R4BA10 | CPFSSSPSC | R4AP9 | CHATPYPKC | MA8 | HETFPSPRANSV |
BA10 | CKTDLQKQC | BAS10 | CYKHVGQRC | PA9 | CPTPTGRYC | PAS13 | CSHTGHHQC | R4BA11 | CPSMSHHQC | R4PA10 | CDSSRHTHC | MA10 | DHTGKSPGLFHN |
BA11 | CGPFPQPHC | BAS11 | CHLSPFKSC | PA10 | CVPTAMSNC | PAS14 | CHEPTTMAC | R4BA12 | CSASTQSFC | R4PA11 | CSRLSQEYC | - | - |
BA12 | CSFHGPGPC | BAS12 | CTTSKYRDC | PA11 | CSLARPNEC | PAS15 | CSRADLTTC | R4BA13 | CPLKGLATC | R4PA12 | CTGKQYPQC | - | - |
BA13 | CSTNQTPTC | BAS13 | CTATGLSNC | PA12 | CVRTPFSMC | - | - | R4BA14 | CTGKPLKTC | R4PA13 | CGMNAFRAC | A1 | AHKHKHPGHITA |
BA14 | CSTSPONSC | BAS14 | CPSSMPSRC | PA13 | CNNTTPPSC | - | - | R4BA17 | CIHMTGYHC | R4PA14 | CGMNAFRAC | - | - |
BA15 | CKLIHNNSC | BAS15 | CPATSHTHC | PA15 | CTSQQKANC | - | - | R4BA21 | CEMTETKHC | R4PA16 | CTTKYSTTC | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | R4BA26 | CKENWPLIC | R4PA18 | CSSDKALVC | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | R4BA30 | CSNSPTTMC | R4PA24 | CSPRSHLSC | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | R4PA25 | CPPSPMPYC | - | - |
Identification of matrix binding peptides eluted under different conditions
The first series of experiments involved screening the PHD-C7C library on intact Integra® bilayer matrix wound dressings. As expected, the recovery of binding particles during the four rounds of biopanning initially decreased, but then subsequently increased 40-fold. We identified two distinct motifs of peptides with this selection strategy: XAXSX and XTHPX (Table 2). The former (XXAXSXX) was detected in sequences recovered from the third round of screening, and the latter (XXTHPXX) was detected in the fourth round.
Phylogenic tree of peptide targeting candidates biopanned from IT1 (PHD-C7C) library screening on intact matrices. Peptide sequences were obtained after the third and fourth rounds of screening, and analyzed for structural relatedness, using MacVector sequence analysis software. Recovery of particles increased 40-fold over four rounds.
Phylogenic tree of peptide targeting candidates using acid elution of partially solubilized matrix sonicated samples. Peptide sequences were obtained after the third round of screening using (A) the IT6 protocol, which biopanned using the PHD-C7C library or (B) the IT7 protocol, which used the PHD12 library as starting material. In both instances, the phage were recovered from the acid eluates of washed sonicated samples. Sequences were analyzed for structural relatedness using MacVector sequence analysis software. Library collapse was reflected by an increased recovery of 300-fold in IT7 over the three rounds of biopanning.
Phylogenic tree of peptide targeting candidates using chondroitin sulfate elution from matrix sonicated samples. Peptide sequences were obtained after the third round of screening using (A) the IT6 protocol, which biopanned using the C7C library or (B) the IT7 protocol, which used the PHD12 library as starting material. In both instances the phage were recovered from the chondroitin sulfate (CS)-glycosaminoglycan (GAG) eluates of washed sonicated matrix samples, which contained CG to remove bound peptides. Sequences were analyzed for structural relatedness using MacVector sequence analysis software. Library collapse was indicated by an increased recovery of 400-fold in IT7 over the three rounds of biopanning.
Identification of matrix-targeting peptides under different blocking conditions
Phylogenic tree of peptide targeting candidates eluted after bsa or no blocking of matrix sections. Peptide sequences were obtained after (A,B) the third and (C,D) fourth (rounds of screening using the IT8 (PHD-C7C Library) biopanning protocol that used a low pH elution (pH2.2) of 10 μm matrix sections that were either (A,C) blocked or (B,D) not with bovine serum albumin. Phage were isolated from single colonies, and the sequences of the peptide inserts (Table 3) were analyzed for structural relatedness using MacVector sequence analysis software.
Phylogenic tree of peptide targeting candidates eluted after non-fat milk (NFM) or no blocking of matrix sonicated samples. Peptide sequences were obtained after the third round of screening using the IT9 (PHD 12) protocol, with NFM used to block the non-specific binding to sonicated matrix. All 30 clones analyzed in the NFM-free assay corresponded to a single peptide of 12 amino acids: AHKHKPGHITA. Structural relatedness using MacVector sequence analysis software. Recovery of increased 800-fold in IT9 biopanning.
Evaluation of candidate peptides for binding capacity
Peptide screening, dose-response analyses and spatial immobilization of targeted particles onto intact matrices. Using the methods described in the text, individual phage were tested for either their ability to bind to immobilized components (for example, chondroitin sulfate, collagen 4, bovine serum albumin or to sonicated matrix samples, as illustrated by (A) binding of IT8 peptides to immobilized chondroitin sulfate or (B) dose-response analyses to specific peptides binding to sonicated matrix samples immobilized in ELISA wells. Spatial binding to matrix sections was established by placing targeted particles as (C) continuous lines along two sides (sample 2) or as a dot (sample 3). Phosphate-buffered saline alone was negative (sample 1). In all instances, binding of particles was assessed by chemiluminescence.
Validation of peptides on intact matrix
Although changes in affinity might meet the long-term goal to confer temporal control over delivery, we also wanted to establish whether the targeting peptides could be compatible with spatial control. To this end, we sought to decorate matrices so that they could be designed for drug delivery in a spatially relevant manner, for example in the angiogenic ring described in Figure 2A. Targeted phage can be placed onto sections so as to absorb to specific loci (Figure 8C). In the case of targeting VEGFR2, particles were placed in the periphery of the matrix. In one example (Figure 8C, number 2) the peptide IT6-A7, derived form the PHD-C7C library and with the sequence CFKHSSHQC displayed on the phage, was placed as parallel lines on sections, and the lines were clearly visualized by immunohistochemistry. In another example (Figure 8C, number3), we demonstrated focal immobilization and hence, potential for targeting specific loci with the IT6-A7 particle, identified from the PHD12 library, with the targeting sequence SQIDYATGPRQA displayed on the phage. When placed as points on sections, the position (lower left corner) of the IT6-A7 particle was clearly visualized by immunohistochemistry. This spatial immobilization, coupled with the temporal differences in binding conferred by differential affinities, provides the first step towards the design of spatially and temporally controlled drug delivery from matrices.
Discussion
In this paper, we provide data supporting the use of phage display to identify targeting peptides for Integra®, a surgical dressing used for the treatment of full-thickness burns and wounds and approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. We evaluated several conditions for phage targeting of the grafting material including 1) different starting peptide libraries, 2) different elution strategies, 3) different blocking strategies and 3) different formulations of the matrix material to facilitate selection of peptides with different binding characteristics. Although our study focused on the use of Integra® as a matrix product, any matrix formulation could be subjected to similar evaluation and explored for possible targeting peptides. In fact, it is possible that alternative proteins to CS-GAG may have peptide sequences with widely different affinities. To this end, it is important to note that the peptides identified here represent first-generation sequences that can be optimized and converted to leads by further exploration of their affinities, specificities and relative elution characteristics.
We demonstrate an application of phage display towards mining the range of various binding sites presumably present in a collagen-glycosaminoglycan matrix such as Integra®. Further investigation is needed to determine whether these binding motifs can be used for the design of modified biotherapeutics to complement the biologic activity of cutaneous wound healing and tissue repair. Thus, although the biologic significance of these binding sites remains to be determined in vivo, the identification of these candidate motifs is a necessary first step towards the design of spatiotemporal matrix-deployed biotherapeutics.
Integra® is an engineered bilayer matrix that consists primarily of GAG with denatured bovine collagen. This acellular synthetic dressing has clinical applications in full-thickness burn injury and wounds, and more limited uses in tissue regeneration. The capacity to combine the use of such a wound dressing with a molecular technique such as phage display presents the possibility of designing strategies that can exploit the different pharmacokinetic properties of the peptides identified. For example, we anticipate that a slow and stable release of growth factors, cytokines and other remodeling factors could be used to modulate the natural course of tissue repair. The matrix would act to stabilize the delivery of the pharmaceutical at the site of the wound bed in the precise location at which its activity can most influence wound healing (that is, angiogenic factors on the periphery and superficial surfaces of the matrix, and scar-limiting factors throughout). When key events in wound repair occur, such as granulation tissue growth and protease release into the matrix, local conditions would allow the release of the pharmaceutical drug into the wound to facilitate healing. Additionally, pharmaceuticals could be designed that would be released when exposed to wound exudates, leading to the protease-mediated degradation of substances that impede wound healing. Alternatively, the targeting peptides could be used to target nanoparticles, liposomes and viruses to matrices for gene delivery to the wound bed.
Phage display is a widely used combinatorial technique that has been used extensively since its discovery 25 years ago by Smith [47]. Numerous groups have used it to identify interacting peptides and their binding partners in simple, complex and even in vivo environments [29, 43, 48–59], but to our knowledge, it has never been deployed for graft targeting per se, although a number of integrin targeting peptides have been identified and exploited [51, 54, 60, 61]. Phage display has also been used to identify binding peptides for stem cells, immune cells, bacteria and recombinant proteins [43], and of particular interest to the studies described here, clotted plasma [57]. In this latter study, clotted plasma, an essential element of wound closure, was subjected to phage-library screening to identify peptide motifs that localized to the injured tissue and fibrin/fibronectin-containing tumors. Although our studies focused more on the experimental conditions for peptide identification than the specific binding motifs for a biosynthetic matrix, it is clear that the integrity of these motifs within a wound bed are changing and undergoing active remodeling, and may be altered. Accordingly, phage display may also be used to identify changes in binding sites as they change in the wound bed, by combining the approach described here with protocols involving in vivo biopanning paradigms, used by other laboratories [48, 58, 59]. This work is currently underway in our laboratories.
Although we began with the goal of using the discovered peptides for drug delivery to the wound bed from matrices, retargeted bacteriophages themselves may have intrinsic utility. There is a growing interest in the use of phage in the wound bed to control infection and biofilm development [62, 63]. Indeed, Markoishvili et al[15] developed a novel sustained-release matrix using biodegradable polyester amides that are impregnated with bacteriophage and antibiotics to show efficacy in the management of infected venous stasis ulcers and other poorly healing wounds. Whether the peptides identified by phage display could enhance these sustained-release pharmacokinetics remains to be established. If so, they would require minimal reformulation. There are also significant advantages to the concept of using phage display peptides in the same structural context in which they were originally identified (that is, on the particle). It is for these very reasons that phage-based vectors for gene delivery have been put forth for development [64–66].
As emphasized by the changes we describe in the temporal and spatial distribution of VEGFR2 and SBE promoter activity after grafting (Figure 2), it is particularly apparent that one of the major hurdles faced by the field of tissue repair and regeneration is pharmacokinetic: different agents need to be delivered to different places at different times, depending on the state of repair [6, 9, 12]. This is a formidable challenge to regenerative sciences, because different agents also have different functions, depending on the context in which they are recognized by the cell. It is in view of this intrinsic complexity that deployment of a combinatorial method such as phage display to a combinatorial problem such as wound healing presents a novel approach to the clinical problem of tissue repair. It is interesting to speculate that emerging technologies such as in vivo biopanning may help exploit the intrinsic complexity of the wound-healing response for drug deployment. The studies presented here present a combinatorial approach towards targeting that uses traditional biopanning and peptide-selection techniques of phage display. Whether or not these techniques or other combinatorial methods (for example, using directed evolution) might enable the design and creation of the next-generation matrices remains to be determined. In the meantime, it will be important to evaluate the potential of matrix-targeting peptide candidates such as those described here for their utility in spatiotemporal drug delivery to the wound bed.
Conclusions
We demonstrate how phage-display technologies can be used to identify peptide sequences that interact with Integra® grafting matrices. We show that when multiple strategies are deployed in different classes of screening assays, they identify different classes of targeting peptides, which may each have differential value in the temporal-spatial targeting of drugs, biotherapeutics and nanoparticles to the wound bed.
Methods
Characterization of gene expression after full-thickness injury
Mouse graft model
All procedures were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee at University of California, San Diego. Mice were anesthetized with isoflourane, then the dorsum of the animal was shaved to clear the field of fur and the surgical site prepared using aseptic techniques. A full-thickness circular wound measuring 15 mm in diameter was marked to the right of midline using a standard template, and the skin, subcutaneous tissue and fascia were excised. Integra® grafts of 15 mm in diameter were cut from aseptic sheets and secured in place with approximately seven 3-0 silk sutures. Immediately after surgery, animals received 1.4 ml normal saline resuscitation and 0.05 mg/kg buprenorphine subcutaneously. Animals were allowed to recover under observation, returned to the vivarium, checked daily and maintained in a 12-hour light/dark cycle with free access to food and water.
Transgenic mouse models of gene expression
Male transgenic mice expressing firefly luciferase under the regulation of SBE (Jackson Laboratories, Bar Harbor, ME, USA) and transgenic mice expressing firefly luciferase under the regulation of the VEGFR2 promoter (kind gift of Dr. J. Molkentin; PMID 14656927) were used. The mice ranged in age from eight to 16 weeks old, and were handled as described previously [21].
Non-invasive in vivo imaging of gene expression during wound healing
Mice were anesthetized with isofluorane and given intraperitoneal injection with 1.5 mg of the substrate D-luciferin (Caliper Life Sciences, Hopkinton, MA, USA) in 150 μl saline. After a 5-minute incubation to obtain steady-state kinetics of substrate distribution, the still-anesthetized mice were imaged (Lumina CCD Imaging System' Caliper Life Sciences) according to the manufacturer's recommendations. Exposure-matched images were acquired (Living Image software, version 3.0; Caliper Life Sciences). All animal images shown in this study were exposure-matched (that is, matching color bar upper and lower limits in each panel). Regions of interest (ROI) showing bioluminescence in the wound area and matched sizes in the flank were used for image acquisition [21]. Each image was quantified in units of photons/sec/cm2/steradian to obtain a fold change as defined by wound divided by control ROI signal. Images were collected on days 3, 7 and 14 after grafting.
Phage display libraries
As specifically indicated in Table 1, one of two commercial peptide libraries (New England Biolabs, Ipswich, MD, USA) were used. These libraries consisted of either 1) a disulfide-constrained heptapeptide (PHD-C7C) or 2) a dodecapeptide (PHD12) library. The randomized peptide segment of the PHD-C7C library is flanked by a pair of cysteine residues, which results in the display having peptide loops rather than linear sequences. All of the libraries have reported complexities in excess of 2 × 109 independent clones, and are displayed at the N-terminus of the minor coat protein pIII on M13 phage, at a valency of five peptides per virion. Unlike the PHD12 libraries, the first randomized position in the PHD-C7C library is preceded by Ala-Cys, and all of the libraries contain a short linker sequence (Gly-Gly-Gly-Ser) between the displayed peptide and pIII.
Biopanning strategies for matrix binding peptide identification
Screening protocol 1: Intact matrix biopanning using different elution strategies
The first protocols (IT1) (Table 1; Figure 1) involved screening the PHD-C7C library on intact Integra® bilayer matrix wound dressings (catalog number BMW4101, lot number 465012B; Integra®) that were first cut to fit into 24-well cell culture plates. Non-specific binding to these membranes was blocked by an overnight incubation with 5 mg/ml of BSA in PBS-T at 4°C. The following day, the blocking buffer was aspirated and washed in PBS-T. As indicated, the matrices were then incubated for 1 hour at room temperature with 2 × 1012 wild type M13 phage [66, 67] in 1% BSA to further block non-specific phage particle binding and enhance biopanning for displayed peptides. After washing these blocked matrices three times with PBS-T, 2 × 1011 particles from the PHD-C7C library were added for 1 hour at room temperature in 1% BSA. Matrices were then processed with four washes of 1) PBS-T, 2) salt (0.5 mol/l NaCl) or 3) 0.2 mol/l glycine-PBS (pH 2.2) in 1% BSA. Particles remaining in the matrix were homogenized, and the recovered phage from each eluate was amplified, titered and further processed for the next round of screening. This process was repeated four times, after which the peptides were sequenced. Recoveries increased 40-fold over four rounds of biopanning.
Screening protocol 2: dissociated matrix biopanning
IT6 and IT7 were adapted from the protocol described above but used the PHD-C7C and PHD12 libraries, respectively, on sonicated matrix homogenates instead of intact matrix. This biopanning was specifically designed to address the high non-specific background seen with protocol 1, presumably a result of sequestration in the fenestrations of the intact matrix. First, 24-well plates were coated with 100 ul of dissociated Integra®, which was prepared by homogenizing a 30 × 40 mm matrix in 50 ml PBS at 4°C, and adding 100 μl of a 1:5 diluent to coat wells overnight at °C. The following day, the wells were washed with PBS-T and blocked by the addition of 0.1% BSA in PBS-T for 1 hour at room temperature. After washing four times with PBS-T, phage was added for 1 hour at room temperature. Unbound particles were removed with further washes, and binding assessed with and without 0.2 mol/l glycine (pH 2.2) acid wash to evaluate binding affinity. Phage that acquired binding capacity were collected at the first round using 1) chondroitin sulfate 100 μg/mL in PBS, 2) 0.2 mol/l glycine in 1% BSA or 3) 0.2 mol/l glycine/0.5 mol/l NaCl washes, or from the particles bound to matrix after all washes. Each collection was then cycled through three or four more rounds of selection using the appropriate elution strategy (Table 1), and peptide sequences obtained to monitor library collapse to binding sequences.
Screening protocol 3: cryostat section biopanning
The third protocol deployed (IT8) was developed to identify binding peptides capable of binding directly to matrices, avoiding bias for the selection of peptide sequestration while retaining in situ biopanning on matrix sections. To this end, matrices were frozen in optimal cutting temperature (OCT) compound, and 10 μm sections were prepared using a cryostat and then placed onto frozen slides. These sections were thawed, washed and incubated with the PHD-C7C library as described in protocol 1, and the bound phage eluted from sections with 1) chondroitin sulfate, 2) high salt (0.5 mol/l NaCl) or (3) 0.2 mol/l glycine (pH 2.2) in 1% BSA. The particles obtained in rounds 3 and 4 were used for sequencing.
Protocol 4: biopanning with and without NFM blocking
To address the possibility that selection bias was introduced by the nature of the blocking buffer, NFM was evaluated as a blocking agent in the IT9 screen to minimize non-specific binding. The profile of the targeting peptide candidates recovered was then compared with the use of PBS-T blocking buffer alone. In these experiments, the sonicated samples were processed into assay plates as above, but were either blocked during the pre-incubation with 1% non-fat milk in PBS-T, or with PBS-T alone. After 1 hour incubation with the PHD-C7C libraries, unbound peptides were removed with four PBS-T, washes and bound phage were eluted with either 0.2 mol/l glycine (pH 2.2) in 1% BSA or 0.2 mol/l glycine/0.5 mol/l NaCl to distinguish different classes of binding peptides that would have different affinities and different kinetics of release from intact grafts.
DNA sequencing, peptide sequence deduction, homology and phylogeny analyses
DNA sequencing to deduce the peptide inserts encoded between the Kpn 1/Acc 65 1 and Eag 1 restriction sites was performed as described by the manufacturer (New England Biolabs, Ipswich, MA, USA). Single-strand phage was prepared with a commercial kit (Spin M13 Kit; Qiagen, Valencia, CA, USA). After quantification of yields on agarose gels, DNA sequencing was performed using primers supplied by the manufacturer (CAACAAATCGTTTTAGGGTATGT) and (GCAATGCGATTGATACTCCCG). Data was analyzed using MacVector (Eastman Chemical Co., New Haven, CT, USA) and Vector NTI sequence analysis programs (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA).
ELISA and IT peptide validation
To characterize the binding specificity of candidate IT peptides, we developed modified ELISAs using both 96-well and 24-well microtiter plate formats. Plates were coated with 100 μl of dissociated Integra® (prepared by homogenizing a 30 × 40 mm matrix in 50 ml PBS at 4°C and adding 100 μL of PBS-T diluent (1:5)) to coat wells overnight at 4°C. The following day, the wells were washed with PBS-T, and non-specific binding blocked by the addition of 0.1% BSA, non-fat milk or no protein in PBS-T for 1 hour at room temperature. After washing the wells four times with PBS-T, candidate phage were added for 1 hour at room temperature. Unbound particles were removed with further washes with PBS-T. Bound phage were detected by incubation for 2 hours with a horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-conjugated anti-M13 antibody (1:5000; MoBiTek, Gottingen, Germany), four washes with PBS-T and development of the HRP signal with chemiluminescence (Chemiglo; Alpha Innotech, San Leandro CA, USA).
To demonstrate spatially controlled binding of targeted particles, matrices were evaluated by imaging sections prepared in OCT. Negative controls (PBS) or targeted particles were deposited onto matrices in 5 μl PBS (1013 particles/ml) as either a dot or a continuous line, and allowed to bind for 90 minutes at room temperature. After rinsing and blocking with 0.1%milk in PBS-T for 1 hour, the sections were incubated with anti-M13 HRP-conjugated antibody (1:5000) for 1 hour at room temperature. Signal was detected using chemiluminescence and visualized (IVIS Lumina Xenogen Imaging system; Caliper Biosciences).
Statistical analysis
The change of bioluminescence after luciferin injection in wounds was analyzed in at least four animals in each group at each time point to obtain statistical significance. Student's t-test was used to analyze the data, and P < 0.05 was considered significant.
Declarations
Acknowledgements
We are grateful to Emelie Amburn, Alexandra Borboa, Jasmine Chukwueke, Niti Randhawa and Shuman Sun for excellent technical assistance.. We thank Mr John Fitzgerald for preparation of the figures and Drs Michael Pierschbacher (San Diego, Ca) and Marc Gottlieb (Phoenix, Az) for their insight and helpful suggestions. This research was supported by the National Institutes of Health grants P20-GM078421(AB), EY018479 (AB) and HL73396 (BE) and the CDMRP BC073891(AB)
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