ProductDescription
| Parameter,Testing,andMethod | PureCol®EZGelTypeICollagen#5074 |
| SterilizationMethod | Filtration |
| ExtractionMethod | Enzyme-atelocollagen |
| Form | Solution |
| PackageSize | 35mL |
| StorageTemperature | 2-10°C |
| ShelfLife | Minimumof6monthsfromdateofreceipt |
CollagenConcentration-Biuret | ~5mg/mL |
CollagenPurity-SilverStaining | >99% |
| pH | 6.9-7.4 |
| KineticGelTest(Minutes) | <40 |
| GelFormationTubeTest(Minutes) | <40 |
Fibrillogenesis(AbsorbanceUnits) | >0.5 |
ElectrophoreticPattern-CoomassieBlue | Characteristic |
| Sterility-USPmodified | Nogrowth |
| Endotoxin-LAL | <1.0EU/mL |
| Osmolality(mOsmoH2O/kg) | 300-360 |
| CellAttachmentAssay | Pass |
| Source | BovineHide |
| HydrogelYoung"sModulusE(Pa) | Characteristic |
| MediumSupplement | DMEM/F-12 |
| L-GlutamineSource | MixtureofL-GlutamineandDipeptide(L-alanine-L-glutamine) |
DirectionsforUse
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3-DPreparationProcedure
- RemovePureCol®EZGelfrom2–10°Cstorage.Important:Topreventgelation,maintaintemperatureofproductat2–10°C.
- IntroducePureCol®EZGelintocellculturesystem.CellscanbeaddedtothePureCol®EZGelsolution.
- Toformgel,warmto37°C.Thebeginningofgelationwilloccurwithin40minutes,butallowapproximately90tominutesforfirmgelformation.
ProductQ&A
Theconcentrationrangesfrom5.2-5.5mg/ml.
WecompletedastudytoshowthatDNAiscompletelydestroyedatpH2,anddemonstratedthatourcollagenproductsdonotcontainDNA.
Thecollagenisfullyhydrolyzed.TheaminoacidanalysisisdoneusingtheWatersAccQ-Tagderivatizationmethod.Duringtheacidhydrolysisstep,asparagine(N)isconvertedtoasparticacid(D)andglutamine(Q)isconvertedtoglutamicacid(E).Tryptophan(W),ifpresent,isdestroyedduringacidhydrolysis.Experimentally,onecandeterminethepicomoles(pmol)ofeachaminoacidperinjecteddetectedusingaminoacidstandards.Fortheconcentrationdetermination,thetotalnumberofpmolofeachaminoacidissummedtogetthetotalpmolofthe18aminoacidsdetected.Thetotalpmolaminoacidsisdividedbythetheoreticalnumberofaminoacidresiduesincollagenbasedonthepublishedsequence.Theresultisthepmolofcollageninjected.Theresultisthenmultipliedbythedilutionand300,000isusedasthecollagenmolecularweighttogettomg/mL.Themolecularweightofcollagenisnotwellagreedupon.
Dilutingwith1XPBS(ratherthanwateror0.01NHCl)wouldhaveaneffectforcoatingpurposes.ItwouldchangethepHofthedilutedcollagensolutionfromacidtoneutralpH.ThepHchangewilltransformthecollagenmoleculesfromamolecularformtoafibrillarform;andthenthenatureofcoatingsurfacewillbechangedfromamonomericcoatingtoafibrillarcoating.
WeusethefollowingantibodiesfromSouthernBiotech:
1.1310-02–GoatAnti-TypeICollagen-FITC
2.1310-08–GoatAnti-TypeICollagen-BIOT
3.7100-05–Streptavidin-HRP
ThemajorcollagenmolecularspeciesinourTypeIcollagenproductsaremonomers(approx.70%),buttherearedimers,trimersandafewpercentagesofoligomerstoo(approx.30%)withsomeminoramountsofcollagenfragments.Thecollagenmonomerisarodshapedmoleculewith300nminlengthand1.5nmindiameter.Thedimer,trimerandoligomerare600nm,900nmandevenlongerinlengthrespectively.Accordingtothecoatingprocedures,thecollagenmoleculesareattachedtothechargedpolystyrenesurfacerandomlybychargeoraffinityinacidconditionsduringthe1-2hrsincubationperiodat37°C,andanyunattachedmaterialsareremovedbyaspirationandrinsing.Therefore,thecoatedsurfaceisasinglelayerofcollagenmonomer,dimer,trimerandoligomermixtures.Thethicknessofthemono-molecularlayerisdependentonhowthosemoleculesareattachedonthesurface.Thecoatingdensitythicknesswouldgenerallybecharacterizedasa1moleculethicknesswhichcouldberangingfromafewnanometerstoafewhundrednanometerswiththewholesurfacebeingcoveredbycollagen.
ThenetchargeofTypeIcollagenproducts’(PureCol®,BovineCollagenandVitroCol®,HumanCollagen)moleculeisdirectlyrelatedtothepH.AtanacidicpH,theaminoacids(zwitterions)alongthecollagenmoleculearepositivelycharged,makingtheentirecollagenmoleculepositive.Attheisoelectricpoint(orzone)ofcollagen,aroundpH7-8,theaminoacidsalongthecollagenmoleculearepositivelyandnegativelycharged,makingthenetchargeofthecollagenmoleculeclosetozero.AtabasicpH,theaminoacidsalongthecollagenmoleculewerenegativelycharged,makingtheentirecollagenmoleculenegative.
Further,thenatureofthechargeofthecollagencoatingsurfacewillbedependentonthetypeofcoatingapplied.ForamonomericcollagencoatingswhenthecollagenisappliedunderanacidicpHcondition,thesurfaceispositivelycharged.IfthesurfaceisrinsedwithpHneutralbufferormediathenitwillchangethechargeofthecollagensurfacenetchargeclosetozero.Fora3Dgelcoating,thecollagenpreparedunderneutralpH;thenetchargeofthecollagensurfaceisclosetozero.
Usingrotaryshadowingtechniqueundertransmissionelectronmicroscopy,itwasfoundthatourcollagen,onaverage,consistsofapproximately80%monomers,13%dimers,trimers,andoligomerswiththeremaining7%collagenfragments.
Yes.ThecollagenmoleculeinPureCol,Nutragen,VitroCol,andallofourotherAtelocollagenproductswerepreparedfromnativecollagenmatrixbypepsintreatmentundercontrolledconditionstoremovethenon-helicalportion,telo-peptides,onlyandthehelicalportionisintact.Inthiscase,theenzymaticactivesitesforMMP(MatrixMetalloproteinase),suchasforMammalianCollagenaseMatrixMetalloproteinase8(MMP-8),onthemoleculewaspreserved.
Thesepepsintreatedcollagenproductsshouldbehaveasnativeintactcollagen.
TGFbetawouldhavebeendigestedwiththepepsinenzymaticdigestionstep.ItwasundetectablebySDSPAGEsilverstainaswell.Wedidn’tdoanyspecificmeasurementsbyELISAhoweverbutpresencesofTGFbetaisnotanticipated.
WeprimarilyusetheBiuretmethod,butwealsouseBCA,AAA,andhydroxyl-prolineassays.
-Collagensolutionsthatarefrozentendtohaveissuesforming3Dhydrogels,andwilllikelynotwork.Thesolutionsshouldstillbegoodfor2Dcoatings.
-Collagensolutionsthatareleftoutatroomtemperatureforextendedperiodsoftimemayshowsignsofdegradation,whichwillaffecttheformationof3Dhydrogels.Itislikelystillfinefor2Dcoatings.
Ourrecommendationisthis:Ifyouareusingtheproductdirectlyforapublication,wehighlysuggestbuyinganewbottleiftheoneyouhavewascompromised.
ProductReferences
ReferencesforPureCol®EZGel:
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Moxon,SamuelR.,etal."Blendedalginate/collagenhydrogelspromoteneurogenesisandneuronalmaturation."MaterialsScienceandEngineering:C(2019):109904.
Gehwolf,Renate,etal."3D-EmbeddedCellCulturestoStudyTendonBIOLOGy."(2019):1-11.
Padilla‐Martinez,JuanPablo,RuishengWang,andWalfreFranco."Evaluationofcellandmatrixmechanicsusingfluorescenceexcitationspectroscopy:Feasibilitystudyincollagengelscontainingfibroblasts."Lasersinsurgeryandmedicine48.4(2016):377-384.
Zhou,C.,etal."BMP4promotesvascularizationofhumanadiposestromalcellsandendothelialcellsinvitroandinvivo."Cellproliferation46.6(2013):695-704.
Gehwolf,Renate,etal."3D-EmbeddedCellCulturestoStudyTendonBiology."(2019):1-11.
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