We
recently developed a binding assay fo
rmat by inco
rpo
rating native t
ransmemb
rane
recepto
rs into a
rtificialphospholipid bilaye
rs on biosenso
r devices fo
r su
rfaceplasmon
resonance spect
roscopy. By extending the methodto su
rface plasmon-enhanced fluo
rescence spect
roscopy(SPFS), sensitive
reco
rding of the association of even ve
rysmall ligands is enabled. He
rewith, we monito
red bindingof synthetic mono- and oligome
ric RGD-based peptidesand peptidomimetics to integ
rins
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rhaving confi
rmed co
rrect o
rientation and functionality ofmemb
rane-embedded integ
rins. We evaluated integ
rinbinding of RGD multime
rs linked togethe
r via aminohexanoic acid (Ahx) space
rs and showed that the dime
rrevealed highe
r binding activity than the tet
rame
r, followed by the RGD monome
rs. The peptidomimetic wasalso found to be highly active with a slightly highe
rselectivity towa
rd
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rent compounds we
realso evaluated in in vit
ro cell adhesion tests fo
r thei
rcapacity to inte
rfe
re with
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ronectin. We he
reby demonst
rated that the diffe
rentRGD monome
rs we
re simila
rly effective; the RGD dime
rand tet
rame
r showed compa
rable IC
50 values, which we
re,howeve
r, significantly highe
r than those of the monome
rs.Best cell detachment f
rom vit
ronectin was achieved by thepeptidomimetic. The novel SPFS-binding assay platfo
rmp
roves to be a suitable,
reliable, and sensitive method tomonito
r the binding capacity of small ligands to nativet
ransmemb
rane
recepto
rs, he
re demonst
rated fo
r integ
rins.