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14 octubre 2022 @ 10:00 - 12:00

Peptides and bioinstructive polymers on surfaces for prevention of oral infections

Conrado Aparicio, Faculty of Odontology, UIC Barcelona and Associated Researcher – IBEC

Oral infections are the most prevalent infectious diseases worldwide. We have explored bioinspired modification of surfaces of restorative/regenerative materials and implants as well as dental tissues to address oral infections by harnessing the biomolecular toolbox –oligopeptides, proteins, recombinamers, … and thus, mitigating the worldwide threat of antimicrobial resistance.

One of our strategies aimed at exploiting secondary structure and self-assembly of anti-biofilm peptides and recombinamers to increase anti-biofilm potency vs relevant oral biofilms and to form highly hydrophobic interfaces to obtain dual-action surfaces to address infection in dental peri-tisular and peri-implant sites.

Alternatively, we have found inspiration in the natural junction at the tooth-oral mucosa interface. Teeth, long-lasting percutaneous organs, feature soft tissue attachment through adhesive structures, hemidesmosomes, in the junctional epithelium basement membrane adjacent to teeth. This soft tissue attachment prevents bacterial infection of the tooth despite the rich – and harsh – microbial composition of the oral cavity. Consequently, we have tapped basement membrane peptides known to engage specific integrins as well as synthesized new bioinstructive photocurable resins that stimulate formation of hemidesmosomes on synthetic and natural surfaces.

We recently have also combined those strategies with immunomodulatory regulation to reduce inflammation triggered by pathogenic biofilms causing oral infections.

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Date:
14 octubre 2022
Time:
10:00 - 12:00
Event Category:
Website:
https://ibecbarcelona.eu/event/ibec-seminar-conrado-aparicio-2/

Organizer

IBEC – Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

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Edifici Torres R+D+I, Torre I Planta 11
C/ Baldiri Reixac 4-8
Barcelona, Barcelona 08028 Espanya
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