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In vitro analysis of an rhGDF-5 suture coating process and the effects of rhGDF-5 on rat tendon fibroblasts

We describe a dipcoating method of coating 4-0 VICRYL sutures with recombinant human growth and differentiation factor-5 (rhGDF-5), and analyze the in vitro effects of rhGDF-5 on rat tendon fibroblasts (RTFs). Part I: Eight 4-0 VICRYL sutures were coated in a dipcoat solution using rhGDF-5 solutions at concentrations of 0, 40, 200, and 1000 μg/ml (n = 32). ELISA was performed to determine the amount of rhGDF-5 that was transferred on the suture. Part II: Using a dipcoat solution of 200 μg/ml, four sutures were passed through rat tendon, and quantified ELISA was again performed. Cell proliferation, collagen synthesis, and RTF cell migration were also analyzed. The differences in the amount rhGDF-5 transferred on the suture between the different concentration groups were statistically significant. Furthermore, rhGDF-5-stimulated RTF cell migration, cell proliferation, and collagen synthesis at dipcoat concentrations of rhGDF-5 of at least 200 μg/ml.