Bioactivity | GRGDSPK (EMD 56574) is a peptide incluing Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD). GRGDSPK (EMD 56574) is an competitive and reversible inhibitory peptide for inhibiting integrin-fibronectin binding. GRGDSPK is used to study the role of integrins in bone formation and resorption[1][2]. | ||||||
Invitro | GRGDSPK (EMD 56574; RGD; 0.1-50 μM; for 4 days) inhibits mineralization in a dose-dependent manner as determined by measuring calcium content and 70 bonehnit area of tissue in parietal bones 18 days old isolated from pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats[1]. GRGDSPK (10, 50 μM; for 4 days) dramatically alteres bone morphology, with a disruption of osteoblast and mineralized matrix organization[1]. GRGDSPK (RGD; 250 μM), added to the medium, effectively blocks integrin-fibronectin binding and significantly increases the average size of wild-type cell aggregates[2]. When GRGDSPK (250 μM) is added, wild-type mesendodermal progenitors exhibits strongly reduced adhesion forces and work, indicating that the detachment parameters recorded are specific for fibronectin and that integrins expressed in mesendodermal progenitors are involved[2]. GRGDSPK (RGD-containing, 1.5 mM, 1.0 mM, and 0.5 mM) and RGD-mod-ified peptides impair the ability of sperm to fertilizebovine oocytes, illustrated by a reduction in cleavage in a dose-dependent manner[3]. | ||||||
Name | GRGDSPK | ||||||
CAS | 111119-28-9 | ||||||
Sequence | Gly-Arg-Gly-Asp-Ser-Pro-Lys | ||||||
Shortening | GRGDSPK | ||||||
Formula | C28H49N11O11 | ||||||
Molar Mass | 715.76 | ||||||
Appearance | Solid | ||||||
Transport | Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere. | ||||||
Storage | Sealed storage, away from moisture
*In solvent : -80°C, 6 months; -20°C, 1 month (sealed storage, away from moisture) |
||||||
Reference | [1]. G A Gronowicz, et al. Synthetic Peptide Containing Arg-Gly-Asp Inhibits Bone Formation and Resorption in a Mineralizing Organ Culture System of Fetal Rat Parietal Bones. J Bone Miner Res. 1994 Feb;9(2):193-201. [2]. Pierre-Henri Puech, et al. Measuring Cell Adhesion Forces of Primary Gastrulating Cells From Zebrafish Using Atomic Force Microscopy. J Cell Sci. 2005 Sep 15;118(Pt 18):4199-206. [3]. Sessions BR, et al. Effects of amino acid substitutions in and around the arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (RGD) sequence on fertilization and parthenogenetic development in mature bovine oocytes. Mol Reprod Dev. 2006 May;73(5):651-7. |