Polysaccharide microarrays for polysaccharide-platelet-derived-growth-factor interaction studies

Polysaccharide microarrays have great potential for the high-throughput analysis of polysoccharide-protein interactions. Here we demonstrate that a polysaccharide microarray prepared by printing a library of dextran polymers derivatized by methylcarboxylate, benzylamide, and sulfate groups (DMCBSu compounds) on to glass slides permitted the rapid identification of a set of compounds able to interact with the platelet-derived growth factor BB (PDGF-BB) isoform, a growth factor involved in wound heating. Microarray interaction results were compared to the capacity of DMCBSu compounds to potentiate the in vitro PDGF-BB-induced proliferation of human dermal fibroblasts.