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Kreindl C, Soto-Alarcón SA, Hidalgo M, Riveros AL, Añazco C, Pulgar R, Porras O. Selenium Compounds Affect Differently the Cytoplasmic Thiol/Disulfide State in Dermic Fibroblasts and Improve Cell Migration by Interacting with the Extracellular Matrix. Antioxidants (Basel) 2024; 13:159. [PMID: 38397757 PMCID: PMC10886037 DOI: 10.3390/antiox13020159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2023] [Revised: 01/15/2024] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
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Deficient wound healing is frequently observed in patients diagnosed with diabetes, a clinical complication that compromises mobility and leads to limb amputation, decreasing patient autonomy and family lifestyle. Fibroblasts are crucial for secreting the extracellular matrix (ECM) to pave the wound site for endothelial and keratinocyte regeneration. The biosynthetic pathways involved in collagen production and crosslinking are intimately related to fibroblast redox homeostasis. In this study, two sets of human dermic fibroblasts were cultured in normal (5 mM) and high (25 mM)-glucose conditions in the presence of 1 µM selenium, as sodium selenite (inorganic) and the two selenium amino acids (organic), Se-cysteine and Se-methionine, for ten days. We investigated the ultrastructural changes in the secreted ECM induced by these conditions using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). In addition, we evaluated the redox impact of these three compounds by measuring the basal state and real-time responses of the thiol-based HyPer biosensor expressed in the cytoplasm of these fibroblasts. Our results indicate that selenium compound supplementation pushed the redox equilibrium towards a more oxidative tone in both sets of fibroblasts, and this effect was independent of the type of selenium. The kinetic analysis of biosensor responses allowed us to identify Se-cysteine as the only compound that simultaneously improved the sensitivity to oxidative stimuli and augmented the disulfide bond reduction rate in high-glucose-cultured fibroblasts. The redox response profiles showed no clear association with the ultrastructural changes observed in matrix fibers secreted by selenium-treated fibroblasts. However, we found that selenium supplementation improved the ECM secreted by high-glucose-cultured fibroblasts according to endothelial migration assessed with a wound healing assay. Direct application of sodium selenite and Se-cysteine on purified collagen fibers subjected to glycation also improved cellular migration, suggesting that these selenium compounds avoid the undesired effect of glycation.
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- Christine Kreindl
- Laboratory for Research in Functional Nutrition, Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 7830490, Chile; (C.K.); (M.H.)
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- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago 7500912, Chile;
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- Laboratory for Research in Functional Nutrition, Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 7830490, Chile; (C.K.); (M.H.)
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- Laboratorio de Nanobiotecnología y Nanotoxicología, Departamento de Química Farmacológica y Toxicológica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Sergio Livingston 1007, Santiago 8380492, Chile;
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- Laboratorio de Bioquímica Nutricional, Escuela de Nutrición y Dietética, Facultad de Ciencias para el Cuidado de la Salud, Universidad San Sebastián, General Lagos #1190, Valdivia 5110773, Chile;
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- Laboratory of Genomics and Genetics of Biological Interactions, Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos (INTA), Universidad de Chile, Santiago 7830490, Chile;
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- Laboratory for Research in Functional Nutrition, Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 7830490, Chile; (C.K.); (M.H.)
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Shin A, Connolly S, Kabytaev K. Protein glycation in diabetes mellitus. Adv Clin Chem 2023; 113:101-156. [PMID: 36858645 DOI: 10.1016/bs.acc.2022.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Diabetes mellitus is the ninth leading cause of mortality worldwide. It is a complex disease that manifests as chronic hyperglycemia. Glucose exposure causes biochemical changes at the proteome level as reflected in accumulation of glycated proteins. A prominent example is hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), a glycated protein widely accepted as a diabetic indicator. Another emerging biomarker is glycated albumin which has demonstrated utility in situations where HbA1c cannot be used. Other proteins undergo glycation as well thus impacting cellular function, transport and immune response. Accordingly, these glycated counterparts may serve as predictors for diabetic complications and thus warrant further inquiry. Fortunately, modern proteomics has provided unique analytic capability to enable improved and more comprehensive exploration of glycating agents and glycated proteins. This review broadly covers topics from epidemiology of diabetes to modern analytical tools such as mass spectrometry to facilitate a better understanding of diabetes pathophysiology. This serves as an attempt to connect clinically relevant questions with findings of recent proteomic studies to suggest future avenues of diabetes research.
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- Aleks Shin
- Department of Pathology & Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
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- Department of Pathology & Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
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- Department of Pathology & Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States.
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Basehore SE, Bohlman S, Weber C, Swaminathan S, Zhang Y, Jang C, Arany Z, Clyne AM. Laminar Flow on Endothelial Cells Suppresses eNOS O-GlcNAcylation to Promote eNOS Activity. Circ Res 2021; 129:1054-1066. [PMID: 34605247 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.121.318982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Sarah E Basehore
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA (S.E.B., S.S.).,Fischell Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park (S.B., C.W., A.M.C.)
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- Fischell Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park (S.B., C.W., A.M.C.)
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- Fischell Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park (S.B., C.W., A.M.C.)
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA (S.E.B., S.S.)
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- Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore (Y.Z.)
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- Biological Chemistry, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine (C.J.)
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- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Z.A.)
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- Fischell Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park (S.B., C.W., A.M.C.)
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Endothelial response to glucose: dysfunction, metabolism, and transport. Biochem Soc Trans 2021; 49:313-325. [PMID: 33522573 DOI: 10.1042/bst20200611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2020] [Revised: 12/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The endothelial cell response to glucose plays an important role in both health and disease. Endothelial glucose-induced dysfunction was first studied in diabetic animal models and in cells cultured in hyperglycemia. Four classical dysfunction pathways were identified, which were later shown to result from the common mechanism of mitochondrial superoxide overproduction. More recently, non-coding RNA, extracellular vesicles, and sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors were shown to affect glucose-induced endothelial dysfunction. Endothelial cells also metabolize glucose for their own energetic needs. Research over the past decade highlighted how manipulation of endothelial glycolysis can be used to control angiogenesis and microvascular permeability in diseases such as cancer. Finally, endothelial cells transport glucose to the cells of the blood vessel wall and to the parenchymal tissue. Increasing evidence from the blood-brain barrier and peripheral vasculature suggests that endothelial cells regulate glucose transport through glucose transporters that move glucose from the apical to the basolateral side of the cell. Future studies of endothelial glucose response should begin to integrate dysfunction, metabolism and transport into experimental and computational approaches that also consider endothelial heterogeneity, metabolic diversity, and parenchymal tissue interactions.
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Wang R, Yu X, Gkousioudi A, Zhang Y. Effect of Glycation on Interlamellar Bonding of Arterial Elastin. EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS 2021; 61:81-94. [PMID: 33583947 PMCID: PMC7880226 DOI: 10.1007/s11340-020-00644-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Accepted: 07/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Interlamellar bonding in the arterial wall is often compromised by cardiovascular diseases. However, several recent nationwide and hospital-based studies have uniformly reported reduced risk of thoracic aortic dissection in patients with diabetes. As one of the primary structural constituents in the arterial wall, elastin plays an important role in providing its interlamellar structural integrity. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of glycation on the interlamellar bonding properties of arterial elastin. METHODS Purified elastin network was isolated from porcine descending thoracic aorta and incubated in 2 M glucose solution for 7, 14 or 21 days at 37 °C. Peeling and direct tension tests were performed to provide complimentary information on understanding the interlamellar layer separation properties of elastin network with glycation effect. Peeling tests were simulated using a cohesive zone model (CZM). Multiphoton imaging was used to visualize the interlamellar elastin fibers in samples subjected to peeling and direct tension. RESULTS Peeling and direct tension tests show that interlamellar energy release rate and strength both increases with the duration of glucose treatment. The traction at damage initiation estimated for the CZM agrees well with the interlamellar strength measurements from direct tension tests. Glycation was also found to increase the interlamellar failure strain of arterial elastin. Multiphoton imaging confirmed the contribution of radially running elastin fibers to resisting dissection. CONCLUSIONS Nonenzymatic glycation reduces the propensity of arterial elastin to dissection. This study also suggests that the CZM effectively describes the interlamellar bonding properties of arterial elastin.
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- R Wang
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215
- Divison of Materials Science & Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215
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Salari A, Appak-Baskoy S, Coe IR, Tsai SSH, Kolios MC. An ultrafast enzyme-free acoustic technique for detaching adhered cells in microchannels. RSC Adv 2021; 11:32824-32829. [PMID: 35493567 PMCID: PMC9042199 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra04875a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Adherent cultured cells are widely used biological tools for a variety of biochemical and biotechnology applications, including drug screening and gene expression analysis. One critical step in culturing adherent cells is the dissociation of cell monolayers into single-cell suspensions. Different enzymatic and non-enzymatic methods have been proposed for this purpose. Trypsinization, the most common enzymatic method for dislodging adhered cells, can be detrimental to cells, as it can damage cell membranes and ultimately cause cell death. Additionally, all available techniques require a prolonged treatment duration, typically on the order of minutes (5–10 min). Dissociation of cells becomes even more challenging in microfluidic devices, where, due to the nature of low Reynolds number flow and reduced mixing efficiency, multiple washing steps and prolonged trypsinization may be necessary to treat all cells. Here, we report a novel acoustofluidic method for the detachment of cells adhered onto a microchannel surface without exposing the cells to any enzymatic or non-enzymatic chemicals. This method enables a rapid (i.e., on the order of seconds), cost-effective, and easy-to-operate cell detachment strategy, yielding a detachment efficiency of ∼99% and cellular viability similar to that of the conventional trypsinization method. Also, as opposed to biochemical-based techniques (e.g., enzymatic), in our approach, cells are exposed to the dissociating agent (i.e., substrate-mediated acoustic excitation and microstreaming flow) only for as long as they remain attached to the substrate. After dissociation, the effect of acoustic excitation is reduced to microstreaming flow, therefore, minimizing unwanted effects of the dissociating agent on the cell phenotype. Additionally, our results suggest that cell excitation at acoustic powers lower than that required for complete cell detachment can potentially be employed for probing the adhesion strength of cell–substrate attachment. This novel approach can, therefore, be used for a wide range of lab-on-a-chip applications. We report a novel acoustofluidic method for detaching adhered cells from microchannel surfaces. This method enables a rapid (i.e., on the order of seconds), cost-effective, and easy-to-operate cell detachment strategy with high cellular viability.![]()
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- Alinaghi Salari
- Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Science and Technology (iBEST), Toronto, ON M5B 1T8, Canada
- Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada
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- Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Science and Technology (iBEST), Toronto, ON M5B 1T8, Canada
- Department of Chemistry and Biology, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada
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- Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Science and Technology (iBEST), Toronto, ON M5B 1T8, Canada
- Department of Chemistry and Biology, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada
- Molecular Science Graduate Program, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON M5B2K3, Canada
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- Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Science and Technology (iBEST), Toronto, ON M5B 1T8, Canada
- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada
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- Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Science and Technology (iBEST), Toronto, ON M5B 1T8, Canada
- Department of Physics, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada
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Černochová P, Blahová L, Medalová J, Nečas D, Michlíček M, Kaushik P, Přibyl J, Bartošíková J, Manakhov A, Bačáková L, Zajíčková L. Cell type specific adhesion to surfaces functionalised by amine plasma polymers. Sci Rep 2020; 10:9357. [PMID: 32518261 PMCID: PMC7283471 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-65889-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Our previously-obtained impressive results of highly increased C2C12 mouse myoblast adhesion to amine plasma polymers (PPs) motivated current detailed studies of cell resistance to trypsinization, cell proliferation, motility, and the rate of attachment carried out for fibroblasts (LF), keratinocytes (HaCaT), rat vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC), and endothelial cells (HUVEC, HSVEC, and CPAE) on three different amine PPs. We demonstrated the striking difference in the resistance to trypsin treatment between endothelial and non-endothelial cells. The increased resistance observed for the non-endothelial cell types was accompanied by an increased rate of cellular attachment, even though spontaneous migration was comparable to the control, i.e., to the standard cultivation surface. As demonstrated on LF fibroblasts, the resistance to trypsin was similar in serum-supplemented and serum-free media, i.e., medium without cell adhesion-mediating proteins. The increased cell adhesion was also confirmed for LF cells by an independent technique, single-cell force spectroscopy. This method, as well as the cell attachment rate, proved the difference among the plasma polymers with different amounts of amine groups, but other investigated techniques could not reveal the differences in the cell behaviour on different amine PPs. Based on all the results, the increased resistance to trypsinization of C2C12, LF, HaCaT, and VSMC cells on amine PPs can be explained most probably by a non-specific cell adhesion such as electrostatic interaction between the cells and amine groups on the material surface, rather than by the receptor-mediated adhesion through serum-derived proteins adsorbed on the PPs.
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- P Černochová
- Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic.,RG Plasma Technologies, Central European Institute of Technology - CEITEC, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic
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- RG Plasma Technologies, Central European Institute of Technology - CEITEC, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic
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- Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic.,RG Plasma Technologies, Central European Institute of Technology - CEITEC, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic
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- RG Plasma Technologies, Central European Institute of Technology - CEITEC, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic.,Central European Institute of Technology - CEITEC, Brno University of Technology, Purkyňova 123, Brno, 612 00, Czech Republic
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- RG Plasma Technologies, Central European Institute of Technology - CEITEC, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic.,Department of Physical Electronics, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, Brno, 611 37, Czech Republic
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- RG Plasma Technologies, Central European Institute of Technology - CEITEC, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic.,Department of Physical Electronics, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, Brno, 611 37, Czech Republic
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- Core Facility Nanobiotechnology, Central European Institute of Technology - CEITEC, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic
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- Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic
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- RG Plasma Technologies, Central European Institute of Technology - CEITEC, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic.,Research Institute of Clinical and Experimental Lymphology- Branch of the ICG SB RAS, 2 Timakova str., 630060, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
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- Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, Prague, 142 20, Czech Republic
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- RG Plasma Technologies, Central European Institute of Technology - CEITEC, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic. .,Central European Institute of Technology - CEITEC, Brno University of Technology, Purkyňova 123, Brno, 612 00, Czech Republic. .,Department of Physical Electronics, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, Brno, 611 37, Czech Republic.
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Patra C, Boccaccini A, Engel F. Vascularisation for cardiac tissue engineering: the extracellular matrix. Thromb Haemost 2017; 113:532-47. [DOI: 10.1160/th14-05-0480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2014] [Accepted: 09/03/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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SummaryCardiovascular diseases present a major socio-economic burden. One major problem underlying most cardiovascular and congenital heart diseases is the irreversible loss of contractile heart muscle cells, the cardiomyocytes. To reverse damage incurred by myocardial infarction or by surgical correction of cardiac malformations, the loss of cardiac tissue with a thickness of a few millimetres needs to be compensated. A promising approach to this issue is cardiac tissue engineering. In this review we focus on the problem of in vitro vascularisation as implantation of cardiac patches consisting of more than three layers of cardiomyocytes (> 100 μm thick) already results in necrosis. We explain the need for vascularisation and elaborate on the importance to include non-myocytes in order to generate functional vascularised cardiac tissue. We discuss the potential of extracellular matrix molecules in promoting vascularisation and introduce nephronectin as an example of a new promising candidate. Finally, we discuss current biomaterial- based approaches including micropatterning, electrospinning, 3D micro-manufacturing technology and porogens. Collectively, the current literature supports the notion that cardiac tissue engineering is a realistic option for future treatment of paediatric and adult patients with cardiac disease.
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Mathew JG, Clyne AM. Fibroblast growth factor-2 did not restore plasminogen system activity in endothelial cells on glycated collagen. Biochem Biophys Rep 2015; 4:104-110. [PMID: 29124193 PMCID: PMC5668917 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2015.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2015] [Revised: 08/31/2015] [Accepted: 09/01/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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People with diabetes experience morbidity and mortality from unregulated microvascular remodeling, which may be linked to hyperglycemia. Elevated glucose leads to extracellular matrix collagen glycation, which delays endothelial capillary-like tube formation in vitro. Glucose also increases endothelial cell fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) release and extracellular matrix storage, which should increase tube formation. In this study, we determined if FGF-2 could restore plasminogen system activity and angiogenic function in endothelial cells on glycated collagen. Human umbilical vein endothelial cells cultured on native or glycated collagen substrates were stimulated with FGF-2. Plasminogen system activity, cell migration, and capillary-like tube formation were measured, along with plasminogen system protein and mRNA levels. Glycated collagen decreased endothelial cell plasminogen system activity, cell migration, and tube length. FGF-2 did not restore plasminogen system activity or tube formation in cells on glycated collagen, despite decreasing plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) protein level. We now show that PAI-1 binds to glycated collagen, which may localize PAI-1 to the extracellular matrix. These data suggest that FGF-2 may not restore angiogenic functions in endothelial cells on glycated collagen due to PAI-1 bound to glycated collagen. Glycated collagen decreased endothelial plasminogen activity. FGF-2 increased plasminogen activity in cells on native but not glycated collagen. PAI-1 bound to glycated but not native collagen. FGF-2 decreased total PAI-1 but not PAI-1 bound to glycated collagen. PAI-1 binding to glycated collagen may be more important than total PAI-1.
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- Justin George Mathew
- Drexel University, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia 19104, PA, USA
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- Drexel University, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia 19104, PA, USA
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Alekseeva T, Unger RE, Brochhausen C, Brown RA, Kirkpatrick JC. Engineering a microvascular capillary bed in a tissue-like collagen construct. Tissue Eng Part A 2014; 20:2656-65. [PMID: 24684395 PMCID: PMC4195478 DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2013.0570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2013] [Accepted: 03/19/2014] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Previous studies have shown that plastic compression (PC) of collagen gels allows a rapid and controlled fabrication of matrix- and cell-rich constructs in vitro that closely mimic the structure and characteristics of tissues in vivo. Microvascular endothelial cells, the major cell type making up the blood vessels in the body, were added to the PC collagen to determine whether cells attach, survive, grow, and express endothelial cell characteristics when seeded alone or in coculture with other cells. Endothelial cells seeded on the PC collagen containing human foreskin fibroblasts (HFF) or human osteoblasts (HOS) formed vessel-like structures over 3 weeks in culture without the addition of exogenous growth factors in the medium. In contrast, on the PC scaffolds without HFF or HOS, human dermal microvascular endothelial cells (HDMEC) exhibited a typical cobblestone morphology for 21 days under the same conditions. We propose that the coculture of primary endothelial cells with PC collagen constructs, containing a stromal cell population, is a valuable technique for in vitro modeling of proangiogenic responses toward such biomimetic constructs in vivo. A major observation in the cocultures was the absence of gel contraction, even after 3 weeks of fibroblast culture. This collagen form could, for example, be of great value in tissue engineering of the skin, as contractures are both aesthetically and functionally disabling.
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- Tijna Alekseeva
- REPAIR Lab, Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- REPAIR Lab, Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- REPAIR Lab, Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- REPAIR Lab, Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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Figueroa DS, Kemeny SF, Clyne AM. Glycated Collagen Decreased Endothelial Cell Fibronectin Alignment in Response to Cyclic Stretch Via Interruption of Actin Alignment. J Biomech Eng 2014; 136:101010. [DOI: 10.1115/1.4028037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2014] [Accepted: 07/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Hyperglycemia is a defining characteristic of diabetes, and uncontrolled blood glucose in diabetes is associated with accelerated cardiovascular disease. Chronic hyperglycemia glycates extracellular matrix (ECM) collagen, which can lead to endothelial cell dysfunction. In healthy conditions, endothelial cells respond to mechanical stimuli such as cyclic stretch (CS) by aligning their actin cytoskeleton. Other cell types, specifically fibroblasts, align their ECM in response to CS. We previously demonstrated that glycated collagen inhibits endothelial cell actin alignment in response to CS. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of glycated collagen on ECM remodeling and protein alignment in response to stretch. Porcine aortic endothelial cells (PAEC) seeded on native or glycated collagen coated elastic substrates were exposed to 10% CS. Cells on native collagen aligned subcellular fibronectin fibers in response to stretch, whereas cells on glycated collagen did not. The loss of fibronectin alignment was due to inhibited actin alignment in response to CS, since fibronectin alignment did not occur in cells on native collagen when actin alignment was inhibited with cytochalasin. Further, while ECM protein content did not change in cells on native or glycated collagen in response to CS, degradation activity decreased in cells on glycated collagen. Matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP-2) and membrane-associated type 1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) protein levels decreased, and therefore MMP-2 activity also decreased. These MMP changes may relate to c-Jun N-terminal kinase (Jnk) phosphorylation inhibition with CS, which has previously been linked to focal adhesion kinase (FAK). These data demonstrate the importance of endothelial cell actin tension in remodeling and aligning matrix proteins in response to mechanical stimuli, which is critical to vascular remodeling in health and disease.
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- Dannielle S. Figueroa
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
- Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 e-mail:
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Xu J, Shi GP. Vascular wall extracellular matrix proteins and vascular diseases. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2014; 1842:2106-2119. [PMID: 25045854 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2014.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 224] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2014] [Revised: 07/07/2014] [Accepted: 07/14/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Abstract
Extracellular matrix proteins form the basic structure of blood vessels. Along with providing basic structural support to blood vessels, matrix proteins interact with different sets of vascular cells via cell surface integrin or non-integrin receptors. Such interactions induce vascular cell de novo synthesis of new matrix proteins during blood vessel development or remodeling. Under pathological conditions, vascular matrix proteins undergo proteolytic processing, yielding bioactive fragments to influence vascular wall matrix remodeling. Vascular cells also produce alternatively spliced variants that induce vascular cell production of different matrix proteins to interrupt matrix homeostasis, leading to increased blood vessel stiffness; vascular cell migration, proliferation, or death; or vascular wall leakage and rupture. Destruction of vascular matrix proteins leads to vascular cell or blood-borne leukocyte accumulation, proliferation, and neointima formation within the vascular wall; blood vessels prone to uncontrolled enlargement during blood flow diastole; tortuous vein development; and neovascularization from existing pathological tissue microvessels. Here we summarize discoveries related to blood vessel matrix proteins within the past decade from basic and clinical studies in humans and animals - from expression to cross-linking, assembly, and degradation under physiological and vascular pathological conditions, including atherosclerosis, aortic aneurysms, varicose veins, and hypertension.
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Affiliation(s)
- Junyan Xu
- Department of Medicine, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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