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Ma X, Wang C, Ji C, Cao X, Dong Y. Quantitative characterization of tumor cell traction force on extracellular matrix by hydrogel microsphere stress sensor. Biotechnol Bioeng 2024; 121:1820-1830. [PMID: 38407981 DOI: 10.1002/bit.28683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2023] [Revised: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
Abstract
Cell traction force (CTF) is a kind of active force that is a cell senses external environment and actively applies to the contact matrix which is currently a representative stress in cell-extracellular matrix (ECM) interaction. Studying the distribution and variation of CTF during cell-ECM interaction help to explain the impact of physical factors on cell behaviors from the perspective of mechanobiology. However, most of the strategies of characterizing CTF are still limited by the measurement needs in three-dimensional (3D), quantitative characteristics and in vivo condition. Microsphere stress sensor (MSS) as a new type of technology is capable of realizing the quantitative characterization of CTF in 3D and in vivo. Herein, we employed microfluidic platform to design and fabricate MSS which possesses adjustable fluorescent performances, physical properties, and size ranges for better applicable to different cells (3T3, A549). Focusing on the common tumor cells behaviors (adhesion, spreading, and migration) in the process of metastasis, we chose SH-SY5Y as the representative research object in this work. We calculated CTF with the profile and distribution to demonstrate that the normal and shear stress can determined different cell behaviors. Additionally, CTF can also regulate cell adhesion, spreading, and migration in different cell states. Based on this method, the quantitative characterization of CFT of health and disease cells can be achieved, which further help to study and explore the potential mechanism of cell-ECM interaction.
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- Xingquan Ma
- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, P.R. China
- Bioinspired Engineering and Biomechanics Center (BEBC), Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, P.R. China
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- Bioinspired Engineering and Biomechanics Center (BEBC), Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, P.R. China
- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, P.R. China
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- Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Shaanxi Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Xi'an, China
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- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, P.R. China
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- Bioinspired Engineering and Biomechanics Center (BEBC), Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, P.R. China
- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, P.R. China
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Chen K, Li Y, Wang M, Du Q, Sun Y, Zhang Y, Chen B, Jing Z, Jin Y, Zhao S. Removal of Methylene Blue Dye from Aqueous Solutions by Pullulan Polysaccharide/Polyacrylamide/Activated Carbon Complex Hydrogel Adsorption. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:857-867. [PMID: 36643493 PMCID: PMC9835784 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c06205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Accepted: 12/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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In this study, composite hydrogels were prepared using a simple synthetic technique to adsorb methylene blue (MB) from water. The hydrogel comprised potassium persulfate (KPS) as the initiator, N,N'-methylene bisacrylamide as the crosslinking agent, and sodium hydroxide (NaOH) as the activator. It was employed to adsorb MB at different concentrations from water. The morphology and properties of PUL/PAM/GO composites were characterized through thermogravimetric analysis, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy. Moreover, the adsorption properties, adsorption isotherms, adsorption kinetics, adsorption thermodynamics, and swelling properties of the hydrogel for MB were investigated. The optimal ratio of PUL to AC was obtained as 6:1 by fixing the amount of PUL and loading AC of different masses. The maximum adsorption capacity was obtained as 591.4 mg/g. It also exhibited certain mechanical strength. The adsorption of MB conforms to pseudo-first-order kinetics and Langmuir isotherms. In this study, an environment-friendly, cheap, simple, and efficient way was presented for the composite hydrogel in the direction of water treatment.
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- Kewei Chen
- College
of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Qingdao University, 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao266071, China
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- College
of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Qingdao University, 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao266071, China
- Laboratory
of Fiber Materials and Modern Textile, The Growing Base for State
Key Laboratory, Qingdao University, 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao266071, China
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- College
of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Qingdao University, 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao266071, China
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- Laboratory
of Fiber Materials and Modern Textile, The Growing Base for State
Key Laboratory, Qingdao University, 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao266071, China
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- College
of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Qingdao University, 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao266071, China
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- College
of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Qingdao University, 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao266071, China
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- College
of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Qingdao University, 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao266071, China
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- College
of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Qingdao University, 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao266071, China
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- College
of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Qingdao University, 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao266071, China
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- College
of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Qingdao University, 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao266071, China
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Hu X, Spille C, Schlüter M, Smirnova I. Smart Structures—Additive Manufacturing of Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogels for Adaptive Packings. Ind Eng Chem Res 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.0c03137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Xihua Hu
- Institute of Thermal Separation Processes, Hamburg University of Technology, Hamburg, 21073, Germany
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- Institute of Multiphase Flows, Hamburg University of Technology, Hamburg, 21073, Germany
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- Institute of Multiphase Flows, Hamburg University of Technology, Hamburg, 21073, Germany
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- Institute of Thermal Separation Processes, Hamburg University of Technology, Hamburg, 21073, Germany
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Abasi S, Davis R, Podstawczyk DA, Guiseppi-Elie A. Distribution of water states within Poly(HEMA-co-HPMA)-based hydrogels. POLYMER 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2019.121978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Abasi S, Podstawczyk DA, Sherback AF, Guiseppi-Elie A. Biotechnical Properties of Poly(HEMA-co-HPMA) Hydrogels Are Governed by Distribution among Water States. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2019; 5:4994-5004. [DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.9b00705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Sara Abasi
- Center for Bioelectronics, Biosensors and Biochips (C3B), Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Center for Bioelectronics, Biosensors and Biochips (C3B), Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
- Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wroclaw 50-370, Poland
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- Center for Bioelectronics, Biosensors and Biochips (C3B), Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Center for Bioelectronics, Biosensors and Biochips (C3B), Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States
- Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wroclaw 50-370, Poland
- ABTECH Scientific, Inc., Biotechnology Research Park, 800 East Leigh Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, United States
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Hydrogel-Based Plasmonic Sensor Substrate for the Detection of Ethanol. SENSORS 2019; 19:s19061264. [PMID: 30871145 PMCID: PMC6470601 DOI: 10.3390/s19061264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2019] [Revised: 03/01/2019] [Accepted: 03/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The in-line monitoring of ethanol concentration in liquids is a crucial part of process monitoring in breweries and distilleries. Current methods are based on infrared spectroscopy, which is time-consuming and costly, making these methods unaffordable for small and middle-sized companies. To overcome these problems, we presented a small, compact, and cost-effective sensing method for the ethanol content, based on a nanostructured, plasmonically active sensor substrate. The sensor substrate is coated with an ethanol-sensitive hydrogel, based on polyacrylamide and bisacrylamide, which induces a change in the refractive index of the substrate surface. The swelling and shrinking of such hydrogels offer a means to measure the ethanol content in liquids, which can be determined in a simple transmittance setup. In our study, we demonstrated the capability of the sensor principle for the detection of ethanol content ranging from 0 to 30 vol% ethanol. Furthermore, we determined the response time of the sensor substrate to be 5.2 min, which shows an improvement by a factor of four compared to other hydrogel-based sensing methods. Finally, initial results for the sensor's lifetime are presented.
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Kabir SMF, Sikdar PP, Haque B, Bhuiyan MAR, Ali A, Islam MN. Cellulose-based hydrogel materials: chemistry, properties and their prospective applications. Prog Biomater 2018; 7:153-174. [PMID: 30182344 PMCID: PMC6173681 DOI: 10.1007/s40204-018-0095-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 201] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2018] [Accepted: 08/25/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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Hydrogels based on cellulose comprising many organic biopolymers including cellulose, chitin, and chitosan are the hydrophilic material, which can absorb and retain a huge proportion of water in the interstitial sites of their structures. These polymers feature many amazing properties such as responsiveness to pH, time, temperature, chemical species and biological conditions besides a very high-water absorption capacity. Biopolymer hydrogels can be manipulated and crafted for numerous applications leading to a tremendous boom in research during recent times in scientific communities. With the growing environmental concerns and an emergent demand, researchers throughout the globe are concentrating particularly on naturally derived hydrogels due to their biocompatibility, biodegradability and abundance. Cellulose-based hydrogels are considered as useful biocompatible materials to be used in medical devices to treat, augment or replace any tissue, organ, or help function of the body. These hydrogels also hold a great promise for applications in agricultural activity, as smart materials and some other useful industrial purposes. This review offers an overview of the recent and contemporary research regarding physiochemical properties of cellulose-based hydrogels along with their applications in multidisciplinary areas including biomedical fields such as drug delivery, tissue engineering and wound healing, healthcare and hygienic products as well as in agriculture, textiles and industrial applications as smart materials.
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- S M Fijul Kabir
- Department of Textiles, Apparel Design and Merchandising, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA.
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- Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- College of Textile Engineering, University of Chittagong, Chittagong, 4331, Bangladesh
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- Department of Textile Engineering, Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology, DUET, Gazipur, 1700, Bangladesh
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- Department of Textile Engineering, Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology, DUET, Gazipur, 1700, Bangladesh
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- Department of Chemistry, Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology, DUET, Gazipur, 1700, Bangladesh
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Wagner D, Burbach J, Grünzweig C, Hartmann S, Lehmann E, Egelhaaf SU, Hermes HE. Solvent and solute ingress into hydrogels resolved by a combination of imaging techniques. J Chem Phys 2016; 144:204903. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4950954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Ou X, Han Q, Dai HH, Wang J. Molecular dynamic simulations of the water absorbency of hydrogels. J Mol Model 2015; 21:231. [DOI: 10.1007/s00894-015-2784-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2015] [Accepted: 07/31/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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With the rapid development of micro systems technology and microelectronics, smart implantable wireless electronic systems are emerging for the continuous surveillance of relevant parameters in the body and even for closed-loop systems with a sensor feed-back to drug release systems. With respect to diabetes management, there is a critical societal need for a fully integrated sensor array that can be used to continuously measure a patient’s blood glucose concentration, pH, pCO2 and colloid oncotic pressure twenty four hours a day on a long-term basis. In this work, thin films of metabolite-specific or “smart” hydrogels were combined with microfabricated piezoresistive pressure transducers to obtain “chemomechanical sensors” that can serve as selective and versatile wireless biomedical sensors and sensor arrays for a continuous monitoring of several metabolites. Sensor response time and accuracy with which sensors can track gradual changes in glucose, pH, CO2 and ionic strength, respectively, was estimated in vitro using simulated physiological solutions. The biocompatibility and hermeticity of the developed multilayer encapsulation for the microsensor array has been investigated concerning the long-term stability and enduring functionality that is desired for permanent implants.
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Ferse B, Graf M, Krahl F, Arndt KF. Photopolymerization as Alternative Concept for Synthesis of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-Clay Nanocomposite Hydrogels. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/masy.201000125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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