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Heng W, Bhavsar M, Han Z, Barker JH. Effects of Electrical Stimulation on Stem Cells. Curr Stem Cell Res Ther 2020; 15:441-448. [PMID: 31995020 DOI: 10.2174/1574888x15666200129154747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2019] [Revised: 11/08/2019] [Accepted: 11/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Recent interest in developing new regenerative medicine- and tissue engineering-based treatments has motivated researchers to develop strategies for manipulating stem cells to optimize outcomes in these potentially, game-changing treatments. Cells communicate with each other, and with their surrounding tissues and organs via electrochemical signals. These signals originate from ions passing back and forth through cell membranes and play a key role in regulating cell function during embryonic development, healing, and regeneration. To study the effects of electrical signals on cell function, investigators have exposed cells to exogenous electrical stimulation and have been able to increase, decrease and entirely block cell proliferation, differentiation, migration, alignment, and adherence to scaffold materials. In this review, we discuss research focused on the use of electrical stimulation to manipulate stem cell function with a focus on its incorporation in tissue engineering-based treatments.
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- Wang Heng
- Frankfurt Initiative for Regenerative Medicine, Experimental Trauma & Orthopedic Surgery, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Frankfurt Initiative for Regenerative Medicine, Experimental Trauma & Orthopedic Surgery, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Frankfurt Initiative for Regenerative Medicine, Experimental Trauma & Orthopedic Surgery, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Frankfurt Initiative for Regenerative Medicine, Experimental Trauma & Orthopedic Surgery, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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Portone A, Sciancalepore AG, Melle G, Netti GS, Greco G, Persano L, Gesualdo L, Pisignano D. Quasi-3D morphology and modulation of focal adhesions of human adult stem cells through combinatorial concave elastomeric surfaces with varied stiffness. SOFT MATTER 2019; 15:5154-5162. [PMID: 31192342 DOI: 10.1039/c9sm00481e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In vivo cell niches are complex architectures that provide a wide range of biochemical and mechanical stimuli to control cell behavior and fate. With the aim to provide in vitro microenvironments mimicking physiological niches, microstructured substrates have been exploited to support cell adhesion and to control cell shape as well as three dimensional morphology. At variance with previous methods, we propose a simple and rapid protein subtractive soft lithographic method to obtain microstructured polydimethylsiloxane substrates for studying stem cell adhesion and growth. The shape of adult renal stem cells and nuclei is found to depend predominantly on micropatterning of elastomeric surfaces and only weakly on the substrate mechanical properties. Differently, focal adhesions in their shape and density but not in their alignment mainly depend on the elastomer stiffness almost regardless of microscale topography. Local surface topography with concave microgeometry enhancing adhesion drives stem cells in a quasi-three dimensional configuration where stiffness might significantly steer mechanosensing as highlighted by focal adhesion properties.
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- A Portone
- NEST, Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR and Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza S. Silvestro 12, I-56127 Pisa, Italy.
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Lilge I, Jiang S, Schönherr H. Long-Term Stable Poly(acrylamide) Brush Modified Transparent Microwells for Cell Attachment Studies in 3D. Macromol Biosci 2017; 17. [DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201600451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2016] [Revised: 11/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Inga Lilge
- Physical Chemistry I; Department of Chemistry and Biology and Research Center of Micro and Nanochemistry and Engineering (Cμ); University of Siegen; Adolf-Reichwein-Str. 2 57076 Siegen Germany
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- Physical Chemistry I; Department of Chemistry and Biology and Research Center of Micro and Nanochemistry and Engineering (Cμ); University of Siegen; Adolf-Reichwein-Str. 2 57076 Siegen Germany
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- Physical Chemistry I; Department of Chemistry and Biology and Research Center of Micro and Nanochemistry and Engineering (Cμ); University of Siegen; Adolf-Reichwein-Str. 2 57076 Siegen Germany
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Greiner AM, Sales A, Chen H, Biela SA, Kaufmann D, Kemkemer R. Nano- and microstructured materials for in vitro studies of the physiology of vascular cells. BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY 2016; 7:1620-1641. [PMID: 28144512 PMCID: PMC5238670 DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.7.155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2016] [Accepted: 10/04/2016] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The extracellular environment of vascular cells in vivo is complex in its chemical composition, physical properties, and architecture. Consequently, it has been a great challenge to study vascular cell responses in vitro, either to understand their interaction with their native environment or to investigate their interaction with artificial structures such as implant surfaces. New procedures and techniques from materials science to fabricate bio-scaffolds and surfaces have enabled novel studies of vascular cell responses under well-defined, controllable culture conditions. These advancements are paving the way for a deeper understanding of vascular cell biology and materials-cell interaction. Here, we review previous work focusing on the interaction of vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) and endothelial cells (ECs) with materials having micro- and nanostructured surfaces. We summarize fabrication techniques for surface topographies, materials, geometries, biochemical functionalization, and mechanical properties of such materials. Furthermore, various studies on vascular cell behavior and their biological responses to micro- and nanostructured surfaces are reviewed. Emphasis is given to studies of cell morphology and motility, cell proliferation, the cytoskeleton and cell-matrix adhesions, and signal transduction pathways of vascular cells. We finalize with a short outlook on potential interesting future studies.
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- Alexandra M Greiner
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Zoology, Department of Cell and Neurobiology, Haid-und-Neu-Strasse 9, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
- now at: Pforzheim University, School of Engineering, Tiefenbronner Strasse 65, 75175 Pforzheim, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Department of New Materials and Biosystems, Heisenbergstrasse 3, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Zoology, Department of Cell and Neurobiology, Haid-und-Neu-Strasse 9, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Department of New Materials and Biosystems, Heisenbergstrasse 3, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Universitätsklinikum Ulm, Institut für Humangenetik, Albert Einstein Allee 11, 89070 Ulm, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Department of New Materials and Biosystems, Heisenbergstrasse 3, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
- Reutlingen University, Faculty of Applied Chemistry, Alteburgstrasse 150, 72762 Reutlingen, Germany
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Bioprinting a cardiac valve. Biotechnol Adv 2015; 33:1503-21. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2015.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2015] [Revised: 06/30/2015] [Accepted: 07/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Yu L, Grist SM, Nasseri SS, Cheng E, Hwang YCE, Ni C, Cheung KC. Core-shell hydrogel beads with extracellular matrix for tumor spheroid formation. BIOMICROFLUIDICS 2015; 9:024118. [PMID: 25945144 PMCID: PMC4401801 DOI: 10.1063/1.4918754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2015] [Accepted: 04/07/2015] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Creating multicellular tumor spheroids is critical for characterizing anticancer treatments since they may provide a better model of the tumor than conventional monolayer culture. Moreover, tumor cell interaction with the extracellular matrix can determine cell organization and behavior. In this work, a microfluidic system was used to form cell-laden core-shell beads which incorporate elements of the extracellular matrix and support the formation of multicellular spheroids. The bead core (comprising a mixture of alginate, collagen, and reconstituted basement membrane, with gelation by temperature control) and shell (comprising alginate hydrogel, with gelation by ionic crosslinking) were simultaneously formed through flow focusing using a cooled flow path into the microfluidic chip. During droplet gelation, the alginate acts as a fast-gelling shell which aids in preventing droplet coalescence and in maintaining spherical droplet geometry during the slower gelation of the collagen and reconstituted basement membrane components as the beads warm up. After droplet gelation, the encapsulated MCF-7 cells proliferated to form uniform spheroids when the beads contained all three components: alginate, collagen, and reconstituted basement membrane. The dose-dependent response of the MCF-7 cell tumor spheroids to two anticancer drugs, docetaxel and tamoxifen, was compared to conventional monolayer culture.
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- L Yu
- Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia , Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia , Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia , Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia , Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia , Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia , Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia , Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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Walters NJ, Gentleman E. Evolving insights in cell-matrix interactions: elucidating how non-soluble properties of the extracellular niche direct stem cell fate. Acta Biomater 2015; 11:3-16. [PMID: 25266503 PMCID: PMC5833939 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2014.09.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2014] [Revised: 08/22/2014] [Accepted: 09/22/2014] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The role of soluble messengers in directing cellular behaviours has been recognized for decades. However, many cellular processes, including adhesion, migration and stem cell differentiation, are also governed by chemical and physical interactions with non-soluble components of the extracellular matrix (ECM). Among other effects, a cell's perception of nanoscale features such as substrate topography and ligand presentation, and its ability to deform the matrix via the generation of cytoskeletal tension play fundamental roles in these cellular processes. As a result, many biomaterials-based tissue engineering and regenerative medicine strategies aim to harness the cell's perception of substrate stiffness and nanoscale features to direct particular behaviours. However, since cell-ECM interactions vary considerably between two-dimensional (2-D) and three-dimensional (3-D) models, understanding their influence over normal and pathological cell responses in 3-D systems that better mimic the in vivo microenvironment is essential to translate such insights efficiently into medical therapies. This review summarizes the key findings in these areas and discusses how insights from 2-D biomaterials are being used to examine cellular behaviours in more complex 3-D hydrogel systems, in which not only matrix stiffness, but also degradability, plays an important role, and in which defining the nanoscale ligand presentation presents an additional challenge.
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- Nick J Walters
- Division of Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London WC1X 8LD, UK
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- Craniofacial Development & Stem Cell Biology, King's College London, London SE1 9RT, UK.
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Koch B, Sanchez S, Schmidt CK, Swiersy A, Jackson SP, Schmidt OG. Confinement and deformation of single cells and their nuclei inside size-adapted microtubes. Adv Healthc Mater 2014; 3:1753-8. [PMID: 24764273 PMCID: PMC4227890 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201300678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2013] [Revised: 03/11/2014] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Britta Koch
- Institute for Integrative Nanosciences IFW Dresden, Helmholtzstraße 20 Dresden D‐01069 Germany
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- Institute for Integrative Nanosciences IFW Dresden, Helmholtzstraße 20 Dresden D‐01069 Germany
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- The Gurdon Institute and Department of Biochemistry University of Cambridge Tennis Court Road Cambridge CB2 1QN UK
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- Institute for Integrative Nanosciences IFW Dresden, Helmholtzstraße 20 Dresden D‐01069 Germany
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Viszeral‐Thorax‐ und Gefäßchirurgie Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Fetscherstraße 74 Dresden D‐01307 Germany
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- The Gurdon Institute and Department of Biochemistry University of Cambridge Tennis Court Road Cambridge CB2 1QN UK
- The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton Cambridge CB10 1SA UK
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- Institute for Integrative Nanosciences IFW Dresden, Helmholtzstraße 20 Dresden D‐01069 Germany
- Material Systems for Nanoelectronics Chemnitz University of Technology Reichenhainer Str. 70 Chemnitz D‐09107 Germany
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Håkanson M, Cukierman E, Charnley M. Miniaturized pre-clinical cancer models as research and diagnostic tools. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2014; 69-70:52-66. [PMID: 24295904 PMCID: PMC4019677 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2013.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2013] [Revised: 10/09/2013] [Accepted: 11/24/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Cancer is one of the most common causes of death worldwide. Consequently, important resources are directed towards bettering treatments and outcomes. Cancer is difficult to treat due to its heterogeneity, plasticity and frequent drug resistance. New treatment strategies should strive for personalized approaches. These should target neoplastic and/or activated microenvironmental heterogeneity and plasticity without triggering resistance and spare host cells. In this review, the putative use of increasingly physiologically relevant microfabricated cell-culturing systems intended for drug development is discussed. There are two main reasons for the use of miniaturized systems. First, scaling down model size allows for high control of microenvironmental cues enabling more predictive outcomes. Second, miniaturization reduces reagent consumption, thus facilitating combinatorial approaches with little effort and enables the application of scarce materials, such as patient-derived samples. This review aims to give an overview of the state-of-the-art of such systems while predicting their application in cancer drug development.
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- Maria Håkanson
- CSEM SA, Section for Micro-Diagnostics, 7302 Landquart, Switzerland
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- Cancer Biology Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA.
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- Centre for Micro-Photonics and Industrial Research Institute Swinburne, Swinburne University of Technology, Victoria 3122, Australia.
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Andreasson-Ochsner M, Reimhult E. Mobile and three-dimensional presentation of adhesion proteins within microwells. Methods Mol Biol 2013; 1046:123-32. [PMID: 23868585 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-538-5_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023]
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On traditional cell culture substrates cells adhere to a planar 2D surface where ligands are presented immobile. A more realistic presentation of cell adhesion ligands which can account for lateral mobility and a more tissue-like 3D presentation would allow studies addressing fundamental questions of significant importance for applications such as tissue engineering and implant intregration. To study the effect of lateral mobility of cell membrane interaction cues in three dimensions, we have developed and characterized a platform which generically enables patterning of single cells into microwells presenting a cell membrane mimetic interface pre-patterned to its walls. Here, we describe its application in presenting a soluble cell adhesive ligand coupled through streptavidin-antibody linkage to lipids in a supported lipid bilayer (SLB) coated microwell. The lateral mobility of the presented ligands was controlled through a small change in temperature. The SLB phospholipid composition was choosen such that below its melting transition at 30 °C the ligands are immobile, while above 30 °C they are laterally mobile. The platform thus enables the investigation of cell adhesion to either laterally immobile or mobile E-cadherin ligand presented on the same cell membrane mimetic surface.
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- Mirjam Andreasson-Ochsner
- Department of Materials, Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Greiner AM, Richter B, Bastmeyer M. Micro-Engineered 3D Scaffolds for Cell Culture Studies. Macromol Biosci 2012; 12:1301-14. [DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201200132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Andreasson-Ochsner M, Romano G, Håkanson M, Smith ML, Leckband DE, Textor M, Reimhult E. Single cell 3-D platform to study ligand mobility in cell-cell contact. LAB ON A CHIP 2011; 11:2876-2883. [PMID: 21773619 DOI: 10.1039/c1lc20067d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Lateral mobility and dimensionality have both been shown to influence cellular behavior, but have yet to be combined and applied in a single in vitro platform to address, e.g., cell adhesion in a setting mimicking the three-dimensional environment of neighboring cells in a reductionist way. To study the effect of the lateral mobility of cell adhesive ligands in three dimensions we present and characterize a platform, which enables patterning of single cells into microwells presenting a cell membrane mimetic interface pre-patterned to its walls. Soluble E-cadherin extracellular domains coupled through an optimized streptavidin-antibody linkage to lipids in a supported lipid bilayer (SPB) were presented on the microwell walls as either laterally mobile or immobile ligands. The fluidity was controlled through a small change in temperature by choosing phospholipids for the SPB with a lipid phase transition temperature around 30 °C. The platform thus enabled the investigation of cell adhesion to either laterally immobile or mobile E-cadherin ligands presented on the same cell membrane mimetic surface. Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells engineered to express E-cadherin that were cultured on the platform demonstrated that enhanced cadherin lateral mobility significantly decreased the formation of actin bundles and resulted in more diffuse actin organization, while constraining the cell shape to that of the microwell. This example highlights the potential to use in vitro cell culture platforms to mimic direct cell-cell interaction in a controlled environment that nevertheless captures the dynamic nature of the native cell environment.
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- Mirjam Andreasson-Ochsner
- Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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Wüst S, Müller R, Hofmann S. Controlled Positioning of Cells in Biomaterials-Approaches Towards 3D Tissue Printing. J Funct Biomater 2011; 2:119-54. [PMID: 24956301 PMCID: PMC4030943 DOI: 10.3390/jfb2030119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 165] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2011] [Revised: 06/29/2011] [Accepted: 07/12/2011] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Current tissue engineering techniques have various drawbacks: they often incorporate uncontrolled and imprecise scaffold geometries, whereas the current conventional cell seeding techniques result mostly in random cell placement rather than uniform cell distribution. For the successful reconstruction of deficient tissue, new material engineering approaches have to be considered to overcome current limitations. An emerging method to produce complex biological products including cells or extracellular matrices in a controlled manner is a process called bioprinting or biofabrication, which effectively uses principles of rapid prototyping combined with cell-loaded biomaterials, typically hydrogels. 3D tissue printing is an approach to manufacture functional tissue layer-by-layer that could be transplanted in vivo after production. This method is especially advantageous for stem cells since a controlled environment can be created to influence cell growth and differentiation. Using printed tissue for biotechnological and pharmacological needs like in vitro drug-testing may lead to a revolution in the pharmaceutical industry since animal models could be partially replaced by biofabricated tissues mimicking human physiology and pathology. This would not only be a major advancement concerning rising ethical issues but would also have a measureable impact on economical aspects in this industry of today, where animal studies are very labor-intensive and therefore costly. In this review, current controlled material and cell positioning techniques are introduced highlighting approaches towards 3D tissue printing.
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- Silke Wüst
- Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Schulte VA, Diez M, Möller M, Lensen MC. Topography-induced cell adhesion to Acr-sP(EO-stat-PO) hydrogels: the role of protein adsorption. Macromol Biosci 2011; 11:1378-86. [PMID: 21786421 DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201100087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2011] [Revised: 05/13/2011] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Topographic surface patterning of intrinsically non-adhesive P(EO-stat-PO)-based hydrogels can lead to the adhesion and spreading of fibroblasts. Explanations for this unexpected behavior are discussed, particularly with regard to non-specific protein adsorption from the serum-supplemented culture medium. The presence of serum proteins is shown to be essential for adhesion. Adsorption of plasma and ECM proteins (Fibronectin (FN) and Vitronectin (VN)) to the hydrogels is possible. The effect of VN on initial cell adhesion is analyzed in detail. It appears that VN is the main serum component that is crucial for initial cell adhesion to PEG and that surface topography is essential for further, durable adhesion establishment, and spreading.
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- Vera A Schulte
- DWI e.V., Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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Muñoz-Bonilla A, Ibarboure E, Bordegé V, Fernández-García M, Rodríguez-Hernández J. Fabrication of honeycomb-structured porous surfaces decorated with glycopolymers. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2010; 26:8552-8558. [PMID: 20151693 DOI: 10.1021/la904565d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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We prepared breath figure patterns on functional surfaces by the surface segregation of a statistical glycopolymer, (styrene-co-2-(D-glucopyranosyl) aminocarbonyloxy ethyl acrylate (S-HEAGl). The synthesis of the statistical glycopolymer is prepared in a straightforward approach by conventional free radical copolymerization of styrene and the unprotected glycomonomer. Blends of this copolymer and high-molecular-weight polystyrene were spin coated from THF solutions, leading to the formation of surfaces with both controlled functionality and topography. AFM studies revealed that both the composition of the blend and the relative humidity play key roles in the size and distribution of the pores at the interface. Thus, the topographical features obtained on the polymer surfaces during film preparation by the breath figure methodology varied from 200 to 700 nm. Moreover, this approach leads to porous films in which the hydrophilic glycomonomer units are oriented toward the pore interface because upon soft annealing in water the holes are partially swelled. The self-organization of the glycopolymer within the pores was additionally confirmed by the reaction of carbohydrate hydroxyl groups with rhodamine isocyanate. Equally, we demonstrate the bioactivity of the anchored glycopolymers by means of the lectin binding test using concanavalin A (Con A).
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- Alexandra Muñoz-Bonilla
- Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques, CNRS, Université Bordeaux I, ENSCPB. 16, Avenue Pey Berland 33607, Pessac-Cedex, France
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Jeon H, Hidai H, Hwang DJ, Grigoropoulos CP. Fabrication of arbitrary polymer patterns for cell study by two-photon polymerization process. J Biomed Mater Res A 2010; 93:56-66. [PMID: 19484772 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.32517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Topographically patterned surfaces are known to be powerful tools for influencing cellular functions. Here we demonstrate a method for fabricating high aspect ratio ( approximately 10) patterns of varying height by using two-photon polymerization process to study contact guidance of cells. Ridge patterns of various heights and widths were fabricated through single laser scanning steps by low numerical aperture optics, hence at much higher processing throughput. Fibroblast cells were seeded on parallel line patterns of different height ( approximately 1.5-microm, approximately 0.8-microm, and approximately 0.5-microm) and orthogonal mesh patterns ( approximately 8-microm and approximately 4-microm height, approximately 5-microm and approximately 5.5-microm height, approximately 5-microm and approximately 6-microm height). Cells experienced different strength of contact guidance depending on the ridge height. Our results demonstrate that a height threshold of nearly 1 microm influences cell alignment on both parallel line and orthogonal mesh patterns. This fabrication technique may find wide application in the design of single cell traps for controlling cell behavior in microdevices and investigating signal transduction as influenced by surface topology.
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- Hojeong Jeon
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, U.C. Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-1740, USA
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Rottmar M, Håkanson M, Smith M, Maniura-Weber K. Stem cell plasticity, osteogenic differentiation and the third dimension. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE. MATERIALS IN MEDICINE 2010; 21:999-1004. [PMID: 19904580 DOI: 10.1007/s10856-009-3926-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2009] [Accepted: 10/26/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Different cues present in the cellular environment control basic biological processes. A previously established 3D microwell array was used to study dimensionality-related effects on osteogenic differentiation and plasticity of marrow stromal cells. To enable long-term culture of single cells in the array a novel surface functionalization technique was developed, using the principle of subtractive micro contact printing of fibronectin and surface passivation with a triblock-copolymer. Immunohistochemical stainings showed that when cultivated in 3D microenvironments, marrow stromal cells can be maintained in the wells for up to 7 days and be induced to commit to the osteogenic lineage. In conclusion, this work shows the modification of a 3D microwell array allowing the long term study of single stem cell plasticity and fate in controlled microenvironments.
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- Markus Rottmar
- Laboratory for Materials-Biology Interactions, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, 9014, St. Gallen, Switzerland
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Charnley M, Textor M, Khademhosseini A, Lutolf MP. Integration column: microwell arrays for mammalian cell culture. Integr Biol (Camb) 2009; 1:625-34. [PMID: 20027371 DOI: 10.1039/b918172p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Microwell arrays have emerged as robust and versatile alternatives to conventional mammalian cell culture substrates. Using standard microfabrication processes, biomaterials surfaces can be topographically patterned to comprise high-density arrays of micron-sized cavities with desirable geometry. Hundreds to thousands of individual cells or cell colonies with controlled size and shape can be trapped in these cavities by simple gravitational sedimentation. Efficient long-term cell confinement allows for parallel analyses and manipulation of cell fate during in vitro culture. These live-cell arrays have already found applications in cell biology, for example to probe the effect of cell colony size on embryonic stem cell differentiation, to dissect the heterogeneity in single cell proliferation kinetics of neural or hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell populations, or to elucidate the role of cell shape on cell function. Here, we highlight the key applications of these platforms, hopefully inspiring biologists to apply these systems for their own studies.
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- Mirren Charnley
- BioInterfaceGroup, Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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Weià T, Hildebrand G, Schade R, Liefeith K. Two-Photon polymerization for microfabrication of three-dimensional scaffolds for tissue engineering application. Eng Life Sci 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/elsc.200900002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Pretzl M, Schweikart A, Hanske C, Chiche A, Zettl U, Horn A, Böker A, Fery A. A lithography-free pathway for chemical microstructuring of macromolecules from aqueous solution based on wrinkling. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2008; 24:12748-12753. [PMID: 18950207 DOI: 10.1021/la8021694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We report on a novel lithography-free method for obtaining chemical submicron patterns of macromolecules on flat substrates. The approach is an advancement of the well-known microcontact printing scheme: While for classical microcontact printing lithographically produced masters are needed, we show that controlled wrinkling can serve as an alternative pathway to producing such masters. These can even show submicron periodicities. We expect upscaling to larger areas to be considerably simpler than that for existing techniques, as wrinkling results in a macroscopic deformation process that is not limited in terms of substrate size. Using this approach, we demonstrate successful printing of aqueous solutions of polyelectrolytes and proteins. We study the effectiveness of the stamping process and its limits in terms of periodicities and heights of the stamps' topographical features. We find that critical wavelengths are well below 355 nm and critical amplitudes are below 40 nm and clarify the failure mechanism in this regime. This will permit further optimization of the approach in the future.
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- Melanie Pretzl
- Physical Chemistry Department, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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Leong TG, Randall CL, Benson BR, Zarafshar AM, Gracias DH. Self-loading lithographically structured microcontainers: 3D patterned, mobile microwells. LAB ON A CHIP 2008; 8:1621-4. [PMID: 18813382 PMCID: PMC2562231 DOI: 10.1039/b809098j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We demonstrate mass-producible, mobile, self-loading microcontainers that can be used to encapsulate both non-living and living objects, thus forming three-dimensionally patterned, mobile microwells.
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- Timothy G. Leong
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, USA
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- The Whitaker Biomedical Engineering Institute at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 21205, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, USA
- Department of Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, USA
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Ernst O, Lieske A, Jäger M, Lankenau A, Duschl C. Control of cell detachment in a microfluidic device using a thermo-responsive copolymer on a gold substrate. LAB ON A CHIP 2007; 7:1322-9. [PMID: 17896017 DOI: 10.1039/b708619a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The control of cell adhesion is crucial in many procedures in cellular biotechnology. A thermo-responsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-poly(ethylene glycol)-thiol (PNIPAAm-PEG-thiol) copolymer was synthesized for the formation of self-assembled monolayers (SAM) that allow the control of adhesion of cells on gold substrates. The contact angle of water on these layers varies between 65 degrees at a temperature of 45 degrees C and 54 degrees at 25 degrees C. This behaviour is consistent with a transition of the polymer chains from an extended and highly hydrated to a collapsed coil-like state. At 37 degrees C, cultivated fibroblasts adhere and spread normally on this surface and detach by reducing the temperature below the lower critical solution temperature (LCST). Layers can repeatedly be used without loss of their functionality. In order to quantify the capability of the copolymer layer to induce cell detachment, defined shear forces are applied to the cells. For this purpose, the laminar flow in a microfluidic device is used. Our approach provides a strategy for the optimization of layer properties that is based on establishing a correlation between a functional parameter and molecular details of the layers.
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- Oliver Ernst
- Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Am Mühlenberg 13, 14476 Potsdam, Germany.
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Ochsner M, Dusseiller MR, Grandin HM, Luna-Morris S, Textor M, Vogel V, Smith ML. Micro-well arrays for 3D shape control and high resolution analysis of single cells. LAB ON A CHIP 2007; 7:1074-7. [PMID: 17653351 DOI: 10.1039/b704449f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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In addition to rigidity, matrix composition, and cell shape, dimensionality is now considered an important property of the cell microenvironment which directs cell behavior. However, available tools for cell culture in two-dimensional (2D) versus three-dimensional (3D) environments are difficult to compare, and no tools exist which provide 3D shape control of single cells. We developed polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrates for the culture of single cells in 3D arrays which are compatible with high-resolution microscopy. Cell adhesion was limited to within microwells by passivation of the flat upper surface through 'wet-printing' of a non-fouling polymer and backfilling of the wells with specific adhesive proteins or lipid bilayers. Endothelial cells constrained within microwells were viable, and intracellular features could be imaged with high resolution objectives. Finally, phalloidin staining of actin stress fibers showed that the cytoskeleton of cells in microwells was 3D and not limited to the cell-substrate interface. Thus, microwells can be used to produce microenvironments for large numbers of single cells with 3D shape control and can be added to a repertoire of tools which are ever more sought after for both fundamental biological studies as well as high throughput cell screening assays.
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- Mirjam Ochsner
- BioInterface Group, Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, ETH Zurich, CH-8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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