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Mozzer A, Pitha I. Cyclic strain alters the transcriptional and migratory response of scleral fibroblasts to TGFβ. Exp Eye Res 2024:109917. [PMID: 38697276 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2024.109917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2024] [Revised: 04/23/2024] [Accepted: 04/26/2024] [Indexed: 05/04/2024]
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In glaucoma, scleral fibroblasts are exposed to IOP-associated mechanical strain and elevated TGFβ levels. These stimuli, in turn, lead to scleral remodeling. Here, we examine the scleral fibroblast migratory and transcriptional response to these stimuli to better understand mechanisms of glaucomatous scleral remodeling. Human peripapillary scleral (PPS) fibroblasts were cultured on parallel grooves, treated with TGFβ (2 ng/ml) in the presence of vehicle or TGFβ signaling inhibitors, and exposed to uniaxial strain (1 Hz, 5%, 12-24 hours). Axis of cellular orientation was determined at baseline, immediately following strain, and 24 hours after strain cessation with 0° being completely aligned with grooves and 90° being perpendicular. Fibroblasts migration in-line and across grooves was assessed using a scratch assay. Transcriptional profiling of TGFβ-treated fibroblasts with or without strain was performed by RT-qPCR and pERK, pSMAD2, and pSMAD3 levels were measured by immunoblot. Pre-strain alignment of TGFβ-treated cells with grooves (6.2±1.5°) was reduced immediately after strain (21.7±5.3°, p<0.0001) and restored 24 hours after strain cessation (9.5±2.6°). ERK, FAK, and ALK5 inhibition prevented this reduction; however, ROCK, YAP, or SMAD3 inhibition did not. TGFβ-induced myofibroblast markers were reduced by strain (αSMA, POSTN, ASPN, MLCK1). While TGFβ-induced phosphorylation of ERK and SMAD2 was unaffected by cyclic strain, SMAD3 phosphorylation was reduced (p=0.0004). Wound healing across grooves was enhanced by ROCK and SMAD3 inhibition but not ERK or ALK5 inhibition. These results provide insight into the mechanisms by which mechanical strain alters the cellular response to TGFβ and the potential signaling pathways that underlie scleral remodeling.
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- Ann Mozzer
- Department of Ophthalmology; Center for Nanomedicine, and
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- Department of Ophthalmology; Glaucoma Center of Excellence, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
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Joshi IM, Mansouri M, Ahmed A, De Silva D, Simon RA, Esmaili P, Desa DE, Elias TM, Brown EB, Abhyankar VV. Microengineering 3D Collagen Matrices with Tumor-Mimetic Gradients in Fiber Alignment. Adv Funct Mater 2024; 34:2308071. [PMID: 38706986 PMCID: PMC11067715 DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202308071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 05/07/2024]
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Collagen fibers in the 3D tumor microenvironment (TME) exhibit complex alignment landscapes that are critical in directing cell migration through a process called contact guidance. Previous in vitro work studying this phenomenon has focused on quantifying cell responses in uniformly aligned environments. However, the TME also features short-range gradients in fiber alignment that result from cell-induced traction forces. Although the influence of graded biophysical taxis cues is well established, cell responses to physiological alignment gradients remain largely unexplored. In this work, fiber alignment gradients in biopsy samples are characterized and recreated using a new microfluidic biofabrication technique to achieve tunable sub-millimeter to millimeter scale gradients. This study represents the first successful engineering of continuous alignment gradients in soft, natural biomaterials. Migration experiments on graded alignment show that HUVECs exhibit increased directionality, persistence, and speed compared to uniform and unaligned fiber architectures. Similarly, patterned MDA-MB-231 aggregates exhibit biased migration toward increasing fiber alignment, suggesting a role for alignment gradients as a taxis cue. This user-friendly approach, requiring no specialized equipment, is anticipated to offer new insights into the biophysical cues that cells interpret as they traverse the extracellular matrix, with broad applicability in healthy and diseased tissue environments.
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- Indranil M. Joshi
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
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Robitaille MC, Kim C, Christodoulides JA, Calhoun PJ, Kang W, Liu J, Byers JM, Raphael MP. Topographical depth reveals contact guidance mechanism distinct from focal adhesion confinement. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2024. [PMID: 38226738 DOI: 10.1002/cm.21810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2023] [Revised: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/17/2024]
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Cellular response to the topography of their environment, known as contact guidance, is a crucial aspect to many biological processes yet remains poorly understood. A prevailing model to describe cellular contact guidance involves the lateral confinement of focal adhesions (FA) by topography as an underlying mechanism governing how cells can respond to topographical cues. However, it is not clear how this model is consistent with the well-documented depth-dependent contact guidance responses in the literature. To investigate this model, we fabricated a set of contact guidance chips with lateral dimensions capable of confining focal adhesions and relaxing that confinement at various depths. We find at the shallowest depth of 330 nm, the model of focal adhesion confinement is consistent with our observations. However, the cellular response at depths of 725 and 1000 nm is inadequately explained by this model. Instead, we observe a distinct reorganization of F-actin at greater depths in which topographically induced cell membrane deformation alters the structure of the cytoskeleton. These results are consistent with an alternative curvature-hypothesis to explain cellular response to topographical cues. Together, these results indicate a confluence of two molecular mechanisms operating at increased induced membrane curvature that govern how cells sense and respond to topography.
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- School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
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- School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
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- U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA
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- U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA
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Tagay Y, Kheirabadi S, Ataie Z, Singh RK, Prince O, Nguyen A, Zhovmer AS, Ma X, Sheikhi A, Tsygankov D, Tabdanov ED. Dynein-Powered Cell Locomotion Guides Metastasis of Breast Cancer. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2023; 10:e2302229. [PMID: 37726225 PMCID: PMC10625109 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202302229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2023] [Revised: 08/20/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023]
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The principal cause of death in cancer patients is metastasis, which remains an unresolved problem. Conventionally, metastatic dissemination is linked to actomyosin-driven cell locomotion. However, the locomotion of cancer cells often does not strictly line up with the measured actomyosin forces. Here, a complementary mechanism of metastatic locomotion powered by dynein-generated forces is identified. These forces arise within a non-stretchable microtubule network and drive persistent contact guidance of migrating cancer cells along the biomimetic collagen fibers. It is also shown that the dynein-powered locomotion becomes indispensable during invasive 3D migration within a tissue-like luminal network formed by spatially confining granular hydrogel scaffolds (GHS) made up of microscale hydrogel particles (microgels). These results indicate that the complementary motricity mediated by dynein is always necessary and, in certain instances, sufficient for disseminating metastatic breast cancer cells. These findings advance the fundamental understanding of cell locomotion mechanisms and expand the spectrum of clinical targets against metastasis.
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- Yerbol Tagay
- Department of PharmacologyPenn State College of MedicineThe Pennsylvania State UniversityHersheyPA17033USA
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- Department of Chemical EngineeringThe Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity ParkPA16802USA
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- Department of Chemical EngineeringThe Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity ParkPA16802USA
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- Department of Obstetrics & GynecologyGynecology OncologyUniversity of Rochester Medical CenterRochesterNY14642USA
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- Center for Biologics Evaluation and ResearchU.S. Food and Drug AdministrationSilver SpringMD20903USA
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- Center for Biologics Evaluation and ResearchU.S. Food and Drug AdministrationSilver SpringMD20903USA
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- Center for Biologics Evaluation and ResearchU.S. Food and Drug AdministrationSilver SpringMD20903USA
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- Center for Biologics Evaluation and ResearchU.S. Food and Drug AdministrationSilver SpringMD20903USA
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- Department of Chemical EngineeringThe Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity ParkPA16802USA
- Department of Biomedical EngineeringThe Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity ParkPA16802USA
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- Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical EngineeringGeorgia Institute of Technology and Emory UniversityAtlantaGA30332USA
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- Department of PharmacologyPenn State College of MedicineThe Pennsylvania State UniversityHersheyPA17033USA
- Penn State Cancer InstitutePenn State College of MedicineThe Pennsylvania State UniversityHersheyPA17033USA
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Joshi IM, Mansouri M, Ahmed A, Simon RA, Bambizi PE, Desa DE, Elias TM, Brown EB, Abhyankar VV. Microengineering 3D Collagen Matrices with Tumor-Mimetic Gradients in Fiber Alignment. bioRxiv 2023:2023.07.09.548253. [PMID: 37502844 PMCID: PMC10369918 DOI: 10.1101/2023.07.09.548253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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In the tumor microenvironment (TME), collagen fibers facilitate tumor cell migration through the extracellular matrix. Previous studies have focused on studying the responses of cells on uniformly aligned or randomly aligned collagen fibers. However, the in vivo environment also features spatial gradients in alignment, which arise from the local reorganization of the matrix architecture due to cell-induced traction forces. Although there has been extensive research on how cells respond to graded biophysical cues, such as stiffness, porosity, and ligand density, the cellular responses to physiological fiber alignment gradients have been largely unexplored. This is due, in part, to a lack of robust experimental techniques to create controlled alignment gradients in natural materials. In this study, we image tumor biopsy samples and characterize the alignment gradients present in the TME. To replicate physiological gradients, we introduce a first-of-its-kind biofabrication technique that utilizes a microfluidic channel with constricting and expanding geometry to engineer 3D collagen hydrogels with tunable fiber alignment gradients that range from sub-millimeter to millimeter length scales. Our modular approach allows easy access to the microengineered gradient gels, and we demonstrate that HUVECs migrate in response to the fiber architecture. We provide preliminary evidence suggesting that MDA-MB-231 cell aggregates, patterned onto a specific location on the alignment gradient, exhibit preferential migration towards increasing alignment. This finding suggests that alignment gradients could serve as an additional taxis cue in the ECM. Importantly, our study represents the first successful engineering of continuous gradients of fiber alignment in soft, natural materials. We anticipate that our user-friendly platform, which needs no specialized equipment, will offer new experimental capabilities to study the impact of fiber-based contact guidance on directed cell migration.
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- Indranil M. Joshi
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
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Wang R, Wang M, Jin R, Wang Y, Yi M, Li Q, Li J, Zhang K, Sun C, Nie Y, Huang C, Mikos AG, Zhang X. High Strength Titanium with Fibrous Grain for Advanced Bone Regeneration. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2023; 10:e2207698. [PMID: 37029460 PMCID: PMC10238201 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202207698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Revised: 02/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Pure titanium is widely used in clinical implants, but its bioinert properties (poor strength and mediocre effect on bone healing) limit its use under load-bearing conditions. Modeling on the structure of collagen fibrils and specific nanocrystal plane arrangement of hydroxyapatite in the natural bone, a new type of titanium (Ti) with a highly aligned fibrous-grained (FG) microstructure is constructed. The improved attributes of FG Ti include high strength (≈950 MPa), outstanding affinity to new bone growth, and tight bone-implant contact. The bone-mimicking fibrous grains induce an aligned surface topological structure conducive to forming close contact with osteoblasts and promotes the expression of osteogenic genes. Concurrently, the predominant Ti(0002) crystal plane of FG Ti induces the formation of hydrophilic anatase titanium oxide layers, which accelerate biomineralization. In conclusion, this bioinspired FG Ti not only proves to show mechanical and bone-regenerative improvements but it also provides a new strategy for the future design of metallic biomaterials.
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- Ruohan Wang
- National Engineering Research Centre for Biomaterials/College of Biomedical EngineeringSichuan UniversityChengdu610065China
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- School of Aeronautics and AstronauticsSichuan UniversityChengdu610065China
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- National Engineering Research Centre for Biomaterials/College of Biomedical EngineeringSichuan UniversityChengdu610065China
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- School of Aeronautics and AstronauticsSichuan UniversityChengdu610065China
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- Department of OrthopedicsOrthopedic Research InstituteWest China HospitalSichuan UniversityChengdu610041China
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- Department of Chemistry and BiotechnologyCentre for Translational AtomaterialsSwinburne University of TechnologyHawthornVIC3122Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral DiseasesWest China School of StomatologyWest China Hospital of StomatologySichuan UniversityChengdu610041China
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- National Engineering Research Centre for Biomaterials/College of Biomedical EngineeringSichuan UniversityChengdu610065China
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- Department of Chemistry and BiotechnologyCentre for Translational AtomaterialsSwinburne University of TechnologyHawthornVIC3122Australia
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- National Engineering Research Centre for Biomaterials/College of Biomedical EngineeringSichuan UniversityChengdu610065China
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- National Engineering Research Centre for Biomaterials/College of Biomedical EngineeringSichuan UniversityChengdu610065China
- School of Aeronautics and AstronauticsSichuan UniversityChengdu610065China
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- Departments of BioengineeringChemical and Biomolecular EngineeringRice UniversityHoustonTX77251USA
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- National Engineering Research Centre for Biomaterials/College of Biomedical EngineeringSichuan UniversityChengdu610065China
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Tagay Y, Kheirabadi S, Ataie Z, Singh RK, Prince O, Nguyen A, Zhovmer AS, Ma X, Sheikhi A, Tsygankov D, Tabdanov ED. Dynein-Powered Cell Locomotion Guides Metastasis of Breast Cancer. bioRxiv 2023:2023.04.04.535605. [PMID: 37066378 PMCID: PMC10104034 DOI: 10.1101/2023.04.04.535605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
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Metastasis is a principal cause of death in cancer patients, which remains an unresolved fundamental and clinical problem. Conventionally, metastatic dissemination is linked to the actomyosin-driven cell locomotion. However, locomotion of cancer cells often does not strictly line up with the measured actomyosin forces. Here, we identify a complementary mechanism of metastatic locomotion powered by the dynein-generated forces. These forces that arise within a non-stretchable microtubule network drive persistent contact guidance of migrating cancer cells along the biomimetic collagen fibers. We also show that dynein-powered locomotion becomes indispensable during invasive 3D migration within a tissue-like luminal network between spatially confining hydrogel microspheres. Our results indicate that the complementary contractile system of dynein motors and microtubules is always necessary and in certain instances completely sufficient for dissemination of metastatic breast cancer cells. These findings advance fundamental understanding of cell locomotion mechanisms and expand the spectrum of clinical targets against metastasis.
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- Yerbol Tagay
- Department of Pharmacology, Penn State College of Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, 17033, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, 20903, USA
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- Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, 20903, USA
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- Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, 20903, USA
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- Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, 20903, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Penn State College of Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, 17033, USA
- Penn State Cancer Institute, Penn State College of Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, 17033, USA
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Loesel KE, Hiraki HL, Baker BM, Parent CA. An adaptive and versatile method to quantitate and characterize collective cell migration behaviors on complex surfaces. Front Cell Dev Biol 2023; 11:1106653. [PMID: 36776562 PMCID: PMC9909417 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2023.1106653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Collective cell migration is critical for proper embryonic development, wound healing, and cancer cell invasion. However, much of our knowledge of cell migration has been performed using flat surfaces that lack topographical features and do not recapitulate the complex fibrous architecture of the extracellular matrix (ECM). The recent availability of synthetic fibrous networks designed to mimic in vivo ECM has been key to identify the topological features that dictate cell migration patterns as well as to determine the underlying mechanisms that regulate topography-sensing. Recent studies have underscored the prevalence of collective cell migration during cancer invasion, and these observations present a compelling need to understand the mechanisms controlling contact guidance within migratory, multicellular groups. Therefore, we designed an integrated migration analysis platform combining tunable electrospun fibers that recapitulate aspects of the biophysical properties of the ECM, and computational approaches to investigate collective cell migration. To quantitatively assess migration as a function of matrix topography, we developed an automated MATLAB code that quantifies cell migration dynamics, including speed, directionality, and the number of detached cells. This platform enables live cell imaging while providing enough cells for biochemical, proteomic, and genomic analyses, making our system highly adaptable to multiple experimental investigations.
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- Kristen E. Loesel
- Cancer Biology Graduate Program, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States,Rogel Cancer Center, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Rogel Cancer Center, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States,Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States,Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States,Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States,*Correspondence: Carole A. Parent,
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Esfahani P, Sun B. Patterning ECM microstructure to investigate 3D cellular dynamics under multiplexed mechanochemical guidance. F1000Res 2022; 11:1071. [PMID: 37901154 PMCID: PMC10603315 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.125171.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 10/31/2023] Open
Abstract
Background: Biochemical and biophysical factors jointly regulate the cellular dynamics in many physiological processes. It is therefore imperative to include multiplexed microenvironment cues when employing {in vitro} cell-based assays to model physiological processes. Methods: To meet this need, we have developed a modular platform of 3D cell culture, Modular Control of Microenvironment for Cell Migration and Culture Assay (MC33A), that incorporates directed chemical and mechanical cues in the forms of chemotaxis and contact guidance, respectively. Taking advantage of the functionalities of MC33A, we study the migration and morphology of breast cancer cells in 3D engineered extracellular matrix (ECM) following a serum gradient for chemotaxis. Results: We show that when chemotaxis is facilitated by contact guidance in the same direction as the serum gradient, cells demonstrate dimensional-reduction in their motility and highly elongated ellipsoidal shape. When the direction of ECM alignment diverges from the direction of serum gradient, chemotactic motion is significantly suppressed, and cells are generally more protrusive and rounded in their morphology. Conclusions: These examples demonstrate MC33A as a powerful tool for engineering complex microenvironments of cells that will advance the state-of-the-art of cell-based analysis in drug development, regenerative medicine, and other research areas in bioengineering.
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- Physics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97330, USA
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Bersie-Larson LM, Lai VK, Dhume RY, Provenzano PP, Barocas VH, Tranquillo RT. Elucidating the signal for contact guidance contained in aligned fibrils with a microstructural-mechanical model. J R Soc Interface 2022; 19:20210951. [PMID: 35582810 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2021.0951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Despite its importance in physiological processes and tissue engineering, the mechanism underlying cell contact guidance in an aligned fibrillar network has defied elucidation due to multiple interdependent signals that such a network presents to cells, namely, anisotropy of adhesion, porosity and mechanical behaviour. A microstructural-mechanical model of fibril networks was used to assess the relative magnitudes of these competing signals in networks of varied alignment strength based on idealized cylindrical pseudopods projected into the aligned and orthogonal directions and computing the anisotropy of metrics chosen for adhesion, porosity and mechanical behaviour: cylinder-fibre contact area for adhesion, persistence length of pores for porosity and total force to displace fibres from the cylindrical volume as well as network stiffness experienced upon cylinder retraction for mechanical behaviour. The signals related to mechanical anisotropy are substantially higher than adhesion and porosity anisotropy, especially at stronger network alignments, although their signal to noise (S/N) values are substantially lower. The former finding is consistent with a recent report that fibroblasts can sense fibril alignment via anisotropy of network mechanical resistance, and the model reveals this can be due to either mechanical resistance to pseudopod protrusion or retraction given their signal and S/N values are similar.
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- Lauren M Bersie-Larson
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota - Duluth, Duluth, MN, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.,Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Honda G, Saito N, Fujimori T, Hashimura H, Nakamura MJ, Nakajima A, Sawai S. Microtopographical guidance of macropinocytic signaling patches. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:e2110281118. [PMID: 34876521 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2110281118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Morphologies of amoebae and immune cells are highly deformable and dynamic, which facilitates migration in various terrains, as well as ingestion of extracellular solutes and particles. It remains largely unexplored whether and how the underlying membrane protrusions are triggered and guided by the geometry of the surface in contact. In this study, we show that in Dictyostelium, the precursor of a structure called macropinocytic cup, which has been thought to be a constitutive process for the uptake of extracellular fluid, is triggered by micrometer-scale surface features. Imaging analysis and computational simulations demonstrate how the topographical dependence of the self-organizing dynamics supports efficient guidance and capturing of the membrane protrusion and hence movement of an entire cell along such surface features. In fast-moving cells such as amoeba and immune cells, dendritic actin filaments are spatiotemporally regulated to shape large-scale plasma membrane protrusions. Despite their importance in migration, as well as in particle and liquid ingestion, how their dynamics are affected by micrometer-scale features of the contact surface is still poorly understood. Here, through quantitative image analysis of Dictyostelium on microfabricated surfaces, we show that there is a distinct mode of topographical guidance directed by the macropinocytic membrane cup. Unlike other topographical guidance known to date that depends on nanometer-scale curvature sensing protein or stress fibers, the macropinocytic membrane cup is driven by the Ras/PI3K/F-actin signaling patch and its dependency on the micrometer-scale topographical features, namely PI3K/F-actin–independent accumulation of Ras-GTP at the convex curved surface, PI3K-dependent patch propagation along the convex edge, and its actomyosin-dependent constriction at the concave edge. Mathematical model simulations demonstrate that the topographically dependent initiation, in combination with the mutually defining patch patterning and the membrane deformation, gives rise to the topographical guidance. Our results suggest that the macropinocytic cup is a self-enclosing structure that can support liquid ingestion by default; however, in the presence of structured surfaces, it is directed to faithfully trace bent and bifurcating ridges for particle ingestion and cell guidance.
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Zhovmer AS, Manning A, Smith C, Hayes JB, Burnette DT, Wang J, Cartagena-Rivera AX, Dokholyan NV, Singh RK, Tabdanov ED. Mechanical Counterbalance of Kinesin and Dynein Motors in a Microtubular Network Regulates Cell Mechanics, 3D Architecture, and Mechanosensing. ACS Nano 2021; 15:17528-17548. [PMID: 34677937 PMCID: PMC9291236 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c04435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Microtubules (MTs) and MT motor proteins form active 3D networks made of unstretchable cables with rod-like bending mechanics that provide cells with a dynamically changing structural scaffold. In this study, we report an antagonistic mechanical balance within the dynein-kinesin microtubular motor system. Dynein activity drives the microtubular network inward compaction, while isolated activity of kinesins bundles and expands MTs into giant circular bands that deform the cell cortex into discoids. Furthermore, we show that dyneins recruit MTs to sites of cell adhesion, increasing the topographic contact guidance of cells, while kinesins antagonize it via retraction of MTs from sites of cell adhesion. Actin-to-microtubule translocation of septin-9 enhances kinesin-MT interactions, outbalances the activity of kinesins over that of dyneins, and induces the discoid architecture of cells. These orthogonal mechanisms of MT network reorganization highlight the existence of an intricate mechanical balance between motor activities of kinesins and dyneins that controls cell 3D architecture, mechanics, and cell-microenvironment interactions.
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- Alexander S. Zhovmer
- Center
for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S.
Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland 20903, United States
- . Tel: 1-301-402-1606
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- Center
for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S.
Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland 20903, United States
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- Section
on Mechanobiology, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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- Department
of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt Medical Center, University of Vanderbilt, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Department
of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt Medical Center, University of Vanderbilt, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Department
of Pharmacology, Penn State College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hummelstown, Pennsylvania 17036, United States
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- Section
on Mechanobiology, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
- . Tel: 1-301-503-4033
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- Department
of Pharmacology, Penn State College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hummelstown, Pennsylvania 17036, United States
- Department
of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Penn State College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, United States
- . Tel: 1-717-531-5177
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- Department
of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University
of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14620, United States
- . Tel: 1-585-276-6281
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- Department
of Pharmacology, Penn State College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hummelstown, Pennsylvania 17036, United States
- . Tel: 1-717-531-0003 Ext: 4430
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Kim J, Cao Y, Eddy C, Deng Y, Levine H, Rappel WJ, Sun B. The mechanics and dynamics of cancer cells sensing noisy 3D contact guidance. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:e2024780118. [PMID: 33658384 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2024780118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Contact guidance is a major physical cue that modulates cancer cell morphology and motility, and is directly linked to the prognosis of cancer patients. Under physiological conditions, particularly in the three-dimensional (3D) extracellular matrix (ECM), the disordered assembly of fibers presents a complex directional bias to the cells. It is unclear how cancer cells respond to these noncoherent contact guidance cues. Here we combine quantitative experiments, theoretical analysis, and computational modeling to study the morphological and migrational responses of breast cancer cells to 3D collagen ECM with varying degrees of fiber alignment. We quantify the strength of contact guidance using directional coherence of ECM fibers, and find that stronger contact guidance causes cells to polarize more strongly along the principal direction of the fibers. Interestingly, sensitivity to contact guidance is positively correlated with cell aspect ratio, with elongated cells responding more strongly to ECM alignment than rounded cells. Both experiments and simulations show that cell-ECM adhesions and actomyosin contractility modulate cell responses to contact guidance by inducing a population shift between rounded and elongated cells. We also find that cells rapidly change their morphology when navigating the ECM, and that ECM fiber coherence modulates cell transition rates between different morphological phenotypes. Taken together, we find that subcellular processes that integrate conflicting mechanical cues determine cell morphology, which predicts the polarization and migration dynamics of cancer cells in 3D ECM.
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Scaccini L, Mezzena R, De Masi A, Gagliardi M, Gambarotta G, Cecchini M, Tonazzini I. Chitosan Micro-Grooved Membranes with Increased Asymmetry for the Improvement of the Schwann Cell Response in Nerve Regeneration. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:7901. [PMID: 34360664 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22157901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2021] [Revised: 07/14/2021] [Accepted: 07/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Peripheral nerve injuries are a common condition in which a nerve is damaged, affecting more than one million people every year. There are still no efficient therapeutic treatments for these injuries. Artificial scaffolds can offer new opportunities for nerve regeneration applications; in this framework, chitosan is emerging as a promising biomaterial. Here, we set up a simple and effective method for the production of micro-structured chitosan films by solvent casting, with high fidelity in the micro-pattern reproducibility. Three types of chitosan directional micro-grooved patterns, presenting different levels of symmetricity, were developed for application in nerve regenerative medicine: gratings (GR), isosceles triangles (ISO) and scalene triangles (SCA). The directional patterns were tested with a Schwann cell line. The most asymmetric topography (SCA), although it polarized the cell shaping less efficiently, promoted higher cell proliferation and a faster cell migration, both individually and collectively, with a higher directional persistence of motion. Overall, the use of micro-structured asymmetrical directional topographies may be exploited to enhance the nerve regeneration process mediated by chitosan scaffolds.
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Thrivikraman G, Jagiełło A, Lai VK, Johnson SL, Keating M, Nelson A, Schultz B, Wang CM, Levine AJ, Botvinick EL, Tranquillo RT. Cell contact guidance via sensing anisotropy of network mechanical resistance. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:e2024942118. [PMID: 34266950 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2024942118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Despite the ubiquitous importance of cell contact guidance, the signal-inducing contact guidance of mammalian cells in an aligned fibril network has defied elucidation. This is due to multiple interdependent signals that an aligned fibril network presents to cells, including, at least, anisotropy of adhesion, porosity, and mechanical resistance. By forming aligned fibrin gels with the same alignment strength, but cross-linked to different extents, the anisotropic mechanical resistance hypothesis of contact guidance was tested for human dermal fibroblasts. The cross-linking was shown to increase the mechanical resistance anisotropy, without detectable change in network microstructure and without change in cell adhesion to the cross-linked fibrin gel. This methodology thus isolated anisotropic mechanical resistance as a variable for fixed anisotropy of adhesion and porosity. The mechanical resistance anisotropy |Y*| -1 - |X*| -1 increased over fourfold in terms of the Fourier magnitudes of microbead displacement |X*| and |Y*| at the drive frequency with respect to alignment direction Y obtained by optical forces in active microrheology. Cells were found to exhibit stronger contact guidance in the cross-linked gels possessing greater mechanical resistance anisotropy: the cell anisotropy index based on the tensor of cell orientation, which has a range 0 to 1, increased by 18% with the fourfold increase in mechanical resistance anisotropy. We also show that modulation of adhesion via function-blocking antibodies can modulate the guidance response, suggesting a concomitant role of cell adhesion. These results indicate that fibroblasts can exhibit contact guidance in aligned fibril networks by sensing anisotropy of network mechanical resistance.
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van der Putten C, Buskermolen ABC, Werner M, Brouwer HFM, Bartels PAA, Dankers PYW, Bouten CVC, Kurniawan NA. Protein Micropatterning in 2.5D: An Approach to Investigate Cellular Responses in Multi-Cue Environments. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2021; 13:25589-25598. [PMID: 34032413 PMCID: PMC8193632 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c01984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
Abstract
The extracellular microenvironment is an important regulator of cell functions. Numerous structural cues present in the cellular microenvironment, such as ligand distribution and substrate topography, have been shown to influence cell behavior. However, the roles of these cues are often studied individually using simplified, single-cue platforms that lack the complexity of the three-dimensional, multi-cue environment cells encounter in vivo. Developing ways to bridge this gap, while still allowing mechanistic investigation into the cellular response, represents a critical step to advance the field. Here, we present a new approach to address this need by combining optics-based protein patterning and lithography-based substrate microfabrication, which enables high-throughput investigation of complex cellular environments. Using a contactless and maskless UV-projection system, we created patterns of extracellular proteins (resembling contact-guidance cues) on a two-and-a-half-dimensional (2.5D) cell culture chip containing a library of well-defined microstructures (resembling topographical cues). As a first step, we optimized experimental parameters of the patterning protocol for the patterning of protein matrixes on planar and non-planar (2.5D cell culture chip) substrates and tested the technique with adherent cells (human bone marrow stromal cells). Next, we fine-tuned protein incubation conditions for two different vascular-derived human cell types (myofibroblasts and umbilical vein endothelial cells) and quantified the orientation response of these cells on the 2.5D, physiologically relevant multi-cue environments. On concave, patterned structures (curvatures between κ = 1/2500 and κ = 1/125 μm-1), both cell types predominantly oriented in the direction of the contact-guidance pattern. In contrast, for human myofibroblasts on micropatterned convex substrates with higher curvatures (κ ≥ 1/1000 μm-1), the majority of cells aligned along the longitudinal direction of the 2.5D features, indicating that these cells followed the structural cues from the substrate curvature instead. These findings exemplify the potential of this approach for systematic investigation of cellular responses to multiple microenvironmental cues.
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- Cas van der Putten
- Department
of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University
of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- Institute
for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven
University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University
of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- Institute
for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven
University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University
of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- Institute
for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven
University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University
of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- Institute
for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven
University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University
of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- Institute
for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven
University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University
of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- Institute
for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven
University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University
of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- Institute
for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven
University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University
of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- Institute
for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven
University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- . Phone: +31-40-2472347
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Leclech C, Barakat AI. Is there a universal mechanism of cell alignment in response to substrate topography? Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2021; 78:284-292. [PMID: 33843154 DOI: 10.1002/cm.21661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2021] [Revised: 03/05/2021] [Accepted: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Cell alignment and elongation in the direction of anisotropic and aligned topographies are key manifestations of cellular contact guidance and are observed in many cell types. Whether this observation occurs through a universal mechanism remains to be established. In this Views article, we begin by presenting the most widely accepted model of topography-driven cell alignment which posits that anisotropic topographies impose lateral constraints on the growth of focal adhesions and actin stress fibers, thereby driving anisotropic force generation and cellular elongation and alignment. We then discuss particular scenarios where alternative or complementary mechanisms of cell alignment appear to be at play. These include the cases of specific cell types such as amoeboid-like cells and neurons as well as certain topography sizes. Finally, we review the role of the actin cytoskeleton in modulating topography-driven cell alignment and underscore the need for elucidating the role that other cytoskeletal elements play. We close by identifying key open questions the responses to which will significantly enhance our understanding of the role of cellular contact guidance in health and disease.
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- Claire Leclech
- LadHyX, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France
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- LadHyX, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France
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Doll PW, Husari A, Ahrens R, Spindler B, Guber AE, Steinberg T. Enhancing the soft-tissue integration of dental implant abutments-in vitro study to reveal an optimized microgroove surface design to maximize spreading and alignment of human gingival fibroblasts. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater 2021; 109:1768-1776. [PMID: 33773082 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.34836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2020] [Revised: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Within this work, we demonstrate the influences of different microgrooved surface topographies on the alignment and spreading of human gingival fibroblast (HGF) cells and present the optimal parameters for an improved soft-tissue integration design for dental implant abutments for the first time. Microgrooves with lateral widths from 2.5 to 75 μm were fabricated by UV-lithography and wet etching on bulk Ti6Al4V ELI material. The microstructured surfaces were compared to polished and ground surfaces as current state of the art. The resulting microtopographies were analyzed using vertical scanning interferometry and scanning electron microscopy. Samples loaded with HGF cells were incubated for 8 and 72 hr and cell orientation, spreading, resulting area, and relative gene expression were analyzed. The effect of contact guidance occurred on all microstructured surfaces yet there is a clear preferable range for the lateral widths of the microgrooves between approx. 11.5 and 13.9 μm and depths between 1.6 and 2.4 μm for an abutment surface design, where cell orientation and spreading maximizes. For structures larger than 30 μm, cell orientation, spreading and even gene expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 and yes-associated protein decrease.
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- Patrick W Doll
- Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Division of Oral Biotechnology, Center for Dental Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Strasse 55, Freiburg, Germany.,Department of Orthodontics, Center for Dental Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Strasse 55, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Division of Oral Biotechnology, Center for Dental Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Strasse 55, Freiburg, Germany
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van Genderen AM, Jansen K, Kristen M, van Duijn J, Li Y, Schuurmans CCL, Malda J, Vermonden T, Jansen J, Masereeuw R, Castilho M. Topographic Guidance in Melt-Electrowritten Tubular Scaffolds Enhances Engineered Kidney Tubule Performance. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2021; 8:617364. [PMID: 33537294 PMCID: PMC7848123 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.617364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Introduction: To date, tubular tissue engineering relies on large, non-porous tubular scaffolds (Ø > 2 mm) for mechanical self-support, or smaller (Ø 150-500 μm) tubes within bulk hydrogels for studying renal transport phenomena. To advance the engineering of kidney tubules for future implantation, constructs should be both self-supportive and yet small-sized and highly porous. Here, we hypothesize that the fabrication of small-sized porous tubular scaffolds with a highly organized fibrous microstructure by means of melt-electrowriting (MEW) allows the development of self-supported kidney proximal tubules with enhanced properties. Materials and Methods: A custom-built melt-electrowriting (MEW) device was used to fabricate tubular fibrous scaffolds with small diameter sizes (Ø = 0.5, 1, 3 mm) and well-defined, porous microarchitectures (rhombus, square, and random). Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) and human conditionally immortalized proximal tubular epithelial cells (ciPTEC) were seeded into the tubular scaffolds and tested for monolayer formation, integrity, and organization, as well as for extracellular matrix (ECM) production and renal transport functionality. Results: Tubular fibrous scaffolds were successfully manufactured by fine control of MEW instrument parameters. A minimum inner diameter of 1 mm and pore sizes of 0.2 mm were achieved and used for subsequent cell experiments. While HUVEC were unable to bridge the pores, ciPTEC formed tight monolayers in all scaffold microarchitectures tested. Well-defined rhombus-shaped pores outperformed and facilitated unidirectional cell orientation, increased collagen type IV deposition, and expression of the renal transporters and differentiation markers organic cation transporter 2 (OCT2) and P-glycoprotein (P-gp). Discussion and Conclusion: Here, we present smaller diameter engineered kidney tubules with microgeometry-directed cell functionality. Due to the well-organized tubular fiber scaffold microstructure, the tubes are mechanically self-supported, and the self-produced ECM constitutes the only barrier between the inner and outer compartment, facilitating rapid and active solute transport.
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- Anne Metje van Genderen
- Division of Pharmacology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Division of Pharmacology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Division of Pharmacology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.,Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.,Regenerative Medicine Center Utrecht, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.,Regenerative Medicine Center Utrecht, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Division of Pharmacology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.,Division of Pharmaceutics, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.,Regenerative Medicine Center Utrecht, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.,Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Regenerative Medicine Center Utrecht, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.,Division of Pharmaceutics, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology and Pediatric Nephrology, Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Division of Pharmacology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.,Regenerative Medicine Center Utrecht, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.,Regenerative Medicine Center Utrecht, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands
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Ferraris S, Spriano S, Scalia AC, Cochis A, Rimondini L, Cruz-Maya I, Guarino V, Varesano A, Vineis C. Topographical and Biomechanical Guidance of Electrospun Fibers for Biomedical Applications. Polymers (Basel) 2020; 12:E2896. [PMID: 33287236 PMCID: PMC7761715 DOI: 10.3390/polym12122896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2020] [Revised: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 12/01/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Electrospinning is gaining increasing interest in the biomedical field as an eco-friendly and economic technique for production of random and oriented polymeric fibers. The aim of this review was to give an overview of electrospinning potentialities in the production of fibers for biomedical applications with a focus on the possibility to combine biomechanical and topographical stimuli. In fact, selection of the polymer and the eventual surface modification of the fibers allow selection of the proper chemical/biological signal to be administered to the cells. Moreover, a proper design of fiber orientation, dimension, and topography can give the opportunity to drive cell growth also from a spatial standpoint. At this purpose, the review contains a first introduction on potentialities of electrospinning for the obtainment of random and oriented fibers both with synthetic and natural polymers. The biological phenomena which can be guided and promoted by fibers composition and topography are in depth investigated and discussed in the second section of the paper. Finally, the recent strategies developed in the scientific community for the realization of electrospun fibers and for their surface modification for biomedical application are presented and discussed in the last section.
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- Sara Ferraris
- Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Torino, Italy;
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- Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Torino, Italy;
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- Department of Health Sciences, Center for Translational Research on Autoimmune and Allergic Diseases–CAAD, Università del Piemonte Orientale UPO, 28100 Novara, Italy; (A.C.S.); (A.C.); (L.R.)
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- Department of Health Sciences, Center for Translational Research on Autoimmune and Allergic Diseases–CAAD, Università del Piemonte Orientale UPO, 28100 Novara, Italy; (A.C.S.); (A.C.); (L.R.)
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- Department of Health Sciences, Center for Translational Research on Autoimmune and Allergic Diseases–CAAD, Università del Piemonte Orientale UPO, 28100 Novara, Italy; (A.C.S.); (A.C.); (L.R.)
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- Institute for Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials (IPCB), National Research Council of Italy, Mostra d’Oltremare, Pad. 20, V. le J.F. Kennedy 54, 80125 Napoli, Italy; (I.C.-M.); (V.G.)
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- Institute for Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials (IPCB), National Research Council of Italy, Mostra d’Oltremare, Pad. 20, V. le J.F. Kennedy 54, 80125 Napoli, Italy; (I.C.-M.); (V.G.)
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- Institute of Intelligent Industrial Technologies and Systems for Advanced Manufacturing (STIIMA), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Corso Giuseppe Pella 16, 13900 Biella, Italy; (A.V.); (C.V.)
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- Institute of Intelligent Industrial Technologies and Systems for Advanced Manufacturing (STIIMA), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Corso Giuseppe Pella 16, 13900 Biella, Italy; (A.V.); (C.V.)
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- Petra Mela
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany
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- Neoolife, Inc., McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- RiMED Foundation, Palermo, Italy
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Topography of the extracellular environment is now recognized as a major biophysical regulator of cell behavior and function. The study of the influence of patterned substrates on cells, named contact guidance, has greatly benefited from the development of micro and nano-fabrication techniques, allowing the emergence of increasingly diverse and elaborate engineered platforms. The purpose of this review is to provide a comprehensive view of the process of contact guidance from cellular to subcellular scales. We first classify and illustrate the large diversity of topographies reported in the literature by focusing on generic cellular responses to diverse topographical cues. Subsequently, and in a complementary fashion, we adopt the opposite approach and highlight cell type-specific responses to classically used topographies (arrays of pillars or grooves). Finally, we discuss recent advances on the key subcellular and molecular players involved in topographical sensing. Throughout the review, we focus particularly on neuronal cells, whose unique morphology and behavior have inspired a large body of studies in the field of topographical sensing and revealed fascinating cellular mechanisms. We conclude by using the current understanding of the cell-topography interactions at different scales as a springboard for identifying future challenges in the field of contact guidance.
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- Claire Leclech
- Hydrodynamics Laboratory, CNRS UMR 7646, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France
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- Physico-Chimie Curie, CNRS UMR 168, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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Le Saux G, Wu MC, Toledo E, Chen YQ, Fan YJ, Kuo JC, Schvartzman M. Cell-Cell Adhesion-Driven Contact Guidance and Its Effect on Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2020; 12:22399-22409. [PMID: 32323968 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b20939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Contact guidance has been extensively explored using patterned adhesion functionalities that predominantly mimic cell-matrix interactions. Whether contact guidance can also be driven by other types of interactions, such as cell-cell adhesion, still remains a question. Herein, this query is addressed by engineering a set of microstrip patterns of (i) cell-cell adhesion ligands and (ii) segregated cell-cell and cell-matrix ligands as a simple yet versatile set of platforms for the guidance of spreading, adhesion, and differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells. It was unprecedently found that micropatterns of cell-cell adhesion ligands can induce contact guidance. Surprisingly, it was found that patterns of alternating cell-matrix and cell-cell strips also induce contact guidance despite providing a spatial continuum for cell adhesion. This guidance is believed to be due to the difference between the potencies of the two adhesions. Furthermore, patterns that combine the two segregated adhesion functionalities were shown to induce more human mesenchymal stem cell osteogenic differentiation than monofunctional patterns. This work provides new insight into the functional crosstalk between cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesions and, overall, further highlights the ubiquitous impact of the biochemical anisotropy of the extracellular environment on cell function.
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- Guillaume Le Saux
- Department of Materials Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
- Isle Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
- Isle Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
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- Cancer Progression Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan
- Cancer Progression Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
- Isle Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
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Buskermolen AB, Ristori T, Mostert D, van Turnhout MC, Shishvan SS, Loerakker S, Kurniawan NA, Deshpande VS, Bouten CV. Cellular Contact Guidance Emerges from Gap Avoidance. Cell Rep Phys Sci 2020; 1:100055. [PMID: 32685934 PMCID: PMC7357833 DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2020.100055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2019] [Revised: 02/28/2020] [Accepted: 03/20/2020] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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In the presence of anisotropic biochemical or topographical patterns, cells tend to align in the direction of these cues-a widely reported phenomenon known as "contact guidance." To investigate the origins of contact guidance, here, we created substrates micropatterned with parallel lines of fibronectin with dimensions spanning multiple orders of magnitude. Quantitative morphometric analysis of our experimental data reveals two regimes of contact guidance governed by the length scale of the cues that cannot be explained by enforced alignment of focal adhesions. Adopting computational simulations of cell remodeling on inhomogeneous substrates based on a statistical mechanics framework for living cells, we show that contact guidance emerges from anisotropic cell shape fluctuation and "gap avoidance," i.e., the energetic penalty of cell adhesions on non-adhesive gaps. Our findings therefore point to general biophysical mechanisms underlying cellular contact guidance, without the necessity of invoking specific molecular pathways.
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- Antonetta B.C. Buskermolen
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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- Department of Structural Engineering, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
- Corresponding author
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
- Corresponding author
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Werner M, Kurniawan NA, Bouten CVC. Cellular Geometry Sensing at Different Length Scales and its Implications for Scaffold Design. Materials (Basel) 2020; 13:E963. [PMID: 32098110 PMCID: PMC7078773 DOI: 10.3390/ma13040963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2019] [Revised: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Geometrical cues provided by the intrinsic architecture of tissues and implanted biomaterials have a high relevance in controlling cellular behavior. Knowledge of how cells sense and subsequently respond to complex geometrical cues of various sizes and origins is needed to understand the role of the architecture of the extracellular environment as a cell-instructive parameter. This is of particular interest in the field of tissue engineering, where the success of scaffold-guided tissue regeneration largely depends on the formation of new tissue in a native-like organization in order to ensure proper tissue function. A well-considered internal scaffold design (i.e., the inner architecture of the porous structure) can largely contribute to the desired cell and tissue organization. Advances in scaffold production techniques for tissue engineering purposes in the last years have provided the possibility to accurately create scaffolds with defined macroscale external and microscale internal architectures. Using the knowledge of how cells sense geometrical cues of different size ranges can drive the rational design of scaffolds that control cellular and tissue architecture. This concise review addresses the recently gained knowledge of the sensory mechanisms of cells towards geometrical cues of different sizes (from the nanometer to millimeter scale) and points out how this insight can contribute to informed architectural scaffold designs.
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- Maike Werner
- Soft Tissue Engineering and Mechanobiology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5612 AP Eindhoven, The Netherlands; (M.W.); (C.V.C.B.)
- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS), Eindhoven University of Technology, 5612 AZ Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Soft Tissue Engineering and Mechanobiology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5612 AP Eindhoven, The Netherlands; (M.W.); (C.V.C.B.)
- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS), Eindhoven University of Technology, 5612 AZ Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Soft Tissue Engineering and Mechanobiology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5612 AP Eindhoven, The Netherlands; (M.W.); (C.V.C.B.)
- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS), Eindhoven University of Technology, 5612 AZ Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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Extracellular matrix (ECM) influences cell differentiation through its structural and biochemical properties. In nervous system, neuronal behavior is influenced by these ECMs structures which are present in a meshwork, fibrous, or tubular forms encompassing specific molecular compositions. In addition to contact guidance, ECM composition and structures also exert its effect on neuronal differentiation. This short report reviewed the native ECM structure and composition in central nervous system and peripheral nervous system, and their impact on neural regeneration and neuronal differentiation. Using topographies, stem cells have been differentiated to neurons. Further, focussing on engineered biomimicking topographies, we highlighted the role of anisotropic topographies in stem cell differentiation to neurons and its recent temporal application for efficient neuronal differentiation.
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- Deepak Jain
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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- Neuroscience Academic Clinical Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Tabdanov ED, Puram V, Zhovmer A, Provenzano PP. Microtubule-Actomyosin Mechanical Cooperation during Contact Guidance Sensing. Cell Rep 2018; 25:328-338.e5. [PMID: 30304674 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.09.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2018] [Revised: 08/20/2018] [Accepted: 09/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Cancer cell migration through and away from tumors is driven in part by migration along aligned extracellular matrix, a process known as contact guidance (CG). To concurrently study the influence of architectural and mechanical regulators of CG sensing, we developed a set of CG platforms. Using flat and nanotextured substrates with variable architectures and stiffness, we show that CG sensing is regulated by substrate stiffness and define a mechanical role for microtubules and actomyosin-microtubule interactions during CG sensing. Furthermore, we show that Arp2/3-dependent lamellipodia dynamics can compete with aligned protrusions to diminish the CG response and define Arp2/3- and Formins-dependent actin architectures that regulate microtu-bule-dependent protrusions, which promote the CG response. Thus, our work represents a comprehen-sive examination of the physical mechanisms influ-encing CG sensing. Aligned extracellular matrix architectures in tumors direct migration of invasive cancer cells. Tabdanov et al. show that the mechanical properties of aligned extracellular matrix environments influence invasive cell behavior and define a mechanical role for microtubules and actomyosin-microtubule interactions during sensing of contact guidance cues that arise from aligned extracellular matrix.
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Zhu M, Ye H, Fang J, Zhong C, Yao J, Park J, Lu X, Ren F. Engineering High-Resolution Micropatterns Directly onto Titanium with Optimized Contact Guidance to Promote Osteogenic Differentiation and Bone Regeneration. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2019; 11:43888-43901. [PMID: 31680521 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b16050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Topographical cues play an important role in directing cell behavior, and thus, extensive research efforts have been devoted to fabrication of surface patterns and exploring the contact guidance effect. However, engineering high-resolution micropatterns directly onto metallic implants remains a grand challenge. Moreover, there still lacks evidence that allows translation of in vitro screening to in vivo tissue response. Herein, we demonstrate a fast, cost-effective, and feasible approach to the precise fabrication of shape- and size-controlled micropatterns on titanium substrates using a combination of photolithography and inductively coupled plasma-based dry etching. A titanium TopoChip containing 34 microgrooved patterns with varying geometry parameters and a flat surface as the control was designed for a high-throughput in vitro study of the contact guidance of osteoblasts. The correlation between the surface pattern dimensions, cell morphological characteristics, proliferation, and osteogenic marker expression was systematically investigated in vitro. Furthermore, the surface with the highest osteogenic potential in vitro along with representative controls was evaluated in rat cranial defect models. The results show that microgrooved pattern parameters have almost no effect on osteoblast proliferation but significantly regulate the cell morphology, orientation, focal adhesion (FA) formation, and osteogenic differentiation in vitro. In particular, a specific groove pattern with a ridge width of 3 μm, groove width of 7 μm, and depth of 2 μm can most effectively align the cells through regulating the distribution of FAs, resulting in an anisotropic actin cytoskeleton, and thereby promoting osteogenic differentiation. In vivo, microcomputed tomography and histological analyses show that the optimized pattern can apparently stimulate new bone formation. This study not only offers a microfabrication method that can be extended to fabricate various shape- and size-controlled micropatterns on titanium alloys but also provides insight into the surface structure design of orthopedic and dental implants for enhanced bone regeneration.
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- Institute for Advancing Translational Medicine in Bone and Joint Diseases, School of Chinese Medicine , Hong Kong Baptist University , Kowloon Tong , Hong Kong 999077 , China
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- Key Lab of Advanced Technologies of Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering , Southwest Jiaotong University , Chengdu , Sichuan 610031, China
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Li CY, Hu MH, Hu JJ. Use of Aligned Microscale Sacrificial Fibers in Creating Biomimetic, Anisotropic Poly(glycerol sebacate) Scaffolds. Polymers (Basel) 2019; 11:E1492. [PMID: 31547419 DOI: 10.3390/polym11091492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2019] [Revised: 09/03/2019] [Accepted: 09/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Poly(glycerol sebacate) (PGS) is a biocompatible, biodegradable elastomer that has been shown promise as a scaffolding material for tissue engineering; it is still challenging, however, to produce anisotropic scaffolds by using a thermoset polymer, such as PGS. Previously, we have used aligned sacrificial poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) fibers to help produce an anisotropic PGS membrane; a composite membrane, formed by embedding aligned PVA fibers in PGS prepolymer, was subjected to curing and subsequent PVA removal, resulting in aligned grooves and cylindrical pores on the surface of and within the membrane, respectively. PVA, however, appeared to react with PGS during its curing, altering the mechanical characteristics of PGS. In this study, aligned sacrificial fibers made of polylactide (PLA) were used instead. Specifically, PLA was blend-electrospun with polyethylene oxide to increase the sacrificial fiber diameter, which in turn increased the size of the grooves and cylindrical pores. The resultant PGS membrane was shown to be in vitro cyto-compatible and mechanically anisotropic. The membrane’s Young’s modulus was 1–2 MPa, similar to many soft tissues. In particular, the microscale grooves on the membrane surface were found to be capable of directing cell alignment. Finally, based on the same approach, we fabricated a biomimetic, anisotropic, PGS tubular scaffold. The compliance of the tubular scaffold was comparable to native arteries and in the range of 2% to 8% per 100 mmHg, depending on the orientations of the sacrificial fibers. The anisotropic PGS tubular scaffolds can potentially be used in vascular tissue engineering.
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Zhang N, Milbreta U, Chin JS, Pinese C, Lin J, Shirahama H, Jiang W, Liu H, Mi R, Hoke A, Wu W, Chew SY. Biomimicking Fiber Scaffold as an Effective In Vitro and In Vivo MicroRNA Screening Platform for Directing Tissue Regeneration. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2019; 6:1800808. [PMID: 31065509 PMCID: PMC6498117 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201800808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2018] [Revised: 11/25/2018] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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MicroRNAs effectively modulate protein expression and cellular response. Unfortunately, the lack of robust nonviral delivery platforms has limited the therapeutic application of microRNAs. Additionally, there is a shortage of drug-screening platforms that are directly translatable from in vitro to in vivo. Here, a fiber substrate that provides nonviral delivery of microRNAs for in vitro and in vivo microRNA screening is introduced. As a proof of concept, difficult-to-transfect primary neurons are targeted and the efficacy of this system is evaluated in a rat spinal cord injury model. With this platform, enhanced gene-silencing is achieved in neurons as compared to conventional bolus delivery (p < 0.05). Thereafter, four well-recognized microRNAs (miR-21, miR-222, miR-132, and miR-431) and their cocktails are screened systematically. Regardless of age and origin of the neurons, similar trends are observed. Next, this fiber substrate is translated into a 3D system for direct in vivo microRNA screening. Robust nerve ingrowth is observed as early as two weeks after scaffold implantation. Nerve regeneration in response to the microRNA cocktails is similar to in vitro experiments. Altogether, the potential of the fiber platform is demonstrated in providing effective microRNA screening and direct translation into in vivo applications.
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- Na Zhang
- School of Chemical and Biomedical EngineeringNanyang Technological University62 Nanyang DriveSingapore637459Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical EngineeringNanyang Technological University62 Nanyang DriveSingapore637459Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical EngineeringNanyang Technological University62 Nanyang DriveSingapore637459Singapore
- NTU Institute of Health TechnologyInterdisciplinary Graduate SchoolNanyang Technological UniversitySingapore639798Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical EngineeringNanyang Technological University62 Nanyang DriveSingapore637459Singapore
- Artificial Biopolymers DepartmentMax Mousseron Institute of Biomolecules (IBMM)UMR CNRS 5247University of MontpellierFaculty of PharmacyMontpellier34093France
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical EngineeringNanyang Technological University62 Nanyang DriveSingapore637459Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical EngineeringNanyang Technological University62 Nanyang DriveSingapore637459Singapore
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- School of Life Sciences and Medical CenterUniversity of Science and Technology of ChinaHefeiAnhui230027P. R. China
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- School of Life Sciences and Medical CenterUniversity of Science and Technology of ChinaHefeiAnhui230027P. R. China
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- Department of NeurologyJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMD1521205USA
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- Department of NeurologyJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMD1521205USA
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- Guangdong‐Hongkong‐Macau Institute of CNS RegenerationMinistry of Education CNS Regeneration Collaborative Joint LaboratoryJinan UniversityGuangzhou510632P. R. China
- Re‐Stem Biotechnology Co., Ltd.Suzhou330520P. R. China
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical EngineeringNanyang Technological University62 Nanyang DriveSingapore637459Singapore
- Lee Kong Chian School of MedicineNanyang Technological UniversitySingapore308232Singapore
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Weidt A, Mayr SG, Zink M. Influence of Topological Cues on Fibronectin Adsorption and Contact Guidance of Fibroblasts on Microgrooved Titanium. ACS Appl Bio Mater 2019; 2:1066-1077. [PMID: 35021357 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.8b00667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The choice of suitable nano- and microstructures of biomaterials is crucial for successful implant integration within the human body. In particular, surface characteristics affect the adsorption of various extra cellular matrix proteins. This work illustrates the interaction of protein adsorption and early cell adhesion on bulk microstructured titanium surfaces with parallel grooves of 27 to 35 μm widths and 15 to 19 μm depths, respectively. In contact with low concentrated fibronectin solutions, distinct adsorption patterns are observed on the edges of the ridges. Moreover, NIH/3T3 fibroblasts cultured in serum-free medium for 1 h, 3 h, and 1 day show enhanced early cell adhesion on fibronectin coated samples compared to uncoated ones. In fact, early adhesion and cell contacts occur mainly on the groove edges where fibronectin adsorption was preferentially detected. Such adsorption patterns support cellular contact guidance on short time scales since the adsorbed fibronectin proteins acted as a chemical boundary superimposing the topographical cues of the grooved microstructure. In fibronectin-free conditions, this chemical boundary is absent after cell seeding and initial cell-surface interaction. Here, cellular fibronectin released by the fibroblasts adsorbs along the grooves after 3 h and contact guidance occurs delayed. After 1 day, cell adhesion and cell morphology on uncoated and fibronectin coated titanium microgrooves were nearly equilibrated. Thus, surface structures can promote directed adsorption of low concentrated fibronectin, which, furthermore, facilitates early cell adhesion. These results give rise to new developments in surface engineering of biomedical implants for improved osseointegration.
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- Astrid Weidt
- Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM), Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM), Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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Tadsen M, Friedrich RP, Riedel S, Alexiou C, Mayr SG. Contact Guidance by Microstructured Gelatin Hydrogels for Prospective Tissue Engineering Applications. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2019; 11:7450-7458. [PMID: 30633496 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b21638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Design of functionalized biomimetic scaffolds is one of the key approaches for regenerative medicine and other biomedical applications. Development of engineered tissue should optimize organization and function of cells and tissue in vitro as well as in vivo. Surface topography is one factor controlling cellular behavior and tissue development. By topographical patterning of biocompatible materials, highly functionalized scaffolds can be developed. Gelatin is hereby a promising candidate due to its biocompatibility and biodegradability. It is low in cost and easy to handle, enabling a variety of applications in science and medicine. However, for biomedical applications at physiological conditions, gelatin has to be additionally stabilized since its gel-sol-transition temperature lies beneath the human body temperature. This is realized by a reagent-free cross-linking technique utilizing electron beam treatment. By topographical patterning, gelatin can be functionalized toward scaffolds for cell cultivation and tissue development. Thereby, customized patterns are transferred onto gelatin hydrogels via molds. Thermal stabilization of gelatin is then achieved by electron-induced cross-linking. In this study, we investigate the influence of gelatin concentration and irradiation dose on pattern transfer, long-term stability of topographically patterned gelatin hydrogels, and their impact on the cellular behavior of human umbilical vein endothelial cells as well as normal human dermal fibroblasts. We will show that contact guidance occurs for both cell types due to a concrete stripe pattern. In addition, the presented studies show a high degree of cytocompatibility, indicating a high potential of topographically patterned gelatin hydrogels as tissue development scaffold for prospective biomedical applications.
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- Meike Tadsen
- Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM) , Permoserstr. 15 , 04318 Leipzig , Germany
- Division of Surface Physics, Department of Physics and Earth Sciences , Leipzig University , Linnéstr. 5 , 04103 Leipzig , Germany
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Section of Experimental Oncology and Nanomedicine (SEON) , Universitätsklinikum Erlangen , Glückstraße 10a , 91054 Erlangen , Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM) , Permoserstr. 15 , 04318 Leipzig , Germany
- Division of Surface Physics, Department of Physics and Earth Sciences , Leipzig University , Linnéstr. 5 , 04103 Leipzig , Germany
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Section of Experimental Oncology and Nanomedicine (SEON) , Universitätsklinikum Erlangen , Glückstraße 10a , 91054 Erlangen , Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM) , Permoserstr. 15 , 04318 Leipzig , Germany
- Division of Surface Physics, Department of Physics and Earth Sciences , Leipzig University , Linnéstr. 5 , 04103 Leipzig , Germany
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Magaz A, Faroni A, Gough JE, Reid AJ, Li X, Blaker JJ. Bioactive Silk-Based Nerve Guidance Conduits for Augmenting Peripheral Nerve Repair. Adv Healthc Mater 2018; 7:e1800308. [PMID: 30260575 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201800308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2018] [Revised: 05/22/2018] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Repair of peripheral nerve injuries depends upon complex biology stemming from the manifold and challenging injury-healing processes of the peripheral nervous system. While surgical treatment options are available, they tend to be characterized by poor clinical outcomes for the injured patients. This is particularly apparent in the clinical management of a nerve gap whereby nerve autograft remains the best clinical option despite numerous limitations; in addition, effective repair becomes progressively more difficult with larger gaps. Nerve conduit strategies based on tissue engineering approaches and the use of silk as scaffolding material have attracted much attention in recent years to overcome these limitations and meet the clinical demand of large gap nerve repair. This review examines the scientific advances made with silk-based conduits for peripheral nerve repair. The focus is on enhancing bioactivity of the conduits in terms of physical guidance cues, inner wall and lumen modification, and imbuing novel conductive functionalities.
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- Adrián Magaz
- Bio‐Active Materials GroupSchool of MaterialsMSS TowerThe University of Manchester Manchester M13 9PL UK
- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE)Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR) 2 Fusionopolis, Way, Innovis #08‐03 Singapore 138634 Singapore
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- Blond McIndoe LaboratoriesDivision of Cell Matrix Biology and Regenerative MedicineSchool of Biological SciencesFaculty of Biology, Medicine and HealthThe University of ManchesterManchester Academic Health Science Centre Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- School of MaterialsThe University of Manchester Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Blond McIndoe LaboratoriesDivision of Cell Matrix Biology and Regenerative MedicineSchool of Biological SciencesFaculty of Biology, Medicine and HealthThe University of ManchesterManchester Academic Health Science Centre Manchester M13 9PL UK
- Department of Plastic Surgery and BurnsWythenshawe HospitalManchester University NHS Foundation TrustManchester Academic Health Science Centre Manchester M23 9LT UK
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE)Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR) 2 Fusionopolis, Way, Innovis #08‐03 Singapore 138634 Singapore
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- Bio‐Active Materials GroupSchool of MaterialsMSS TowerThe University of Manchester Manchester M13 9PL UK
- School of MaterialsThe University of Manchester Manchester M13 9PL UK
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Werner M, Kurniawan NA, Korus G, Bouten CVC, Petersen A. Mesoscale substrate curvature overrules nanoscale contact guidance to direct bone marrow stromal cell migration. J R Soc Interface 2018; 15:20180162. [PMID: 30089684 PMCID: PMC6127159 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2018.0162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2018] [Accepted: 07/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The intrinsic architecture of biological tissues and of implanted biomaterials provides cells with large-scale geometrical cues. To understand how cells are able to sense and respond to complex structural environments, a deeper insight into the cellular response to multi-scale and conflicting geometrical cues is needed. In this study, we subjected human bone marrow stromal cells (hBMSCs) to mesoscale cylindrical surfaces (diameter 250-5000 µm) and nanoscale collagen fibrils (diameter 100-200 nm) that were aligned perpendicular to the cylinder axis. On flat surfaces and at low substrate curvatures (cylinder diameter d > 1000 µm), cell alignment and migration were governed by the nanoscale collagen fibrils, consistent with the contact guidance effect. With increasing surface curvature (decreasing cylinder diameter, d < 1000 µm), cells increasingly aligned and migrated along the cylinder axis, i.e. the direction of zero curvature. An increase in phosphorylated myosin light chain levels was observed with increasing substrate curvature, suggesting a link between substrate-induced cell bending and the F-actin-myosin machinery. Taken together, this work demonstrates that geometrical cues of up to 10× cell size can play a dominant role in directing hBMSC alignment and migration and that the effect of nanoscale contact guidance can even be overruled by mesoscale curvature guidance.
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- Maike Werner
- Soft Tissue Engineering and Mechanobiology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS), Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
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- Soft Tissue Engineering and Mechanobiology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS), Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
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- Julius Wolff Institute, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
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- Soft Tissue Engineering and Mechanobiology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS), Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
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- Julius Wolff Institute, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
- Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
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Lee G, Atia L, Lan B, Sharma Y, Nissim L, Wu MR, Pery E, Lu TK, Park CY, Butler JP, Fredberg JJ. Contact guidance and collective migration in the advancing epithelial monolayer. Connect Tissue Res 2018; 59:309-15. [PMID: 28945485 DOI: 10.1080/03008207.2017.1384471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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At the edge of a confluent cell layer, cell-free empty space is a cue that can drive directed collective cellular migration. Similarly, contact guidance is also a robust mechanical cue that can drive cell migration. However, it is unclear which of the two effects is stronger, and how each mechanism affects collective migration. To address this question, here we explore the trajectories of cells migrating collectively on a substrate containing micropatterned grooves (10-20 μm in periodicity, 2 μm in height) compared with unpatterned control substrates. Compared with unpatterned controls, the micropatterned substrates attenuated path variance by close to 70% and augmented migration coordination by more than 30%. Together, these results show that contact guidance can play an appreciable role in collective cellular migration. Also, our result can provide insights into tissue repair and regeneration with the remodeling of the connective tissue matrix.
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Arocena M, Rajnicek AM, Collinson JM. Requirement of Pax6 for the integration of guidance cues in cell migration. R Soc Open Sci 2017; 4:170625. [PMID: 29134074 PMCID: PMC5666257 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.170625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2017] [Accepted: 09/05/2017] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The intricate patterns of cell migration that are found throughout development are generated through a vast array of guidance cues. Responding integratively to distinct, often conflicting, migratory signals is probably crucial for cells to reach their correct destination. Pax6 is a master transcription factor with key roles in neural development that include the control of cell migration. In this study, we have investigated the ability of cells derived from cortical neurospheres from wild-type (WT) and Pax6-/- mouse embryos to integrate diverging guidance cues. We used two different cues, either separately or in combination: substratum nanogrooves to induce contact guidance, and electric fields (EFs) to induce electrotaxis. In the absence of an EF, both WT and Pax6-/- cells aligned and migrated parallel to grooves, and on a flat substrate both showed marked electrotaxis towards the cathode. When an EF was applied in a perpendicular orientation to grooves, WT cells responded significantly to both cues, migrating in highly oblique trajectories in the general direction of the cathode. However, Pax6-/- cells had an impaired response to both cues simultaneously. Our results demonstrate that these neurosphere derived cells have the capacity to integrate diverging guidance cues, which requires Pax6 function.
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- Miguel Arocena
- Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
- Facultad de Ciencias, UDELAR, Montevideo, Uruguay
- Authors for correspondence: Miguel Arocena e-mail:
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- Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
- Authors for correspondence: Jon Martin Collinson e-mail:
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Arocena M, Rajnicek AM, Collinson JM. Requirement of Pax6 for the integration of guidance cues in cell migration. R Soc Open Sci 2017. [PMID: 29134074 DOI: 10.5061/dryad.53512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The intricate patterns of cell migration that are found throughout development are generated through a vast array of guidance cues. Responding integratively to distinct, often conflicting, migratory signals is probably crucial for cells to reach their correct destination. Pax6 is a master transcription factor with key roles in neural development that include the control of cell migration. In this study, we have investigated the ability of cells derived from cortical neurospheres from wild-type (WT) and Pax6-/- mouse embryos to integrate diverging guidance cues. We used two different cues, either separately or in combination: substratum nanogrooves to induce contact guidance, and electric fields (EFs) to induce electrotaxis. In the absence of an EF, both WT and Pax6-/- cells aligned and migrated parallel to grooves, and on a flat substrate both showed marked electrotaxis towards the cathode. When an EF was applied in a perpendicular orientation to grooves, WT cells responded significantly to both cues, migrating in highly oblique trajectories in the general direction of the cathode. However, Pax6-/- cells had an impaired response to both cues simultaneously. Our results demonstrate that these neurosphere derived cells have the capacity to integrate diverging guidance cues, which requires Pax6 function.
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- Miguel Arocena
- Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
- Facultad de Ciencias, UDELAR, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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Nerve growth strongly relies on multiple chemical and physical signals throughout development and regeneration. Currently, a cure for injured neuronal tissue is an unmet need. Recent advances in fabrication technologies and materials led to the development of synthetic interfaces for neurons. Such engineered platforms that come in 2D and 3D forms can mimic the native extracellular environment and create a deeper understanding of neuronal growth mechanisms, and ultimately advance the development of potential therapies for neuronal regeneration. This progress report aims to present a comprehensive discussion of this field, focusing on physical feature design and fabrication with additional information about considerations of chemical modifications. We review studies of platforms generated with a range of topographies, from micro-scale features down to topographical elements at the nanoscale that demonstrate effective interactions with neuronal cells. Fabrication methods are discussed as well as their biological outcomes. This report highlights the interplay between neuronal systems and the important roles played by topography on neuronal differentiation, outgrowth, and development. The influence of substrate structures on different neuronal cells and parameters including cell fate, outgrowth, intracellular remodeling, gene expression and activity is discussed. Matching these effects to specific needs may lead to the emergence of clinical solutions for patients suffering from neuronal injuries or brain-machine interface (BMI) applications.
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- Michal Marcus
- Faculty of Engineering and Bar-Ilan Institute for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials; Bar-Ilan University; Ramat-Gan 5290002 Israel
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- Faculty of Engineering and Bar-Ilan Institute for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials; Bar-Ilan University; Ramat-Gan 5290002 Israel
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- Center for Cell-Encapsulation Research; Department of Chemistry; KAIST; Daejeon 34141 Korea
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- Center for Cell-Encapsulation Research; Department of Chemistry; KAIST; Daejeon 34141 Korea
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- Department of Applied Chemistry; Kyung Hee University; Yongin Gyeonggi 17104 Korea
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- Faculty of Engineering and Bar-Ilan Institute for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials; Bar-Ilan University; Ramat-Gan 5290002 Israel
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Mörke C, Rebl H, Finke B, Dubs M, Nestler P, Airoudj A, Roucoules V, Schnabelrauch M, Körtge A, Anselme K, Helm CA, Nebe JB. Abrogated Cell Contact Guidance on Amino-Functionalized Microgrooves. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2017; 9:10461-10471. [PMID: 28296389 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b16430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Topographical and chemical features of biomaterial surfaces affect the cell physiology at the interface and are promising tools for the improvement of implants. The dominance of the surface topography on cell behavior is often accentuated. Striated surfaces induce an alignment of cells and their intracellular adhesion-mediated components. Recently, it could be demonstrated that a chemical modification via plasma polymerized allylamine was not only able to boost osteoblast cell adhesion and spreading but also override the cell alignment on stochastically machined titanium. In order to discern what kind of chemical surface modifications let the cell forget the underlying surface structure, we used an approach on geometric microgrooves produced by deep reactive ion etching (DRIE). In this study, we systematically investigated the surface modification by (i) methyl-, carboxyl-, and amino functionalization created via plasma polymerization processes, (ii) coating with the extracellular matrix protein collagen-I or immobilization of the integrin adhesion peptide sequence Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD), and (iii) treatment with an atmospheric pressure plasma jet operating with argon/oxygen gas (Ar/O2). Interestingly, only the amino functionalization, which presented positive charges at the surface, was able to chemically disguise the microgrooves and therefore to interrupt the microtopography induced contact guidance of the osteoblastic cells MG-63. However, the RGD peptide coating revealed enhanced cell spreading as well, with fine, actin-containing protrusions. The Ar/O2-functionalization demonstrated the best topography handling, e.g. cells closely attached even to features such as the sidewalls of the groove steps. In the end, the amino functionalization is unique in abrogating the cell contact guidance.
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- Caroline Mörke
- Department of Cell Biology, University Medical Center Rostock , Schillingallee 69, 18057 Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology, University Medical Center Rostock , Schillingallee 69, 18057 Rostock, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP), Felix-Hausdorff-Strasse 2, 17489 Greifswald, Germany
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- Biomaterials Department, INNOVENT e. V. , Pruessingstrasse 27B, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Strasse 6, 17487 Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute of Materials Sciences of Mulhouse (IS2M), CNRS UMR7361, 15 rue jean starcky, BP2488, 68057 Mulhouse cedex, France
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- Institute of Materials Sciences of Mulhouse (IS2M), CNRS UMR7361, 15 rue jean starcky, BP2488, 68057 Mulhouse cedex, France
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- Institute of Electronic Appliances and Circuits, University of Rostock , Albert-Einstein-Strasse 2, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of Materials Sciences of Mulhouse (IS2M), CNRS UMR7361, 15 rue jean starcky, BP2488, 68057 Mulhouse cedex, France
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- Institute of Physics, University of Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Strasse 6, 17487 Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology, University Medical Center Rostock , Schillingallee 69, 18057 Rostock, Germany
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Heyart B, Weidt A, Wisotzki EI, Zink M, Mayr SG. Micropatterning of reagent-free, high energy crosslinked gelatin hydrogels for bioapplications. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater 2017; 106:320-330. [PMID: 28140524 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.33849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2016] [Revised: 11/21/2016] [Accepted: 12/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Hydrogels are crosslinked polymeric gels of great interest in the field of tissue engineering, particularly as biocompatible cell or drug carriers. Reagent-free electron irradiated gelatin is simple to manufacture, inexpensive and biocompatible. Here, the potential to micropattern gelatin hydrogel surfaces during electron irradiation crosslinking was demonstrated as a promising microfabrication technique to produce thermally stable structures on highly relevant length scales for bioapplications. In the present work, grooves of 3.75 to 170 µm width and several hundred nanometers depth were transferred onto gelatin hydrogels during electron irradiation and characterized by 3D confocal microscopy after exposure to ambient and physiological conditions. The survival and influence of these microstructures on cellular growth was further characterized using NIH 3T3 fibroblasts. Topographical modifications produced surface structures on which the cultured fibroblasts attached and responded by adapting their morphologies. This developed technique allows for simple and effective structuring of gelatin and opens up new possibilities for irradiation crosslinked hydrogels in biomedical applications in which cell attachment and contact guidance are favored. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part B: Appl Biomater, 106B: 320-330, 2018.
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- Benedikt Heyart
- Leibniz Institute for Surface Modification (IOM), Permoserstr. 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany
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- Soft Matter Physics Division, Institute for Experimental Physics 1, University of Leipzig, Linnéstr. 5, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Surface Modification (IOM), Permoserstr. 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany
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- Soft Matter Physics Division, Institute for Experimental Physics 1, University of Leipzig, Linnéstr. 5, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Surface Modification (IOM), Permoserstr. 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany.,Division of Surface Physics, Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Fernández-Castillejo S, Formentín P, Catalán Ú, Pallarès J, Marsal LF, Solà R. Silicon microgrooves for contact guidance of human aortic endothelial cells. Beilstein J Nanotechnol 2017; 8:675-681. [PMID: 28462069 PMCID: PMC5372752 DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.8.72] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2016] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Background: Micro- and nanoscale substrates have been fabricated in order to study the influence of the topography on the cellular response. The aim of this work was to prepare different collagen-coated silicon substrates displaying grooves and ridges to mimic the aligned and elongated endothelium found in linear vessels, and to use them as substrates to study cell growth and behaviour. Results: The influence of groove-shaped substrates on cell adhesion, morphology and proliferation were assessed, by comparing them to flat silicon substrates, used as control condition. Using human aortic endothelial cells, microscopy images demonstrate that the cellular response is different depending on the silicon surface, when it comes to cell adhesion, morphology (alignment, circularity and filopodia presence) and proliferation. Moreover, these structures exerted no cytotoxic effect. Conclusion: The results suggest that topographical patterning influences cell response. Silicon groove substrates can be used in developing medical devices with microscale features to mimic the endothelium in lineal vessels.
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- Sara Fernández-Castillejo
- Unit of Lipids and Atherosclerosis Research, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Nano-electronic and Photonic Systems, Departament d’Enginyeria Electrònica, Elèctrica i Automàtica, Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Països Catalans 26, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Unit of Lipids and Atherosclerosis Research, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Nano-electronic and Photonic Systems, Departament d’Enginyeria Electrònica, Elèctrica i Automàtica, Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Països Catalans 26, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Nano-electronic and Photonic Systems, Departament d’Enginyeria Electrònica, Elèctrica i Automàtica, Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Països Catalans 26, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Unit of Lipids and Atherosclerosis Research, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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Diseases and disorders associated with nervous system such as injuries by trauma and neurodegeneration are shown to be one of the most serious problems in medicine, requiring innovative strategies to trigger and enhance the nerve regeneration. Tissue engineering aims to provide a highly biomimetic environment by using a combination of cells, materials and suitable biological cues, by which the lost body part may be regenerated or even fully rebuilt. Electrospinning, being able to produce extracellular matrix (ECM)-like nanostructures with great flexibility in design and choice of materials, have demonstrated their great potential for fabrication of nerve tissue engineered scaffolds. The review here begins with a brief description of the anatomy of native nervous system, which provides basic knowledge and ideas for the design of nerve tissue scaffolds, followed by five main parts in the design of electrospun nerve tissue engineered scaffolds including materials selection, structural design, in vitro bioreactor, functionalization and cellular support. Performances of biomimetic electrospun nanofibrous nerve implant devices are also reviewed. Finally, future directions for advanced electrospun nerve tissue engineered scaffolds are discussed.
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- Nuan Chen
- Center for Nanofibers and Nanotechnology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Center for Nanofibers and Nanotechnology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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- Center for Nanofibers and Nanotechnology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore; Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Institute of CNS Regeneration (GHMICR), Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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Carey SP, Goldblatt ZE, Martin KE, Romero B, Williams RM, Reinhart-King CA. Local extracellular matrix alignment directs cellular protrusion dynamics and migration through Rac1 and FAK. Integr Biol (Camb) 2016; 8:821-35. [PMID: 27384462 PMCID: PMC4980151 DOI: 10.1039/c6ib00030d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Cell migration within 3D interstitial microenvironments is sensitive to extracellular matrix (ECM) properties, but the mechanisms that regulate migration guidance by 3D matrix features remain unclear. To examine the mechanisms underlying the cell migration response to aligned ECM, which is prevalent at the tumor-stroma interface, we utilized time-lapse microscopy to compare the behavior of MDA-MB-231 breast adenocarcinoma cells within randomly organized and well-aligned 3D collagen ECM. We developed a novel experimental system in which cellular morphodynamics during initial 3D cell spreading served as a reductionist model for the complex process of matrix-directed 3D cell migration. Using this approach, we found that ECM alignment induced spatial anisotropy of cells' matrix probing by promoting protrusion frequency, persistence, and lengthening along the alignment axis and suppressing protrusion dynamics orthogonal to alignment. Preference for on-axis behaviors was dependent upon FAK and Rac1 signaling and translated across length and time scales such that cells within aligned ECM exhibited accelerated elongation, front-rear polarization, and migration relative to cells in random ECM. Together, these findings indicate that adhesive and protrusive signaling allow cells to respond to coordinated physical cues in the ECM, promoting migration efficiency and cell migration guidance by 3D matrix structure.
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- Shawn P Carey
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, 302 Weill Hall, 526 Campus Rd, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
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Wu C, Chen M, Zheng T, Yang X. Effect of surface roughness on the initial response of MC3T3-E1 cells cultured on polished titanium alloy. Biomed Mater Eng 2016; 26 Suppl 1:S155-64. [PMID: 26405920 DOI: 10.3233/bme-151301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Surface roughness has been considered as an important influencing factor for cell response. The aim of this study was to find out whether MC3T3-E1 cells, a mouse osteoblast-like cell line, can sense the amplitudes of surface topography of titanium alloy (Ti6Al4V), and if surface-dependent cell morphology would be presented on the substrata with varied roughness. A series of polished samples (Ra: 0.30~1.80 μm) were prepared to produce macroscopically parallel grooves using different grades of silicon carbide sandpaper (#100, #320, #600, #1000 and #2000). The experimental results indicated that the behavior and morphology of cells largely depended on the substrata where they were cultured. More efficient proliferation of MC3T3-E1 cells was shown on the surfaces with Ra of 0.50~1.00 μm, with respect to either the rougher or the smoother specimens. Furthermore, MC3T3-E1 cells seeded on the Ti6Al4V surfaces within this narrow range responded to the increasing surface roughness with increased proliferation. Contact guidance of cells could be observed on the rougher specimens (Ra: 0.80~1.00 μm), whereas more random orientations were exhibited for the adsorbed cells on the smoother surfaces (Ra: 0.50~0.60 μm).
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- Chunya Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, China
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- School of Mechatronics Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150090, China
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Biomaterial surface topography significantly influences cellular form and function. Using poly(L-lactic acid) films with normal spherulites, banded spherulites, and amorphous surfaces as model substrates, we conducted a systematic assessment of the role for polymer crystallization induced surface morphologies on cell growth and contact guidance. Microscopy and image analysis showed that the MC3T3-E1 cells spread out in a random fashion on the amorphous substrate. At 24 h post-seeding, MC3T3-E1 cells on both types of spherulite surfaces were elongated and aligned along the spherulite radius direction. For the banded spherulite surface with radial stripes and coupling annular grooves, the cell orientation and cell nuclear localization were related to the grooves structure. With increasing time, this orientation preference was weaker. These results demonstrate that the patterning of polymer crystallization structure provide important signals for guiding cells to exhibit characteristic orientation and morphology especially in the early stages of regeneration.
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- Wenqiang Li
- a Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Jinan University , Guangzhou , China
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- a Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Jinan University , Guangzhou , China
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- a Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Jinan University , Guangzhou , China
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- a Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Jinan University , Guangzhou , China
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- a Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Jinan University , Guangzhou , China
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Tonazzini I, Meucci S, Van Woerden GM, Elgersma Y, Cecchini M. Impaired Neurite Contact Guidance in Ubiquitin Ligase E3a (Ube3a)-Deficient Hippocampal Neurons on Nanostructured Substrates. Adv Healthc Mater 2016; 5:850-62. [PMID: 26845073 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201500815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2015] [Revised: 11/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Recent discoveries indicate that during neuronal development the signaling processes that regulate extracellular sensing (e.g., adhesion, cytoskeletal dynamics) are important targets for ubiquitination-dependent regulation, in particular through E3 ubiquitin ligases. Among these, Ubiquitin E3a ligase (UBE3A) has a key role in brain functioning, but its function and how its deficiency results in the neurodevelopmental disorder Angelman syndrome is still unclear. Here, the role of UBE3A is investigated in neurite contact guidance during neuronal development, in vitro. The microtopography sensing of wild-type and Ube3a-deficient hippocampal neurons is studied by exploiting gratings with different topographical characteristics, with the aim to compare their capabilities to read and follow physical directional stimuli. It is shown that neuronal contact guidance is defective in Ube3a-deficient neurons, and this behavior is linked to an impaired activation of the focal adhesion signaling pathway. Taken together, the results suggest that the neuronal contact sensing machinery might be affected in Angelman syndrome.
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- I. Tonazzini
- NEST; Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR and Scuola Normale Superiore; Piazza San Silvestro 12 56127 Pisa Italy
- Fondazione Umberto Veronesi; Piazza Velasca 5 20122 Milano Italy
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- NEST; Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR and Scuola Normale Superiore; Piazza San Silvestro 12 56127 Pisa Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience; ENCORE Expertise Center for Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Erasmus MC, Wytemaweg 80 3000 CA Rotterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Neuroscience; ENCORE Expertise Center for Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Erasmus MC, Wytemaweg 80 3000 CA Rotterdam The Netherlands
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- NEST; Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR and Scuola Normale Superiore; Piazza San Silvestro 12 56127 Pisa Italy
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Sun X, Driscoll MK, Guven C, Das S, Parent CA, Fourkas JT, Losert W. Asymmetric nanotopography biases cytoskeletal dynamics and promotes unidirectional cell guidance. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:12557-62. [PMID: 26417076 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1502970112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Many biological and physiological processes depend upon directed migration of cells, which is typically mediated by chemical or physical gradients or by signal relay. Here we show that cells can be guided in a single preferred direction based solely on local asymmetries in nano/microtopography on subcellular scales. These asymmetries can be repeated, and thereby provide directional guidance, over arbitrarily large areas. The direction and strength of the guidance is sensitive to the details of the nano/microtopography, suggesting that this phenomenon plays a context-dependent role in vivo. We demonstrate that appropriate asymmetric nano/microtopography can unidirectionally bias internal actin polymerization waves and that cells move with the same preferred direction as these waves. This phenomenon is observed both for the pseudopod-dominated migration of the amoeboid Dictyostelium discoideum and for the lamellipod-driven migration of human neutrophils. The conservation of this mechanism across cell types and the asymmetric shape of many natural scaffolds suggest that actin-wave-based guidance is important in biology and physiology.
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Tonazzini I, Jacchetti E, Meucci S, Beltram F, Cecchini M. Schwann Cell Contact Guidance versus Boundary -Interaction in Functional Wound Healing along Nano and Microstructured Membranes. Adv Healthc Mater 2015; 4:1849-60. [PMID: 26097140 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201500268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2015] [Revised: 05/27/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Peripheral nerve transection is often encountered after trauma and can lead to long-term/permanent loss of sensor/motor functionality. Here, the effect of pure contact interaction of nano/microgrooved substrates on Schwann cells (SCs) is studied in view of their possible use for nerve-repair applications. Elastomeric gratings (GRs; i.e., alternating lines of ridges and grooves) are developed with different lateral periods (1-20 μm) and depths (0.3-2.5 μm), leading to two distinct cell-material interaction regimes: contact guidance (grating period < cell body diameter) and boundary guidance (grating period ≥ cell body diameter). Here, it is shown that boundary guidance leads to the best single-cell polarization, actin organization, and single-cell directional migration. Remarkably, contact guidance is instead more effective in driving collective SC migration and improves functional wound healing. It is also demonstrated that this behavior is linked to the properties of the SC monolayers on different GRs. SCs on large-period GRs are characterized by N-Cadherin downregulation and enhanced single-cell scattering into the wound with respect to SCs on small-period GRs, indicating a less compact monolayer characterized by looser cell-cell junctions in the boundary guidance regime. The present results provide information on the impact of specific sub-micrometer topographical elements on SC functional response, which can be exploited for nerve-regeneration applications.
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- Ilaria Tonazzini
- NEST, Scuola Normale Superiore; Piazza San Silvestro 12 Pisa 56127 Italy
- NEST, Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR; Piazza San Silvestro 12 Pisa 56127 Italy
- Fondazione Umberto Veronesi; Piazza Velasca 5 Milano 20122 Italy
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- NEST, Scuola Normale Superiore; Piazza San Silvestro 12 Pisa 56127 Italy
- NEST, Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR; Piazza San Silvestro 12 Pisa 56127 Italy
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- NEST, Scuola Normale Superiore; Piazza San Silvestro 12 Pisa 56127 Italy
- NEST, Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR; Piazza San Silvestro 12 Pisa 56127 Italy
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- NEST, Scuola Normale Superiore; Piazza San Silvestro 12 Pisa 56127 Italy
- NEST, Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR; Piazza San Silvestro 12 Pisa 56127 Italy
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- NEST, Scuola Normale Superiore; Piazza San Silvestro 12 Pisa 56127 Italy
- NEST, Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR; Piazza San Silvestro 12 Pisa 56127 Italy
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He RY, Ajeti V, Chen SJ, Brewer MA, Campagnola PJ. Ovarian Cancer Cell Adhesion/Migration Dynamics on Micro-Structured Laminin Gradients Fabricated by Multiphoton Excited Photochemistry. Bioengineering (Basel) 2015; 2:139-59. [PMID: 28952475 DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering2030139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2015] [Revised: 07/01/2015] [Accepted: 07/09/2015] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Haptotaxis, i.e., cell migration in response to adhesive gradients, has been previously implicated in cancer metastasis. A better understanding of cell migration dynamics and their regulation could ultimately lead to new drug targets, especially for cancers with poor prognoses, such as ovarian cancer. Haptotaxis has not been well-studied due to the lack of biomimetic, biocompatible models, where, for example, microcontact printing and microfluidics approaches are primarily limited to 2D surfaces and cannot produce the 3D submicron features to which cells respond. Here we used multiphoton excited (MPE) phototochemistry to fabricate nano/microstructured gradients of laminin (LN) as 2.5D models of the ovarian basal lamina to study the haptotaxis dynamics of a series of ovarian cancer cells. Using these models, we found that increased LN concentration increased migration speed and also alignment of the overall cell morphology and their cytoskeleton along the linear axis of the gradients. Both these metrics were enhanced on LN compared to BSA gradients of the same design, demonstrating the importance of both topographic and ECM cues on the adhesion/migration dynamics. Using two different gradient designs, we addressed the question of the roles of local concentration and slope and found that the specific haptotactic response depends on the cell phenotype and not simply the gradient design. Moreover, small changes in concentration strongly affected the migration properties. This work is a necessary step in studying haptotaxis in more complete 3D models of the tumor microenvironment for ovarian and other cancers.
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Perikamana SKM, Lee J, Ahmad T, Jeong Y, Kim DG, Kim K, Shin H. Effects of Immobilized BMP-2 and Nanofiber Morphology on In Vitro Osteogenic Differentiation of hMSCs and In Vivo Collagen Assembly of Regenerated Bone. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2015; 7:8798-808. [PMID: 25823598 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b01340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Engineering bone tissue is particularly challenging because of the distinctive structural features of bone within a complex biochemical environment. In the present study, we fabricated poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA) electrospun nanofibers with random and aligned morphology immobilized with bone morphogenic protein-2 (BMP-2) and investigated how these signals modulate (1) in vitro osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) and (2) in vivo bone growth rate, mechanical properties, and collagen assembly of newly formed bone. The orientation of adherent cells followed the underlying nanofiber morphology; however, nanofiber alignment did not show any difference in alkaline phosphate activity or in calcium mineralization of hMSCs after 14 days of in vitro culture in osteogenic differentiation media. In vivo bone regeneration was significantly higher in the nanofiber implanted groups (approximately 65-79%) as compared to the defect-only group (11.8 ± 0.2%), while no significant difference in bone regeneration was observed between random and aligned groups. However, nanoindentation studies of regenerated bone revealed Young's modulus and contact hardness with anisotropic feature for aligned group as compared to random group. More importantly, structural analysis of collagen at de novo bone showed the ability of nanofiber morphology to guide collagen deposition. SEM and TEM images revealed regular, highly ordered collagen assemblies on aligned nanofibers as compared to random fibers, which showed irregular, randomly organized collagen deposition. Taken together, we conclude that nanofibers in the presence of osteoinductive signals are a potent tool for bone regeneration, and nanofiber alignment can be used for engineering bone tissues with structurally assembled collagen fibers with defined direction.
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- §Division of Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- §Division of Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- ∥Division of Bioengineering, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Incheon 406-772, Republic of Korea
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