作者承认在约翰霍普金斯大学，材料研究科学和工程研究中心通过国家科学基金会资助的表面分析实验室使用。 LED是IGERT学员和美国国家科学基金会研究生研究员。这项研究是由美国国立卫生研究院授予U54CA143868的部分支持。

1。 Micropatterned标准光刻邮票制作<ol><li>一个新的硅片用乙醇冲洗和干燥的空气流。使用镊子来处理晶圆，并防止在整个过程中的表面缺陷。 </li><li>传输晶片，以旋转涂布机和SU - 2025负型光刻胶覆盖的晶圆表面。与光刻胶覆盖至少80％的晶圆。旋涂在600rpm 10秒，30秒3000RPM。由于光致抗蚀剂光敏性，关掉房间的灯，从这个点向前。 </li><li>传输光致抗蚀剂涂硅晶片为"软烤"热板在95 ° C，3分钟。从热点板块中删除，并允许1分钟冷却。 </li><li>光刻胶覆盖的硅片上放置所需的图案预先编造的面具，揭露紫外线（UV）辐射（350-450纳米），20秒。 </li><li>硅片传输"硬烤"热板在110 ° C时6分钟。 </li><li>开灯，从热点板块中删除的晶圆。不同的模式应该在这一点上可见。 </li><li>仔细冲洗硅片与SU - 8光刻胶开发。 3显影液冲洗后，用乙醇冲洗。如果存在任何白色残留物，重复光阻显影液冲洗，或干脆淹没在显影液中的晶圆为2分钟，再继续用乙醇冲洗。洗涤与水和空气干燥。 </li><li>混合聚二甲基硅氧烷（PDMS）弹性体的解决方案和固化剂在10:1的重量比。在900RPM离心5分钟，以去除气泡。 </li><li>图案在培养皿晶圆和倒到硅片上的PDMS。如果有气泡目前，在desicator地方和真空几分钟，直到气泡消失。 </li><li>一夜之间在室温（RT）的固化，形成互补的弹性邮票。如果PDMS的是不能完全治愈后12小时，地点在60 ° C为30分钟，在烤箱。 </li><li>小心地从硅片的PDMS。使用剃刀边缘削减印花税所需的大小。在乙醇中超声15分钟。晶片可以利用多次，创造新的弹性邮票。 </li></ol> 2。医管局缩微<ol><li>等离子体清洁玻片5分钟。放入5分钟的真空室和所有的幻灯片。接着让低流量的氧气进入室。打开5分钟，等离子清洁。从等离子体清洁和使用镊子在培养皿菜删除。 </li><li>在等离子清洗，超声15分钟，在乙醇PDMS的邮票。 </li><li>在95％V / V乙醇15 mL离心管中准备一个新鲜的3％，3 aminopropyltrimethoxysilane（APTMS）V / V解决方案。允许为5分钟，在室温下发生反应，形成一个硅醇基。 </li><li>图案的PDMS的邮票图案上旋转涂布机夹头和覆盖面与APTMS解决方案。在3500RPM Spincoat为30秒。请勿触摸邮票表面，只有双方的PDMS邮票。 </li><li>传输APTMS解决方案等离子清洗玻璃表面:集邮票面临的图案侧的一端，轻轻滑行，紧迫的PDMS，所以它完全是在与玻璃表面1分钟接触。 </li><li>轻轻删除PDMS的邮票，并允许压花玻璃幻灯片在RT孵育30分钟。冲洗图案的表面，用乙醇和空气干燥。超声15分钟，以除去多余APTMS PDMS的邮票。 </li><li>热烤箱或热板表面1小时，在115 ° C。用乙醇冲洗和干燥的空气。 </li><li>准备新鲜的聚乙二醇（PEG）硅烷解决方案的20％V / V 2 - 甲氧基（polyethyleneoxy）丙基]在甲苯氧基硅烷。这将作为一个非粘性周边模式的地区。 </li><li>转移压花玻璃幻灯片的玻璃培养皿中，在PEG硅烷溶液中孵育45分钟在75 ° C热板。甲苯，水和空气干燥冲洗。 </li><li>为1小时的生物安全柜在使用紫外线杀菌照射消毒。继续在生物安全柜，从这个角度提出保持无菌。 </li><li>准备无菌水的HA解决方案。 10mm的1 - 乙基-3 - （3 - dimethylaminopropyl）碳二亚胺（EDC） 5mm的N -羟基 50μg/ mL的荧光标记医管局</li><li>应用在无菌条件下的HA解决方案的压花玻璃基板和避光。图案基板应为16-24小时不受干扰。 </li><li>吸HA解决方案，用磷酸盐缓冲液（PBS），表面覆盖1％牛血清白蛋白（BSA）的PBS 1小时。现在准备细胞培养表面。 </li></ol> 3。医管局Micropatterned表面的细胞培养<ol><li>展开的MDA - MB - 231人类乳腺癌细胞和LS174T结肠癌细胞，根据制造商的指示。 </li><li>癌细胞种子的密度在0.4和1 × 10之间的单细胞悬液<sup&gt; 6％，18.75平方厘米的玻璃表面面积，并到房委会的癌症细胞固定化表面。在气氛保持5％的CO 2培养箱（37℃）孵育。细胞粘附应在24小时内发生，并可以使用倒光镜下观察</li><li>细胞培养表面可保持在标准的孵化器条件下5天。更改媒体隔日。使用倒光镜下可以观察到细胞的形态和生长。额外的细胞分析可用于分析HA表面。 </li></ol> 4。代表性的成果: 碳二亚胺化学共价固定医管局APTMS压花玻璃幻灯片， 如图1a所示。 EDC是一个零长度的交联剂，与医管局羧基反应形成胺反应中间体。至于这中间是易水解，NHS的补充，增加碳二亚胺的反应效率。由于HA解决方案交互与APTMS微图案，医管局中间和伯胺ATPMS一个稳定的酰胺债券形式。医管局图案表面的一个例子观察用荧光显微镜和ImageJ的荧光强度分析，证明房委会的图案固定显示（图1B - C）。 医管局micropatterned表面使expgenous医管局癌症细胞间的相互作用研究。这两种MDA - MB - 231人乳腺癌和LS174T人结肠癌细胞株优先坚持医管局micropatterned地区（ 图2）。可用于高分辨率成像，利用扫描电子显微镜分析医管局固定的表面（ 图 3）培养细胞的相互作用。 <img src="/files/ftp_upload/2413/2413fig1.jpg" alt="图1" /> 图1 HA micropatterned表面（一）示意图描述的HA功能表面的发展，（二）荧光素的荧光图像（绿色）标记的HA micropatterned表面。 （三）使用3D像素分布图ImageJ软件演示离散医管局模式。比例尺=100μm的。从9修改与爱思唯尔的权限。 <img src="/files/ftp_upload/2413/2413fig2.jpg" alt="图2" /> 图2。癌症医管局micropatterned表面的细胞粘附。结肠癌（A）和（二）乳房癌优先坚持到房委会的修补程序与24小时的文化。从9修改与爱思唯尔的权限。 <img src="/files/ftp_upload/2413/2413fig3.jpg" alt="图3" /> 图3。癌症细胞之间的相互作用与医管局。 （一）扫描结肠癌细胞（一）在HA表面的培养在低倍率（左）和高放大倍率（右，在左边的平方）所示的电子显微镜图像和乳腺癌细胞（二）培养上载于房委会的表面低倍率（左）和高放大倍率（右左边的平方）。

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医管局缩微方法允许与外源性房委会的细胞间相互作用的研究。房委会是众所周知的发挥了关键作用，在癌症的发展 1，但是也出现了有限的研究，调查医管局二维图案的表面相互作用的癌细胞。一个外源性HA微图案的可控性研究，使高分辨率的癌症细胞的粘附，生长和迁移的可视化，并可能进一步阐明癌的基本面。 亚胺化学和微接触印刷相结合，我们已经开发出具?...

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micropatterned surfaces to study hyaluronic acid interactions with cancer cells

癌症入侵和发展涉及到一个能动的细胞表型，这是由生长因子/细胞因子和肿瘤微环境内的细胞外基质（ECM）组件的复杂的调控下。透明质酸（HA）是一个基质ECM的组成部分，是已知的便利通过加强入侵，生长和血管生成1的肿瘤进展。房委会的相互作用，其细胞表面受体CD44的诱导信号，促进肿瘤细胞生长，生存和迁移，，从而增加转移扩散2-3。房委会是一个阴离子，nonsulfated糖胺重复单位D -葡萄糖醛酸和DN -乙酰组成。由于存在重复的双糖单位的羧基和羟基，本土房委会介绍photoreative固定4-5硫酸基团的化学修饰，主要是亲水性和服从。以往的研究涉及到表面的HA immobilizations利用医管局bioresistant行为及其硫酸衍生工具来控制细胞粘附到表面6-7。在这些研究细胞粘附中优先发生在非医管局的图案地区。 为了分析外源性HA细胞相互作用，我们已经开发，使一个可控的研究和高分辨率的可视化与医管局的癌症细胞间的相互作用的官能表面图案。我们利用微接触印刷（UCP），玻璃表面上定义离散图案医管局地区。一个"圈养"的方法，适用于连接亚胺化学固定医管局的使用8 。玻璃表面微接触印刷与氨基硅烷和与EDC和NHS优化的比率，使图案阵列房委会固定的HA解决方案的反应。结合亚胺化学与MCP使房委会的固定定义的区域，创造合适的表面，在体外应用。结肠癌细胞和乳腺癌细胞的含蓄与医管局micropatterned表面相互作用。 48小时内发生的24小时与增殖的肿瘤细胞粘附。使用医管局micropatterned表面，我们表明，癌症细胞粘附通过HA受体CD44的发生。此外，医管局图案的表面，用扫描电子显微镜（SEM）和允许的癌细胞胶粘剂突起的高分辨率成像和医管局的模式传播到肿瘤细胞的运动分析外源性HA兼容。

Watch this Scientific Journal Video about Micropatterned Surfaces to Study Hyaluronic Acid Interactions with Cancer Cells at JoVE.com

Micropatterned Surfaces to Study Hyaluronic Acid Interactions with Cancer Cells

一种新颖的方法，使高分辨率的癌症细胞间的相互作用分析与外源性透明质酸（HA）的描述。图案的表面结构相结合的碳二亚胺化学和微接触印刷。

Micropatterned表面透明质酸与肿瘤细胞相互作用的研究

Cancer invasion and progression involves a motile cell phenotype, which is under complex regulation by growth factors/cytokines and extracellular matrix ...

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15.0K 次观看.  Johns Hopkins University. 一种新颖的方法，使高分辨率的癌症细胞间的相互作用分析与外源性透明质酸（HA）的描述。图案的表面结构相结合的碳二亚胺化学和微接触印刷。

视频: Micropatterned Surfaces to Study Hyaluronic Acid Interactions with Cancer Cells

Improved Visualization and Quantitative Analysis of Drug Effects Using Micropatterned Cells

To date, most HCA (High Content Analysis) studies are carried out with adherent cell lines grown on a homogenous substrate in tissue-culture treated micro-plates. Under these conditions, cells spread and divide in all directions resulting in an inherent variability in cell shape, morphology and behavior. The high cell-to-cell variance of the overall population impedes the success of HCA, especially for drug development. The ability of micropatterns to normalize the shape and internal polarity of every individual cell provides a tremendous opportunity for solving this critical bottleneck 1-2.
To facilitate access and use of the micropatterning technology, CYTOO has developed a range of ready to use micropatterns, available in coverslip and microwell formats. In this video article, we provide detailed protocols of all the procedures from cell seeding on CYTOOchip micropatterns, drug treatment, fixation and staining to automated acquisition, automated image processing and final data analysis. With this example, we illustrate how micropatterns can facilitate cell-based assays. Alterations of the cell cytoskeleton are difficult to quantify in cells cultured on homogenous substrates, but culturing cells on micropatterns results in a reproducible organization of the actin meshwork due to systematic positioning of the cell adhesion contacts in every cell. Such normalization of the intracellular architecture allows quantification of even small effects on the actin cytoskeleton as demonstrated in these set of protocols using blebbistatin, an inhibitor of the actin-myosin interaction.

Adhesive micropatterns that normalize cellular architecture can be used to increase sensitivity in the detection of drug effects, improve reproducibility and simplify automated image acquisition and analysis. Such technology will benefit drug/siRNA screening assays, performed on conventional cell culture supports and consequently suffering from excessive cell-to-cell variability.

改进的可视化和定量分析，药物使用Micropatterned细胞的影响

To date, most HCA (High Content Analysis) studies are carried out with adherent cell lines grown on a homogenous substrate in tissue-culture treated ...

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Design of a Cyclic Pressure Bioreactor for the Ex Vivo Study of Aortic Heart Valves

The aortic valve, located between the left ventricle and the aorta, allows for unidirectional blood flow, preventing backflow into the ventricle. Aortic valve leaflets are composed of interstitial cells suspended within an extracellular matrix (ECM) and are lined with an endothelial cell monolayer. The valve withstands a harsh, dynamic environment and is constantly exposed to shear, flexion, tension, and compression. Research has shown calcific lesions in diseased valves occur in areas of high mechanical stress as a result of endothelial disruption or interstitial matrix damage1-3. Hence, it is not surprising that epidemiological studies have shown high blood pressure to be a leading risk factor in the onset of aortic valve disease4. 
The only treatment option currently available for valve disease is surgical replacement of the diseased valve with a bioprosthetic or mechanical valve5. Improved understanding of valve biology in response to physical stresses would help elucidate the mechanisms of valve pathogenesis. In turn, this could help in the development of non-invasive therapies such as pharmaceutical intervention or prevention. Several bioreactors have been previously developed to study the mechanobiology of native or engineered heart valves6-9. Pulsatile bioreactors have also been developed to study a range of tissues including cartilage10, bone11 and bladder12. The aim of this work was to develop a cyclic pressure system that could be used to elucidate the biological response of aortic valve leaflets to increased pressure loads. 
The system consisted of an acrylic chamber in which to place samples and produce cyclic pressure, viton diaphragm solenoid valves to control the timing of the pressure cycle, and a computer to control electrical devices. The pressure was monitored using a pressure transducer, and the signal was conditioned using a load cell conditioner. A LabVIEW program regulated the pressure using an analog device to pump compressed air into the system at the appropriate rate. The system mimicked the dynamic transvalvular pressure levels associated with the aortic valve; a saw tooth wave produced a gradual increase in pressure, typical of the transvalvular pressure gradient that is present across the valve during diastole, followed by a sharp pressure drop depicting valve opening in systole. The LabVIEW program allowed users to control the magnitude and frequency of cyclic pressure. The system was able to subject tissue samples to physiological and pathological pressure conditions. This device can be used to increase our understanding of how heart valves respond to changes in the local mechanical environment.

Design of a Cyclic Pressure Bioreactor for the Ex Vivo Study of Aortic Heart Valves

A cyclic pressure bioreactor capable of subjecting heart valve tissue to physiological and pathological pressure conditions has been designed. A LabVIEW program allows users to control pressure magnitude, amplitude and frequency. This device can be used to study the mechanobiology of heart valve tissue or isolated cells.

循环压力为生物反应器的设计体外主动脉心脏瓣膜的研究

The aortic valve, located between the left ventricle and the aorta, allows for unidirectional blood flow, preventing backflow into the ventricle. Aortic ...

An Experimental System to Study Mechanotransduction in Fetal Lung Cells

Mechanical forces generated in utero by repetitive breathing-like movements and by fluid distension are critical for normal lung development. A key component of lung development is the differentiation of alveolar type II epithelial cells, the major source of pulmonary surfactant. These cells also participate in fluid homeostasis in the alveolar lumen, host defense, and injury repair. In addition, distal lung parenchyma cells can be directly exposed to exaggerated stretch during mechanical ventilation after birth. However, the precise molecular and cellular mechanisms by which lung cells sense mechanical stimuli to influence lung development and to promote lung injury are not completely understood. Here, we provide a simple and high purity method to isolate type II cells and fibroblasts from rodent fetal lungs. Then, we describe an in vitro system, The Flexcell Strain Unit, to provide mechanical stimulation to fetal cells, simulating mechanical forces in fetal lung development or lung injury. This experimental system provides an excellent tool to investigate molecular and cellular mechanisms in fetal lung cells exposed to stretch. Using this approach, our laboratory has identified several receptors and signaling proteins that participate in mechanotransduction in fetal lung development and lung injury.

Mechanical forces play a key role in lung development and lung injury. Here, we describe a method to isolate rodent fetal lung type II epithelial cells and fibroblasts and to expose them to mechanical stimulation using an in vitro system.

在胎儿肺细胞的机械传导的实验系统研究

Mechanical forces generated in utero by repetitive breathing-like movements and by fluid distension are critical for normal lung development. A key ...

Endothelialized Microfluidics for Studying Microvascular Interactions in Hematologic Diseases

Advances in microfabrication techniques have enabled the production of inexpensive and reproducible microfluidic systems for conducting biological and biochemical experiments at the micro- and nanoscales 1,2. In addition, microfluidics have also been specifically used to quantitatively analyze hematologic and microvascular processes, because of their ability to easily control the dynamic fluidic environment and biological conditions3-6. As such, researchers have more recently used microfluidic systems to study blood cell deformability, blood cell aggregation, microvascular blood flow, and blood cell-endothelial cell interactions6-13.However, these microfluidic systems either did not include cultured endothelial cells or were larger than the sizescale relevant to microvascular pathologic processes. A microfluidic platform with cultured endothelial cells that accurately recapitulates the cellular, physical, and hemodynamic environment of the microcirculation is needed to further our understanding of the underlying biophysical pathophysiology of hematologic diseases that involve the microvasculature.
Here, we report a method to create an "endothelialized" in vitro model of the microvasculature, using a simple, single mask microfabrication process in conjunction with standard endothelial cell culture techniques, to study pathologic biophysical microvascular interactions that occur in hematologic disease. This "microvasculature-on-a-chip" provides the researcher with a robust assay that tightly controls biological as well as biophysical conditions and is operated using a standard syringe pump and brightfield/fluorescence microscopy. Parameters such as microcirculatory hemodynamic conditions, endothelial cell type, blood cell type(s) and concentration(s), drug/inhibitory concentration etc., can all be easily controlled. As such, our microsystem provides a method to quantitatively investigate disease processes in which microvascular flow is impaired due to alterations in cell adhesion, aggregation, and deformability, a capability unavailable with existing assays.

A method to culture an endothelial cell monolayer throughout the entire inner 3D surface of a microfluidic device with microvascular-sized channels (&lt;30 &mu;m) is described. This in vitro microvasculature model enables the study of biophysical interactions between blood cells, endothelial cells, and soluble factors in hematologic diseases.

内皮化微流体研究在血液病的微血管相互作用

Advances in  microfabrication techniques have enabled the production of inexpensive and  reproducible microfluidic systems for conducting biological and ...

Stretching Micropatterned Cells on a PDMS Membrane

Mechanical forces exerted on cells and/or tissues play a major role in numerous processes. We have developed a device to stretch cells plated on a PolyDiMethylSiloxane (PDMS) membrane, compatible with imaging. This technique is reproducible and versatile. The PDMS membrane can be micropatterned in order to confine cells or tissues to a specific geometry. The first step is to print micropatterns onto the PDMS membrane with a deep UV technique. The PDMS membrane is then mounted on a mechanical stretcher. A chamber is bound on top of the membrane with biocompatible grease to allow gliding during the stretch. The cells are seeded and allowed to spread for several hours on the micropatterns. The sample can be stretched and unstretched multiple times with the use of a micrometric screw. It takes less than a minute to apply the stretch to its full extent (around 30%). The technique presented here does not include a motorized device, which is necessary for applying repeated stretch cycles quickly and/or computer controlled stretching, but this can be implemented. Stretching of cells or tissue can be of interest for questions related to cell forces, cell response to mechanical stress or tissue morphogenesis. This video presentation will show how to avoid typical problems that might arise when doing this type of seemingly simple experiment.

This manuscript presents a technique to apply or release forces on adherent cells or tissues using unidirectional stretching.

在硅橡胶膜拉伸微图案细胞

Mechanical forces exerted on cells and/or tissues  play a major role in numerous processes. We have developed a device to stretch  cells plated on a ...

Tissue Engineering of Tumor Stromal Microenvironment with Application to Cancer Cell Invasion

3D organotypic cultures of epithelial cells on a matrix embedded with mesenchymal cells are widely used to study epithelial cell differentiation and invasion. Rat tail type I collagen and/or matrix derived from Engelbreth-Holm-Swarm mouse sarcoma cells have been traditionally employed as the substrates to model the matrix or stromal microenvironment into which mesenchymal cells (usually fibroblasts) are populated. Although experiments using such matrices are very informative, it can be argued that due to an overriding presence of a single protein (such as in type I Collagen) or a high content of basement membrane components and growth factors (such as in matrix derived from mouse sarcoma cells), these substrates do not best reflect the contribution to matrix composition made by the stromal cells themselves. To study native matrices produced by primary dermal fibroblasts isolated from patients with a tumor prone, genetic blistering disorder (recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa), we have adapted an existing native matrix protocol to study tumor cell invasion. Fibroblasts are induced to produce their own matrix over a prolonged period in culture. This native matrix is then detached from the culture dish and epithelial cells are seeded onto it before the entire coculture is raised to the air-liquid interface. Cellular differentiation and/or invasion can then be assessed over time. This technique provides the ability to assess epithelial-mesenchymal cell interactions in a 3D setting without the need for a synthetic or foreign matrix with the only disadvantage being the prolonged period of time required to produce the native matrix. Here we describe the application of this technique to assess the ability of a single molecule expressed by fibroblasts, type VII collagen, to inhibit tumor cell invasion.

Tissue engineered fibroblast-derived native matrix is an emerging tool to generate a stromal substrate which supports epithelial cell proliferation and differentiation. Here a protocol applying this methodology to assess the impact of different stromal cell types on tumor cell biology is presented.

肿瘤微环境基质与应用癌细胞侵袭组织工程

3D organotypic cultures of epithelial cells on a matrix embedded with mesenchymal cells are widely used to study epithelial cell differentiation and ...

Gene Transfection toward Spheroid Cells on Micropatterned Culture Plates for Genetically-modified Cell Transplantation

To improve the therapeutic effectiveness of cell transplantation, a transplantation system of genetically modified, injectable spheroids was developed. The cell spheroids are prepared in a culture system on micropatterned plates coated with a thermosensitive polymer. A number of spheroids are formed on the plates, corresponding to the cell adhesion areas of 100 &#181;m diameter that are regularly arrayed in a two-dimensional manner, surrounded by non-adhesive areas that are coated by a polyethylene glycol (PEG) matrix. The spheroids can be easily recovered as a liquid suspension by lowering the temperature of the plates, and their structure is well maintained by passing them through injection needles with a sufficiently large caliber (over 27 G). Genetic modification is achieved by gene transfection using the original non-viral gene carrier, polyplex nanomicelle, which is capable of introducing genes into cells without disrupting the spheroid structure. For primary hepatocyte spheroids transfected with a luciferase-expressing gene, the luciferase is sustainably obtained in transplanted animals, along with preserved hepatocyte function, as indicated by albumin expression. This system can be applied to a variety of cell types including mesenchymal stem cells.

This protocol describes a cell transplantation system using genetically modified, injectable spheroids. Cell spheroids are cultured on micropatterned culture plates and recovered after gene introduction using polyplex nanomicelles. This system facilitates prolonged transgene expression from the transplanted cells in host animals while maintaining the innate function of the cells.

基因转染向着文化微模式球体板细胞基因修饰的细胞移植

To improve the therapeutic effectiveness of cell transplantation, a transplantation system of genetically modified, injectable spheroids was developed. ...

Preparation of Thermoresponsive Nanostructured Surfaces for Tissue Engineering

Thermoresponsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PIPAAm)-immobilized surfaces for controlling cell adhesion and detachment were fabricated by the Langmuir-Schaefer method. Amphiphilic block copolymers composed of polystyrene and PIPAAm (St-IPAAms) were synthesized by reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) radical polymerization. A chloroform solution of St-IPAAm molecules was gently dropped into a Langmuir-trough apparatus, and both barriers of the apparatus were moved horizontally to compress the film to regulate its density. Then, the St-IPAAm Langmuir film was horizontally transferred onto a hydrophobically modified glass substrate by a surface-fixed device. Atomic force microscopy images clearly revealed nanoscale sea-island structures on the surface. The strength, rate, and quality of cell adhesion and detachment on the prepared surface were modulated by changes in temperature across the lower critical solution temperature range of PIPAAm molecules. In addition, a two-dimensional cell structure (cell sheet) was successfully recovered on the optimized surfaces. These unique PIPAAm surfaces may be useful for controlling the strength of cell adhesion and detachment.

Nanoscaled sea-island surfaces composed of thermoresponsive block copolymers were fabricated by the Langmuir-Schaefer method for controlling spontaneous cell adhesion and detachment. Both the preparation of the surface and the adhesion and detachment of cells on the surface were visualized.

温敏纳米结构表面的组织工程准备

Thermoresponsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PIPAAm)-immobilized surfaces for controlling cell adhesion and detachment were fabricated by the ...

Preparation of 3D Collagen Gels and Microchannels for the Study of 3D Interactions In Vivo

Historically, most cellular processes have been studied in only 2 dimensions. While these studies have been informative about general cell signaling mechanisms, they neglect important cellular cues received from the structural and mechanical properties of the local microenvironment and extracellular matrix (ECM). To understand how cells interact within a physiological ECM, it is important to study them in the context of 3 dimensional assays. Cell migration, cell differentiation, and cell proliferation are only a few processes that have been shown to be impacted by local changes in the mechanical properties of a 3-dimensional ECM. Collagen I, a core fibrillar component of the ECM, is more than a simple structural element of a tissue. Under normal conditions, mechanical cues from the collagen network direct morphogenesis and maintain cellular structures. In diseased microenvironments, such as the tumor microenvironment, the collagen network is often dramatically remodeled, demonstrating altered composition, enhanced deposition and altered fiber organization. In breast cancer, the degree of fiber alignment is important, as an increase in aligned fibers perpendicular to the tumor boundary has been correlated to poorer patient prognosis1. Aligned collagen matrices result in increased dissemination of tumor cells via persistent migration2,3. The following is a simple protocol for embedding cells within a 3-dimensional, fibrillar collagen hydrogel. This protocol is readily adaptable to many platforms, and can reproducibly generate both aligned and random collagen matrices for investigation of cell migration, cell division, and other cellular processes in a tunable, 3-dimensional, physiological microenvironment.

Preparation of 3D Collagen Gels and Microchannels for the Study of 3D Interactions In Vivo

Collagen is a core component of the ECM, and provides essential cues for several cellular processes ranging from migration to differentiation and proliferation. Provided here is a protocol for embedding cells within 3D collagen hydrogels, and a more advanced technique for generating randomized or aligned collagen matrices using PDMS microchannels.

3D胶原凝胶和微通道3D相互作用的研究准备<em&gt;在体内</em

Historically, most cellular processes have been studied in only 2 dimensions.  While these studies have been informative about general cell signaling ...

A Facile and Eco-friendly Route to Fabricate Poly(Lactic Acid) Scaffolds with Graded Pore Size

Over the recent years, functionally graded scaffolds (FGS) gaineda crucial role for manufacturing of devices for tissue engineering. The importance of this new field of biomaterials research is due to the necessity to develop implants capable of mimicking the complex functionality of the various tissues, including a continuous change from one structure or composition to another. In this latter context, one topic of main interest concerns the design of appropriate scaffolds for bone-cartilage interface tissue. In this study, three-layered scaffolds with graded pore size were achieved by melt mixing poly(lactic acid) (PLA), sodium chloride (NaCl) and polyethylene glycol (PEG). Pore size distributions were controlled by NaCl granulometry and PEG solvation. Scaffolds were characterized from a morphological and mechanical point of view. A correlation between the preparation method, the pore architecture and compressive mechanical behavior was found. The interface adhesion strength was quantitatively evaluated by using a custom-designed interfacial strength test. Furthermore, in order to imitate the human physiology, mechanical tests were also performed in phosphate buffered saline (PBS) solution at 37 &#176;C. The method herein presented provides a high control of porosity, pore size distribution and mechanical performance, thus offering the possibility to fabricate three-layered scaffolds with tailored properties by following a simple and eco-friendly route.

A Facile and Eco-friendly Route to Fabricate PolyLactic Acid Scaffolds with Graded Pore Size

In this work, poly(lactic acid)/polyethylene glycol (PLA/PEG) scaffolds were prepared by using a combination of melt mixing and selective leaching. The method herein discussed permitted to develop three-layer scaffolds by highly controlling both porosity and pore size. The mechanical properties were also evaluated in a physiological environment.

的简便和环保路线制造聚乳酸支架与分级孔径

Over the recent years, functionally graded scaffolds (FGS) gaineda crucial role for manufacturing of devices for tissue engineering. The importance of ...