The authors acknowledge the use of the surface analysis laboratory at Johns Hopkins, funded as part of the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center through the National Science Foundation. LED is an IGERT trainee and a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow. This research was partially supported by NIH grant U54CA143868.

1. Standard Photolithography for Micropatterned Stamp Fabrication
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<li>Transfer wafer to spin coater and cover wafer surface with SU-2025 negative photoresist. Cover at least 80% of wafer with photoresist. Spin coat for 10 seconds at 600rpm, followed by 30 seconds at 3000rpm. Due to the photosensitivity of the photoresist, turn off room lights from thi...

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The HA micropatterning method presented allows the study of cell interactions with exogenous HA. HA is known to play a key role in cancer progression 1 however there have been limited studies investigating the interaction of cancer cells on two dimensional HA patterned surfaces. A controllable study on exogenous HA micropatterns allows high-resolution visualization of cancer cell adhesion, growth, and migration and may elucidate further fundamentals of cancer.
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<td>SU-2025 photoresist</td>
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<td>MicroChem Corp.</td>
<td>Y111069</td>
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<td>SU-8 developer</td>
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<td>MicroChem Corp.</td>
<td>Y020100</td>
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<td>Sylgard 184</td>
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<td>Dow Corning</td>
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<td>3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane (APTMS)</td>
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<td>Sigma-Aldrich</td>
<td>281778</td>
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<td>2- [methoxy(polyethyleneoxy) propyl] trimethoxysilane (Peg-silane)</td>
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<td>Gelest Inc</td>
<td>SIM6492.7</td>
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<td>1-Ethyl-3- (3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide</td>
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<td>Thermo Scientific</td>
<td>22980</td>
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<td>N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS)</td>
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<td>Thermo Scientific</td>
<td>24500</td>
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<td>Fluorescein labeled hyaluronic acid (FL-HA)</td>
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<td>Sigma-Aldrick</td>
<td>F1177</td>
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<td>MDA-MB-231 breast carcinoma cells</td>
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<td>ATCC</td>
<td>HTB-26</td>
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<td>LS174t colon carcinoma cells</td>
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micropatterned surfaces to study hyaluronic acid interactions with cancer cells

Cancer invasion and progression involves a motile cell phenotype, which is under complex regulation by growth factors/cytokines and extracellular matrix (ECM) components within the tumor microenvironment. Hyaluronic acid (HA) is one stromal ECM component that is known to facilitate tumor progression by enhancing invasion, growth, and angiogenesis1. Interaction of HA with its cell surface receptor CD44 induces signaling events that promote tumor cell growth, survival, and migration, thereby increasing metastatic spread2-3. HA is an anionic, nonsulfated glycosaminoglycan composed of repeating units of D-glucuronic acid and D-N-acetylglucosamine. Due to the presence of carboxyl and hydroxyl groups on repeating disaccharide units, native HA is largely hydrophilic and amenable to chemical modifications that introduce sulfate groups for photoreative immobilization 4-5. Previous studies involving the immobilizations of HA onto surfaces utilize the bioresistant behavior of HA and its sulfated derivative to control cell adhesion onto surfaces6-7. In these studies cell adhesion preferentially occurs on non-HA patterned regions.
To analyze cellular interactions with exogenous HA, we have developed patterned functionalized surfaces that enable a controllable study and high-resolution visualization of cancer cell interactions with HA. We utilized microcontact printing (uCP) to define discrete patterned regions of HA on glass surfaces. A "tethering" approach that applies carbodiimide linking chemistry to immobilize HA was used 8. Glass surfaces were microcontact printed with an aminosilane and reacted with a HA solution of optimized ratios of EDC and NHS to enable HA immobilization in patterned arrays. Incorporating carbodiimide chemistry with mCP enabled the immobilization of HA to defined regions, creating surfaces suitable for in vitro applications. Both colon cancer cells and breast cancer cells implicitly interacted with the HA micropatterned surfaces. Cancer cell adhesion occurred within 24 hours with proliferation by 48 hours. Using HA micropatterned surfaces, we demonstrated that cancer cell adhesion occurs through the HA receptor CD44. Furthermore, HA patterned surfaces were compatible with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and allowed high resolution imaging of cancer cell adhesive protrusions and spreading on HA patterns to analyze cancer cell motility on exogenous HA.

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Micropatterned Surfaces to Study Hyaluronic Acid Interactions with Cancer Cells

A novel approach that allows the high-resolution analysis of cancer cell interactions with exogenous hyaluronic acid (HA) is described. Patterned surfaces are fabricated by combining carbodiimide chemistry and microcontact printing.

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 vistas.  Johns Hopkins University. Un nuevo enfoque que permite el análisis de la alta resolución de las interacciones de célula de cáncer con exógena de ácido hialurónico (HA) se describe. Superficies modeladas se fabrican mediante la combinación de la química y la impresión por microcontacto carbodiimida.