scholarly journals Fibronectin-matrix sandwich-like microenvironments to manipulate cell fate

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 381-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Ballester-Beltrán ◽  
D. Moratal ◽  
M. Lebourg ◽  
M. Salmerón-Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Extracellular Matrix ◽  
Cell Fate ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Fibronectin Matrix

Conventional 2D substrates fail to represent the natural environment of cells surrounded by the 3D extracellular matrix (ECM).

scholarly journals Modulating Tumor Cell Functions by Tunable Nanopatterned Ligand Presentation

Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 212
Author(s):  
Katharina Amschler ◽  
Michael P. Schön
Keyword(s):  
Extracellular Matrix ◽  
Tumor Cell ◽  
Cell Fate ◽  
Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition ◽  
Model Systems ◽  
Cellular Functions ◽  
Biophysical Parameters ◽  
Ligand Density ◽  
Mesenchymal Transition ◽  
Cell Functions

Cancer comprises a large group of complex diseases which arise from the misrouted interplay of mutated cells with other cells and the extracellular matrix. The extracellular matrix is a highly dynamic structure providing biochemical and biophysical cues that regulate tumor cell behavior. While the relevance of biochemical signals has been appreciated, the complex input of biophysical properties like the variation of ligand density and distribution is a relatively new field in cancer research. Nanotechnology has become a very promising tool to mimic the physiological dimension of biophysical signals and their positive (i.e., growth-promoting) and negative (i.e., anti-tumoral or cytotoxic) effects on cellular functions. Here, we review tumor-associated cellular functions such as proliferation, epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), invasion, and phenotype switch that are regulated by biophysical parameters such as ligand density or substrate elasticity. We also address the question of how such factors exert inhibitory or even toxic effects upon tumor cells. We describe three principles of nanostructured model systems based on block copolymer nanolithography, electron beam lithography, and DNA origami that have contributed to our understanding of how biophysical signals direct cancer cell fate.

Cellular modulation by the elasticity of biomaterials

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fengxuan Han ◽  
Caihong Zhu ◽  
Qianping Guo ◽  
Huilin Yang ◽  
Bin Li
Keyword(s):  
Extracellular Matrix ◽  
Cell Fate ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Matrix Elasticity ◽  
Recent Advances

The elasticity of the extracellular matrix has been increasingly recognized as a dominating factor of cell fate and activities. This review provides an overview of the general principles and recent advances in the field of matrix elasticity-dependent regulation of a variety of cellular activities and functions, the underlying biomechanical and molecular mechanisms, as well as the pathophysiological implications.

scholarly journals Breast tumour initiating cell fate is regulated by microenvironmental cues from an extracellular matrix

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 897 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharmistha Saha ◽  
Pang-Kuo Lo ◽  
Xinrui Duan ◽  
Hexin Chen ◽  
Qian Wang
Keyword(s):  
Extracellular Matrix ◽  
Cell Fate ◽  
Breast Tumour

scholarly journals The role of extracellular matrix on liver stem cell fate: A dynamic relationship in health and disease

2019 ◽  
Vol 106 ◽  
pp. 49-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Sánchez-Romero ◽  
Pilar Sainz-Arnal ◽  
Iris Pla-Palacín ◽  
Pablo Royo Dachary ◽  
Helen Almeida ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Extracellular Matrix ◽  
Stem Cell ◽  
Cell Fate ◽  
Stem Cell Fate ◽  
Dynamic Relationship ◽  
Health And Disease

scholarly journals Matrix Nanopatterning Regulates Mesenchymal Differentiation through Focal Adhesion Size and Distribution According to Cell Fate

Biomimetics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ignasi Casanellas ◽  
Anna Lagunas ◽  
Yolanda Vida ◽  
Ezequiel Pérez-Inestrosa ◽  
José A. Andrades ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Extracellular Matrix ◽  
Cell Fate ◽  
Focal Adhesion ◽  
Membrane Receptors ◽  
Extracellular Matrix Remodeling ◽  
Matrix Remodeling ◽  
Local Surface ◽  
Mesenchymal Differentiation ◽  
Cell Substrate ◽  
Arginine Glycine Aspartic Acid

Extracellular matrix remodeling plays a pivotal role during mesenchyme patterning into different lineages. Tension exerted from cell membrane receptors bound to extracellular matrix ligands is transmitted by the cytoskeleton to the cell nucleus inducing gene expression. Here, we used dendrimer-based arginine–glycine–aspartic acid (RGD) uneven nanopatterns, which allow the control of local surface adhesiveness at the nanoscale, to unveil the adhesive requirements of mesenchymal tenogenic and osteogenic commitments. Cell response was found to depend on the tension resulting from cell–substrate interactions, which affects nuclear morphology and is regulated by focal adhesion size and distribution.

Directing Stem Cell Fate in 3D Through Cell Inert and Adhesive Diblock Copolymer Domains

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Somyot Chirasatitsin ◽  
Priyalakshmi Viswanathan ◽  
Giuseppe Battaglia ◽  
Adam J. Engler
Keyword(s):  
Extracellular Matrix ◽  
Stem Cell ◽  
Cell Adhesion ◽  
Cell Fate ◽  
Diblock Copolymer ◽  
Stem Cell Differentiation ◽  
Stem Cell Fate ◽  
Cell Behaviors ◽  
Cell Structures

Adhesions are important cell structures required to transduce a variety of chemical and mechanics signals from outside-in and vice versa, all of which regulate cell behaviors, including stem cell differentiation (1). Though most biomaterials are coated with an adhesive ligand to promote adhesion, they do not often have a uniform distribution that does not match the heterogeneously adhesive extracellular matrix (ECM) in vivo (2). We have previously shown that diblock copolymer (DBC) mixtures undergo interface-confined de-mixing to form nanodomins of one copolymer in another (3). Here we demonstrate how diblock copolymer mixtures can be made into foams with nanodomains to better recapitulate native ECM adhesion regions and influence cell adhesion.

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