Embryonic stem (ES) cell differentiation in specific cell lineages is a major issue in cell biology particularly in regenerative medicine. Differentiation is usually achieved by using biochemical factors and it is not clear whether mechanical properties of the substrate over which cells are grown can affect proliferation and differentiation. Therefore, we produced patterns in polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) consisting of groove and pillar arrays of sub-micrometric lateral resolution as substrates for cell cultures. We analyzed the effect of different nanostructures on differentiation of ES-derived neuronal precursors into neuronal lineage without adding biochemical factors. Neuronal precursors adhered on PDMS more effectively than on glass coverslips. We demonstrated that neuronal yield was enhanced by increasing pillars height from 35 to 400 nm. On higher pillar neuronal differentiation reaches similar to 80% 96 h after plating and the largest differentiation enhancement of pillars over flat PDMS was observed during the first 6 h of culture. We conclude that PDMS nanopillars accelerate and increase neuronal differentiation. Biotechnol. Bioeng.

Acceleration of neuronal precursors differentiation induced by substrate nanotopography / Migliorini, E; Grenci, G; Ban, Jelena; Pozzato, A; Tormen, M; Lazzarino, M; Torre, Vincent; Ruaro, M. E.. - In: BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING. - ISSN 0006-3592. - 108:11(2011), pp. 2736-2746. [10.1002/bit.23232]

Acceleration of neuronal precursors differentiation induced by substrate nanotopography

Ban, Jelena;Torre, Vincent;
2011-01-01

Abstract

Embryonic stem (ES) cell differentiation in specific cell lineages is a major issue in cell biology particularly in regenerative medicine. Differentiation is usually achieved by using biochemical factors and it is not clear whether mechanical properties of the substrate over which cells are grown can affect proliferation and differentiation. Therefore, we produced patterns in polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) consisting of groove and pillar arrays of sub-micrometric lateral resolution as substrates for cell cultures. We analyzed the effect of different nanostructures on differentiation of ES-derived neuronal precursors into neuronal lineage without adding biochemical factors. Neuronal precursors adhered on PDMS more effectively than on glass coverslips. We demonstrated that neuronal yield was enhanced by increasing pillars height from 35 to 400 nm. On higher pillar neuronal differentiation reaches similar to 80% 96 h after plating and the largest differentiation enhancement of pillars over flat PDMS was observed during the first 6 h of culture. We conclude that PDMS nanopillars accelerate and increase neuronal differentiation. Biotechnol. Bioeng.
2011
108
11
2736
2746
https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.23232
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21656711
Migliorini, E; Grenci, G; Ban, Jelena; Pozzato, A; Tormen, M; Lazzarino, M; Torre, Vincent; Ruaro, M. E.
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