title: Morphological regulation of rabbit chondrocytes on glucose-displayed surface.
abstract: A culture surface was designed to regulate morphology of rabbit chondrocytes by changing the ratio of D- and L-glucose isomers displayed on a glass plate. With increasing ratio of d-glucose displayed on the surfaces, the efficiency of cell attachment improved, meaning that the attachment exclusively occurred via mediation of an affinity between D-glucose displayed and glucose transporter on cell membrane. At 0% and 100% D-glucose display, the round-shaped cells appeared dominantly, and most of cells became stretched in shape at 50% d-glucose display, indicating that the frequency of round-shaped cells depicted a concave profile against the ratio of D-glucose displayed. From the cytoskeletal staining of F-actin and vinculin, the immature stress fibers with fewer focal contacts were recognized in both the round shaped cells and those stretched in shape on 100% D-glucose-displayed surface. The time-lapse observation revealed that the cells on 100% D-glucose-displayed surface conducted active migration and aggregation with formation of collagen type II. These results suggest that 100% D-glucose-displayed surface can offer culture environment to maintain the chondrocytic phenotype of cells, similarly to the conditions achieved in three-dimensional (3-D) culture.
authors.affiliation: Division of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan.
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kino-oka
authors.forename: Yoshiki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morinaga
authors.forename: Mee-Hae
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yasunori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takezawa
authors.forename: Masaya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawase
authors.forename: Kiyohito
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yagi
authors.forename: Masahito
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taya
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000502:physiology; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques / Q000379:methods; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D019902:Chondrocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology*; D020219:Chondrogenesis / Q000502:physiology*; D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible / Q000737:chemistry; D005947:Glucose / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008422:Materials Testing; D011817:Rabbits; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D005947:Glucose