title: Adhesion, proliferation, and gene expression profile of human umbilical vein endothelial cells cultured on bilayered polyelectrolyte coatings composed of glycosaminoglycans.
abstract: This study characterized human umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC) adhesion, proliferation, and gene expression on bilayered polyelectrolyte coatings composed of an outermost layer of glycosaminoglycans (hyaluronan, heparin, or chondroitin sulfate), with an underlying layer of poly-L-lysine or chitosan. The proportion of cells that adhered to the various polyelectrolyte coatings after 1 and 2 h incubations was quantified by the WST-8 assay. Interchanging poly-L-lysine with chitosan resulted in significant differences in cellular adhesion to the outermost glycosaminoglycan layer after 1 h, but these differences became insignificant after 2 h. The proliferation of HUVEC on the various bilayered polyelectrolyte coatings over 10 days was characterized using the WST-8 assay. Regardless of whether the underlying layer was poly-L-lysine or chitosan, HUVEC proliferation on the hyaluronan outermost layer was significantly less than on heparin or chondroitin sulfate. Additionally, it was observed that there was more proliferation with poly-L-lysine as the underlying layer, compared to chitosan. Subsequently, real-time polymerase chain reaction was used to analyze the expression of seven genes related to adhesion, migration, and endothelial function (VWF, VEGFR, VEGFA, endoglin, integrin-α5, ICAM1, and ICAM2) by HUVEC cultured on the various bilayered polyelectrolyte coatings for 3 days. With poly-L-lysine as the underlying layer, biologically significant differences (greater than twofold) in the expression of VWF, VEGFR, VEGFA, endoglin, and ICAM1 were observed among the three glycosaminoglycans. With chitosan as the underlying layer, all three glycosaminoglycans displayed biologically significant differences in the expression of VWF and VEGFR compared to the chitosan control. CT-HA displayed the highest level of expression of VWF, whereas expression levels of VEGFR were almost similar among the three glycosaminoglycans.
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Block N4.1, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore.
authors.forename: Boon Chin
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Heng
authors.forename: Paula Porto
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Bezerra
authors.forename: Qing Rui
authors.initials: QR
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Desmond Wai-Loon
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Chin
authors.forename: Li Buay
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Koh
authors.forename: Hai
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Peter Rainer
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Preiser
authors.forename: Freddy Yin-Chiang
authors.initials: FY
authors.lastname: Boey
authors.forename: Subbu S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Venkatraman
mesh_terms: D002448:Cell Adhesion; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D015870:Gene Expression; D006025:Glycosaminoglycans / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D014471:Umbilical Veins / Q000166:cytology
chemical_list: D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D006025:Glycosaminoglycans