Observation and quantification of chondrocyte aggregation behavior on fibroin surfaces using Voronoi partition.
Cell migration is one of the fundamental processes in histogenesis, and it is necessary to investigate such multicellular behavior quantitatively in cell regeneration studies. In this study, Voronoi diagram analysis was first confirmed in simulation testing, and then used to evaluate the multicellular behavior of chondrocytes on three different substrates: (1) wild-type fibroin (FIB); (2) L-RGDSx2 transgenic fibroin; (3) and collagen. The indices for the round factor average, round factor homogeneity, and area disorder (AD), calculated from Voronoi diagram analysis, were used to characterize the difference in spatiotemporal changes for the different chondrocyte populations, and a regression analysis of the AD index was used to measure the speed of cell aggregation. The results suggested that the arginine-glycine-aspartic acid-serine sequence affects aggregate formation of chondrocytes cultured on FIB. The Voronoi diagram analysis represents one of the promising quantitative analyses for cell regeneration studies.
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Science, Kyoto University Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto, Japan.
Akihisa
A
Otaka
Naoyoshi D
ND
Kachi
Naoya
N
Hatano
Yoshihiko
Y
Kuwana
Yasushi
Y
Tamada
Naohide
N
Tomita
D000818:Animals; D002449:Cell Aggregation / Q000187:drug effects; D002450:Cell Communication / Q000187:drug effects*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D019902:Chondrocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects; D003094:Collagen / Q000494:pharmacology; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005349:Fibroins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D011817:Rabbits; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013997:Time Factors
D003094:Collagen; D005349:Fibroins