title: The effect of nanotopography on modulating protein adsorption and the fibrotic response.
abstract: Understanding and modulating the cellular response to implanted biomaterials is crucial for the field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Since cells typically reside in an extracellular matrix containing nanoscale architecture, identifying synthetic nanostructures that induce desirable cellular behaviors could greatly impact the field. Using nanoimprint lithography, nanostructured patterns were generated on thin film polymeric materials. The ability of these surfaces to influence protein adsorption, fibroblast proliferation and morphology, and fibrotic markers was investigated. Nanostructured features with aspect ratios greater than five allowed for less protein adsorption, resulting in decreased fibroblast proliferation and rounded cellular morphology. These nanofeatures also induced significantly lower gene expression of collagen 1α2, collagen 3α1, and growth factors such as connective tissue growth factor, integrin linked kinase, transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1), and epidermal growth factor, key factors associated with a fibrotic response. The results demonstrate that select nanostructured surfaces could be used to modulate the fibrotic behavior in cells and have the potential to be used as antifibrotic architecture for medical implants or tissue engineering scaffolds.
authors.affiliation: 1 University of California Berkeley and University of California San Francisco Graduate Program in Bioengineering , San Francisco, California.
authors.forename: Kimberly R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Kam
authors.forename: Laura A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: Suzanne M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Bock
authors.forename: Jeremy D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Ollerenshaw
authors.forename: Russell F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: Tejal A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Desai
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D000818:Animals; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D048430:Cell Shape; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000378:metabolism; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005355:Fibrosis; D016650:Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D054802:Molecular Imprinting; D041681:NIH 3T3 Cells; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D011126:Polypropylenes / Q000737:chemistry; D011137:Polystyrenes / Q000737:chemistry; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine / Q000378:metabolism; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D011126:Polypropylenes; D011137:Polystyrenes; D011506:Proteins; D014867:Water; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine; D005340:Fibrinogen; D016650:Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate
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