title: Heparin-functionalized thermoresponsive surface: a versatile cell culture substrate for regulating multivalent affinity binding with heparin-binding proteins by temperature changes.
abstract: Temperature-dependent regulation of affinity binding between bioactive ligands and their cell membrane receptors is an attractive approach for the dynamic control of cellular adhesion, proliferation, migration, differentiation, and signal transduction. Covalent conjugation of bioactive ligands onto thermoresponsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PIPAAm)-grafted surfaces facilitates the modulation of one-on-one affinity binding between bioactive ligands and cellular receptors by changing temperature. For the dynamic control of the multivalent affinity binding between heparin and heparin-binding proteins, thermoresponsive cell culture surface modified with heparin, which interacts with heparin-binding proteins such as basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), has been proposed. Heparin-functionalized thermoresponsive cell culture surface induces (1) the multivalent affinity binding of bFGF in active form and (2) accelerating cell sheet formation in the state of shrunken PIPAAm chains at 37°C. By lowering temperature to 20°C, the affinity binding between bFGF and immobilized heparin is reduced with increasing the mobility of heparin and the swollen PIPAAm chains, leading to the detachment of cultured cells. Therefore, heparin-functionalized thermoresponsive cell culture surface was able to enhance cell proliferation and detach confluent cells as a contiguous cell sheet by changing temperature. A cell cultivation system using heparin-functionalized thermoresponsive cell culture surface is versatile for immobilizing other heparin-binding proteins such as vascular endothelial growth factor, fibronectin, antithrombin III, and hepatocyte growth factor, etc. for tuning the adhesion, growth, and differentiation of various cell species.
authors: Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science; Global Center of Excellence (COE) program; Tokyo Women's Medical University; Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Yoshinori
authors: Y
authors: Arisaka
authors: Jun
authors: J
authors: Kobayashi
authors: Masayuki
authors: M
authors: Yamato
authors: Yoshikatsu
authors: Y
authors: Akiyama
authors: Teruo
authors: T
authors: Okano
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D006493:Heparin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D006493:Heparin
keywords: 2-carboxyisopropylacrylamide; basic fibroblast growth factor; cell sheet; heparin; poly(N-isopropylacrylamide); thermoresponsive cell culture surface
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