title: Fabrication of RGD micro/nanopattern and corresponding study of stem cell differentiation.
abstract: Micropatterns of gold (Au) nanoarrays on inorganic and polymeric substrates were fabricated by combining block copolymer micelle nanolithography to obtain gold nanoarrays on glass, photolithography plus hydrofluoric acid (HF) etching to generate microislands, and transfer lithography to shift the gold micro/nanopatterns from glass to a bioinert poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) hydrogel surface. Further the modification of the gold nanodots via cell-adhesive arginine-glycine-aspartate (RGD) ligands was carried out to achieve peptide micro/nanopatterns. Whereas the micro/nanopatterns of noble metals could be useful in various applications, the peptide micro/nanopatterns especially enable persistent cell localization on adhesive micropatterns of RGD nanoarrays on the background of potently nonfouling PEG hydrogels, and thus offer a powerful tool to investigate cell-material interactions on both molecular and cellular levels. As a demonstration, we cultured human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) on micro/nanopatterns with RGD nanoarrays of nanospacings 46 and 95 nm, and with micropans of side lengths 35 and 65 μm (four groups in total). The osteogenic and adipogenic differentiation of hMSCs was conducted, and the potential effect of RGD nanospacing and the effect of cell spreading size on cell differentiation were decoupled for the first time. The results reveal that RGD nanospacing, independent of cell spreading size, acts as a strong regulator of cell tension and stem cell differentiation, which cannot be concluded unambiguously based on either merely micropatterns or nanopatterns.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Advanced Materials Laboratory, Fudan University , Shanghai 200433, China.
authors.forename: Xuan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shiyu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ce
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jiandong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ding
mesh_terms: D017667:Adipocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D001665:Binding Sites; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000502:physiology; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006801:Humans; D008422:Materials Testing; D059630:Mesenchymal Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D009842:Oligopeptides; C047981:arginyl-glycyl-aspartic acid
keywords: Micro/nanopattern; RGD nanospacing; cell spreading; poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogel; stem cell differentiation