title: Nanometer-sized extracellular matrix coating on polymer-based scaffold for tissue engineering applications.
abstract: Surface modification can play a crucial role in enhancing cell adhesion to synthetic polymer-based scaffolds in tissue engineering applications. Here, we report a novel approach for layer-by-layer (LbL) fabrication of nanometer-size fibronectin and gelatin (FN-G) layers on electrospun fibrous poly(carbonate urethane)urea (PCUU) scaffolds. Alternate immersions into the solutions of fibronectin and gelatin provided thickness-controlled FN-G nano-layers (PCUU(FN-G) ) which maintained the scaffold's 3D structure and width of fibrous bundle of PCUU as evidenced by scanning electron miscroscopy. The PCUU(FN-G) scaffold improved cell adhesion and proliferation of bladder smooth muscles (BSMCs) when compared to uncoated PCUU. The high affinity of PCUU(FN-G) for cells was further demonstrated by migration of adherent BSMCs from culture plates to the scaffold. Moreover, the culture of UROtsa cells, human urothelium-derived cell line, on PCUU(FN-G) resulted in an 11-15 μm thick multilayered cell structure with cell-to-cell contacts although many UROtsa cells died without forming cell connections on PCUU. Together these results indicate that this approach will aid in advancing the technology for engineering bladder tissues in vitro. Because FN-G nano-layers formation is based on nonspecific physical adsorption of fibronectin onto polymer and its subsequent interactions with gelatin, this technique may be applicable to other polymer-based scaffold systems for various tissue engineering/regenerative medicine applications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan.|RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan.
authors.forename: Noriyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioengineering, 301 Rhodes Engineering Research Center, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, 29634-0905.
authors.forename: Srikanth
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sivaraman
authors.affiliation: McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15219.
authors.forename: Nicholas J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Amoroso
authors.affiliation: McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15219.
authors.forename: William R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University 2-1 Yamada-Oka Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nishiguchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University 2-1 Yamada-Oka Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
authors.forename: Michiya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsusaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University 2-1 Yamada-Oka Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
authors.forename: Mitsuru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akashi
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioengineering, 301 Rhodes Engineering Research Center, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, 29634-0905.
authors.forename: Jiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nagatomi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000187:drug effects; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000737:chemistry*; D005260:Female; D005353:Fibronectins / Q000494:pharmacology; D005780:Gelatin / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D032389:Myocytes, Smooth Muscle / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D010316:Particle Size; D011140:Polyurethanes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013499:Surface Properties; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods*; D054457:Tissue Scaffolds / Q000737:chemistry*; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000166:cytology
chemical_list: D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D005353:Fibronectins; D011140:Polyurethanes; C110029:poly(carbonate urea) urethane; D005780:Gelatin
keywords: artificial tissue; extracellular matrix; layer-by-layer; scaffold; smooth muscle cell