The Regulation of Cellular Adhesion Geometry on Apoptosis of Mesenchymal Stem Cell

Abstract:

The mechanical stimulation from extracellular matrix could regulate physiological behavior of cells through the mechanism of mechanotransduction. Previous researches had shown that apoptosis could be regulated by the size of the cell adhesion area.However, the regulation of cell apoptosis by different adhesion shape with the same area is still unclear. This workfocused on the regulation of apoptosis for bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) by different circularity and area of adhesion geometry. We manufactured micro-pattern surface which was suitable for adhesion of MSCs by the technique of micro-contact printing. Three typesof geometry for individual is land of micro-pattern were designed. We adopted terminal-deoxynucleoitidyl transfer as emediated nick end labeling (TUNEL) method to detectcell apoptosis. This research shows that the adhesion geometry which has smaller area and greater circularity will promote apoptosis of MSCs. This indicates that MSCsmay prefer to live on the surface without any restrict. Ourstudies focused on the significantly important problem about interaction between extracellular matrix and physiological behavior of mesenchymal stem cells.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 378)
• Pages: 235-238
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.378.235
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Jun Qiu, Zhuo Zhuang, Bo Huo
• Keywords: Apoptosis, Cell Adhesion, Cell Geometry, Mesenchymal Stem Cell, Micro-Contact Printing

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