Journal
ACTA BIOMATERIALIA
Volume 8, Issue 10, Pages 3669-3677Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2012.06.010
Keywords
Fibronectin; Osteopontin; Macrophages; Self-assembled monolayers; Biomaterials
Funding
- FEDER funds through the Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade - COMPETE
- Portuguese funds through the Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT) [PEst-C/SAU/LA0002/2011, PTDC/SAU-BEB/099954/2008]
- FCT [SFRH/BD/37582/2007, SFRH/BPD/37090/2007]
- EC, FP7 [CP-IP 213904]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BD/37582/2007, PTDC/SAU-BEB/099954/2008] Funding Source: FCT
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Macrophages play a crucial role in the host response to biomaterials. Here we investigated the effect of adsorbed fibronectin (FN) and osteopontin (OPN), two important proteins for tissue repair, on macrophage adhesion and morphology. Since cell-biomaterial interactions are modulated via proteins adsorbed onto biomaterial surfaces, FN and OPN were adsorbed on model self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of alkanethiols on gold with different functional terminal groups (CH3, OH and tetra(ethylene-glycol)). The initial interaction of inflammatory cells with a biomaterial is crucial for the ensuing phases of an inflammatory reaction. For this reason short-term cultures of primary human macrophages were performed. To account for the competitive adsorption of other proteins serum was added to the culture medium and the effect compared with serum-free medium cultures. In the presence of serum hydrophilic surfaces increased macrophage adhesion. In particular, FN induced a higher cell density, while OPN tended to decrease it. In serum-free medium cell adhesion was greater on hydrophobic surfaces, except for OPN-coated SAMs. Importantly, FN no longer enhanced macrophage adhesion, while OPN maintained its inhibitory effect. Cell polarization studies indicated that macrophage morphology variations induced by surface chemistry are overcome by pre-adsorbed OPN. Taken together our results show that in the presence of serum macrophage adhesion is promoted by FN hydrophilic surfaces, but impaired on OPN-coated surfaces. The effects of inhibited macrophage adhesion on macrophage fusion, and its relevance to the initial stages of the inflammatory response to biomaterials are discussed. (C) 2012 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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