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BIOACTIVE MATERIALS
卷 5, 期 4, 页码 880-890出版社
KEAI PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2020.05.004
关键词
Substrate stiffness; Macrophage polarization; NF-kappa B signaling pathway
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81772312, 891972059, 81772358]
- Research and Development of Biomedical Materials and Substitution of Tissue and Organ Repair under the National Key RD Program [2016YFC1101502]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province [BK2019668, BK20151210]
- Jiangsu Provincial Clinical Orthopedic Center
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD)
The stiffness of the extracellular matrix (ECM) plays an important role in regulating the cellular programming. However, the mechanical characteristics of ECM affecting cell differentiation are still under investigated. Herein, we aimed to study the effect of ECM substrate stiffness on macrophage polarization. We prepared polyacrylamide hydrogels with different substrate stiffness, respectively. After the hydrogels were confirmed to have a good biocompatibility, the bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMMs) from mice were incubated on the hydrogels. With simulated by the low substrate stiffness, BMMs displayed an enhanced expression of CD86 on the cell surface and production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in cells, and secreted more IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha in the supernatant. On the contrary, stressed by the medium stiffness, BMMs expressed more CD206, produced less ROS, and secreted more IL-4 and TGF-beta. In vivo study by delivered the hydrogels subcutaneously in mice, more CD68(+)CD86(+) cells around the hydrogels with the low substrate stiffness were observed while more CD68(+)CD206(+) cells near by the middle stiffness hydrogels. In addition, the expressions of NIK, phosphorylated p65 (pi-p65) and phosphorylated I kappa B (pi-I kappa B) were significantly increased after stimulation with low stiffness in BMMs. Taken together, these findings demonstrated that substrate stiffness could affect macrophages polarization. Low substrate stiffness promoted BMMs to shift to classically activated macrophages (M1) and the middle one to alternatively activated macrophages (M2), through modulating ROS-initiated NF-kappa B pathway. Therefore, we anticipated ECM-based substrate stiffness with immune modulation would be under consideration in the clinical applications if necessary.
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