期刊
ACTA BIOMATERIALIA
卷 7, 期 4, 页码 1890-1901出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2010.11.035
关键词
Contact guidance; Mesenchymal stem cells; Osteoblasts; Rho GTPase; Ti6Al4V
资金
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion (Spain) [MAT2009-14695-004-01-02-04]
- Fundacion Mutua Madrilena (Spain) [PRI08A124]
- Consejeria de Economia, Comercio e Innovacion de la Junta de Extremadura (Spain)
- Fundacion para la Investigacion Biomedica del Hospital Universitario La Paz (Madrid, Spain)
- Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias (Spain)
Patterned surfaces direct cell spatial dynamics, yielding cells oriented along the surface geometry, in a process known as contact guidance. The Rho family of GTPases controls the assembly of focal adhesions and cytoskeleton dynamics, but its role in modulating bone-cell alignment on patterned surfaces remains unknown. This article describes the interactions of two human cell types involved in osseointegration, specifically mesenchymal stem cells and osteoblasts, with submicron-or nano-scale Ti6Al4V grooved surfaces generated by mechanical abrasion. The surface chemistry of the alloy was not affected by grinding, ensuring that the differences found in cellular responses were exclusively due to changes in topography. Patterned surfaces supported cell growth and stimulated mesenchymal stem cell viability. Anisotropic surfaces promoted cell orientation and elongation along the grates. Both cell types oriented on nanometric surfaces with grooves of 150 nm depth and 2 mu m width. The number of aligned cells increased by approximately 30% on submicrometric grooves with sizes of about 1 mu m depth and 10 gm width. Cells were treated with drugs that attenuate the activities of the GTPase RhoA and one of its downstream effectors, Rho-associated kinase (ROCK), and contact guidance of treated cells on the grooved surfaces was investigated. The data indicate that the RhoA/ROCK pathway is a key modulator of both mesenchymal stem cell and osteoblast orientation on nanometric surface features. RhoA and its effector participate in the alignment of mesenchymal stem cells on submicrometric grooves, but not of osteoblasts. These findings show that RhoA/ROCK signaling is involved in contact guidance of bone-related cells on metallic substrates, although to a varying extent depending on the specific cell type and the dimensions of the pattern. (C) 2010 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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