TY - JOUR
T1 - Engineering the Cellular Microenvironment
T2 - Integrating Three-Dimensional Nontopographical and Two-Dimensional Biochemical Cues for Precise Control of Cellular Behavior
AU - Sarikhani, Einollah
AU - Meganathan, Dhivya Pushpa
AU - Larsen, Anne Kathrine Kure
AU - Rahmani, Keivan
AU - Tsai, Ching Ting
AU - Lu, Chih Hao
AU - Marquez-Serrano, Abel
AU - Sadr, Leah
AU - Li, Xiao
AU - Dong, Mingdong
AU - Santoro, Francesca
AU - Cui, Bianxiao
AU - Klausen, Lasse Hyldgaard
AU - Jahed, Zeinab
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society.
PY - 2024/7
Y1 - 2024/7
N2 - The development of biomaterials capable of regulating cellular processes and guiding cell fate decisions has broad implications in tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and cell-based assays for drug development and disease modeling. Recent studies have shown that three-dimensional (3D) nanoscale physical cues such as nanotopography can modulate various cellular processes like adhesion and endocytosis by inducing nanoscale curvature on the plasma and nuclear membranes. Two-dimensional (2D) biochemical cues such as protein micropatterns can also regulate cell function and fate by controlling cellular geometries. Development of biomaterials with precise control over nanoscale physical and biochemical cues can significantly influence programming cell function and fate. In this study, we utilized a laser-assisted micropatterning technique to manipulate the 2D architectures of cells on 3D nanopillar platforms. We performed a comprehensive analysis of cellular and nuclear morphology and deformation on both nanopillar and flat substrates. Our findings demonstrate the precise engineering of single cell architectures through 2D micropatterning on nanopillar platforms. We show that the coupling between the nuclear and cell shape is disrupted on nanopillar surfaces compared to flat surfaces. Furthermore, our results suggest that cell elongation on nanopillars enhances nanopillar-induced endocytosis. We believe our platform serves as a versatile tool for further explorations into programming cell function and fate through combined physical cues that create nanoscale curvature on cell membranes and biochemical cues that control the geometry of the cell.
AB - The development of biomaterials capable of regulating cellular processes and guiding cell fate decisions has broad implications in tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and cell-based assays for drug development and disease modeling. Recent studies have shown that three-dimensional (3D) nanoscale physical cues such as nanotopography can modulate various cellular processes like adhesion and endocytosis by inducing nanoscale curvature on the plasma and nuclear membranes. Two-dimensional (2D) biochemical cues such as protein micropatterns can also regulate cell function and fate by controlling cellular geometries. Development of biomaterials with precise control over nanoscale physical and biochemical cues can significantly influence programming cell function and fate. In this study, we utilized a laser-assisted micropatterning technique to manipulate the 2D architectures of cells on 3D nanopillar platforms. We performed a comprehensive analysis of cellular and nuclear morphology and deformation on both nanopillar and flat substrates. Our findings demonstrate the precise engineering of single cell architectures through 2D micropatterning on nanopillar platforms. We show that the coupling between the nuclear and cell shape is disrupted on nanopillar surfaces compared to flat surfaces. Furthermore, our results suggest that cell elongation on nanopillars enhances nanopillar-induced endocytosis. We believe our platform serves as a versatile tool for further explorations into programming cell function and fate through combined physical cues that create nanoscale curvature on cell membranes and biochemical cues that control the geometry of the cell.
KW - cell and nuclear deformation
KW - cell and nuclear mechanics
KW - cell and nuclear morphology
KW - mechanobiology
KW - micropatterning
KW - nanopillar
KW - nanostructures
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85198076629&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1021/acsnano.4c03743
DO - 10.1021/acsnano.4c03743
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 38978500
AN - SCOPUS:85198076629
SN - 1936-0851
VL - 18
SP - 19064
EP - 19076
JO - ACS Nano
JF - ACS Nano
IS - 29
ER -