Extracellular-matrix tethering regulates stem-cell fate
To investigate how substrate properties influence stem-cell fate, we cultured single human epidermal stem cells on polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and polyacrylamide (PAAm) hydrogel surfaces, 0.1 kPa-2.3 MPa in stiffness, with a covalently attached collagen coating. Cell spreading and differentiation we...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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27 May 2012
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Nature materials
Year: 2012, Volume: 11, Issue: 7, Pages: 642-649 |
| ISSN: | 1476-4660 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/nmat3339 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Pay-per-use, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmat3339 Verlag, Pay-per-use, Volltext: https://www.nature.com/articles/nmat3339 
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| Author Notes: | Britta Trappmann, Julien E. Gautrot, John T. Connelly, Daniel G.T. Strange, Yuan Li, Michelle L. Oyen, Martien A. Cohen Stuart, Heike Boehm, Bojun Li, Viola Vogel, Joachim P. Spatz, Fiona M. Watt and Wilhelm T.S. Huck |
| Summary: | To investigate how substrate properties influence stem-cell fate, we cultured single human epidermal stem cells on polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and polyacrylamide (PAAm) hydrogel surfaces, 0.1 kPa-2.3 MPa in stiffness, with a covalently attached collagen coating. Cell spreading and differentiation were unaffected by polydimethylsiloxane stiffness. However, cells on polyacrylamide of low elastic modulus (0.5 kPa) could not form stable focal adhesions and differentiated as a result of decreased activation of the extracellular-signal-related kinase (ERK)/mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signalling pathway. The differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells was also unaffected by PDMS stiffness but regulated by the elastic modulus of PAAm. Dextran penetration measurements indicated that polyacrylamide substrates of low elastic modulus were more porous than stiff substrates, suggesting that the collagen anchoring points would be further apart. We then changed collagen crosslink concentration and used hydrogel-nanoparticle substrates to vary anchoring distance at constant substrate stiffness. Lower collagen anchoring density resulted in increased differentiation. We conclude that stem cells exert a mechanical force on collagen fibres and gauge the feedback to make cell-fate decisions. |
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| Item Description: | Published online 27 May 2012; corrected after print 3 July 2012 Gesehen am 03.08.2018 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1476-4660 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/nmat3339 |