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Role of Surface Chemistry in Protein Remodeling at the Cell-Material Interface
BACKGROUND: The cell-material interaction is a complex bi-directional and dynamic process that mimics to a certain extent the natural interactions of cells with the extracellular matrix. Cells tend to adhere and rearrange adsorbed extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins on the material surface in a fibr...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3090403/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21573010 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0019610 |
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author | Llopis-Hernández, Virginia Rico, Patricia Ballester-Beltrán, José Moratal, David Salmerón-Sánchez, Manuel |
author_facet | Llopis-Hernández, Virginia Rico, Patricia Ballester-Beltrán, José Moratal, David Salmerón-Sánchez, Manuel |
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description | BACKGROUND: The cell-material interaction is a complex bi-directional and dynamic process that mimics to a certain extent the natural interactions of cells with the extracellular matrix. Cells tend to adhere and rearrange adsorbed extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins on the material surface in a fibril-like pattern. Afterwards, the ECM undergoes proteolytic degradation, which is a mechanism for the removal of the excess ECM usually approximated with remodeling. ECM remodeling is a dynamic process that consists of two opposite events: assembly and degradation. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: This work investigates matrix protein dynamics on mixed self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of –OH and –CH(3) terminated alkanethiols. SAMs assembled on gold are highly ordered organic surfaces able to provide different chemical functionalities and well-controlled surface properties. Fibronectin (FN) was adsorbed on the different surfaces and quantified in terms of the adsorbed surface density, distribution and conformation. Initial cell adhesion and signaling on FN-coated SAMs were characterized via the formation of focal adhesions, integrin expression and phosphorylation of FAKs. Afterwards, the reorganization and secretion of FN was assessed. Finally, matrix degradation was followed via the expression of matrix metalloproteinases MMP2 and MMP9 and correlated with Runx2 levels. We show that matrix degradation at the cell material interface depends on surface chemistry in MMP-dependent way. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: This work provides a broad overview of matrix remodeling at the cell-material interface, establishing correlations between surface chemistry, FN adsorption, cell adhesion and signaling, matrix reorganization and degradation. The reported findings improve our understanding of the role of surface chemistry as a key parameter in the design of new biomaterials. It demonstrates the ability of surface chemistry to direct proteolytic routes at the cell-material interface, which gains a distinct bioengineering interest as a new tool to trigger matrix degradation in different biomedical applications. |
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spelling | pubmed-30904032011-05-13 Role of Surface Chemistry in Protein Remodeling at the Cell-Material Interface Llopis-Hernández, Virginia Rico, Patricia Ballester-Beltrán, José Moratal, David Salmerón-Sánchez, Manuel PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: The cell-material interaction is a complex bi-directional and dynamic process that mimics to a certain extent the natural interactions of cells with the extracellular matrix. Cells tend to adhere and rearrange adsorbed extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins on the material surface in a fibril-like pattern. Afterwards, the ECM undergoes proteolytic degradation, which is a mechanism for the removal of the excess ECM usually approximated with remodeling. ECM remodeling is a dynamic process that consists of two opposite events: assembly and degradation. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: This work investigates matrix protein dynamics on mixed self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of –OH and –CH(3) terminated alkanethiols. SAMs assembled on gold are highly ordered organic surfaces able to provide different chemical functionalities and well-controlled surface properties. Fibronectin (FN) was adsorbed on the different surfaces and quantified in terms of the adsorbed surface density, distribution and conformation. Initial cell adhesion and signaling on FN-coated SAMs were characterized via the formation of focal adhesions, integrin expression and phosphorylation of FAKs. Afterwards, the reorganization and secretion of FN was assessed. Finally, matrix degradation was followed via the expression of matrix metalloproteinases MMP2 and MMP9 and correlated with Runx2 levels. We show that matrix degradation at the cell material interface depends on surface chemistry in MMP-dependent way. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: This work provides a broad overview of matrix remodeling at the cell-material interface, establishing correlations between surface chemistry, FN adsorption, cell adhesion and signaling, matrix reorganization and degradation. The reported findings improve our understanding of the role of surface chemistry as a key parameter in the design of new biomaterials. It demonstrates the ability of surface chemistry to direct proteolytic routes at the cell-material interface, which gains a distinct bioengineering interest as a new tool to trigger matrix degradation in different biomedical applications. Public Library of Science 2011-05-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3090403/ /pubmed/21573010 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0019610 Text en Llopis-Hernández et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Llopis-Hernández, Virginia Rico, Patricia Ballester-Beltrán, José Moratal, David Salmerón-Sánchez, Manuel Role of Surface Chemistry in Protein Remodeling at the Cell-Material Interface |
title | Role of Surface Chemistry in Protein Remodeling at the Cell-Material Interface |
title_full | Role of Surface Chemistry in Protein Remodeling at the Cell-Material Interface |
title_fullStr | Role of Surface Chemistry in Protein Remodeling at the Cell-Material Interface |
title_full_unstemmed | Role of Surface Chemistry in Protein Remodeling at the Cell-Material Interface |
title_short | Role of Surface Chemistry in Protein Remodeling at the Cell-Material Interface |
title_sort | role of surface chemistry in protein remodeling at the cell-material interface |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3090403/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21573010 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0019610 |
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