Center for Biotechnology & Interdisciplinary Studies, Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Biotechnology Center 4005, Troy, NY, 12180, USA; Department of Bioengineering and iBB - Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001, Lisboa, Portugal; Department of Bioengineering and Instituto de Telecomunicações, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001, Lisboa, Portugal.
Center for Biotechnology & Interdisciplinary Studies, Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Biotechnology Center 4005, Troy, NY, 12180, USA.
Biochimie. 2021 Mar;182:61-72. doi: 10.1016/j.biochi.2021.01.001. Epub 2021 Jan 7.
The use of electrospun scaffolds for neural tissue engineering applications allows a closer mimicry of the native tissue extracellular matrix (ECM), important for the transplantation of cells in vivo. Moreover, the role of the electrospun fiber mat topography on neural stem cell (NSC) differentiation remains to be completely understood. In this work REN-VM cells (NSC model) were differentiated on polycaprolactone (PCL) nanofibers, obtained by wet/wet electrospinning, and on flat glass lamellas. The obtained differentiation profile of NSCs was evaluated using immunofluorescence and qPCR analysis. Glycosaminoglycan (GAG) analysis was successfully emplyed to evaluate changes in the GAG profile of differentiating cells through the use of the highly sensitive liquid chromatography-tandem mass/mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method. Our results show that both culture platforms allow the differentiation of REN-VM cells into neural cells (neurons and astrocytes) similarly. Moreover, LC-MS/MS analysis shows changes in the production of GAGs present both in cell cultures and conditioned media samples. In the media, hyaluronic acid (HA) was detected and correlated with cellular activity and the production of a more plastic extracellular matrix. The cell samples evidence changes in chondroitin sulfate (CS4S, CS6S, CS4S6S) and heparan sulfate (HS6S, HS0S), similar to those previously described in vivo studies and possibly associated with the creation of complex structures, such as perineural networks. The GAG profile of differentiating REN-VM cells on electrospun scaffolds was analyzed for the first time. Our results highlight the advantage of using platforms obtain more reliable and robust neural tissue-engineered transplants.
用于神经组织工程应用的电纺支架允许更接近模拟天然组织细胞外基质(ECM),这对于细胞在体内的移植很重要。此外,电纺纤维毡拓扑结构对神经干细胞(NSC)分化的作用仍有待完全理解。在这项工作中,REN-VM 细胞(NSC 模型)在聚己内酯(PCL)纳米纤维上分化,这些纳米纤维是通过湿/湿静电纺丝获得的,在平板玻璃薄片上也进行了分化。使用免疫荧光和 qPCR 分析评估了获得的 NSCs 分化谱。糖胺聚糖(GAG)分析成功地用于通过使用高度敏感的液相色谱-串联质谱/质谱(LC-MS/MS)方法评估分化细胞中 GAG 谱的变化。我们的结果表明,两种培养平台都允许 REN-VM 细胞分化为类似的神经细胞(神经元和星形胶质细胞)。此外,LC-MS/MS 分析显示细胞培养物和条件培养基样品中存在的 GAG 产生变化。在培养基中,检测到透明质酸(HA),并与细胞活性和更具可塑性的细胞外基质的产生相关。细胞样本中软骨素硫酸盐(CS4S、CS6S、CS4S6S)和硫酸乙酰肝素(HS6S、HS0S)发生变化,与体内研究中描述的变化相似,可能与形成复杂结构(如神经周网络)有关。首次分析了在电纺支架上分化的 REN-VM 细胞的 GAG 谱。我们的结果强调了使用平台获得更可靠和稳健的神经组织工程移植物的优势。