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Title: Bio-inspired micropatterned hydrogel to direct and deconstruct hierarchical processing of geometry-force signals by human mesenchymal stem cells during smooth muscle cell differentiation
Authors: Tay, Chor Yong
Wu, Yun-Long
Cai, Pingqiang
Tan, Nguan Soon
Chen, Xiaodong
Tan, Lay Poh
Venkatraman, Subbu S.
Keywords: Biomimetics
Stem cells
Issue Date: 2015
Source: Tay, C. Y., Wu, Y.-L., Cai, P., Tan, N. S., Venkatraman, S. S., Chen, X., et al. (2015). Bio-inspired micropatterned hydrogel to direct and deconstruct hierarchical processing of geometry-force signals by human mesenchymal stem cells during smooth muscle cell differentiation. NPG Asia Materials, 7(7), e199-.
Series/Report no.: NPG Asia Materials
Abstract: Micropatterned biomaterial-based hydrogel platforms allow the recapitulation of in vivo-like microstructural and biochemical features that are critical physiological regulators of stem cell development. Herein, we report the use of muscle mimicking geometries patterned on polyacrylamide hydrogels as an effective strategy to induce smooth muscle cell (SMC) differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs). hMSCs were systemically coerced to elongate with varying aspect ratios (AR) (that is, 1:1, 5:1, 10:1 and 15:1) at a fixed projection area of ~7000 μm2. The results showed engineered cellular anisotropy with an intermediate AR 5:1 and AR 10:1, promoting the expression of alpha smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) and enhancement of contractile output. Further mechanistic studies indicated that a threshold cell traction force of ~3.5 μN was required for SMC differentiation. Beyond the critical cytoskeleton tension, hMSCs respond to higher intracellular architectural cues such as the stress fiber (SF) alignment, SF subtype expression and diphosphorylated myosin regulatory light-chain activity to promote the expression and incorporation of α-SMA to the SF scaffold. These findings underscore the importance of exploiting biomimetic geometrical cues as an effective strategy to guide hMSC differentiation and are expected to guide the rational design of advanced tissue-engineered vascular grafts.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81892
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/39731
ISSN: 1884-4057
DOI: 10.1038/am.2015.66
Schools: School of Materials Science & Engineering 
School of Biological Sciences 
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