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- Title
Biomimetic cell-adhesive ligand-functionalized peptide composite hydrogels maintain stemness of human amniotic mesenchymal stem cells.
- Authors
Zhang, Ling; Xiong, Na; Liu, Yanfei; Gan, Lili
- Abstract
In vivo , stem cells reside in a three-dimensional (3D) extracellular microenvironment in which complicated biophysical and biochemical factors regulate their behaviors. Biomimicking of the stem cell−matrix interactions is an ideal approach for controlling the stem cell fate. This study investigates the effects of the incorporation of cell-adhesive ligands in 3D self-assembling peptide hydrogels to modulate stem cell survival, proliferation, maintenance of stemness, and osteogenic differentiation. The results show that the composite hydrogels were non-cytotoxic and effective for maintaining human amniotic mesenchymal stem cell (hAMSC) survival, proliferation and phenotypic characterization. The expression levels of pluripotent markers were also upregulated in the composite hydrogels. Under inductive media conditions, mineral deposition and mRNA expression levels of osteogenic genes of hAMSCs were enhanced. The increasing expression of integrin α- and β-subunits for hAMSCs indicates that the ligand−integrin interactions may modulate the cell fate for hAMSCs in composite hydrogels.
- Subjects
HYDROGELS; MESENCHYMAL stem cells; CELL adhesion; PLURIPOTENT stem cells; INTEGRINS
- Publication
Regenerative Biomaterials, 2021, Vol 8, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
2056-3418
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/rb/rbaa057