Short-range cytokine gradients to mimic paracrine cell interactions in vitro.

Autor: Ansorge M; Institute of Biochemistry, Universität Leipzig, Johannisallee 21/23, 04103 Leipzig, Germany., Rastig N; Institute of Biochemistry, Universität Leipzig, Johannisallee 21/23, 04103 Leipzig, Germany., Steinborn R; Institute of Biochemistry, Universität Leipzig, Johannisallee 21/23, 04103 Leipzig, Germany., König T; Institute of Biochemistry, Universität Leipzig, Johannisallee 21/23, 04103 Leipzig, Germany., Baumann L; Institute of Biochemistry, Universität Leipzig, Johannisallee 21/23, 04103 Leipzig, Germany., Möller S; Biomaterials Department, INNOVENT e. V., Prüssingstraße 27B, 07745 Jena, Germany., Schnabelrauch M; Biomaterials Department, INNOVENT e. V., Prüssingstraße 27B, 07745 Jena, Germany., Cross M; Department of Hematology, Oncology and Hemostasiology, Universität Leipzig, Johannisallee 32A, 04103 Leipzig, Germany., Werner C; Max Bergmann Center of Biomaterials, Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Budapester Straße 27, 01069 Dresden, Germany; Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstraße 105, 01307 Dresden, Germany., Beck-Sickinger AG; Institute of Biochemistry, Universität Leipzig, Johannisallee 21/23, 04103 Leipzig, Germany., Pompe T; Institute of Biochemistry, Universität Leipzig, Johannisallee 21/23, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; Max Bergmann Center of Biomaterials, Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Budapester Straße 27, 01069 Dresden, Germany. Electronic address: tilo.pompe@uni-leipzig.de.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society [J Control Release] 2016 Feb 28; Vol. 224, pp. 59-68. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Jan 05.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2015.12.053
Abstrakt: Cell fate decisions in many physiological processes, including embryogenesis, stem cell niche homeostasis and wound healing, are regulated by secretion of small signaling proteins, called cytokines, from source cells to their neighbors or into the environment. Concentration level and steepness of the resulting paracrine gradients elicit different cell responses, including proliferation, differentiation or chemotaxis. For an in-depth analysis of underlying mechanisms, in vitro models are required to mimic in vivo cytokine gradients. We set up a microparticle-based system to establish short-range cytokine gradients in a three-dimensional extracellular matrix context. To provide native binding sites for cytokines, agarose microparticles were functionalized with different glycosaminoglycans (GAG). After protein was loaded onto microparticles, its slow release was quantified by confocal microscopy and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. Besides the model protein lysozyme, SDF-1 was used as a relevant chemokine for hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell (HSPC) chemotaxis. For both proteins we found gradients ranging up to 50μm from the microparticle surface and concentrations in the order of nM to pM in dependence on loading concentration and affinity modulation by the GAG functionalization. Directed chemotactic migration of cells from a hematopoietic cell line (FDCPmix) and primary murine HSPC (Sca-1(+) CD150(+) CD48(-)) toward the SDF-1-laden microparticles proved functional short-range gradients in a two-dimensional and three-dimensional setting over time periods of many hours. The approach has the potential to be applied to other cytokines mimicking paracrine cell-cell interactions in vitro.
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