Low intensity mechanical signals promote proliferation in a cell-specific manner: Tailoring a non-drug strategy to enhance biomanufacturing yields

Autor: M. Ete Chan, Christopher Ashdown, Lia Strait, Sishir Pasumarthy, Abdullah Hassan, Steven Crimarco, Chanpreet Singh, Vihitaben S. Patel, Gabriel Pagnotti, Omor Khan, Gunes Uzer, Clinton T. Rubin
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Mechanobiology in Medicine, Vol 2, Iss 4, Pp 100080- (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2949-9070
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbm.2024.100080
Popis: Biomanufacturing relies on living cells to produce biotechnology-based therapeutics, tissue engineering constructs, vaccines, and a vast range of agricultural and industrial products. With the escalating demand for these bio-based products, any process that could improve yields and shorten outcome timelines by accelerating cell proliferation would have a significant impact across the discipline. While these goals are primarily achieved using biological or chemical strategies, harnessing cell mechanosensitivity represents a promising – albeit less studied – physical pathway to promote bioprocessing endpoints, yet identifying which mechanical parameters influence cell activities has remained elusive. We tested the hypothesis that mechanical signals, delivered non-invasively using low-intensity vibration (LIV; 90%), and LIV effectively scaled up to T75 flasks. Ultimately, when LIV is tailored to the target cell population, it's highly efficient transmission across media represents a means to non-invasively augment biomanufacturing endpoints for both adherent and suspended cells, and holds immediate applications, ranging from small-scale, patient-specific personalized medicine to large-scale commercial bio-centric production challenges.
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