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Journal Article
A thixotropic nanocomposite gel for three-dimensional cell culture
2008
Overview
Thixotropic materials, which become less viscous under stress and return to their original state when stress is removed
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, have been used to deliver gel–cell constructs
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and therapeutic agents
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. Here we show that a polymer–silica nanocomposite thixotropic gel can be used as a three-dimensional cell culture material. The gel liquefies when vortexed—allowing cells and biological components to be added—and resolidifies to trap the components when the shear force from spinning is removed. Good permeability of nutrients and gases through the gel allows various cell types to proliferate and be viable for up to three weeks. Human mesenchymal stem cells cultured in stiffer gels developed bone-like behaviour, showing that the rheological properties of the gel can control cell differentiation. No enzymatic
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, chemical
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,
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, or photo-crosslinking
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,
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,
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, changes in ionic strength
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,
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,
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,
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,
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or temperature
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,
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are required to form or liquefy the gel, offering a way to sub-culture cells without using trypsin—a protease commonly used in traditional cell culture techniques.
Polymer–silica nanocomposite gels can be used to culture cells in a three-dimensional environment, offering a way to propagate cells without using enzymes to dissociate them from the surface of conventional cell culture flasks. This approach relies on the dependence of the viscosity of the gel on stress
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group UK,Nature Publishing Group
Subject
Biocompatible Materials - chemical synthesis
/ Biocompatible Materials - metabolism
/ Chemistry and Materials Science
/ Humans
/ letter
/ Mesenchymal Stromal Cells - cytology
/ Nanotechnology and Microengineering
/ Polyethylene Glycols - chemistry
/ Polymers
/ Rheology
/ Silica
/ Tissue Engineering - methods
