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Title: | Novel Use for Polyvinylpyrrolidone as a Macromolecular Crowder for Enhanced Extracellular Matrix Deposition and Cell Proliferation | Authors: | Rashid, Rafi Lim, Natalie Sheng Jie Chee, Stella Min Ling Png, Si Ning Wohland, Thorsten Raghunath, Michael |
Keywords: | Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Technology Cell & Tissue Engineering Cell Biology Engineering, Biomedical Materials Science, Biomaterials Engineering Materials Science IN-VITRO |
Issue Date: | 1-Dec-2014 | Publisher: | MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC | Citation: | Rashid, Rafi, Lim, Natalie Sheng Jie, Chee, Stella Min Ling, Png, Si Ning, Wohland, Thorsten, Raghunath, Michael (2014-12-01). Novel Use for Polyvinylpyrrolidone as a Macromolecular Crowder for Enhanced Extracellular Matrix Deposition and Cell Proliferation. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART C-METHODS 20 (12) : 994-1002. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1089/ten.tec.2013.0733 | Abstract: | Macromolecular crowding (MMC) is a biophysical effect that governs biochemical processes inside and outside of cells. Since standard cell culture media lack this effect, the physiological performance of differentiated and progenitor cells, including extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition, is impaired in vitro. To bring back physiological crowdedness to in vitro systems, we have previously introduced carbohydrate-based macromolecules to culture media and have achieved marked improvements with mixed MMC in terms of ECM deposition and differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). We show here that although this system is successful, it is limited, due to viscosity, to only 33% of the fractional volume occupancy (FVO) of full serum, which we calculated to have an FVO of approximately 54% v/v. We show here that full-serum FVO can be achieved using polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) 360kDa. Under these conditions, ECM deposition in human fibroblasts and MSCs is on par, if not stronger than, with original MMC protocols using carbohydrates, but with a viscosity that is not significantly changed. In addition, we have found that the proliferation rate for bone marrow-derived MSCs and fibroblasts increases slightly in the presence of PVP360, similar to that observed with carbohydrate-based crowders. A palette of MMC compounds is now emerging that enables us to tune the crowdedness of culture media seamlessly from interstitial fluid (9% FVO), in which the majority of tissue cells might be based, to serum environments mimicking intravascular conditions. Despite identical FVO's, individual crowder size effects play a role and different cell types appear to have preferences in terms of FVO and the crowder that this is achieved with. However, in the quest of crowders that we have predicted to have a smoother regulatory approval path, PVP is a highly interesting compound, as it has been widely used in the medical and food industries and shows a novel promising use in cell culture and tissue engineering. | Source Title: | TISSUE ENGINEERING PART C-METHODS | URI: | https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/243165 | ISSN: | 1937-3384 1937-3392 |
DOI: | 10.1089/ten.tec.2013.0733 |
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