Non-contact printing of proteins on reactive polymer surfaces: A novel route towards structured and graded cell culture carriers

Publikation: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftForschungsartikelBeigetragenBegutachtung

Beitragende

  • M. Herklotz - , Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden (Autor:in)
  • M. Melamed - , Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden (Autor:in)
  • C. Trautmann - , Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden (Autor:in)
  • M. Nitschke - , Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden (Autor:in)
  • T. Pompe - , Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden (Autor:in)
  • F. U. Gast - , GeSiM – Gesellschaft für Silizium-Mikrosysteme mbH (Autor:in)
  • F. Howitz - , GeSiM – Gesellschaft für Silizium-Mikrosysteme mbH (Autor:in)
  • C. Werner - , Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden, University of Toronto (Autor:in)

Abstract

Non-contact printing with a GeSiM Nano-Plotter™ was applied to prepare cell culture carriers with lateral structures of different proteins bound to a reactive surface of poly(ethylene-alt-maleic anhydride). As a proof of principle, it was shown that protein microstructures obtained by this technique can direct the behavior of human endothelial cells. The cells adhere and proliferate on collagen type IV spots provided by the microstructured substrate. Since non-contact printing allows us to prepare a multitude of protein spots with different compositions and concentrations on one and the same reactive cell culture carrier, multi-parameter studies on the role of proteins and its anchorage to the substrate can be carried out in an effective way.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)629-633
Seitenumfang5
FachzeitschriftMicrofluidics and nanofluidics
Jahrgang3
Ausgabenummer5
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Okt. 2007
Peer-Review-StatusJa
Extern publiziertJa

Externe IDs

ORCID /0000-0003-0189-3448/work/174430025

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • Cell adhesion, Micropatterning, Non-contact printing