Abstract:
:We studied the guidance and activation of macrophages from the P388D1 cell line and rat peritoneum by topographic features on a nanometric scale. Cells were plated on plain fused silica substrata or substrata with microfabricated grooves and steps, 30-282 nm deep. The contact of cells with the patterned surface activated cell spreading and adhesion and increased the number of protrusions of the cell membrane. These changes were accompanied by an increase in the amount of F-actin in cells. The accumulation of F-actin and vinculin in cells was observed along the edges of single steps or grooves. Formation of focal contacts along discontinuities in the substratum was accompanied by the phosphorylation of tyrosine colocalized with F-actin and vinculin. A similar pattern of staining was seen in cells stained for vitronectin receptor, alphaV integrin, but not for integrins alpha5beta1 or alpha3beta1. Cells cultured on nanogrooves showed a higher phagocytotic activity than cells cultured on plain substrata. We show that macrophages can react to ultrafine features of topography of a size comparable to that of a single collagen fiber and become activated by the contact with topographic features.
journal_name
Exp Cell Resjournal_title
Experimental cell researchauthors
Wójciak-Stothard B,Curtis A,Monaghan W,MacDonald K,Wilkinson Cdoi
10.1006/excr.1996.0098subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1996-03-15 00:00:00pages
426-35issue
2eissn
0014-4827issn
1090-2422pii
S0014-4827(96)90098-1journal_volume
223pub_type
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Experimental cell research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0014-4827(88)90265-0
更新日期:1988-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental cell research
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1986-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental cell research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.yexcr.2008.10.037
更新日期:2009-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental cell research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.yexcr.2006.12.009
更新日期:2007-03-10 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental cell research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1006/excr.1995.1124
更新日期:1995-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental cell research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.yexcr.2003.07.007
更新日期:2003-12-10 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.yexcr.2014.01.014
更新日期:2014-04-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental cell research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1006/excr.1993.1013
更新日期:1993-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental cell research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1006/excr.1997.3878
更新日期:1998-03-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental cell research
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journal_title:Experimental cell research
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doi:10.1016/j.yexcr.2006.02.029
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journal_title:Experimental cell research
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更新日期:1984-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental cell research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.yexcr.2011.07.021
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journal_title:Experimental cell research
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2009-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental cell research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.yexcr.2008.12.022
更新日期:2009-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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