Inhibition of fibroblast proliferation in cardiac myocyte cultures by surface microtopography
- 1 July 2003
- journal article
- Published by American Physiological Society in American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology
- Vol. 285 (1), C171-C182
- https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.00013.2003
Abstract
Cardiac myocyte cultures usually require pharmacological intervention to prevent overproliferation of contaminating nonmyocytes. Our aim is to prevent excessive fibroblast cell proliferation without the use of cytostatins. We have produced a silicone surface with 10-μm vertical projections that we term “pegs,” to which over 80% of rat neonatal cardiac fibroblasts attach within 48 h after plating. There was a 50% decrease in cell proliferation by 5 days of culture compared with flat membranes ( P < 0.001) and a concomitant 60% decrease ( P < 0.01) in cyclin D1 protein levels, suggesting a G1/S1 cell cycle arrest due to microtopography. Inhibition of Rho kinase with 5 or 20 μM Y-27632 reduced attachment of fibroblasts to the pegs by over 50% ( P < 0.001), suggesting that this signaling pathway plays an important role in the process. Using mobile and immobile 10-μm polystyrene spheres, we show that reactive forces are important for inhibiting fibroblast cell proliferation, because mobile spheres failed to reduce cell proliferation. In primary myocyte cultures, pegs also inhibit fibroblast proliferation in the absence of cytostatins. The ratio of aminopropeptide of collagen protein from fibroblasts to myosin from myocytes was significantly reduced in cultures from pegged surfaces ( P < 0.01), suggesting an increase in the proportion of myocytes on the pegged surfaces. Connexin43 protein expression was also increased, suggesting improved myocyte-myocyte interaction in the presence of pegs. We conclude that this microtextured culture system is useful for preventing proliferation of fibroblasts in myocyte cultures and may ultimately be useful for tissue engineering applications in vivo.Keywords
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