MNPs-Enriched Biomaterials as Promising Candidates for Nervous Tissue Engineering Applications

first_page settings Order Article Reprints Font Type: Arial Georgia Verdana Font Size: Aa Aa Aa Line Spacing:    Column Width:    Background: Open AccessAbstract MNPs-Enriched Biomaterials as Promising Candidates for Nervous Tissue Engineering Applications † by Alexandra Dobranici 1, Aida Șelaru 1, Elena Olăreț 2, Izabela Stancu 2, Marieta Costache 1 and Sorina Dinescu 1,* 1 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, 050095 Bucharest, Romania 2 Advanced Polymer Materials Group (APMG), University Politehnica of Bucharest, 011061 Bucharest, Romania * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. † Presented at the 3rd International Online-Conference on Nanomaterials, 25 April–10 May 2022; Available online: https://iocn2022.sciforum.net/. Mater. Proc. 2022, 9(1), 7; https://doi.org/10.3390/materproc2022009007 Published: 24 April 2022 (This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 3rd International Online-Conference on Nanomaterials) Download Download PDF Download PDF with Cover Download XML Download Epub Versions Notes Nervous tissue regeneration represents a huge challenge in tissue engineering and therefore, numerous strategies are being investigated for this purpose. Current approaches are focused on the use of magnetic biomaterials to support nerve regeneration, since magnetic field was proven to have a beneficial effect on neuronal differentiation. Our aim was to develop and investigate the cytocompatibility and potential of naturally-based materials enriched with magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) to support the growth, viability and proliferation of neural stem cells (represented by NE-4C cell line, CRL-2925, ATCC). These composites were developed using an electrospinning technique and were enriched with different concentrations of MNPs (0.5–2%, to be compared to a pure fish gelatin control material), then they were seeded with NE-4C cells and maintained in standard culture conditions for up to seven days. Cell viability and proliferation were tested using the MTT assay, while eventual cytotoxic effects were evaluated based on lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) release in culture medium. The proportion of live and dead cells in contact with MNP-enriched scaffolds was revealed using live/dead assay. Changes in cytoskeleton distribution and focal adhesion assembly were observed by immunolabeling and confocal microscopy. Our results indicated that all tested scaffolds proved to be biocompatible with neural stem cells and did not induce any significant cytotoxic effects for up to one week of in vitro culture. MNP concentration influenced proportionally the rate of cell growth and proliferation, while cytoskeleton immunolabeling revealed an elongated profile of actin microfilaments and emphasized focal adhesion kinase distribution, suggesting beneficial effects of MNP-enriched composites. Thus, biomaterials embedding low concentrations of MNPs display good interaction with neural stem cells and could be used in further studies for nervous tissue regeneration. This work was supported by a PN-III-P1-1.1-TE-2019-1191/MAGNIFICENT grant. Author ContributionsConceptualization, I.S., M.C., S.D.; methodology, E.O.; validation, S.D.; investigation, A.D., A.Ș., E.O.; writing-review and editing, A.D. and S.D.; supervision I.S., M.C., S.D.; project administration, S.D.; funding acquisition, S.D. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.FundingThis research was funded by the Romanian Ministry of Research and Innovation, CNCS-UEFISCDI, grant number PN-III-P1-1.1-TE-2019-1191/MAGNIFICENT grant, within PNCDI III.Conflicts of InterestThe authors declare no conflict of interest.Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Share and Cite MDPI and ACS Style Dobranici, A.; Șelaru, A.; Olăreț, E.; Stancu, I.; Costache, M.; Dinescu, S. MNPs-Enriched Biomaterials as Promising Candidates for Nervous Tissue Engineering Applications. Mater. Proc. 2022, 9, 7. https://doi.org/10.3390/materproc2022009007 AMA Style Dobranici A, Șelaru A, Olăreț E, Stancu I, Costache M, Dinescu S. MNPs-Enriched Biomaterials as Promising Candidates for Nervous Tissue Engineering Applications. Materials Proceedings. 2022; 9(1):7. https://doi.org/10.3390/materproc2022009007 Chicago/Turabian Style Dobranici, Alexandra, Aida Șelaru, Elena Olăreț, Izabela Stancu, Marieta Costache, and Sorina Dinescu. 2022. "MNPs-Enriched Biomaterials as Promising Candidates for Nervous Tissue Engineering Applications" Materials Proceedings 9, no. 1: 7. https://doi.org/10.3390/materproc2022009007 Find Other Styles Note that from the first issue of 2016, MDPI journals use article numbers instead of page numbers. See further details here. Article Metrics No No Article Access Statistics Multiple requests from the same IP address are counted as one view.