Multiscale reconstruction of a synthetic biomimetic micro-niche for enhancing and monitoring the differentiation of stem cells

Biomaterials
Rui LiLiming Bian

Abstract

Stem cells reside in a three-dimensional (3D) niche microenvironment, which provides specific cues, including cell-matrix interactions and soluble factors, that are essential to the differentiation of stem cells in vivo. Herein we demonstrate a general approach to the synthetic reconstruction of 3D biomimetic niche environment of stem cells by the multiscale combination of macroscopic porous hydrogels and a nanoscale upconversion nanoparticles (UCNP)-based nanocomplex. The porous biopolymeric hydrogels emulate the spongy bone microstructure and provide 3D environment conducive to the differentiation of seeded stem cells. The UCNP-based nanocomplex (Pur-UCNP-peptide-FITC), which is stably encapsulated in the porous hydrogels, emulates the repertoire of inductive factors in bone matrix by maintaining localized long-term delivery of inductive small molecules. The nanocomplex also generates biomarker-specific reporting emissions that correlate with the extent and stage of differentiation of the stem cells in synthetic niche, thereby allowing long-term tracking of stem cell fate in a non-contact, non-destructive, and potentially high-throughput manner in living cultures. To the best of our knowledge, this is first demonstration of s...Continue Reading

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Feb 9, 2021·Chemistry of Materials : a Publication of the American Chemical Society·Soyon Kim, Min Lee

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