Cells Tissues OrgansPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2023-11-09DOI: 10.1159/000535018
Nur Hidayah Hassan, Raja Elina Ahmad, Tunku Kamarul, Qi Hao Daniel Looi, Pan Pan Chong
{"title":"Allogenic Platelet-Rich Plasma for Treating Cartilage Injury: A Systematic Review of the Evidence on the Basic Sciences for Potential Future Applications.","authors":"Nur Hidayah Hassan, Raja Elina Ahmad, Tunku Kamarul, Qi Hao Daniel Looi, Pan Pan Chong","doi":"10.1159/000535018","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000535018","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>It is apparent that whilst many reports are available regarding platelet-rich-plasma (PRP), the larger majority of these have been mainly focussed on autologous sources, and for good reason. Issues relating to allogenic source have been consciously avoided owing to concerns of cross infectivity and immune rejection. However, this topic today is now revisited and is of interest since progress over the year has demonstrated its safety, efficacy, and its abundance of supply. The present systematic review was thus conducted to elucidate advances made in this area, with the aim to provide a wider and deeper understanding of studies relevant to the application of allogenic PRP in cartilage repair. Literature search was conducted systematically using Medline, ProQuest, Web of Science, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and snowballing searching strategy to identify relevant studies using topic-specific keywords in various combinations including \"allogenic, platelet, rich, plasma\" OR \"allogeneic, platelet, rich, plasma\" OR \"allogenic platelet-rich plasma\" OR \"allogeneic platelet-rich plasma\" OR \"allogenic platelet rich plasma\" OR \"allogeneic platelet rich plasma\" AND cartilage OR chondrocytes OR synoviocytes OR stem cells. Studies that used allogenic PRP in an attempt to facilitate cartilage repair were included. The risk of bias was assessed by the SYRCLE's checklist. Of 206 studies identified, 12 were found eligible. Only those studies that are clearly related and specific to allogenic PRP were included. Of these, nine investigated the efficacy of allogenic PRP in animal models, while three articles employed an in vitro model. Allogenic PRP promotes cell proliferation, cartilage matrix production, and anti-inflammatory effects in vitro. The in vivo studies reported histological evidence of significant acceleration of cartilage repair in treated animals. Despite several conflicting findings, all studies agreed that allogenic PRP is safe and potentially efficacious for cartilage repair, with the advantages of allogenic sources apparent.</p>","PeriodicalId":9717,"journal":{"name":"Cells Tissues Organs","volume":" ","pages":"338-355"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72013634","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cells Tissues OrgansPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-05-20DOI: 10.1159/000539319
Vaishali Bala, Vidhi Patel, Mary Kathryn Sewell-Loftin
{"title":"Cadherin Expression Is Regulated by Mechanical Phenotypes of Fibroblasts in the Perivascular Matrix.","authors":"Vaishali Bala, Vidhi Patel, Mary Kathryn Sewell-Loftin","doi":"10.1159/000539319","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000539319","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The influence of mechanical forces generated by stromal cells in the perivascular matrix is thought to be a key regulator in controlling blood vessel growth. Cadherins are mechanosensors that facilitate and maintain cell-cell interactions and blood vessel integrity, but little is known about how stromal cells regulate cadherin signaling in the vasculature. Our objective was to investigate the relationship between mechanical phenotypes of stromal cells with cadherin expression in 3D tissue engineering models of vascular growth.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Stromal cell lines were subjected to a bead displacement assay to track matrix distortions and characterize mechanical phenotypes in 3D microtissue models. These cells included human ventricular cardiac (NHCF), dermal (NHDF), lung (NHLF), breast cancer-associated (CAF), and normal breast fibroblasts (NBF). Cells were embedded in a fibrin matrix (10 mg/mL) with fluorescent tracker beads; images were collected every 30 min. We also studied endothelial cells (ECs) in co-culture with mechanically active or inactive stromal cells and quantified N-Cad, OB-Cad, and VE-Cad expression using immunofluorescence.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Bead displacement studies identified mechanically active stromal cells (CAFs, NHCFs, NHDFs) that generate matrix distortions and mechanically inactive cells (NHLFs, NBFs). CAFs, NHCFs, and NHDFs displaced the matrix with an average magnitude of 3.17 ± 0.11 μm, 3.13 ± 0.06 μm, and 2.76 ± 0.05 μm, respectively, while NHLFs and NBFs displaced the matrix with an average of 1.82 ± 0.05 μm and 2.66 ± 0.06 μm in fibrin gels. Compared to ECs only, CAFs + ECs as well as NBFs + ECs in 3D co-culture significantly decreased expression of VE-Cad; in addition, Pearson's Correlation Coefficient for N-Cad and VE-Cad showed a strong correlation (>0.7), suggesting cadherin colocalization. Using a microtissue model, we demonstrated that mechanical phenotypes associated with increased matrix deformations correspond to enhanced angiogenic growth. The results could suggest a mechanism to control tight junction regulation in developing vascular beds for tissue engineering scaffolds or understanding vascular growth during developmental processes.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our studies provide novel data for how mechanical phenotype of stromal cells in combination with secreted factor profiles is related to cadherin regulation, localization, and vascularization potential in 3D microtissue models.</p>","PeriodicalId":9717,"journal":{"name":"Cells Tissues Organs","volume":" ","pages":"446-463"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11576492/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141069971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cells Tissues OrgansPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-02-06DOI: 10.1159/000537688
Wafaa Gaber, Manal T Hussein, Khaled H Aly, Fatma M Abdel-Maksoud
{"title":"Morphological and Immunohistochemical Differentiation of Neuronal and Glial Cells of the Vascular and Avascular Regions of the Donkey's Paurangiotic Retina.","authors":"Wafaa Gaber, Manal T Hussein, Khaled H Aly, Fatma M Abdel-Maksoud","doi":"10.1159/000537688","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000537688","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Ocular diseases pose a significant health concern for donkeys. However, studies examining the microanatomy and cell populations of the donkey retina are scarce. The current study aimed to describe the vascular pattern of the donkey retina and document its cellular components.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The donkey retina specimens were obtained from different retinal regions and prepared for semithin sectioning and immunohistochemistry.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The donkey has a paurangiotic retina in which retinal vessels are confined to a narrow area around the optic disc. Glial cells coexist with the blood vessels being very numerous in the vascular region and become scanty in the avascular ones. S-100-positive astrocytes could be observed in these avascular areas. Ganglion cells are organized in a single layer with the least population existing in the peripheral retina. Acidic fibroblast growth factor (AFGF) is immunoreactive in amacrine and ganglion cells. A subpopulation of amacrine cells reacted strongly to tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), and others reacted positively to S-100 protein. Ganglion cell nuclei exhibited a strong immunoreactivity to S-100 protein as well. Furthermore, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) is used to identify Müller cells that extend their processes across the retina from the inner to the outer limiting membrane.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In conclusion, our findings provide novel insights into the normal retinal organization. The donkey retina shows the characteristic expression of immunohistochemical markers for the major cell types. In addition, the distribution of glial cells is comparable between the vascular and avascular regions.</p>","PeriodicalId":9717,"journal":{"name":"Cells Tissues Organs","volume":" ","pages":"368-381"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139697027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Three-Dimensional Graphene Promotes the Proliferation of Cholinergic Neurons.","authors":"Ziyun Jiang, Linhong Zhou, Miao Xiao, Sancheng Ma, Guosheng Cheng","doi":"10.1159/000534255","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000534255","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>An early substantial loss of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons (BFCNs) is a common property of Alzheimer's disease and the degeneration of functional BFCNs is related to learning and memory deficits. As a biocompatible and conductive scaffold for growth of neural stem cells, three-dimensional graphene foam (3D-GF) supports applications in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Although its effects on differentiation have been demonstrated, the effect of 3D-GF scaffold on the generation of BFCNs still remains unknown.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this study, we used 3D-GF as a culture substrate for neural progenitor cells (NPCs) and demonstrated that this scaffold material promotes the differentiation of BFCNs while maintaining excellent cell viability and proliferation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Immunofluorescence analysis, real-time polymerase chain reaction, Western blotting, and ELISA revealed that the proportion of BFCNs at 21 days of differentiation reached approximately 30.5% on 3D-GF compared with TCPS group that only presented 9.7%. Furthermore, a cell adhesion study suggested that 3D-GF scaffold enhances the expression of adhesion proteins including vinculin, integrin, and N-cadherin. These findings indicate that 3D-GF scaffold materials are preferable candidates for the differentiation of BFCNs from NPCs.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These results suggest new opportunities for the application of 3D-GF scaffold as a neural scaffold for cholinergic neurons therapies based on NPCs.</p>","PeriodicalId":9717,"journal":{"name":"Cells Tissues Organs","volume":" ","pages":"316-325"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41182144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cells Tissues OrgansPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2023-01-04DOI: 10.1159/000528796
Helena A Crellin, Clare E Buckley
{"title":"Using Optogenetics to Investigate the Shared Mechanisms of Apical-Basal Polarity and Mitosis.","authors":"Helena A Crellin, Clare E Buckley","doi":"10.1159/000528796","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000528796","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The initiation of apical-basal (AB) polarity and the process of mitotic cell division are both characterised by the generation of specialised plasma membrane and cortical domains. These are generated using shared mechanisms, such as asymmetric protein accumulation, Rho GTPase signalling, cytoskeletal reorganisation, vesicle trafficking, and asymmetric phosphoinositide distribution. In epithelial tissue, the coordination of AB polarity and mitosis in space and time is important both during initial epithelial development and to maintain tissue integrity and ensure appropriate cell differentiation at later stages. Whilst significant progress has been made in understanding the mechanisms underlying cell division and AB polarity, it has so far been challenging to fully unpick the complex interrelationship between polarity, signalling, morphogenesis, and cell division. However, the recent emergence of optogenetic protein localisation techniques is now allowing researchers to reversibly control protein activation, localisation, and signalling with high spatiotemporal resolution. This has the potential to revolutionise our understanding of how subcellular processes such as AB polarity are integrated with cell behaviours such as mitosis and how these processes impact whole tissue morphogenesis. So far, these techniques have been used to investigate processes such as cleavage furrow ingression, mitotic spindle positioning, and in vivo epithelial morphogenesis. This review describes some of the key shared mechanisms of cell division and AB polarity establishment, how they are coordinated during development and how the advance of optogenetic techniques is furthering this research field.</p>","PeriodicalId":9717,"journal":{"name":"Cells Tissues Organs","volume":" ","pages":"161-180"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10480677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cells Tissues OrgansPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-08-28DOI: 10.1159/000539699
Sanjoy Saha, Francine Graham, James Knopp, Christopher Patzke, Donny Hanjaya-Putra
{"title":"Robust Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells into Lymphatic Endothelial Cells Using Transcription Factors.","authors":"Sanjoy Saha, Francine Graham, James Knopp, Christopher Patzke, Donny Hanjaya-Putra","doi":"10.1159/000539699","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000539699","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Generating new lymphatic vessels has been postulated as an innovative therapeutic strategy for various disease phenotypes, including neurodegenerative diseases, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, and lymphedema. Yet, compared to the blood vascular system, protocols to differentiate human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) into lymphatic endothelial cells (LECs) are still lacking.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Transcription factors, ETS2 and ETV2 are key regulators of embryonic vascular development, including lymphatic specification. While ETV2 has been shown to efficiently generate blood endothelial cells, little is known about ETS2 and its role in lymphatic differentiation. Here, we describe a method for rapid and efficient generation of LECs using transcription factors, ETS2 and ETV2.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This approach reproducibly differentiates four diverse hiPSCs into LECs with exceedingly high efficiency. Timely activation of ETS2 was critical, to enable its interaction with Prox1, a master lymphatic regulator. Differentiated LECs express key lymphatic markers, VEGFR3, LYVE-1, and Podoplanin, in comparable levels to mature LECs. The differentiated LECs are able to assemble into stable lymphatic vascular networks in vitro, and secrete key lymphangiocrine, reelin.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Overall, our protocol has broad applications for basic study of lymphatic biology, as well as toward various approaches in lymphatic regeneration and personalized medicine.</p>","PeriodicalId":9717,"journal":{"name":"Cells Tissues Organs","volume":" ","pages":"464-474"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11633880/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142092448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cells Tissues OrgansPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2024-06-22DOI: 10.1159/000539971
Jordyn M Wyse, Bryan A Sullivan, Priscilla Lopez, Teja Guda, Christopher R Rathbone, Marissa E Wechsler
{"title":"Poly(Lactic-Co-Glycolic Acid) Microparticles for the Delivery of Model Drug Compounds for Applications in Vascular Tissue Engineering.","authors":"Jordyn M Wyse, Bryan A Sullivan, Priscilla Lopez, Teja Guda, Christopher R Rathbone, Marissa E Wechsler","doi":"10.1159/000539971","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000539971","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Localized delivery of angiogenesis-promoting factors such as small molecules, nucleic acids, peptides, and proteins to promote the repair and regeneration of damaged tissues remains a challenge in vascular tissue engineering. Current delivery methods such as direct administration of therapeutics can fail to maintain the necessary sustained release profile and often rely on supraphysiologic doses to achieve the desired therapeutic effect. By implementing a microparticle delivery system, localized delivery can be coupled with sustained and controlled release to mitigate the risks involved with the high dosages currently required from direct therapeutic administration.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>For this purpose, poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) microparticles were fabricated via anti-solvent microencapsulation and the loading, release, and delivery of model angiogenic molecules, specifically a small molecule, nucleic acid, and protein, were assessed in vitro using microvascular fragments (MVFs).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The microencapsulation approach utilized enabled rapid spherical particle formation and encapsulation of model drugs of different sizes, all in one method. The addition of a fibrin scaffold, required for the culture of the MVFs, reduced the initial burst of model drugs observed in release profiles from PLGA alone. Lastly, in vitro studies using MVFs demonstrated that higher concentrations of microparticles led to greater co-localization of the model therapeutic (miRNA) with MVFs, which is vital for targeted delivery methods. It was also found that the biodistribution of miRNA using the delivered microparticle system was enhanced compared to direct administration.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Overall, PLGA microparticles, formulated and loaded with model therapeutic compounds in one step, resulted in improved biodistribution in a model of the vasculature leading to a future in translational revascularization.</p>","PeriodicalId":9717,"journal":{"name":"Cells Tissues Organs","volume":" ","pages":"475-485"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11631679/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141455597","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cells Tissues OrgansPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2023-03-03DOI: 10.1159/000529839
Guzel Sibgatullina, Rahaf Al Ebrahim, Karina Gilizhdinova, Anna Tokmakova, Artem Malomouzh
{"title":"Differentiation of Myoblasts in Culture: Focus on Serum and Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid.","authors":"Guzel Sibgatullina, Rahaf Al Ebrahim, Karina Gilizhdinova, Anna Tokmakova, Artem Malomouzh","doi":"10.1159/000529839","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000529839","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There are many facts about the possible role of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the development and differentiation of cells not only in nervous but also in muscle tissue. In the present study, a primary culture of rat skeletal muscle myocytes was used to evaluate the correlation between the content of GABA in the cytoplasm and the processes of myocyte division and their fusion into myotubes. The effect of exogenous GABA on the processes of culture development was also estimated. Since the classical protocol for working with myocyte cultures involves the use of fetal bovine serum (FBS) to stimulate cell division (growth medium) and horse serum (HS) to activate the differentiation process (differentiation medium), the studies were carried out both in the medium with FBS and with HS. It was found that cells grown in medium supplemented with FBS contain more GABA compared to cultures growing in medium supplemented with HS. Addition of exogeneous GABA leads to a decrease in the number of myotubes formed in both media, while the addition of an amino acid to the medium supplemented with HS had a more pronounced inhibitory effect. Thus, we have obtained data indicating that GABA is able to participate in the early stages of skeletal muscle myogenesis by modulating the fusion process.</p>","PeriodicalId":9717,"journal":{"name":"Cells Tissues Organs","volume":" ","pages":"203-212"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9083148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Coupled Mutual Inhibition and Mutual Activation Motifs as Tools for Cell-Fate Control.","authors":"Burhanuddin Sabuwala, Kishore Hari, Abhishek Shanmuga Vengatasalam, Mohit Kumar Jolly","doi":"10.1159/000529558","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000529558","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Multistability is central to biological systems. It plays a crucial role in adaptation, evolvability, and differentiation. The presence of positive feedback loops can enable multistability. The simplest of such feedback loops are (a) a mutual inhibition (MI) loop, (b) a mutual activation (MA) loop, and (c) self-activation. While it is established that all three motifs can give rise to bistability, the characteristic differences in the bistability exhibited by each of these motifs is relatively less understood. Here, we use dynamical simulations across a large ensemble of parameter sets and initial conditions to study the bistability characteristics of these motifs. Furthermore, we investigate the utility of these motifs for achieving coordinated expression through cyclic and parallel coupling amongst them. Our analysis revealed that MI-based architectures offer discrete and robust control over gene expression, multistability, and coordinated expression among multiple genes, as compared to MA-based architectures. We then devised a combination of MI and MA architectures to improve coordination and multistability. Such designs help enhance our understanding of the control structures involved in robust cell-fate decisions and provide a way to achieve controlled decision-making in synthetic systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":9717,"journal":{"name":"Cells Tissues Organs","volume":" ","pages":"283-296"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9252904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cells Tissues OrgansPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2022-12-12DOI: 10.1159/000528601
Maria Chiara Lionetti, Maria Rita Fumagalli, Caterina A M La Porta
{"title":"Nuclear Biophysical Changes during Human Melanoma Plasticity.","authors":"Maria Chiara Lionetti, Maria Rita Fumagalli, Caterina A M La Porta","doi":"10.1159/000528601","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000528601","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tumor plasticity is an emerging property of tumor cells which allows them to change their phenotype in dependence on the environment. The epithelial-mesenchymal transition plays a crucial role in helping cells acquire a more aggressive phenotype when they are in the mesenchymal state. Herein, we investigated the biophysical changes occurring during phenotypic switching in human melanoma cells, considering the blebbiness of the nuclei, their stiffness, and the involvement of polycombs with lamins. We show that the formation of cellular heterogeneity involves many crucial nuclear changes including the interaction between different types of polycombs with lamins and chromosome accessibility. Altogether, our results shed new light on the molecular mechanisms involved in the formation of a heterogeneous cell population during phenotypic switching. In particular, our results show that phenotypic switching in melanoma involves chromatin remodeling changing the transcriptional activity of cells and consequently their phenotype.</p>","PeriodicalId":9717,"journal":{"name":"Cells Tissues Organs","volume":" ","pages":"120-132"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10393933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}