The nanostructure effect on the adhesion and growth rates of epithelial cells with well-defined nanoporous alumina substrates
- Authors
- Chung, S.H.; Son, S.J.; Min, J.
- Issue Date
- Mar-2010
- Publisher
- IOP PUBLISHING LTD
- Citation
- NANOTECHNOLOGY, v.21, no.12
- Journal Title
- NANOTECHNOLOGY
- Volume
- 21
- Number
- 12
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/55845
- DOI
- 10.1088/0957-4484/21/12/125104
- ISSN
- 0957-4484
1361-6528
- Abstract
- We systematically analyzed the adhesion and the proliferation of cells on various nanoporous alumina surfaces to understand the effects of nanostructured surfaces on cell behavior. Various nanoporous surfaces were fabricated using the anodizing method and characterized by atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The adhesion rate and proliferation rate of cells as functions of pore size and depth were statistically investigated using a colorimetric method. The adhesion rate of cells was not affected by the depth of the nanoporous surface whereas the proliferation of cells dramatically increased when the aspect ratio of the nanopore was near unity. This phenomenon was further verified by comparing the change in roughness of the cytoplasmic layer of cells adhered on a nanoporous surface with that of a bare nanoporous surface. The proliferation of cells was also influenced by the pore size of the nanoporous surface because the nanostructure could control the interaction between extracellular matrix (ECM) molecules and the surface. In conclusion, the nanostructured surfaces affected cell adhesion and proliferation by increasing the surface area to which the cells could adhere, and the interactions between small ECM molecules were influenced by the sufficiently small structures of the nanosurface.
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