Blood cell analysis is one of the standard clinical tests. Despite the widespread use of exogenous markers for blood cell quantification, label-free optical methods are still of high demand due to their possibility for in vivo application and signal specific to the biochemical state of the cell provided by native fluorophores. Here we report the results of blood cell characterization using label-free fluorescence imaging techniques and flow-cytometry. Autofluorescence parameters of different cell types -white blood cells, red blood cells, erythrophagocytic cells -are assessed and analyzed in terms of molecular heterogeneity and possibilities of differentiation between different cell types in vitro and in vivo.
For the first time, the data have been obtained on the effects of high-intensity terahertz (THz) radiation (with the intensity of 30 GW/cm2, electric field strength of 3.5 MV/cm) on human skin fibroblasts. A quantitative estimation of the number of histone Н2АХ foci of phosphorylation was performed. The number of foci per cell was studied depending on the irradiation time, as well as on the THz pulse energy. The performed studies have shown that the appearance of the foci is not related to either the oxidative stress (the cells preserve their morphology, cytoskeleton structure, and the reactive oxygen species content does not exceed the control values), or the thermal effect of THz radiation. The prolonged irradiation of fibroblasts also did not result in a decrease of their proliferative index.
The interaction of
neural progenitor cells (NPCs) with the extracellular
matrix (ECM) plays an important role in neural tissue regeneration.
Understanding which motifs of the ECM proteins are crucial for normal
NPC adhesion, proliferation, and differentiation is important in order
to create more adequate tissue engineered models of neural tissue
and to efficiently study the central nervous system regeneration mechanisms.
We have shown earlier that anisotropic matrices prepared from a mixture
of recombinant dragline silk proteins, such as spidroin 1 and spidroin
2, by electrospinning are biocompatible with NPCs and provide good
proliferation and oriented growth of neurites. This study objective
was to find the effects of spidroin-based electrospun materials, modified
with peptide motifs of the extracellular matrix proteins (RGD, IKVAV,
and VAEIDGIEL) on adhesion, proliferation, and differentiation of
directly reprogrammed neural precursor cells (drNPCs). The structural
and biomechanical studies have shown that spidroin-based electrospun
mats (SBEM), modified with ECM peptides, are characterized by a uniaxial
orientation and elastic moduli in the swollen state, comparable to
those of the dura mater. It has been found for the first time that
drNPCs on SBEM mostly preserve their stemness in the growth medium
and even in the differentiation medium with brain-derived neurotrophic
factor and glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor, while addition
of the mentioned ECM-peptide motifs may shift the balance toward neuroglial
differentiation. We have demonstrated that the RGD motif promotes
formation of a lower number of neurons with longer neurites, while
the IKVAV motif is characterized by formation of a greater number
of NF200-positive neurons with shorter neurites. At the same time,
all the studied matrices preserve up to 30% of neuroglial progenitor
cells, phenotypically similar to radial glia derived from the subventricular
zone. We believe that, by using this approach and modifying spidroin
by various ECM-motifs or other substances, one may create an
in vitro
model for the neuroglial stem cell niche with the
potential control of their differentiation.
In situ bioprinting is one of the most clinically relevant techniques in the emerging bioprinting technology because it could be performed directly on the human body in the operating room and it does not require bioreactors for post-printing tissue maturation. However, commercial in situ bioprinters are still not available on the market. In this study, we demonstrated the benefit of the originally developed first commercial articulated collaborative in situ bioprinter for the treatment of full-thickness wounds in rat and porcine models. We used an articulated and collaborative robotic arm from company KUKA and developed original printhead and correspondence software enabling in situ bioprinting on curve and moving surfaces. The results of in vitro and in vivo experiments show that in situ bioprinting of bioink induces a strong hydrogel adhesion and enables printing on curved surfaces of wet tissues with a high level of fidelity. The in situ bioprinter was convenient to use in the operating room. Additional in vitro experiments (in vitro collagen contraction assay and in vitro 3D angiogenesis assay) and histological analyses demonstrated that in situ bioprinting improves the quality of wound healing in rat and porcine skin wounds. The absence of interference with the normal process of wound healing and even certain improvement in the dynamics of this process strongly suggests that in situ bioprinting could be used as a novel therapeutic modality in wound healing.
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