PMID- 24008042 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140325 LR - 20231110 IS - 1878-5905 (Electronic) IS - 0142-9612 (Print) IS - 0142-9612 (Linking) VI - 34 IP - 36 DP - 2013 Dec TI - The effect of cyclic mechanical strain on activation of dendritic cells cultured on adhesive substrates. PG - 9063-70 LID - S0142-9612(13)00969-1 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2013.08.021 [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs), key regulators of tolerance and immunity, have been found to reside in mechanically active tissues such as the interior layers of the arterial wall, which experience cyclic radial wall strain due to pulsatile blood flow. Although experimentally difficult to determine in vivo, it is reasonable to postulate DCs experience the mechanical forces in such mechanically active tissues. However, it is currently unknown how DCs respond to cyclic mechanical strain. In order to explore the hypothesis that DCs are responsive to mechanical strain, DCs were cultured in vitro on pre-adsorbed adhesive proteins (e.g., laminin, collagen, fibrinogen) and 1 Hz cyclic strain was applied for various durations and strain magnitudes. It was determined that a strain magnitude of 10% and 24 h duration adversely affected DC viability compared to no-strain controls, but culture on certain adhesive substrates provided modest protection of viability under this harsh strain regime. In contrast, application of 1 h of 1 Hz cyclic 3% strain did not affect DC viability and this strain regime was used for the remaining experiments for quantifying DC activation and T-cell priming capability. Application of 3% strain increased expression of stimulatory (MHC-II) and costimulatory molecules (CD86, CD40), and this effect was generally increased by culture on pre-coated adhesive substrates. Interestingly, the cytokine secretion profile of DCs was not significantly affected by strain. Lastly, strained DCs demonstrated increased stimulation of allogeneic T-cell proliferation, in a manner that was independent of the adhesive substrate. These observations indicate generation of a DC consistent with what has been described as a semi-mature phenotype. This work begins elucidating a potential role for DCs in tissue environments exposed to cyclic mechanical forces. CI - Published by Elsevier Ltd. FAU - Lewis, Jamal S AU - Lewis JS AD - J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA. FAU - Dolgova, Natalia V AU - Dolgova NV FAU - Chancellor, Thomas J AU - Chancellor TJ FAU - Acharya, Abhinav P AU - Acharya AP FAU - Karpiak, Jerome V AU - Karpiak JV FAU - Lele, Tanmay P AU - Lele TP FAU - Keselowsky, Benjamin G AU - Keselowsky BG LA - eng GR - R01EB014869/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 EB014869/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS/United States GR - R56DK091658/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK091658/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R56 DK091658/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20130903 PL - Netherlands TA - Biomaterials JT - Biomaterials JID - 8100316 RN - 0 (Adhesives) RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Fibronectins) RN - 0 (Vitronectin) RN - 27432CM55Q (Serum Albumin, Bovine) SB - IM MH - Adhesives/*pharmacology MH - Animals MH - Cattle MH - Cell Proliferation/drug effects MH - Cell Survival/drug effects MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Cytokines/metabolism MH - Dendritic Cells/*cytology/drug effects/metabolism MH - Female MH - Fibronectins/pharmacology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Serum Albumin, Bovine/pharmacology MH - *Stress, Mechanical MH - T-Lymphocytes/cytology/drug effects MH - Vitronectin/pharmacology PMC - PMC4120880 MID - NIHMS604060 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cell adhesion OT - Dendritic cells OT - Extracellular matrix OT - Immunology OT - Mechanical force OT - Mechanical strain EDAT- 2013/09/07 06:00 MHDA- 2014/03/26 06:00 PMCR- 2014/08/04 CRDT- 2013/09/07 06:00 PHST- 2013/07/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/08/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/09/07 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/09/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/03/26 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/08/04 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0142-9612(13)00969-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2013.08.021 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biomaterials. 2013 Dec;34(36):9063-70. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2013.08.021. Epub 2013 Sep 3.