scholarly journals Advancing Cell-Instructive Biomaterials Through Increased Understanding of Cell Receptor Spacing and Material Surface Functionalization

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie A. Maynard ◽  
Charles W. Winter ◽  
Eoghan M. Cunnane ◽  
Molly M. Stevens
Keyword(s):  
Regenerative Medicine ◽  
Cell Surface ◽  
Cell Surface Receptors ◽  
Material Surface ◽  
Surface Receptors ◽  
Native Tissue ◽  
Cell Material ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Cell Material Interactions ◽  
Regenerative Therapies

Abstract Regenerative medicine is aimed at restoring normal tissue function and can benefit from the application of tissue engineering and nano-therapeutics. In order for regenerative therapies to be effective, the spatiotemporal integration of tissue-engineered scaffolds by the native tissue, and the binding/release of therapeutic payloads by nano-materials, must be tightly controlled at the nanoscale in order to direct cell fate. However, due to a lack of insight regarding cell–material interactions at the nanoscale and subsequent downstream signaling, the clinical translation of regenerative therapies is limited due to poor material integration, rapid clearance, and complications such as graft-versus-host disease. This review paper is intended to outline our current understanding of cell–material interactions with the aim of highlighting potential areas for knowledge advancement or application in the field of regenerative medicine. This is achieved by reviewing the nanoscale organization of key cell surface receptors, the current techniques used to control the presentation of cell-interactive molecules on material surfaces, and the most advanced techniques for characterizing the interactions that occur between cell surface receptors and materials intended for use in regenerative medicine. Lay Summary The combination of biology, chemistry, materials science, and imaging technology affords exciting opportunities to better diagnose and treat a wide range of diseases. Recent advances in imaging technologies have enabled better understanding of the specific interactions that occur between human cells and their immediate surroundings in both health and disease. This biological understanding can be used to design smart therapies and tissue replacements that better mimic native tissue. Here, we discuss the advances in molecular biology and technologies that can be employed to functionalize materials and characterize their interaction with biological entities to facilitate the design of more sophisticated medical therapies.

scholarly journals Lipoprotein receptors – an evolutionarily ancient multifunctional receptor family

2010 ◽  
Vol 391 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Dieckmann ◽  
Martin Frederik Dietrich ◽  
Joachim Herz
Keyword(s):  
Cell Surface ◽  
Receptor Gene ◽  
Ldl Receptor ◽  
Amyloid Peptide ◽  
Cell Surface Receptors ◽  
Lipoprotein Receptors ◽  
Surface Receptors ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Extracellular Environment ◽  
Receptor Family

Abstract The evolutionarily ancient low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor gene family represents a class of widely expressed cell surface receptors. Since the dawn of the first primitive multicellular organisms, several structurally and functionally distinct families of lipoprotein receptors have evolved. In accordance with the now obsolete ‘one-gene-one-function’ hypothesis, these cell surface receptors were orginally perceived as mere transporters of lipoproteins, lipids, and nutrients or as scavenger receptors, which remove other kinds of macromolecules, such as proteases and protease inhibitors from the extracellular environment and the cell surface. This picture has since undergone a fundamental change. Experimental evidence has replaced the perception that these receptors serve merely as cargo transporters. Instead it is now clear that the transport of macromolecules is inseparably intertwined with the molecular machinery by which cells communicate with each other. Lipoprotein receptors are essentially sensors of the extracellular environment that participate in a wide range of physiological processes by physically interacting and coevolving with primary signal transducers as co-regulators. Furthermore, lipoprotein receptors modulate cellular trafficking and localization of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) and the β-amyloid peptide (Aβ), suggesting a role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. Moreover, compelling evidence shows that LDL receptor family members are involved in tumor development and progression.

scholarly journals Role of Glycans on Key Cell Surface Receptors That Regulate Cell Proliferation and Cell Death

Cells ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 1252
Author(s):  
Yin Gao ◽  
Xue Luan ◽  
Jacob Melamed ◽  
Inka Brockhausen
Keyword(s):  
Cell Death ◽  
Growth Factor ◽  
Cell Surface ◽  
Growth Factor Receptors ◽  
Kinase Domain ◽  
Domain Growth ◽  
Cell Surface Receptors ◽  
Tyrosine Kinase Domain ◽  
Surface Receptors ◽  
Wide Range

Cells undergo proliferation and apoptosis, migration and differentiation via a number of cell surface receptors, most of which are heavily glycosylated. This review discusses receptor glycosylation and the known roles of glycans on the functions of receptors expressed in diverse cell types. We included growth factor receptors that have an intracellular tyrosine kinase domain, growth factor receptors that have a serine/threonine kinase domain, and cell-death-inducing receptors. N- and O-glycans have a wide range of functions including roles in receptor conformation, ligand binding, oligomerization, and activation of signaling cascades. A better understanding of these functions will enable control of cell survival and cell death in diseases such as cancer and in immune responses.

scholarly journals Cell Surface Receptors: Rapid Quantification of Live Cell Receptors Using Bioluminescence in a Flow-Based Microfluidic Device (Small 8/2015)

Small ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1012-1012
Author(s):  
Ramesh Ramji ◽  
Cheong Fook Cheong ◽  
Hiroaki Hirata ◽  
Abdur Rub Abdur Rahman ◽  
Chwee Teck Lim
Keyword(s):  
Cell Surface ◽  
Microfluidic Device ◽  
Live Cell ◽  
Cell Surface Receptors ◽  
Cell Receptors ◽  
Surface Receptors ◽  
Rapid Quantification

scholarly journals Cyto-friendly polymerization at cell surfaces modulates cell fate by clustering cell-surface receptors

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (16) ◽  
pp. 4221-4225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Qi ◽  
Weishuo Li ◽  
Xiaoling Xu ◽  
Feiyang Jin ◽  
Di Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Surface ◽  
Cell Fate ◽  
Cell Surface Receptors ◽  
Cell Surfaces ◽  
Receptor Clustering ◽  
Surface Polymerization ◽  
Surface Receptors ◽  
Anti Cd20 ◽  
In Cells

Cell-surface polymerization of anti-CD20 aptamer modified macromer to induce CD20 receptor clustering, and effectively initiate the apoptotic signals in cells.

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