Nitric oxide synthase mediates PC12 differentiation induced by the surface topography of nanostructured TiO2
Tamplenizza, Margherita and Lenardi, Cristina and Maffioli, Elisa and Nonnis, Simona and Negri, Armando and Forti, Stefania and Sogne, Elisa and De Astis, Silvia and Matteoli, Michela and Schulte, Carsten and Milani, Paolo and Tedeschi, Gabriella (2013) Nitric oxide synthase mediates PC12 differentiation induced by the surface topography of nanostructured TiO2. Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 11 (1). 35. ISSN 1477-3155 (https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-3155-11-35)
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Abstract
Background: Substrate nanoscale topography influences cell proliferation and differentiation through mechanisms that are at present poorly understood. In particular the molecular mechanism through which cells 'sense' and adapt to the substrate and activate specific intracellular signals, influencing cells survival and behavior, remains to be clarified. Results: To characterize these processes at the molecular level we studied the differentiation of PC12 cells on nanostructured TiO2 films obtained by supersonic cluster beam deposition. Our findings indicate that, in PC12 cells grown without Nerve Growth Factor (NGF), the roughness of nanostructured TiO2 triggers neuritogenesis by activating the expression of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and the phospho-extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (pERK1/2) signaling. Differentiation is associated with an increase in protein nitration as observed in PC12 cells grown on flat surfaces in the presence of NGF. We demonstrate that cell differentiation and protein nitration induced by topography are not specific for PC12 cells but can be regarded as generalized effects produced by the substrate on different neuronal-like cell types, as shown by growing the human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cell line on nanostructured TiO2. Conclusion: Our data provide the evidence that the nitric oxide (NO) signal cascade is involved in the differentiation process induced by nanotopography, adding new information on the mechanism and proteins involved in the neuritogenesis triggered by the surface properties.
ORCID iDs
Tamplenizza, Margherita, Lenardi, Cristina, Maffioli, Elisa, Nonnis, Simona, Negri, Armando, Forti, Stefania, Sogne, Elisa, De Astis, Silvia, Matteoli, Michela, Schulte, Carsten ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7554-5342, Milani, Paolo and Tedeschi, Gabriella;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 89696 Dates: DateEvent11 October 2013Published11 October 2013Published Online2 September 2013AcceptedSubjects: Medicine > Biomedical engineering. Electronics. Instrumentation
Technology > Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) > Bioengineering
Science > MicrobiologyDepartment: Faculty of Engineering > Biomedical Engineering Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 21 Jun 2024 13:57 Last modified: 03 Oct 2024 09:39 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/89696