TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ryma, Matthias
A1  - Tylek, Tina
A1  - Liebscher, Julia
A1  - Blum, Carina
A1  - Fernandez, Robin
A1  - Böhm, Christoph
A1  - Kastenmüller, Wolfgang
A1  - Gasteiger, Georg
A1  - Groll, Jürgen
T1  - Translation of collagen ultrastructure to biomaterial fabrication for material-independent but highly efficient topographic immunomodulation
JF  - Advanced materials
N2  - Supplement-free induction of cellular differentiation and polarization solely through the topography of materials is an auspicious strategy but has so far significantly lagged behind the efficiency and intensity of media-supplementation-based protocols. Consistent with the idea that 3D structural motifs in the extracellular matrix possess immunomodulatory capacity as part of the natural healing process, it is found in this study that human-monocyte-derived macrophages show a strong M2a-like prohealing polarization when cultured on type I rat-tail collagen fibers but not on collagen I films. Therefore, it is hypothesized that highly aligned nanofibrils also of synthetic polymers, if packed into larger bundles in 3D topographical biomimetic similarity to native collagen I, would induce a localized macrophage polarization. For the automated fabrication of such bundles in a 3D printing manner, the strategy of “melt electrofibrillation” is pioneered by the integration of flow-directed polymer phase separation into melt electrowriting and subsequent selective dissolution of the matrix polymer postprocessing. This process yields nanofiber bundles with a remarkable structural similarity to native collagen I fibers, particularly for medical-grade poly(ε-caprolactone). These biomimetic fibrillar structures indeed induce a pronounced elongation of human-monocyte-derived macrophages and unprecedentedly trigger their M2-like polarization similar in efficacy as interleukin-4 treatment.
KW  - biofabrication
KW  - extracellular matrix
KW  - immunomodulation
KW  - macrophages
KW  - melt electrofibrillation
KW  - melt electrowriting
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-256381
VL  - 33
IS  - 33
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Tylek, Tina
A1  - Blum, Carina
A1  - Hrynevich, Andrei
A1  - Schlegelmilch, Katrin
A1  - Schilling, Tatjana
A1  - Dalton, Paul D
A1  - Groll, Jürgen
T1  - Precisely defined fiber scaffolds with 40 μm porosity induce elongation driven M2-like polarization of human macrophages
JF  - Biofabrication
N2  - Macrophages are key players of the innate immune system that can roughly be divided into the pro-inflammatory M1 type and the anti-inflammatory, pro-healing M2 type. While a transient initial pro-inflammatory state is helpful, a prolonged inflammation deteriorates a proper healing and subsequent regeneration. One promising strategy to drive macrophage polarization by biomaterials is precise control over biomaterial geometry. For regenerative approaches, it is of particular interest to identify geometrical parameters that direct human macrophage polarization. For this purpose, we advanced melt electrowriting (MEW) towards the fabrication of fibrous scaffolds with box-shaped pores and precise inter-fiber spacing from 100 μm down to only 40 μm. These scaffolds facilitate primary human macrophage elongation accompanied by differentiation towards the M2 type, which was most pronounced for the smallest pore size of 40 μm. These new findings can be important in helping to design new biomaterials with an enhanced positive impact on tissue regeneration.
KW  - cell elongation
KW  - human macrophages
KW  - melt electrowriting (MEW)
KW  - macrophage polarization
KW  - 3D scaffolds
Y1  - 2020
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-254012
VL  - 12
IS  - 2
ER  -