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Method Article

Fabrication of a Biomimetic Nano-Matrix with Janus Base Nanotubes and Fibronectin for Stem Cell Adhesion

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DOI:

10.3791/61317

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May 10th, 2020

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1Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut

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Summary

The goal of this protocol is to show the assembly of a biomimetic nanomatrix (NM) with Janus base nanotubes (JBNTs) and fibronectin (FN). When co-cultured with human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs), the NMs exhibit excellent bioactivity in encouraging hMSCs adhesion.

Abstract

A biomimetic NM was developed to serve as a tissue-engineering biological scaffold, which can enhance stem cell anchorage. The biomimetic NM is formed from JBNTs and FN through self-assembly in an aqueous solution. JBNTs measure 200-300 µm in length with inner hydrophobic hollow channels and outer hydrophilic surfaces. JBNTs are positively charged and FNs are negatively charged. Therefore, when injected into a neutral aqueous solution, they are bonded together via noncovalent bonding to form the NM bundles. The self-assembly process is completed within a few seconds without any chemical initiators, heat source, or UV light. When the pH of the NM solution is lower than the isoelectric point of FNs (pI 5.5-6.0), the NM bundles will self-release due to the presence of positively charged FN.

NM is known to mimic the extracellular matrix (ECM) morphologically and hence, can be used as an injectable scaffold, which provides an excellent platform to enhance hMSC adhesion. Cell density analysis and fluorescence imaging experiments indicated that the NMs significantly increased the anchorage of hMSCs compared to the negative control.

Introduction

Human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) have shown the potential for self-renewal and self-differentiation along different mesenchymal lineages, which helps in the regeneration and maintenance of tissues1. Based on the differentiation potential, hMSCs are considered as candidates for mesenchymal tissue injuries and hematopoietic disorder therapy2. hMSCs have shown the ability to promote wound healing by increasing tissue repair, angiogenesis, and reducing inflammation3. However, without biochemical or biomaterials assistance, the efficiency for the hMSCs to reach a target tissue and function at the desired location is low4. Although various engineered scaffolds have been utilized to attract hMSCs to adhere onto the lesions, some sites such as growth plate fracture, in the middle of a long bone, are not easily accessible by the conventional pre-fabricated scaffolds, which may not fit perfectly into an irregularly shaped injured site.

Here, we have developed a biomimetic nanomaterial that can self-assemble in situ and be injected to a hard to reach target area. The injectable bio-scaffold NM is composed of Janus base nanotubes (JBNTs) and fibronectin (FN). JBNTs, also known as the Rosette Nanotubes (RNTs), are derived from DNA base pairs, specifically thymine and adenine, here5,6,7. As seen in Figure 1, the nanotubes are formed when six molecules of the derived DNA base pairs self-assemble via hydrogen bonds to form a plane6. Six molecules are then stacked onto each other in a plane via a strong pi-stacking interaction7, which can be up to 200-300 µm in length. The JBNTs are designed to morphologically mimic collagen fibers so that FN will react with them.

FN is a high molecular weight adhesive glycoprotein, which can be found in the extracellular matrix (ECM)9. These can mediate the attachment of stem cells to other components of the ECM, particularly collagen10. We designed JBNTs to morphologically mimic collagen fibers so FN can react with them to form NM in a few seconds via noncovalent bonding. Therefore, NM is a promising bio-scaffold to be injected into a bone fracture site that could not be accessible by the conventionally fabricated scaffolds. Here, the injectable NM presents an excellent ability to enhance hMSC anchorage in vitro, exhibiting their potential to serve as a scaffold for tissue regeneration.

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Protocol

1. Synthesis of JBNTs

NOTE: JBNT monomer was prepared as published previously11.

  1. Synthesis of compound A1
    1. Prepare a solution containing 8.50 g of 2-cyanoacetic acid and 9.80 g of ethylcarbamate in 25 mL of toluene and 2.5 mL of N, N-dimethylformamide. Add 4.90 mL of phosphoryl chloride dropwise. Then heat the mixture to 70 °C and keep stirring for 1.5 h.
    2. Cool the reaction mixture to room temperature and pour in 100 g of ice water. Extract the aqueous layer with ethyl acetate (3 x 250 mL), and wash with 100 mL of brine. Dry the organic layer over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filter and evaporate volatiles under vacuum to get a pale-yellow solid.
    3. Subject the yellow solid to silica gel flash column chromatography (3% methanol/dichloromethane) to yield 15.61 g of compound A1 as a white powder.
  2. Synthesis of compound A2
    1. Mix 3.12 g of compound A1 and 2.75 g of potassium carbonate in 50 mL of N, N-dimethylformamide. Stir at room temperature for 2 h.
    2. Add 2.6 mL of carbon disulfide to the reaction suspension. Keep stirring for 4 h.
    3. Add absolute ethanol to the reaction mixture at 0 °C. Filter the yellow precipitate out and wash with diethyl ether. Dry under vacuum overnight to yield 6.18 g of compound A2 as pale-yellow solid.
  3. Synthesis of compound A3
    1. Add 2.7 mL of methyl iodide in 15 mL of acetonitrile. Also, separately prepare a solution of compound A2 by adding 6.18 g of A2 to 80 mL of water/acetonitrile (7:3 ratio). Mix both the solutions and stir at room temperature for 30 min.
    2. Heat the reaction mixture to 95 °C and keep stirring for 3 h.
    3. Cool the reaction mixture to room temperature, and then evaporate the volatiles under vacuum.
    4. Extract the residue 3x with 100 mL of ethyl acetate and wash with brine. Dry the organic layer over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filter and evaporate the volatiles under vacuum to obtain a yellow solid.
    5. Subject the yellow solid to silica gel flash column chromatography (30% ethyl acetate/hexanes) to yield 4.52 g of the compound A3 as a light-yellow solid.
  4. Synthesis of compound A4
    1. Prepare allylamine solution by adding 925 µL of allylamine in 20 mL of ethanol. Add this solution dropwise to the solution of compound A3, prepared by adding 3.14 g of A3 in 75 mL of absolute ethanol, over 30 min. Then heat the reaction mixture to reflux for 16 h.
    2. Cool the reaction mixture to room temperature and evaporate the volatiles to give a yellow solid.
    3. Subject the yellow solid to silica gel flash column chromatography (50% ethyl acetate/hexanes to 2% methanol/dichloromethane) to yield 1.80 g of compound A4 as a white crystal.
  5. Synthesis of compound A5
    1. Add 2.05 g of guanidinium hydrochloride and 7.8 mL of sodium ethoxide (21 wt% in ethanol) in 14 mL of absolute ethanol. Heat the mixture to 45 °C for 15 min.
    2. Filter off the insoluble material and add the filtrate directly into the solution of compound A4, prepared by adding 2.70 g of A4 in 40 mL absolute ethanol. Heat the reaction mixture to reflux for 16 h.
    3. Filter the precipitate out to obtain 2.65 g of compound A5 as an off-white solid.
  6. Synthesis of compound A6
    1. Add 24.9 mL of triethylamine slowly to the slurry mixture obtained by adding 2.11 g of compound A5 and 1.10 g of 4-Dimethylaminopyridine in 120 mL of tetrahydrofuran over 1 min. Stir at room temperature for 2 min.
    2. Add 20.7 mL of di-tert-butyl dicarbonate dropwise to the reaction mixture and keep stirring at room temperature for 40 h.
    3. Add 20 mL of water to quench the reaction. Evaporate the volatiles under vacuum.
    4. Extract the red viscous residue with 500 mL of ethyl acetate. Then, wash it in with 250 mL of water, 75 mL of 10% citric acid, 2x with 200 mL of water, 200 mL of saturated sodium bicarbonate, and 200 mL of brine. Dry the organic layer over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filter and evaporate the volatiles under vacuum to give a red/orange solid.
    5. Subject the solid to silica gel flash column chromatography (0-20% ethyl acetate/hexanes) to yield 3.87 g of compound A6 as a white foam.
  7. Synthesis of compound A7
    1. Add N-methylmorpholine N-oxide (50 wt.% in water, 1.64 mL) dropwise to the solution of compound A6 (2.93 g) in acetone/water (8:1, 58.5 mL) and stir at room temperature for 5 min.
    2. Add osmium tetraoxide (4% aqueous solution) dropwise to the mixture over a period of 3 min and keep stirring at room temperature for 24 h.
    3. Quench the reaction with 1.0 M aqueous sodium sulfite until the solution turns colorless. Remove the volatiles under vacuum to result in a white slurry in water. Extract the residue with 350 mL of dichloromethane and then wash with 150 mL of water followed by a wash with 150 mL of brine.
    4. Dry the organic layer over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filter and evaporate the volatiles under vacuum to yield 2.45 g of compound A7 as a white solid.
  8. Synthesis of compound A8
    1. Add 760 g of sodium periodide to the mixture of 1.36 g of compound A7 in 35 mL of dichloromethane/water (6:1, 35 mL) and stir at room temperature for 42 h.
    2. Filter the insoluble material off and concentrate the filtrate under vacuum. Extract the resulting residue with 250 mL of dichloromethane, and then wash with 100 mL of water and 100 mL of brine. Dry the organic layer over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filter and evaporate the volatiles under vacuum to give the crude product.
    3. Subject the crude product to silica gel flash column chromatography (5-40% ethyl acetate/hexanes, then 5% methanol/dichloromethane) to yield 1.08 g of compound A8.
  9. Synthesis of compound A9
    1. Prepare a solution of 830 mg of compound A8 in 15 mL of 1,2-dichloroethane. Add the solution of dropwise to the mixture of 6-benzyloxycarbonylamino-2-L-amino-hexanoic acid trimethylsilyl ethyl ester (649.5 mg) and N,N-diisopropylethylamine (591 µL) in 24 mL of 1,2-dichloroethane over 3 min and stir at room temperature for 15 min.
    2. Add 360.3 mg of sodium triacetoxyborohydride to the solution and keep stirring at room temperature for 24 h.
    3. Quench the reaction mixture with 6 mL of water. Extract the reaction mixture 3x with 200 mL of dichloromethane and wash with 200 mL of 10% citric acid in water, 2x with 200 mL of water, 200 mL of saturated sodium bicarbonate, and 200 mL of brine in that order. Dry the organic layer over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filter and evaporate the volatiles under vacuum to obtain the crude product.
    4. Subject the crude product to silica gel flash column chromatography (5-30% ethyl acetate/hexanes) to yield 885 mg compound A9.
  10. Synthesis of JBNT monomer
    1. Dissolve 0.54 g of compound A9 (0.54 g) in 10 mL of 94% trifluoroacetic acid/thioanisole solution and stir at room temperature for 72 h.
    2. Add diethyl ether (80 mL) to the reaction mixture and centrifuge the precipitate down. Pour the clear trifluoroacetic acid containing supernatant out and wash the white precipitate with diethyl ether and methanol to yield 168.6 mg crude JBNT monomer (Supplemental File 1).
    3. Purify the crude JBNT monomer by a high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with a reverse phase column. The isolation program is listed below: Solvent A: 100% water; solvent B: 100% acetonitrile; solvent C: pH=1 HCl water solution; flow rate: 3 mL/min (see Table 1).
    4. Collect the largest peak at about 7.2 min.

2. Fabrication for JBNT/FN

  1. Add 80 µL of 1 mg/mL JBNT aqueous solution to 40 µL of 1 mg/mL FN aqueous solution and pipette several times.
  2. Check for the presence of white solid suspension after pipetting for about 10 s.
    NOTE: A video was shot to capture the self-assembly process of NM (Supplemental File 2).

3. Observation of lyophilized specimens

NOTE: This step is performed to show the scaffold structure of NM made from JBNTs and FN.

  1. Prepare FN, JBNT and FN/JBNT NM solutions for lyophilized materials observation. Dilute 10 µL of 100 µg/mL of FN with 40 µL of distilled water to make a 20 µg/mL solution of FN.
  2. Prepare 100 mg/mL solution of JBNTs by diluting 5 µL of 1 mg/mL JBNTs in 45 µL of DI water.
  3. Mix 10 µL of 100 µg/mL FN and 5 µL of 1 mg/mL of JBNTs in 35 µL of DI water to form the NM solution.
  4. Coat three wells of 96-well clear round bottom microplates with the FN, JBNT solution and NM solution, respectively. Each well receives 50 µL of the solution.
  5. Perform lyophilization, as described below, to visualize the scaffold structure of the NM.
    1. Freeze the plate at -80 °C overnight.
    2. Turn on the lyophilized instrument and vacuum pump.
    3. Press the cool down button to reduce the temperature of the system to -50 °C.
    4. Put the frozen plate into the lyophilized instrument and close all openings of the instruments.
    5. Click the start button to reduce the system pressure to 0.9 mbar.
    6. After 4 h, press the aerate button and open the valve to increase the system pressure to the atmospheric pressure.
    7. Take the plate out of the lyophilized instrument.
    8. Use a microscope to observe the FN, JBNTs and the resulting self-assembled NM. Take several photographs with a camera for the materials.

4. Absorption spectra measurement

NOTE: Use the change of spectra for FN and JBNTs to present the self-assembled JBNT/FN NM12.

  1. Mix 30 µL of 100 µg/mL FN with 15 µL of distilled water and 5 µL of 1 mg/mL JBNTs to prepare the JBNT/FN NM solution. White solid suspension can be seen after pipetting the solution several times.
    NOTE: The final concentrations of JBNTs and FN in the solution are 100 µg/mL and 60 µg/mL, respectively. JBNTs and FN solutions at the same concentration to the one used in the NM solution were also prepared as control solutions.
  2. Dilute 5 µL of 1 mg/mL of JBNTs with 45 µL of distilled water to prepare JBNT control solution.
  3. Dilute 30 µL of 100 µg/mL FN with 20 µL of distilled water to prepare FN control solution.
  4. Measure the UV-vis absorption spectra of FN, JBNT and JBNT/FN NM solutions with the spectrophotometer (see Table of Materials) to characterize the assembly of NM.
    1. Click the UV-Vis button. Clean the test surface of the spectrophotometer and drop 2 µL of distilled water on it. Measure it as blank from 190-850 nm.
    2. Clean the test surface of the spectrophotometer and drop 2 µL of FN solution on it. Measure the UV-Vis absorption spectra of FN solution from 190 nm to 850 nm.
    3. Clean the test surface of the spectrophotometer and drop 2 µL of JBNT solution on it. Measure the absorption spectra of JBNT solution from 190 nm to 850 nm.
    4. Clean the test surface of the spectrophotometer and drop 2 µL of JBNT/FN NM solution on it. Measure the absorption spectra of JBNT/FN NM solution from 190 nm to 850 nm.

5. Preparation of JBNT/FN NM for transmission electronic microscopy (TEM)

  1. Clean several grids before negative staining with a basic plasma cleaner (see Table of Materials).
  2. Perform the negative staining for the specimens following two different processes.
    1. Drop 3 µL of 1 mg/mL of JBNTs aqueous solution and 3 µL of JBNT/FN NM solution on separated grids and leave it for 2 min. Then rinse each grid with 100 µL of 0.5% uranyl acetate (UA) solution. Drain the excess solution with filter paper and air dry the grids.
    2. Mix 9 µL of JBNT/FN NM solution with 3 µL of 2.0% UA solution and pipette it several times. Pipette the mixed solution on the grids and keep it on the grids for 2 min. Use a filter paper to remove the mixed solution from the grids and dry the grids at room temperature.
  3. Finally, characterize the specimen for JBNTs, JBNT/FN NM stained with step 5.2.1, and JBNT/FN NM stained with step 5.2.2 with the TEM.

6. In vitro biological function assay

  1. Add 200 µL of negative controls (NC, PBS), JBNTs, FN and the JBNT/FN NM solutions into one well of an 8-well chambered slide, respectively.
  2. Freeze dry the 8-well chambered coverglass with the lyophilized instrument to coat materials on the bottom of wells. The protocol for freeze-drying is the same as step 3.5.
  3. Then add 10,000 cells/wells hMSCs (Passage 3) into the wells and incubate them for 24 h at 37 °C with 5% CO2.
  4. After incubation, pipette out the cell culture medium from the wells and rinse the culture with 1x PBS solution.
  5. Add 100 µL of the fixative solution to each well with cells and leave for 5 min. Rinse cells gently with 1x PBS twice.
  6. Dilute 1% Triton-X 100 to 0.1%. Add 100 µL of 0.1% Triton-X 100 to each well with cells and leave for 10 min. Rinse cells gently with 1x PBS twice.
  7. Dilute the Rhodamine Phalloidin to 1.65 µM. Add 100 µL of Rhodamine Phalloidin to each well with cells and incubate the chambered coverglass keeping from light at room temperature for 30 min. Rinse cells gently with 1x PBS twice.
  8. Capture the cell images with a fluorescent microscope.
  9. Count the cell numbers on fluorescent images for each group. Calculate the cell adhesion density by averaging of three random areas in each well.
  10. Present all data as average ± standard deviation (SD). Perform statistical analyses using a one-tailed t-test, followed by analysis of variance (ANOVA) with p<0.05, which is considered statistically significant.

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Results

Our studies discovered that the formation of the NM of JBNTs and FN is fast, which happened in 10 seconds. As shown in Figure 2, white floccule was obtained when the JBNT solution was mixed with the FN solution and pipetted several times. The formation process of NM is completely biomimetic. No external stimuli are needed. The process of fabrication is much easier than that of some emerging biomaterials, which is based on ultraviolet light or chemical initiator for crosslinking

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Discussion

In this study, we developed a self-assembled biomimetic NM, which was formed with DNA-inspired JBNTs and FN. When preparing the JBNT solution, the JBNT lyophilized powder should be dissolved into the water instead of PBS because PBS will cause agglomeration of JBNTs, which inhibits their assembly. Moreover, the NM should also be assembled in water if we want to observe the nano-fibril structures of the NM, because the salt in PBS will bundle with NM fibers, which can greatly reduce the resolution of the images.

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Disclosures

Dr. Yupeng Chen is a co-founder of NanoDe Therapeutics, Inc.

Acknowledgements

This work is financially supported by NIH (Grants 1R01AR072027-01, 1R03AR069383-01), NSF Career Award (1653702) and University of Connecticut.

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Materials

List of materials used in this article
NameCompanyCatalog NumberComments
1,2-dichloroethaneAlfa Aesar39121
2-cyanoacetic acidSigma-AldrichC88505
4-DimethylaminopyridineTCI AmericaD1450
8 wells Chambered CoverglassThermo Fisher155409
96-well plateCorning353072
absolute ethanolThermo FisherBP2818500
acetoneSigma-Aldrich179124
acetonitrileSigma-Aldrich34851
allylamineSigma-Aldrich145831
Basic Plasma CleanerHarrick PlasmaPDC32G
citric acidSigma-Aldrich251275
concentrated hydrochloric acidSigma-AldrichH1758
Deionized waterThermo Fisher15230147
dichloromethaneSigma-Aldrich270997
diethyl etherSigma-Aldrich296082
Di-tert-butyl dicarbonateSigma-Aldrich361941
ethyl acetateSigma-Aldrich319902
ethylcarbamateSigma-AldrichU2500
FibronectinThermo FisherPHE0023
Fixative Solution (4 % formaldehyde prepared in PBS)Thermo FisherR37814
guanidinium hydrochlorideAlfa AesarA13543
hexanesSigma-Aldrich227064
Human mesenchymal stem cellsLonzaPT-2501
methanolSigma-Aldrich34860
methyl iodideSigma-Aldrich289566
N,N-DiisopropylethylamineAlfa AesarA17114
N,N-dimethylformamideSigma-Aldrich227056
N-Methylmorpholine N-oxideAlfa AesarA19802
Osmium tetraoxideAlfa Aesar45385
Penicillin-StreptomycinThermo Fisher15140163
Phosphate Buffer SolutionThermo Fisher20012050
phosphoryl chlorideSigma-Aldrich201170
potassium carbonateSigma-Aldrich347825
reverse phase columnThermo Fisher25305-154630
Rhodamine PhalloidinThermo FisherR415
silica gelTCI AmericaS0821
sodium bicarbonateSigma-AldrichS6014
sodium ethoxideAlfa AesarL13083
sodium periodideSigma-Aldrich71859
sodium sulfateSigma-Aldrich239313
sodium sulfiteSigma-AldrichS0505
sodium triacetoxyborohydrideAlfa AesarB22060
spectrophotometer(NanoDrop One/Onec UV-Vis)Thermo FisherND-ONE-W
Stem Cell Growth Medium BulletKitLonzaPT-3001
tetrahydrofuranSigma-Aldrich401757
thioanisoleSigma-AldrichT28002
tolueneSigma-Aldrich179418
triethylamineAlfa AesarA12646
trifluoroacetic acidAlfa AesarA12198
Triton X-100Thermo FisherHFH10
Trypsin-EDTA solutionThermo Fisher25200056

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