Non-adherent cells attach to culture vessels through opposite surface charges that create attraction. This causes cells to produce an extracellular matrix (ECM) around themselves for support. The ECM is comprised of various proteins, glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans that provide structure, facilitate cell communication and direct tissue growth. Cells adhere to the ECM through integrin proteins that bind ECM components and link to the cell's cytoskeleton.
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Adherent and non adherent cells- Importance of substrate in cell culture
1.
2. Classification of cells based on
anchorage
Adherent cells
Adherent cells are those
that require a medium to
support itself.
Non- adherent
cells
Non- adherent cells do
not require any medium
to support itself. A
common example is
suspension media.
3. How do non adhering cells stick
to the substrate ????
The substrate mentioned here is the culture vessel or
flask.
The cells and substrate both have some charge on them.
In case of suspension culture , there is an opposite
charge developed between the cells and the substrate.
This results in the attraction of the cells and substrate.
4. What happens next ???
So now based on the nature of the substrate, the cells
are signaled at their nucleus to produce a substance
around them.
This is called the extra cellular matrix.
They are of many kinds and vary with structure.
They are unique to different cells and are specific to
cells.
5. Role of ECM
Matrixes are generally used for providing support
It involve in segregating tissues from one another
It takes part in regulation of intercellular communication
Extracellular Matrix cells have been found to cause regrowth
and healing of tissue.
The use of ECM constituents can be highly beneficial in
enhancing cell survival, proliferation, or differentiation.
In case of injury repair and tissue engineering, the
extracellular matrix serves two main functions
a) It prevents the immune system by triggering from the
injury and responding with inflammation and scar tissue
b) It facilitates the surrounding cells to repair the tissue
instead of forming scar tissue
6. Component of extra cellular
matrix
ECM is comprised variously of collagen, laminin, fibronectin,
hyaluronan and proteoglycans such as beta glycan, decorin,
perlecan, and syndecan-1, some of which bind to growth
factors or cytokines.
Proteoglycans in extracellular matrix form a cross-linked
meshwork with fibrous proteins.
Some proteins bind multiple other proteins and
glycosaminoglycans (fibronectin).
Integrin is a family of proteins that mediate signalling
between cell interior and extracellular matrix.
Mass of interactions between cells and matrix not only
anchors cells to matrix but also provides paths that direct
migration of cells in developing tissue and (through
integrin) conveys information in both directions across
plasma membrane.
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8. cont
Components of the ECM are produced intracellularly by
resident cells and secreted into the ECM through
exocytosis.
Once secreted, they then aggregate with the existing
matrix.
The ECM is composed of an interlocking mesh of fibrous
proteins and glycosaminoglycans (GAGs).
9.
10. Collagen
In ECM of most animals, collagens are the abundantly
found structural protein and the most abundant protein
in the human body and accounts for 90% of bone matrix
protein content.
Collagens are present in the ECM as fibrillar proteins
and give structural support to resident cells.
Collagens are a large family of proteins containing at
least 27 different members.
They are characterized by the formation of triple helices
in which three polypeptide chains are wound tightly
around one another in a rope-like structure.
The different collagen polypeptides can assemble into 42
different trimers.
12. Elastin
In contrast to collagens, elastins give elasticity to tissues, allowing
them to stretch when needed and then return to their original
state.
This is useful in blood vessels, the lungs, in skin, and the
ligaments.
Elastins are synthesized by fibroblasts and smooth muscle cells.
Elastins are highly insoluble, and tropoelastins are secreted inside
a chaperone molecule, which releases the precursor molecule
upon contact with a fiber of mature elastin.
Tropoelastins are then deaminated to become incorporated into
the elastin strand.
13. Matrix adhesion proteins
Matrix adhesion proteins, the final class of extracellular
matrix constituents are responsible for linking the
components of the matrix to one another and to the
surfaces of cells.
They interact with collagen and proteoglycans to specify
matrix organization and are the major binding sites for
integrins.
14. Laminin
In almost all animals, Basal laminae contain distinct adhesion
proteins of the laminin family.
Laminins are heterotrimers of α, β and γ subunits which are the
products of five α genes, four β genes, and three γ genes.
Like type IV collagen, laminins can self - assemble into meshlike
polymers. Such laminin networks are the major structural
components of the basal laminae synthesized in very early embryos,
which do not contain collagen.
The laminins also have binding sites for cell surface receptors such
as integrins, type IV collagen, and the heparan sulfate proteoglycan,
perlecan.
In addition, laminins are tightly associated with another adhesion
protein, called entactin, which also binds to type IV collagen.
As a result of these multiple interactions, laminin, entactin, type IV
collagen, and perlecan form cross-linked networks in the basal
lamina. They also support in cell adhesion.
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16. Cell adhesion to Extra cellular
matrix
Many cells bind to components of the extracellular matrix.
Cell adhesion can occur in two ways by focal adhesions,
connecting the ECM to actin filaments of the cell, and hemi-
desmosomes, connecting the ECM to intermediate filaments
such as keratin.
This cell-to-ECM adhesion is regulated by specific cell
surface cellular adhesion molecules (CAM) known as
integrins.
The integrins are a family of transmembrane proteins
consisting of two subunits, designated α and β.
Integrins are cell surface proteins that bind cells to ECM
structures such as fibronectin and laminin, and also to
integrin proteins on the surface of other cells.
17. Cont.
Fibronectins bind to ECM macromolecules and facilitate their
binding to transmembrane integrins.
The attachment of fibronectin to the extracellular domain
initiates intracellular signaling pathways as well as association
with the cellular cytoskeleton via a set of adaptor molecules such
as actin.