在内皮单层中伸展诱导的损伤
Young Choi1, Raphael Jakob1, Alexander E Ehret2
1ETH Zürich, Dep. of Mechanical and Process Engineering, Zürich, Switzerland.
Biomaterials advances
|July 3, 2024
概括
衰老和老化的内皮细胞比年轻细胞更容易受到机械拉伸诱导的损伤. 这种脆弱性与更强的细胞基质粘附有关,增加了细胞损伤和在压力下脱落的风险.
科学领域:
- 生物医学工程 生物医学工程
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
- 机械生物学 机械生物学
背景情况:
- 内皮细胞经历机械刺激,拉伸效应因负载水平而异.
- 衰老改变了血管特性和内皮细胞机制,损害了拉伸反应.
- 内皮细胞的衰老改变了它们的机械特性,可能会影响组织功能.
研究的目的:
- 量化和比较年轻,衰老和老年内皮细胞群体的伸展诱导损伤.
- 研究细胞表型,粘附和机械脆弱性之间的关系.
- 为了确定导致损伤的内皮延伸的临界水平.
主要方法:
- 在内皮细胞单层上进行高速单轴拉伸实验.
- 免疫光和扫描电子显微镜检测细胞损伤.
- 开发一个离散网络模型来模拟细胞变形和能量.
主要成果:
- 与年轻细胞相比,衰老和老化的内皮细胞表现出更大的脆弱性和损伤.
- 损伤表现为细胞间和细胞内空隙形成,随着变形而增加.
- 老化和衰老的细胞在比年轻细胞更低的拉伸水平上脱离.
- 建模表明,由于较强的粘附,衰老细胞的细胞内能量增加.
结论:
- 年轻的内皮细胞比老化或老化的细胞更适应机械拉伸.
- 衰老细胞的脆弱性增加与它们对基质的增强粘附有关.
- 量化了内皮细胞损伤的临界拉伸水平,突出了与年龄相关的脆弱性.
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