Impact of Fiber Characteristics on the Interfacial Interaction of Mammalian Cells and Bacteria
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Baby, Helna M.
Joseph, John
Suresh, Maneesha K.
Biswas, Raja
Menon, Deepthy
Date Issued
October 7, 2023
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Citation
Applied Biosciences 2 (4): 527-541 (2023)
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Final published version
Abstract
An imperative requisite of tissue-engineered scaffolds is to promote host cell regeneration and concomitantly thwart microbial growth. Antibacterial agents are often added to prevent implant-related infections, which, however, aggravates the risk of bacterial resistance. For the first time, we report a fiber-based platform that selectively promotes the growth of mammalian cells and alleviates bacteria by varying fiber size, orientation, and material of polymeric yarns. The interactions of Gram-positive and -negative bacterial species with mammalian mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) were investigated on poly-€-caprolactone (PCL) yarns, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA), and cotton. Various yarn configurations were studied by altering the fiber diameter (from nano- to microscale) and fiber orientations (aligned, twisted, and random) of PCL yarns. PCL nanofibrous yarn decreased the adhesion of S. aureus and E. coli, with a 2.7-fold and 1.5-fold reduction, respectively, compared to PCL microfibrous yarn. Among different fiber orientations, nanoaligned fibers resulted in an 8-fold and 30-fold reduction of S. aureus and E. coli adhesion compared to random fibers. Moreover, aligned orientation was superior in retarding the S. aureus adhesion by 14-fold compared to nanotwisted fibers. Our data demonstrate that polymeric yarns comprising fibers with nanoscale features and aligned orientation promote mammalian cell adhesion and spreading and concomitantly mitigate bacterial interaction. Moreover, we unveil the wicking of cells through polymeric yarns, facilitating early cell adhesion in fibrous scaffolds. Overall, this study provides insight to engineer scaffolds that couple superior interaction of mammalian cells with high-strength fibrous yarns for regenerative applications devoid of antibacterial agents or other surface modification strategies.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Biomedical Engineering
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https://doi.org/10.3390/applbiosci2040033
