Abstract
Through mediation of integrin clustering, nanoscale surface structure of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) directly affects cell binding and subsequent behavior. The influence of morphological structures on proliferation, differentiation, and organization of focal adhesions and cytoskeleton of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) was studied. The following two surface morphologies were fabricated and examined: a random network multiwalled carbon nanotubes film (RNCNT) and a vertically aligned multiwalled carbon nanotube (VACNT) film. hMSCs adhered and spread earlier on both CNT surfaces than on control. A statistically significantly increased number of attached cells were observed on VACNT surfaces. No CNT substrate enhanced differentiation, but both maintained the differentiation property of hMSCs. VACNTs recruited vinculin from the cytoplasm for the formation of focal adhesion complexes earlier in comparison to RNCNT. There is still disparity on how nanostructures regulate the progression toward an osteoblastic phenotype. It is necessary to explore various architectures in order to understand how they initiate osteoinductive or proliferating signals.
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