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Saggioro M, D'Agostino S, Gallo A, Crotti S, D'Aronco S, Corallo D, Veltri G, Martinez G, Grigoletto A, Tolomeo AM, Tafuro G, Agostini M, Aveic S, Serafin V, Semenzato A, Pasut G, Pozzobon M. A rhabdomyosarcoma hydrogel model to unveil cell-extracellular matrix interactions. Biomater Sci 2021; 10:124-137. [PMID: 34796888 DOI: 10.1039/d1bm00929j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
Three-dimensional (3D) culture systems have progressively attracted attention given their potential to overcome limitations of classical 2D in vitro systems. Among different supports for 3D cell culture, hydrogels (HGs) offer important advantages such as tunable mechanical and biological properties. Here, a biocompatible hyaluronic acid-polyethylene glycol HG was developed to explore the pro-migratory behavior of alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (ARMS) cells. Proteomic analysis of ARMS xenografts unveiled the composition of the extracellular matrix (ECM) elucidating the most representative proteins. In parallel, HGs were obtained by the combination of a thiol-containing hyaluronic acid derivative and different polyethylene glycol (PEG) dimaleimide polymers. The selection of the optimal HG for ARMS cell growth was made based on degradation time, swelling, and cell distribution. Rheology measures and mechanical properties were assessed in the presence or absence of ECM proteins (collagen type I and fibronectin), as well as viability tests and cell distribution analysis. The role of ITGA5, the receptor of fibronectin, in determining ARMS cell migration was validated in vitro upon ITGA5 silencing. In vivo, cell dissemination and the capacity for engrafting were validated after injecting ARMS cell populations enriched for the level of ITGA5 in zebrafish embryos. To study the interactions with ARMS-specific ECM proteins (HG + P), the key players from the Rho and heat-shock pathways were investigated by reverse phase protein array (RPPA). Our data suggest that the developed 3D ARMS model is useful for identifying potential physical hallmarks that allow cancer cells to resist therapy, escape from the immune-system and increase dissemination.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mattia Saggioro
- Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Lab, Institute of Pediatric Research Città della Speranza, 35129 Padova, Italy. .,Department of Women and Children Health, University of Padova, 35127 Padova, Italy
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- Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Lab, Institute of Pediatric Research Città della Speranza, 35129 Padova, Italy. .,Department of Women and Children Health, University of Padova, 35127 Padova, Italy
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- Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Lab, Institute of Pediatric Research Città della Speranza, 35129 Padova, Italy. .,Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy.
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- NIB Lab Institute of Pediatric Research Città della Speranza, 35129 Padova, Italy
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- NIB Lab Institute of Pediatric Research Città della Speranza, 35129 Padova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Target Discovery and Biology of Neuroblastoma, Institute of Pediatric Research Città della Speranza, 35129 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Women and Children Health, University of Padova, 35127 Padova, Italy.,Oncohematology Laboratory, Institute of Pediatric Research Città della Speranza, 35129 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy.
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- Department of Women and Children Health, University of Padova, 35127 Padova, Italy.,L.i.f.e.L.a.b. Program, Consorzio per la Ricerca Sanitaria (CORIS), 35129 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy.
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- First Surgical Clinic Section, Department of Surgical, Oncological and Gastroenterological Sciences, Padova University, 35128 Padova, Italy.,NIB Lab Institute of Pediatric Research Città della Speranza, 35129 Padova, Italy.,L.i.f.e.L.a.b. Program, Consorzio per la Ricerca Sanitaria (CORIS), 35129 Padova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Target Discovery and Biology of Neuroblastoma, Institute of Pediatric Research Città della Speranza, 35129 Padova, Italy.,Department of Dental Materials and Biomaterials Research, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Women and Children Health, University of Padova, 35127 Padova, Italy.,Oncohematology Laboratory, Institute of Pediatric Research Città della Speranza, 35129 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy.
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- Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Lab, Institute of Pediatric Research Città della Speranza, 35129 Padova, Italy. .,Department of Women and Children Health, University of Padova, 35127 Padova, Italy
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Tafuro G, Costantini A, Baratto G, Francescato S, Semenzato A. Evaluating Natural Alternatives to Synthetic Acrylic Polymers: Rheological and Texture Analyses of Polymeric Water Dispersions. ACS Omega 2020; 5:15280-15289. [PMID: 32637801 PMCID: PMC7331061 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c01306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2020] [Accepted: 06/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
The natural cosmetics market is growing, in line with the interest of public opinion on environmental safety. The availability of polysaccharides for cosmetic use is very wide; each raw material has its own sensorial specificities and hardly matches the performance of synthetic polymers. We developed an instrumental protocol based on rheology and texture analysis to evaluate alternatives to acrylic polymers. The study has been carried out on a set of water dispersions prepared with different synthetic, semisynthetic, and natural polymers at different concentrations. Using statistical principal component analysis, three different clusters have been identified: group A includes polymers with a stringy viscoelastic behavior, group B includes polymers with low firmness and a weak-gel rheological pattern, and group C includes polymers which formed soft and elastic gels. This work showed that this instrumental approach is a powerful tool to comprehensively characterize new rheological modifiers and to forecast their contribution to the formulation based on their applicative features. Moreover, rheology and texture analysis turned out to be complementary tools useful to compare polymeric raw materials and to identify appropriate alternatives to synthetic ones in order to formulate green cosmetic products.
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Affiliation(s)
- Giovanni Tafuro
- Department
of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padua, via Francesco Marzolo 5, 35131 Padua, Italy
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- Unired
S.r.l., Spin-off University of Padua, via Niccolò Tommaseo 69, 35131 Padua, Italy
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- Unifarco
S.p.A., via Cal Longa
62, 32035 Santa
Giustina, Belluno, Italy
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- Department
of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padua, via Francesco Marzolo 5, 35131 Padua, Italy
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Tafuro G, Costantini A, Baratto G, Busata L, Semenzato A. Rheological and Textural Characterization of Acrylic Polymer Water Dispersions for Cosmetic Use. Ind Eng Chem Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b05319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Giovanni Tafuro
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, via Francesco Marzolo 5, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- UniR&D S.r.l., Spin-off University of Padova, via Niccolò Tommaseo 69, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Unifarco S.p.A., via Cal Longa 62, 32035 Santa Giustina (BL), Italy
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- Unifarco S.p.A., via Cal Longa 62, 32035 Santa Giustina (BL), Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, via Francesco Marzolo 5, 35131 Padova, Italy
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