Journal: Scientific Reports
Article Title: A novel strategy to facilitate uniform epithelial cell maturation using liquid–liquid interfaces
doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-63115-7
Figure Lengend Snippet: Correlation between homogeneity index, H LN , and frequency of ZO-2-positive cells, F Z, values of MDCK cells cultured on liquid–liquid or solid–liquid interfaces at t = 72 h. Liquid–liquid interfaces in 24-well plate were prepared under sterile conditions, immediately before the initiation of confluent culture (Supplementary Fig. ). Viable cells were seeded at a density of 5.3 × 10 4 cells/cm 2 in 24-well plates. The cells cultured on fibronectin-coated or non-coated liquid–liquid or solid–liquid interfaces. In culture condition of Y27632-exposure, the cells on non-coated liquid–liquid or solid–liquid interfaces were cultured in media with and without 10 μg/mL Y27632 at t = 0–48 h. From t = 48 h, the cells were cultured in media without 10 μg/mL Y27632. The staining images of nuclei and ZO-2 at t = 72 h were analyzed using the ImageJ software. The plots show H LN and F Z values of cultures grown on solid–liquid interfaces (shaded circles) or liquid–liquid interfaces (shaded triangles) when exposed to Y27632, as well as in cultures grown on non-coated solid–liquid interfaces (an opened circle), non-coated liquid–liquid interfaces (an opened triangle), fibronectin-coated solid–liquid interfaces (a closed circle), and fibronectin-coated liquid–liquid interface (a closed triangle) at t = 72 h. Exposure of cells to Y27632 was performed at t = 0–48 h. Data were obtained from three independent experiments. Statistical significance was determined via one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by Tukey–Kramer post-hoc test (** p < 0.01; * p < 0.05).
Article Snippet: A 20 μg/mL fibronectin solution (1918-FN-02M; R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA) in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) was slowly introduced into the culture vessel and incubated for 1 h at room temperature (32–37 °C), and then washed four-times with PBS.
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