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Introduction Long-term drug delivery to the inner ear may be achieved by functionalizing cochlear implant (CI) electrodes with cells providing neuroprotective factors. However, effective strategies in order to coat implant surfaces with cells need to be developed. Our vision is to make benefit of electromagnetic field attracting forces generated by CI electrodes to bind BDNF-secreting cells that are labelled with magnetic beads (MB) onto the electrode surfaces. Thus, the effect of MB-labelling on cell viability and BDNF production were investigated. Materials and Methods Murine NIH 3T3 fibroblasts-genetically modified to produce BDNF-were labelled with MB. Results Atomic force and bright field microscopy illustrated the internalization of MB by fibroblasts after 24 h of cultivation. Labelling cells with MB did not expose cytotoxic effects on fibroblasts and allowed adhesion on magnetic surfaces with sufficient BDNF release. Discussion Our data demonstrate a novel approach for mediating enhanced long-term adhesion of BDNF-secreting fibroblasts on model electrode surfaces for cell-based drug delivery applications in vitro and in vivo. This therapeutic strategy, once transferred to cells suitable for clinical application, may allow the biological modifications of CI surfaces with cells releasing neurotrophic or other factors of interest. © 2016 Aliuos et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Lizenzbestimmungen: | CC BY 4.0 Unported - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Publikationstyp: | Article |
Publikationsstatus: | publishedVersion |
Erstveröffentlichung: | 2016 |
Schlagwörter (englisch): | magnetic bead, nanobead, unclassified drug, brain derived neurotrophic factor, drug implant, 3T3 cell line, animal cell, Article, atomic force microscopy, bright field microscopy, cell adhesion, cell structure, cell viability, cochlea prosthesis, controlled study, cytotoxicity, fibroblast culture, in vitro study, inner ear, internalization, nonhuman, animal, cell survival, cochlea prosthesis, drug delivery system, drug effects, drug implant, genetics, magnetism, mouse, NIH 3T3 cell line, Animals, Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, Cell Survival, Cochlear Implants, Drug Delivery Systems, Drug Implants, Ear, Inner, Magnetics, Mice, NIH 3T3 Cells |
Fachliche Zuordnung (DDC): | 500 | Naturwissenschaften, 610 | Medizin, Gesundheit |
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