[MC3T3-E1 osteoblasts adhesion to micropatterned surfaces].

Cell adhesion to material surface plays an important role in regulating cell function such as proliferation and differentiation. Surface patterning provides a useful method to control cell spatial distribution and adhesion to substance. Here microcontact printing and microfluidic channels were introduced to pattern MC3T3 E1 osteoblasts on silicon substance. Dichlordimethylsilane (DMS) was used in microcontact printing to generate the alternating domains of DMS and non-DMS, and cells preferentially adhered to the non-DMS and hydrophilic region. On the patterned surfaces generated from collagen and albumin solutions with microfluidic channels, cells preferentially localized in the collagen-coated region. The results also showed that micropatterning could be a useful method to study the effect of surface chemistry on cell adhesion and other functions.