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. 2021 Feb 4;11:3021. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-81920-2

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Spatial organization of actin filaments in MSCs adhering to the Nichoid artificial niche. (a,b) 3D reconstruction from confocal acquisitions of cells grown into the Nichoid (a) and on the Control (b). In green are identified actin fibers and in blue the cell nuclei. The SZ2080 photopolymer, used to fabricate the niche, is fluorescent at all excitation wavelengths, including at 405 nm that is the excitation wavelength of the fluorescent dye used to label the nuclear DNA. (c,d) Orthogonal (yellow ROIs) and sagittal (red ROIs) projections of MSCs grown into the Nichoid (c) and on a flat control substrate (d). (e) Actin expression level calculated by western blot. Statistics: Mann–Whitney test. *Corresponds to p < 0.05.