Abstract:Objective Nanomaterials have unique advantages in their applications in the biomedical field, many studies have shown that the physical properties of materials could affect the growth characteristics of cells. This study is based on the polymer polyethylene terephthalate (PET) material, the nanowire angles were modified on the PET surface to observe the impact of changing the physical properties of the matrix surface on cell growth.Methods Zhang's hepatocytes were cultured on glass, polystyrene (PS) and PET materials with different surface tilt angles. After 24-hour growth the cells were collected from different substrates, and the cell cycle was detected by flow cytometry using propidium iodide (PI) staining. Using the thiazole blue (MTT) method to detect the cell survival rate, phalloidin and DAPI staining was used to prepare cell slides for observing cell morphology.Results We found that there was no significant difference in the growth cycle distribution of the cells in each group and the cell survival rate between PET and glass had no significant difference (P>0.05), but the cell survival rate on both plates was lower than that on PS matrix (P<0.05), and there was significant difference in cell survival rate between the PET nanowire plate with a tilt angle of 40° and other PET nanowire plates with different tilt angles (P<0.05). Observation of cell morphology revealed that cells grown on PET nanowire plates 10°, 20°showed a certain growth direction compared with nanowire plates and glass plates at other angles.Conclusion This study confirmed the possibility that the nanowire plate modified with PET surface can be used as a cell growth matrix, the support function is similar to the traditional glass material, after angle modification on its surface, it exhibits a guiding effect on cell growth direction and may have potential application value in tissue repair and support.