All-aqueous droplets-templated tailorable core-shell alginate microspheres for constructing vascularized intestinal mucosain vitromodels

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Recently,in vitromodels of intestinal mucosa have become important tools for drug screening and studying the physiology and pathology of the intestine. These models enable the examination of cellular behavior in diseased states or in reaction to alterations in the microenvironment, potentially serving as alternatives to animal models. One of the major challenges in constructing physiologically relevantin vitromodels of intestinal mucosa is the creation of three-dimensional microstructures that accurately mimic the integration of intestinal epithelium and vascularized stroma. Here, core-shell alginate (Alg) microspheres were generated to create the compartmentalized extracellular matrix microenvironment needed to simulate the epithelial and vascularized stromal compartments of the intestinal mucosa. We demonstrated that NIH-3T3 and human umbilical vein endothelial cells embedded in the core of the microspheres can proliferate and develop a vascular network, while human colorectal adenocarcinoma cells (Caco-2) can form an epithelial monolayer in the shell. Compared to Caco-2 monolayer encapsulated within the shell, the presence of the vascularized stroma enhances their proliferation and functionality. As such, our core-shell Alg microspheres provide a valuable method for generatingin vitromodels of vascularized intestinal mucosa with epithelial and vascularized stroma arranged in a spatially relevant manner and demonstrating near-physiological functionality.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:19

Enthalten in:

Biomedical materials (Bristol, England) - 19(2024), 3 vom: 26. Apr.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hao, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Du, Ting [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Feng [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yilan [VerfasserIn]
He, Huatao [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Menghan [VerfasserIn]
Hong, Meiying [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Guanxiong [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Deqing [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yaolei [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alginates
Angiogenesis
Core–shell structure gel-microsphere
Epithelial-vascularized stromal interactions
Hexuronic Acids
In vitro multicellular tissue model of intestinal mucosa
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
W/w droplet templet

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Date Completed 26.04.2024

Date Revised 26.04.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1088/1748-605X/ad3abc

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370640861