2020年5月6日
Biomimetic aorta-gonad-Mesonephros-on-a-Chip to study human developmental hematopoiesis.
Biomedical microdevices
- 巻
- 22
- 号
- 2
- 開始ページ
- 34
- 終了ページ
- 34
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10544-020-00488-2
A fundamental limitation in the derivation of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells is the imprecise understanding of human developmental hematopoiesis. Herein we established a multilayer microfluidic Aorta-Gonad-Mesonephros (AGM)-on-a-chip to emulate developmental hematopoiesis from pluripotent stem cells. The device consists of two layers of microchannels separated by a semipermeable membrane, which allows the co-culture of human hemogenic endothelial (HE) cells and stromal cells in a physiological relevant spatial arrangement to replicate the structure of the AGM. HE cells derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) were cultured on a layer of mesenchymal stromal cells in the top channel while vascular endothelial cells were co-cultured on the bottom side of the membrane within the microfluidic device. We show that this AGM-on-a-chip efficiently derives endothelial-to-hematopoietic transition (EHT) from hiPSCs compared with regular suspension culture. The presence of mesenchymal stroma and endothelial cells renders functional HPCs in vitro. We propose that the AGM-on-a-chip could serve as a platform to dissect the cellular and molecular mechanisms of human developmental hematopoiesis.
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- DOI : 10.1007/s10544-020-00488-2
- PubMed ID : 32377802