論文

筆頭著者
2014年6月

Rapid engineering of endothelial cell-lined vascular-like structures in in situ crosslinkable hydrogels

BIOFABRICATION
  • Tatsuto Kageyama
  • ,
  • Takahiro Kakegawa
  • ,
  • Tatsuya Osaki
  • ,
  • Junko Enomoto
  • ,
  • Taichi Ito
  • ,
  • Tadashi Nittami
  • ,
  • Junji Fukuda

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開始ページ
025006
終了ページ
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1088/1758-5082/6/2/025006
出版者・発行元
IOP PUBLISHING LTD

Fabrication of perfusable vascular networks in vitro is one of the most critical challenges in the advancement of tissue engineering. Because cells consume oxygen and nutrients during the fabrication process, a rapid fabrication approach is necessary to construct cell-dense vital tissues and organs, such as the liver. In this study, we propose a rapid molding process using an in situ crosslinkable hydrogel and electrochemical cell transfer for the fabrication of perfusable vascular structures. The in situ crosslinkable hydrogel was composed of hydrazide-modified gelatin (gelatin-ADH) and aldehyde-modified hyaluronic acid (HA-CHO). By simply mixing these two solutions, the gelation occurred in less than 20 s through the formation of a stable hydrazone bond. To rapidly transfer cells from a culture surface to the hydrogel, we utilized a zwitterionic oligopeptide, which forms a self-assembled molecular layer on a gold surface. Human umbilical vein endothelial cells adhering on a gold surface via the oligopeptide layer were transferred to the hydrogel within 5 min, along with electrochemical desorption of the oligopeptides. This approach was applicable to cylindrical needles 200-700 mu m in diameter, resulting in the formation of perfusable microchannels where the internal surface was fully enveloped with the transferred endothelial cells. The entire fabrication process was completed within 10 min, including 20 s for the hydrogel crosslinking and 5 min for the electrochemical cell transfer. This rapid fabrication approach may provide a promising strategy to construct perfusable vasculatures in cell-dense tissue constructs and subsequently allow cells to organize complicated and fully vascularized tissues while preventing hypoxic cell injury.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1088/1758-5082/6/2/025006
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000337705000021&DestApp=WOS_CPL
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1088/1758-5082/6/2/025006
  • ISSN : 1758-5082
  • eISSN : 1758-5090
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000337705000021

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