Designing highly customizable human based platforms for cell culture using proteins from the amniotic membrane.
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Date publication
novembre 2021
Journal
Materials science & engineering. C, Materials for biological applications
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr MANO João F.
Tous les auteurs :
Deus IA, Santos SC, Custódio CA, Mano JF
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Résumé
In the past few years researchers have witnessed a paradigm shift in the development of biomaterials for drug discovery, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine. After the great advances resulting from the transition of the 2D to the 3D, the new focus has been to increase the clinical relevance of such systems, as well as avoid the use of animals, by developing platforms that better replicate the human physiology in vitro. In this sense, we envisage the use of human matrices extracted from ethically sourced and readily available tissues as an optimal and promising alternative to currently used approaches. Hereupon, we report for the first time the chemical modification of human ECM proteins from the amniotic membrane (AM) with photoresponsive groups to produce bioinks and hydrogel precursors to engineer customizable platforms that are representative of native tissues and capable of supporting long-term cell culture. Our results demonstrated an efficient decellularization, liquefaction and functionalization of AM-derived ECM with methacryloyl domains (AMMA), with production of stable and versatile hydrogels. Mechanical characterization evidenced an increased compression strength as a function of methacrylation degree and decellularized ECM concentration. Three-dimensional (3D) stem cell culture in the AMMA hydrogels resulted in viable and proliferative cells up to 7 days; moreover, the mouldable character of the hydrogel precursors permits the processing of patterned hydrogel constructs allowing the control over cellular alignment and elongation, or microgels with highly tunable shape.
Mots clés
3D cell culture, Amniotic membrane, Extracellular matrix, Hydrogels, Photocrosslinking
Référence
Mater Sci Eng C Mater Biol Appl. 2021 Nov 29;:112574