神经干细胞和内皮细胞共球体在可注射明胶基水凝胶中的血管生成潜力。
Angiogenic potential of co-spheroids of neural stem cells and endothelial cells in injectable gelatin-based hydrogel.
机构信息
Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Department of Bio-Industrial Mechatronics Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
出版信息
Mater Sci Eng C Mater Biol Appl. 2019 Jun;99:140-149. doi: 10.1016/j.msec.2019.01.089. Epub 2019 Jan 22.
Appropriate crosstalk between neural stem cells (NSCs) and endothelial cells (ECs) is essential for establishment of the neurovascular network and neuroregeneration in the central nervous system (CNS) in vivo. However, platforms used to study the interaction of NSCs and ECs in three-dimensional (3D) environment are still rare. Here, we employed the chitosan-based substrates to rapidly generate the 3D NSC/EC co-spheroids in vitro, and then analyzed their crosstalk in the co-spheroids. By the analysis of gene and protein expression, NSCs in the NSC/EC co-spheroids displayed greater differentiation potential than the regular 2D co-culture on plastic dish. We also encapsulated the NSC/EC co-spheroids into chitosan- or gelatin-based hydrogels to further support the long-term growth of cell spheroids in a 3D environment. We observed that NSC/EC co-spheroids exhibited greater viability in the gelatin-based hydrogel, and even formed tube-like structures from the surface of the co-spheroids after FGF2 induction, indicating the increased angiogenic potential of ECs in the NSC/EC co-spheroids embedded in the FGF2-containing gelatin-based hydrogel. Finally, we demonstrated the injectability and printability of NSC/EC co-spheroids encapsulated in the gelatin-based hydrogel, revealing the possibility of using NSC/EC co-spheroids to build the biomimetic neurovascular constructs in the future.
神经干细胞 (NSCs) 和内皮细胞 (ECs) 之间的适当串扰对于体内中枢神经系统 (CNS) 中神经血管网络和神经再生的建立至关重要。然而,用于研究 NSCs 和 ECs 在三维 (3D) 环境中相互作用的平台仍然很少。在这里,我们使用壳聚糖基基质在体外快速生成 3D NSC/EC 共球体,然后分析它们在共球体中的串扰。通过基因和蛋白表达分析,与常规的 2D 共培养在塑料培养皿上相比,NSC/EC 共球体中的 NSCs 显示出更大的分化潜力。我们还将 NSC/EC 共球体包封在壳聚糖或明胶基水凝胶中,以进一步支持细胞球体在 3D 环境中的长期生长。我们观察到 NSC/EC 共球体在明胶基水凝胶中的活力更大,甚至在 FGF2 诱导后从共球体的表面形成管状结构,表明嵌入含有 FGF2 的明胶基水凝胶中的 NSC/EC 共球体中的 ECs 的血管生成潜力增加。最后,我们证明了包封在明胶基水凝胶中的 NSC/EC 共球体的可注射性和可打印性,揭示了未来使用 NSC/EC 共球体构建仿生神经血管结构的可能性。