从人类多能干细胞生成血管类器官。

Generation of blood vessel organoids from human pluripotent stem cells.

机构信息

IMBA, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria.

Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria.

出版信息

Nat Protoc. 2019 Nov;14(11):3082-3100. doi: 10.1038/s41596-019-0213-z. Epub 2019 Sep 25.

Abstract

Blood vessels are fundamental to animal life and have critical roles in many diseases, such as stroke, myocardial infarction and diabetes. The vasculature is formed by endothelial cells that line the vessel and are covered with mural cells, specifically pericytes in smaller vessels and vascular smooth muscle cells (vSMCs) in larger-diameter vessels. Both endothelial cells and mural cells are essential for proper blood vessel function and can be derived from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs). Here, we describe a protocol to generate self-organizing 3D human blood vessel organoids from hPSCs that exhibit morphological, functional and molecular features of human microvasculature. These organoids are differentiated via mesoderm induction of hPSC aggregates and subsequent differentiation into endothelial networks and pericytes in a 3D collagen I-Matrigel matrix. Blood vessels form within 2-3 weeks and can be further grown in scalable suspension culture. Importantly, in vitro-differentiated human blood vessel organoids transplanted into immunocompromised mice gain access to the mouse circulation and specify into functional arteries, arterioles and veins.

摘要

血管是动物生命的基础,在许多疾病中起着关键作用,如中风、心肌梗死和糖尿病。血管是由内皮细胞组成的,内皮细胞排列在血管上,并被壁细胞覆盖,特别是小血管中的周细胞和较大直径血管中的血管平滑肌细胞 (vSMCs)。内皮细胞和壁细胞对于血管的正常功能都是必不可少的,并且可以从人多能干细胞 (hPSCs) 中获得。在这里,我们描述了一种从 hPSCs 中生成自组织的 3D 人血管类器官的方案,该类器官表现出人类微血管的形态、功能和分子特征。这些类器官通过 hPSC 聚集物的中胚层诱导以及随后在 3D 胶原 I-Matrigel 基质中分化为内皮网络和周细胞来分化。血管在 2-3 周内形成,并可在可扩展的悬浮培养中进一步生长。重要的是,在体外分化的人血管类器官移植到免疫缺陷小鼠中,可以进入小鼠循环,并特化为功能性动脉、小动脉和静脉。

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