通过热响应性牺牲模板构建芯片上骨骼肌中的血管系统。

Toward Vasculature in Skeletal Muscle-on-a-Chip through Thermo-Responsive Sacrificial Templates.

作者信息

Wan Li, Flegle James, Ozdoganlar Burak, LeDuc Philip R

机构信息

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.

Department of Microbiology, University of Chicago, 5801 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.

出版信息

Micromachines (Basel). 2020 Sep 30;11(10):907. doi: 10.3390/mi11100907.

Abstract

Developing new approaches for vascularizing synthetic tissue systems will have a tremendous impact in diverse areas. One area where this is particularly important is developing new skeletal muscle tissue systems, which could be utilized in physiological model studies and tissue regeneration. To develop vascularized approaches a microfluidic on-chip design for creating channels in polymer systems can be pursued. Current microfluidic tissue engineering methods include soft lithography, rapid prototyping, and cell printing; however, these have limitations such as having their scaffolding being inorganic, less desirable planar vasculature geometry, low fabrication efficiency, and limited resolution. Here we successfully developed a circular microfluidic channel embedded in a 3D extracellular matrix scaffolding with 3D myogenesis. We used a thermo-responsive polymer approach with micromilling-molding and designed a mixture of polyester wax and paraffin wax to fabricate the sacrificial template for microfluidic channel generation in the scaffolding. These findings will impact a number of fields including biomaterials, biomimetic structures, and personalized medicine in the future.

摘要

开发用于使合成组织系统血管化的新方法将在多个领域产生巨大影响。其中一个特别重要的领域是开发新的骨骼肌组织系统,其可用于生理模型研究和组织再生。为了开发血管化方法,可以采用用于在聚合物系统中创建通道的微流控芯片设计。当前的微流控组织工程方法包括软光刻、快速成型和细胞打印;然而,这些方法存在局限性,例如其支架为无机材料、血管几何形状不理想且为平面结构、制造效率低以及分辨率有限。在这里,我们成功地开发了一种嵌入三维细胞外基质支架并具有三维肌生成的圆形微流控通道。我们采用了一种基于热响应聚合物的微铣成型方法,并设计了一种聚酯蜡和石蜡的混合物来制造用于在支架中生成微流控通道的牺牲模板。这些发现未来将对包括生物材料、仿生结构和个性化医学在内的许多领域产生影响。

https://cdn.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/blobs/6fb8/7601354/a5346a6fd4f5/micromachines-11-00907-g001.jpg

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