Tomofuji Katsuhiro, Fukumitsu Ken, Kondo Jumpei, Horie Hiroshi, Makino Kenta, Wakama Satoshi, Ito Takashi, Oshima Yu, Ogiso Satoshi, Ishii Takamichi, Inoue Masahiro, Hatano Etsuro
Department of Clinical Bio-resource Research and Development, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 46-29, Shimoadachi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan; Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.
Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.
Biomaterials. 2022 Aug;287:121614. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2022.121614. Epub 2022 Jun 1.
Three-dimensional scaffolds decellularized from native organs are a promising technique to establish engineered liver grafts and overcome the current shortage of donor organs. However, limited sources of bile duct cells and inappropriate cell distribution in bioengineered liver grafts have hindered their practical application. Organoid technology is anticipated to be an excellent tool for the advancement of regenerative medicine. In the present study, we reconstructed intrahepatic bile ducts in a rat decellularized liver graft by recellularization with liver ductal organoids. Using an ex vivo perfusion culture system, we demonstrated the biliary characteristics of repopulated mouse liver organoids, which maintained bile duct markers and reconstructed biliary tree-like networks with luminal structures. We also established a method for the co-recellularization with engineered bile ducts and primary hepatocytes, revealing the appropriate cell distribution to mimic the native liver. We then utilized this model in human organoids to demonstrate the reconstructed bile ducts. Our results show that liver ductal organoids are a potential cell source for bile ducts from bioengineered liver grafts using three-dimensional scaffolds.
从天然器官去细胞化得到的三维支架是建立工程化肝移植物并克服当前供体器官短缺的一种有前景的技术。然而,胆管细胞来源有限以及生物工程肝移植物中细胞分布不当阻碍了它们的实际应用。类器官技术有望成为再生医学发展的一种优秀工具。在本研究中,我们通过用肝导管类器官重新细胞化,在大鼠去细胞化肝移植物中重建了肝内胆管。利用体外灌注培养系统,我们证明了重新植入的小鼠肝类器官的胆管特征,其维持胆管标志物并重建了具有管腔结构的胆管树状网络。我们还建立了一种将工程化胆管与原代肝细胞共同重新细胞化的方法,揭示了模拟天然肝脏的合适细胞分布。然后我们在人源类器官中利用该模型展示了重建的胆管。我们的结果表明,肝导管类器官是使用三维支架的生物工程肝移植物中胆管的潜在细胞来源。