Program of Regenerative Medicine, Centre for Applied Medical Research (CIMA), University of Navarra, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra (IdiSNA), Pamplona 31008, Spain.
Program of Regenerative Medicine, Centre for Applied Medical Research (CIMA), University of Navarra, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra (IdiSNA), Pamplona 31008, Spain.
Dev Cell. 2023 Dec 18;58(24):2881-2895.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2023.10.008. Epub 2023 Nov 14.
Generating organs from stem cells through blastocyst complementation is a promising approach to meet the clinical need for transplants. In order to generate rejection-free organs, complementation of both parenchymal and vascular cells must be achieved, as endothelial cells play a key role in graft rejection. Here, we used a lineage-specific cell ablation system to produce mouse embryos unable to form both the cardiac and vascular systems. By mouse intraspecies blastocyst complementation, we rescued heart and vascular system development separately and in combination, obtaining complemented hearts with cardiomyocytes and endothelial cells of exogenous origin. Complemented chimeras were viable and reached adult stage, showing normal cardiac function and no signs of histopathological defects in the heart. Furthermore, we implemented the cell ablation system for rat-to-mouse blastocyst complementation, obtaining xenogeneic hearts whose cardiomyocytes were completely of rat origin. These results represent an advance in the experimentation towards the in vivo generation of transplantable organs.
通过胚胎干细胞嵌合生成器官是满足移植临床需求的一种很有前途的方法。为了生成无排斥反应的器官,必须实现实质细胞和血管细胞的互补,因为内皮细胞在移植物排斥中起着关键作用。在这里,我们使用谱系特异性细胞消融系统来产生不能形成心脏和血管系统的小鼠胚胎。通过同种小鼠囊胚互补,我们分别和组合地挽救了心脏和血管系统的发育,获得了具有外源性心肌细胞和内皮细胞的互补心脏。互补嵌合体是有活力的,并达到成年期,表现出正常的心脏功能,心脏没有组织病理学缺陷的迹象。此外,我们为大鼠到小鼠囊胚的互补实施了细胞消融系统,获得了其心肌细胞完全来源于大鼠的异种心脏。这些结果代表了在体内生成可移植器官的实验的一个进步。
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