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血管单元作为用于自下而上构建可灌注三维微血管网络的先进生物材料。

Vascular units as advanced living materials for bottom-up engineering of perfusable 3D microvascular networks.

作者信息

Orge I D, Nogueira Pinto H, Silva M A, Bidarra S J, Ferreira S A, Calejo I, Masereeuw R, Mihăilă S M, Barrias C C

机构信息

i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.

ICBAS-Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.

出版信息

Bioact Mater. 2024 May 15;38:499-511. doi: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2024.05.021. eCollection 2024 Aug.

Abstract

The timely establishment of functional neo-vasculature is pivotal for successful tissue development and regeneration, remaining a central challenge in tissue engineering. In this study, we present a novel (micro)vascularization strategy that explores the use of specialized "vascular units" (VUs) as building blocks to initiate blood vessel formation and create perfusable, stroma-embedded 3D microvascular networks from the bottom-up. We demonstrate that VUs composed of endothelial progenitor cells and organ-specific fibroblasts exhibit high angiogenic potential when embedded in fibrin hydrogels. This leads to the formation of VUs-derived capillaries, which fuse with adjacent capillaries to form stable microvascular beds within a supportive, extracellular matrix-rich fibroblastic microenvironment. Using a custom-designed biomimetic fibrin-based vessel-on-chip (VoC), we show that VUs-derived capillaries can inosculate with endothelialized microfluidic channels in the VoC and become perfused. Moreover, VUs can establish capillary bridges between channels, extending the microvascular network throughout the entire device. When VUs and intestinal organoids (IOs) are combined within the VoC, the VUs-derived capillaries and the intestinal fibroblasts progressively reach and envelop the IOs. This promotes the formation of a supportive vascularized stroma around multiple IOs in a single device. These findings underscore the remarkable potential of VUs as building blocks for engineering microvascular networks, with versatile applications spanning from regenerative medicine to advanced models.

摘要

功能性新血管的及时建立对于组织的成功发育和再生至关重要,这仍然是组织工程中的一个核心挑战。在本研究中,我们提出了一种新颖的(微)血管化策略,该策略探索使用专门的“血管单元”(VUs)作为构建模块来启动血管形成,并自下而上创建可灌注的、嵌入基质的三维微血管网络。我们证明,由内皮祖细胞和器官特异性成纤维细胞组成的VUs嵌入纤维蛋白水凝胶中时表现出高血管生成潜力。这导致形成源自VUs的毛细血管,这些毛细血管与相邻毛细血管融合,在富含细胞外基质的支持性成纤维细胞微环境中形成稳定的微血管床。使用定制设计的基于纤维蛋白的仿生芯片上血管(VoC),我们表明源自VUs的毛细血管可以与VoC中内皮化的微流体通道吻合并实现灌注。此外,VUs可以在通道之间建立毛细血管桥,在整个装置中扩展微血管网络。当VUs和肠类器官(IOs)在VoC中结合时,源自VUs的毛细血管和肠成纤维细胞逐渐到达并包裹IOs。这促进了单个装置中多个IOs周围支持性血管化基质的形成。这些发现强调了VUs作为构建微血管网络的构建模块的巨大潜力,其具有从再生医学到先进模型的广泛应用。

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