悬浮组织开放式微流控图案化技术(STOMP)
Suspended Tissue Open Microfluidic Patterning (STOMP).
作者信息
Haack Amanda J, Brown Lauren G, Goldstein Alex J, Mulimani Priti, Berthier Jean, Viswanathan Asha R, Kopyeva Irina, Whitten Jamison M, Lin Ariel, Nguyen Serena H, Leahy Thomas P, Bouker Ella E, Padgett Ruby M, Mazzawi Natalie A, Tokihiro Jodie C, Bretherton Ross C, Wu Aaliyah, Tapscott Stephen J, DeForest Cole A, Popowics Tracy E, Berthier Erwin, Sniadecki Nathan J, Theberge Ashleigh B
机构信息
Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
出版信息
Adv Sci (Weinh). 2025 Apr 29:e2501148. doi: 10.1002/advs.202501148.
Free-standing tissue structures tethered between pillars are powerful mechanobiology tools for studying cell contraction. To model interfaces ubiquitous in natural tissues and upgrade existing single-region suspended constructs, we developed Suspended Tissue Open Microfluidic Patterning (STOMP), a method to create multi-regional suspended tissues. STOMP uses open microfluidics and capillary pinning to pattern subregions within free-standing tissues, facilitating the study of complex tissue interfaces, such as diseased-healthy boundaries (e.g., fibrotic-healthy) and tissue-type interfaces (e.g., bone-ligament). We observed altered contractile dynamics in fibrotic-healthy engineered heart tissues compared to single-region tissues and differing contractility in bone-ligament enthesis constructs compared to single-tissue periodontal ligament models. STOMP is a versatile platform - surface tension-driven patterning removes material requirements common with other patterning methods (e.g., shear-thinning, photopolymerizable) allowing tissue generation in multiple geometries with native extracellular matrices and advanced four-dimensional (4D)- materials. STOMP combines the contractile functionality of suspended tissues with precise patterning, enabling dynamic and spatially controlled studies.
固定在柱子之间的独立组织结构是研究细胞收缩的强大力学生物学工具。为了模拟天然组织中普遍存在的界面并升级现有的单区域悬浮构建体,我们开发了悬浮组织开放微流体图案化(STOMP)技术,这是一种创建多区域悬浮组织的方法。STOMP利用开放微流体和毛细管固定来对独立组织内的子区域进行图案化,便于研究复杂的组织界面,如病变 - 健康边界(如纤维化 - 健康)和组织类型界面(如骨 - 韧带)。我们观察到,与单区域组织相比,纤维化 - 健康工程心脏组织中的收缩动力学发生了改变,并且与单组织牙周韧带模型相比,骨 - 韧带附着构建体中的收缩性也有所不同。STOMP是一个多功能平台——表面张力驱动的图案化消除了其他图案化方法常见的材料要求(如剪切变稀、可光聚合),允许使用天然细胞外基质和先进的四维(4D)材料在多种几何形状中生成组织。STOMP将悬浮组织的收缩功能与精确的图案化相结合,实现了动态和空间控制研究。