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A new polyamide 6 (PA6) scaffold offers an animal-free alternative for creating human airway tissue models. This innovation supports cell growth and differentiation, advancing toxicity and infection studies without animal-derived materials.

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  • Tissue Engineering
  • Respiratory Medicine

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  • Advanced tissue-engineered respiratory models are crucial for studying drug toxicity, infection biology, and xenobiotic metabolism.
  • Current models often rely on animal-derived materials like porcine small intestinal submucosa (SIS), posing challenges with reproducibility and potential pathogen/antigen interference.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate a polyamide 6 (PA6)-based electrospun scaffold as an animal-free alternative to SIS for constructing human airway mucosa tissue models.
  • To evaluate the PA6 scaffold's ability to support human nasal fibroblast and respiratory epithelial cell growth, differentiation, and function.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of electrospun polyamide 6 (PA6) scaffolds.
  • Co-culture of human nasal fibroblasts and respiratory epithelial cells on PA6 scaffolds at the air-liquid interface.
  • Assessment of extracellular matrix production, epithelial cell differentiation (mucociliary phenotype), barrier integrity, and response to influenza A virus infection.
  • Comparison with traditional SIS-based models.

Main Results:

  • The PA6 scaffold effectively supported extracellular matrix production by human nasal fibroblasts.
  • Complete differentiation of respiratory epithelial cells to the mucociliary phenotype was achieved on PA6 scaffolds.
  • PA6 and SIS scaffolds demonstrated comparable fibroblast migration, epithelial differentiation, and expression of xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes.
  • Both model types exhibited similar epithelial barrier integrity and susceptibility to influenza A virus infection.

Conclusions:

  • Polyamide 6 (PA6) electrospun scaffolds serve as a suitable, animal-free alternative to porcine small intestinal submucosa (SIS) for developing human airway mucosa tissue models.
  • These PA6-based models reduce reliance on animal products, enhance reproducibility, and mitigate risks associated with animal-derived contaminants.
  • The findings support the use of PA6 scaffolds for more reliable and ethical research in respiratory drug/cosmetic toxicity, infection, and metabolism studies.