人类芯片上的心脏微生理系统包括内皮细胞,纤维细胞和iPSC衍生的心肌细胞
Yun Liu1, Rumaisa Kamran1, Xiaoxia Han1
1Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama City, 700-8558, Japan.
Scientific reports
|August 8, 2024
概括
这项研究开发了一种使用干细胞衍生的心脏细胞,纤维细胞和血管细胞的人类心脏芯片模型. 这种先进的模型更好地模仿体内心脏功能,用于药物查和疾病研究.
科学领域:
- 生物技术是生物技术.
- 心血管研究研究心血管研究
- 干细胞技术 干细胞技术
背景情况:
- 器官芯片技术对于药物查和疾病建模至关重要.
- 心脏功能依赖于心肌细胞,纤维细胞和血管内皮细胞之间的交叉声.
- 现有的芯片内心模型往往缺乏这些必需的细胞类型.
研究的目的:
- 开发一个人类心脏芯片模型,其中包括心肌细胞,纤维细胞和血管内皮细胞.
- 评估血管内皮细胞和微流体流对心脏组织发育和功能的影响.
- 创建一个更准确的体外模型来研究心脏生理学和疾病.
主要方法:
- 使用诱导多能干细胞 (iPSC) 衍生的心肌细胞,纤维细胞和血管内皮细胞.
- 在微流体通道中培养细胞以模仿生理条件,包括流体流动.
- 评估了血管内皮细胞对齐,完整性 (CD31染色,透性),以及心脏组织收缩性和基因表达 (IRX4).
主要成果:
- 血管内皮细胞与微流体流平行对齐,在体内表现出类似于生物体的反应.
- 微流体流动增强了血管内皮细胞完整性和降低了透性.
- 三种培养 (心肌细胞,纤维细胞,血管细胞) 与双种培养相比,显示IRX4表达和收缩性增加.
- 三种文化模型表现出生理反应,例如在诺亚上腺素给药后心率增加.
结论:
- 通过使用iPSC衍生细胞成功开发了一种功能性人体芯片上心脏模型.
- 结合血管内皮细胞并模仿血液流动显著改善心脏组织功能.
- 这种先进的模型准确地总结了体内心脏行为,为心血管研究和药物开发提供了宝贵的工具.
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