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Growth of Epithelial Organoids in a Defined Hydrogel

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Broguiere, Nicolas, Isenmann, Luca, Hirt, Christian, Ringel, Till, Placzek, Silja, Cavalli, Emma, Ringnalda, Femke, Villiger, Lukas +7 more·2018·Advanced Materials

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Epithelial organoids are simplified models of organs grown in vitro from embryonic and adult stem cells. They are widely used to study organ development and disease, and enable drug screening in patient‐derived primary tissues. Current protocols, however, rely on animal‐ and tumor‐derived basement membrane extract (BME) as a 3D scaffold, which limits possible applications in regenerative medicine. This prompted us to study how organoids interact with their matrix, and to develop a well‐defined hydrogel that supports organoid generation and growth. It is found that soft fibrin matrices provide suitable physical support, and that naturally occurring Arg‐Gly‐Asp (RGD) adhesion domains on the scaffold, as well as supplementation with laminin‐111, are key parameters required for robust organoid formation and expansion. The possibility to functionalize fibrin via factor XIII‐mediated anchoring also allows to covalently link fluorescent nanoparticles to the matrix for 3D traction force microscopy. These measurements suggest that the morphogenesis of budding intestinal organoids results from internal pressure combined with higher cell contractility in the regions containing differentiated cells compared to the regions containing stem cells. Since the fibrin/laminin matrix supports long‐term expansion of all tested murine and human epithelial organoids, this hydrogel can be widely used as a defined equivalent to BME.

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  • Other matrices with defined compositions, such as recombinant human collagen, fibrin, or synthetic hydrogels, have been explored as alternatives to Matrigel.

    “Therefore, other matrices with defined compositions64 have been explored as alternative matrices to Matrigel, such as recombinant human collagen62, fibrin65, or synthetic hydrogels3,63.”

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  • Fibrin supplemented with laminin-111 is capable of supporting various murine and human epithelial organoids.

    “Other examples are vitrified collagen I for human intestinal organoids86 and murine renal organoids87, as well as fibrin supplemented with laminin-111 capable of supporting various murine and human epithelial organoids88.”

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  • A Matrigel culture system had a pore size smaller than 200 nm, or the resolution limit of their confocal microscope, but a fibrin-based material had a pore size closer to 4 microns; these materials had comparable elastic moduli and colony-forming efficiency.

    “Broguiere and coworkers found that a Matrigel culture system had a pore size smaller than 200 nm, or the resolution limit of their confocal microscope, but that a fibrin-based material had a pore size closer to 4 microns; these materials had comparable elastic moduli and colony-forming efficiency88.”

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Broguiere, N., Isenmann, L., Hirt, C., Ringel, T., Placzek, S., Cavalli, E., Ringnalda, F., Villiger, L., Züllig, R., Lehmann, R., Rogler, G., Heim, M. H., Schüler, J., Zenobi‐Wong, M., & Schwank, G.
Affiliations
  • Department of Health Sciences and Technology ETH Zürich Otto‐Stern‐Weg 7 8093 Zürich Switzerland
  • ETH Zurich (CH)
  • University Hospital Zurich (CH)
  • University of Zurich (CH)
  • University of Basel (CH)
  • Charles River Research Services Germany GmbH Am Flughafen 12 79108 Freiburg im Breisgau Germany
Corresponding author
  • Zenobi‐Wong, Marcy
  • Schwank, Gerald
Venue
Advanced Materials
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2018-09-10
Volume
30
Issue
43
Pages
e1801621-e1801621
ISSN
  • 0935-9648 (ISSN-L)
  • 1521-4095
OpenAlex
W2890540126
Cited by
282
References
40
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Type
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Language
en
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  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • ETH Zürich Research Collection
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
Funders
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (31003A_160230)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Medicine › Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
Keywords
epithelial organoids, fibrin gel, laminin-111, traction force microscopy, organoid morphogenesis, cell contractility, intestinal organoids, organoid expansion
MeSH terms
Animals, Cell Adhesion, Cell Line, Epithelium, Fibrin, Humans, Intestine, Small, Laminin, Liver, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Transgenic, Organoids, Pancreas, Stem Cells, Surface Properties, Hydrogels, Tissue Culture Techniques, Tissue Scaffolds

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