Cited by 107Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchHydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications

Hydrogels derived from decellularized liver tissue support the growth and differentiation of cholangiocyte organoids

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Willemse, Jorke, van Tienderen, Gilles, van Hengel, Eline, Schurink, Ivo, van der Ven, Diana, Kan, Yik, de Ruiter, Petra, Rosmark, Oskar +8 more·2022·Biomaterials

Abstract

Human cholangiocyte organoids are promising for regenerative medicine applications, such as repair of damaged bile ducts. However, organoids are typically cultured in mouse tumor-derived basement membrane extracts (BME), which is poorly defined, highly variable and limits the direct clinical applications of organoids in patients. Extracellular matrix (ECM)-derived hydrogels prepared from decellularized human or porcine livers are attractive alternative culture substrates. Here, the culture and expansion of human cholangiocyte organoids in liver ECM(LECM)-derived hydrogels is described. These hydrogels support proliferation of cholangiocyte organoids and maintain the cholangiocyte-like phenotype. The use of LECM hydrogels does not significantly alter the expression of selected genes or proteins, such as the cholangiocyte marker cytokeratin-7, and no species-specific effect is found between human or porcine LECM hydrogels. Proliferation rates of organoids cultured in LECM hydrogels are lower, but the differentiation capacity of the cholangiocyte organoids towards hepatocyte-like cells is not altered by the presence of tissue-specific ECM components. Moreover, human LECM extracts support the expansion of ICO in a dynamic culture set up without the need for laborious static culture of organoids in hydrogel domes. Liver ECM hydrogels can successfully replace tumor-derived BME and can potentially unlock the full clinical potential of human cholangiocyte organoids.

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Willemse, J., van Tienderen, G., van Hengel, E., Schurink, I., van der Ven, D., Kan, Y., de Ruiter, P., Rosmark, O., Westergren-Thorsson G, G., Schneeberger, K., van der Eerden, B., Roest, H., Spee, B., van der Laan, L., de Jonge, J., & Verstegen, M.
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  • Erasmus MC (NL)
  • Lund University (SE)
  • Utrecht University (NL)
Corresponding author
Verstegen, Monique
Venue
Biomaterials
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2022-05
Volume
284
Pages
121473
ISSN
0142-9612 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4220784575
Cited by
106
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75
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2026: 9 · 2025: 37 · 2024: 32 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 6
FWCI
23.16
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Biomaterials (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Lund University Publications (Lund University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • University of Twente
  • Medical Delta
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Medicine › Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
Keywords
cholangiocyte organoids, hydrogels, bile duct regeneration, CK7, regenerative medicine
MeSH terms
Animals, Extracellular Matrix, Humans, Liver, Neoplasms, Organoids, Plant Extracts, Swine, Hydrogels, Mice

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