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Synthetic liver fibrotic niche extracts achieve in vitro hepatoblasts phenotype enhancement and expansion

Authors :
Yudi Niu
Yanan Du
Peng Zhao
Cheng Lyu
Anqi Guo
Ran Bi
Zhaozhao Wu
Yuying Zhang
Jianzhong Jeff Xi
Jie Na
Wenjing Li
Source :
iScience, Vol 24, Iss 11, Pp 103303-(2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2021.

Abstract

Summary: It is still a challenge for synthesizing ‘cellular niche-mimics’ in vitro with satisfactory reproducibility and fidelity to recreate the natural niche components (e.g., extracellular matrices and soluble factors) for stem cell cultivation. Inspired by the massive amplification of hepatic progenitor cells during liver fibrosis in vivo, here we optimized the in vitro liver fibrotic niches and subsequently harvested their bioactive ingredients as niche extracts (NEs). The fibrosis-relevant NE marginally outperformed Matrigel for phenotype maintenance of human embryonic stem cell (hESC)-derived hepatoblasts (HBs) and recapitulation of the pathological angiogenesis of hESC-derived endothelial cells both in 2D culture and 3D liver organoids. Finally, defined NE components (i.e., collagen III, IV, IL-17, IL-18 and M-CSF) were resolved by the quantitative proteomics which exhibited advantage over Matrigel for multi-passaged HB expansion. The pathology-relevant and tissue-specific NEs provide innovative and generalizable strategies for the discovery of optimal cellular niche and bioactive niche compositions.

Details

ISSN :
25890042
Volume :
24
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
iScience
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....da1edda583c165159903c08723528ec4
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.103303