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这里，已经描述了三维培养物的方法，该方法结合了组织微环境的组件，包括细胞外基质（ECM）和人类间质成纤维细胞，在一个体积更接近的模型人乳腺癌，以允许一个概括性三维形态的发展。所描述的3D培养方法是更具有代表性的人类疾病比在多种细胞类型的传统的二维细胞培养物的掺入ECM的3D体积。人们已经注意到，这些参数（ 即，多种类型的细胞，细胞外基质，和3D体积）提供更拨上...

三维能够更准确地模仿肿瘤体系结构和微环境在体内 （3D）培养模型对于旨在解剖细胞及其微环境之间复杂的相互作用，并以测试候选疗法的功效研究很重要。肿瘤维影响氧和养分梯度，药物暴露，间质性压力/血流量，以及3D结构1-4的均匀性。适当的基质微环境的存在有助于肿瘤维和影响细胞-ECM信令和基质细胞和恶性上皮细胞之间的旁分泌信号传导。肿瘤维和细胞功能的微环境的影响被很好地建立，以这两个因素改变药物反应1,3,5-8。此外，细胞的生长动力学，代谢率，以及细胞信号传导在三维二维（2D）培养和培养之间不同，这些因素AFFE电视机细胞反应1,3,8-10。 在体外 ，肿瘤替代微环境可以通过包括代表性的ECM成分和基质细胞群进行调制。恶性上皮细胞被ECM和癌症相关的基质细胞或以协同/保护方式，以促进肿瘤进展或以抑制的方式影响以抑制进一步肿瘤传播5,6,10。在任一情况下，基质可以影响通过旁分泌信号和/或通过在导致肿瘤增加间质的压力降低药物递送1,6-治疗反应和药物递送。因此，在加入ECM和基质细胞的成临床前模型有助于概括不能在二维培养以及建模的肿瘤的各个方面。 在此一方法建立乳腺癌代理人，纳入一个概括性的微环境，包括细胞外基质成分和stromal细胞，在3D体积中描述。在乳腺癌中，基质细胞群主要是由癌相关成纤维细胞（CAF）和基质细胞外基质的主要是由I型胶原的与基质组分的比例较小了在基底膜找到，包括层粘连蛋白和IV型胶原1,4,11-13。因此，乳腺癌微环境的这些组件（ 例如，CAF，I型胶原和基底膜）已经被纳入代理人。该方法可用于产生固体，未灌注3D代用品（ 图1A）或可适于通过经由生物反应器系统（ 图1B）的替代，以包括介质的灌注。这两种方法如下所述。这种方法也可修改为包括其它基质元素，如肿瘤相关巨噬细胞，或通过调节细胞和细胞外基质成分，根据与其他实体瘤模型。 <p这里描述类="jove_content"&gt;对于乳腺癌替代，我们已利用了MDA-MB-231（231），乳腺癌细胞系，CAF先前从人乳腺癌14分离，和一个ECM组成90％的胶原蛋白I的（ 6毫克/毫升）和10％的生长因子减少基底膜材料（BM）。代孕是在8孔玻片（固体代理）或者种植或生物反应器系统是利用提供持续的营养灌注（灌注替代）。任何灌注生物反应器系统，该系统可容纳含有ECM的细胞的体积可以使用15。作为一个例子，我们描述了我们的生物反应器系统的组织替代物的准备。这个系统是在内部开发并且不是可商购的。因为我们的重点是在这里对​​3D组织替代物的制备和分析，我们还没有进入对我们的生物反应器系统的制造和装配的具体细节丰富。然而，详细描述此系统及其发展已经出版16。在该生物反应器系统中，聚二甲基硅氧烷（PDMS）流动通道用于容纳所述替代，这是由一个PDMS泡沫支持的（使用类似于由Calcagnile 等 17中所述的方法形成的）。此体积是由4微通道（每个400微米的直径），其被连续地由介质经由microphysiologic泵灌注供应氧气和营养物的替代穿透。 的替代物的合适的分析是至关重要获得关于对治疗的反应或其他操作的细胞功能相关的信息。代理人可通过各种方法，包括完整的替代物的直接成像使用共聚焦显微镜或非侵入性成像的其他方法，通过测定条件培养基，或灌洗液间接细胞分析进行分析，对于分泌的产品，或固定和加工后的组织切片的分析至石蜡。可以在组织学切片进行评估一个这样的参数是细胞密度。我们提出了以测量细胞密度的一种方法（ 即，每截面积的有核细胞的数目），使用施加到用苏木精和曙红（H＆E）染色的替代组织切片的显微照片半自动化图像处理技术。细胞密度可以用作细胞数随时间的相对变化的一个指标，或从不同的生长条件和处理结果。 <img alt="图1" src="/files/ftp_upload/54004/54004fig1.jpg" /> 图1. 3D体积和生物反应器系统。 A）的过程示意图产生固体3D代理人。上图:含ECM（粉红色），上皮细胞（黄色）和CAF（橙色）固体体积的3D卡通;下图:含8孔腔滑代理人的俯视图B）原理的过程来产生3D灌注代理人。上图:CA具有通道3D体积的rtoon以允许介质灌注和含有ECM（粉），上皮癌细胞（黄色），和CAF（橙色）;中间:含PDMS的泡沫（黑色箭头）的PDMS流动通道的图像与细胞中+ ECM被注入并通过聚合物涂布的不锈钢丝（粉红色箭头）直径为400微米的侵入;下:含有替代，并连接到生物反应器系统，以允许连续介质灌注的PDMS流动通道的图像（蠕动泵和介质贮存器未示出）℃）培养后固体和灌注代理人的处理步骤的图像。左图:包含样品处理凝胶和替代的cryomold的形象;中东:含固定和加工替代石蜡块的图像;右:用替代的H＆E染色组织切片载玻片上的图像<a href="https://www.jove.com/files/ftp_upload/54004/54004fig1large.jpg" target="_blank">，请点击这里查看</a>更大的版本这个数字。

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			<td height="35" style="height:35px;width:131px;">9&#34; Glass pipette</td>
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			<td style="width:107px;">13-678-20D</td>
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			<td height="68" style="height:68px;width:131px;">10 ml pipette</td>
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			<td style="width:107px;">229210B</td>
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			<td style="width:107px;">354230</td>
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			<td style="width:107px;">BP2819-1</td>
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			<td style="width:107px;">McMaster-Carr</td>
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			<td height="154" style="height:154px;width:131px;">BioPharm Plus platinum-cured silicone pump tubing, L/S 14</td>
			<td style="width:107px;">Masterflex&#160;</td>
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			<td style="width:107px;">EW-74906-36</td>
			<td style="width:121px;">For use in our in-house bioreactor system (with microperistalitic pump).&#160;</td>
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		<tr height="158">
			<td height="158" style="height:158px;width:131px;">Six Channel precision micro peristaltic pump</td>
			<td style="width:107px;">Cole-Parmer</td>
			<td style="width:107px;">EW-74906-04</td>
			<td style="width:121px;">For use with our in-house bioreactor system</td>
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			<td height="166" style="height:166px;width:131px;">Labtainer BPC Bag &#8211; 2 Ports, Luer Lock 
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			<td style="width:107px;">Thermo Scientific</td>
			<td style="width:107px;">&#8203;SH3065711</td>
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			<td height="65" style="height:65px;width:131px;">Tuberculin Syringes</td>
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			<td style="width:107px;">309625</td>
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			<td height="49" style="height:49px;width:131px;">Dissecting Tissue Forceps</td>
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			<td style="width:107px;">13-812-36</td>
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			<td height="180" style="height:180px;width:131px;">Mini Tube Rotator</td>
			<td style="width:107px;">Boekel Scientific</td>
			<td style="width:107px;">260750</td>
			<td style="width:121px;">Equipment option for surrogate rotation. Used with carousel for 50 ml tubes (model number 260753)</td>
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		<tr height="49">
			<td height="49" style="height:49px;width:131px;">50 ml tube carousel</td>
			<td style="width:107px;">Boekel Scientific</td>
			<td style="width:107px;">260753</td>
			<td style="width:121px;">Used with mini tube rotator</td>
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		<tr height="88">
			<td height="88" style="height:88px;width:131px;">Bambino&#160; Hybridization Oven</td>
			<td style="width:107px;">Boekel Scientific</td>
			<td style="width:107px;">230301</td>
			<td style="width:121px;">Equipment option for surrogate rotation</td>
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		<tr height="87">
			<td height="87" style="height:87px;width:131px;">HistoGel Specimen Processing Gel</td>
			<td style="width:107px;">Thermo Scientific</td>
			<td style="width:107px;">HG-4000-012</td>
			<td style="width:121px;">Specimen Processing Gel described in Step 5.2</td>
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		<tr height="51">
			<td height="51" style="height:51px;width:131px;">Cryomold</td>
			<td style="width:107px;">Andwin Scientific</td>
			<td style="width:107px;">4566</td>
			<td style="width:121px;">15 mm x 15 mm x 5 mm</td>
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		<tr height="192">
			<td height="192" style="height:192px;width:131px;">Tissue Marking Dye</td>
			<td style="width:107px;">Cancer Diagnostics, inc.&#160;</td>
			<td style="width:107px;">03000P</td>
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			<td height="51" style="height:51px;width:131px;">Hinged tissue cassettes&#160;</td>
			<td style="width:107px;">FisherBrand</td>
			<td style="width:107px;">22-272-416</td>
			<td style="width:121px;"></td>
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		<tr height="36">
			<td height="36" style="height:36px;width:131px;">Formalin</td>
			<td style="width:107px;">Fisher</td>
			<td style="width:107px;">23-245-685</td>
			<td style="width:121px;"></td>
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		<tr height="50">
			<td height="50" style="height:50px;width:131px;">GoldSeal Plain Glass Slides</td>
			<td style="width:107px;">Thermo Scientific</td>
			<td style="width:107px;">3048-002</td>
			<td style="width:121px;"></td>
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		<tr height="20">
			<td height="20" style="height:20px;width:131px;">Xylene</td>
			<td style="width:107px;">Fisher</td>
			<td style="width:107px;">X3P-1GAL</td>
			<td style="width:121px;"></td>
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		<tr height="71">
			<td height="71" style="height:71px;width:131px;">Ethanol, 200 proof (100%), USP</td>
			<td style="width:107px;">Decon Laboratories, Inc.</td>
			<td style="width:107px;">2805M</td>
			<td style="width:121px;"></td>
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		<tr height="87">
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			<td style="width:121px;"></td>
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		<tr height="87">
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			<td style="width:107px;">Thermo Scientific Richard-Allan Scientific</td>
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			<td style="width:121px;"></td>
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		<tr height="87">
			<td height="87" style="height:87px;width:131px;">Bluing Solution</td>
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			<td style="width:121px;"></td>
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		<tr height="87">
			<td height="87" style="height:87px;width:131px;">Eosin Y</td>
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			<td style="width:121px;"></td>
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		<tr height="83">
			<td height="83" style="height:83px;width:131px;">Cytoseal XYL mounting media</td>
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			<td style="width:121px;"></td>
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		<tr height="44">
			<td height="44" style="height:44px;width:131px;">Coverslips</td>
			<td style="width:107px;">Fisher Scientific</td>
			<td style="width:107px;">12-548-5G</td>
			<td style="width:121px;"></td>
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preparation and analysis of in vitro three dimensional breast carcinoma surrogates

三维（3D）培养是一个更生理学相关方法细胞行为体外比二维培养建模。癌，包括乳房癌，是癌上皮细胞和间质组分，包括成纤维细胞和胞外基质（ECM）组成的复杂的三维的组织。然而，大多数体外乳腺癌模型由唯一的癌症上皮细胞，省略了基质和，因此， 在活体内肿瘤的三维结构。癌适当的3D建模是肿瘤生物学，行为和对治疗的反应准确的了解非常重要。然而，培养和3D模型的体积的持续时间是由培养中的氧和营养物质的可用性限制。在此，我们展示了一个在其中乳腺癌上皮细胞和基质成纤维细胞掺入的ECM来产生三维乳腺癌的替代，其包括基质和可作为中培养方法固体三维结构或通过使用灌注生物反应器系统以提供氧和营养物质。以下设置和初始生长期，代理人可用于临床前药物测试。可替代地，替代的细胞和基质成分可以被修饰以解决各种生物的问题。培养后，代理人被固定并加工以石蜡，以类似于临床乳腺癌标本的处理的方式，为的感兴趣参数的评价。哪里的ImageJ和CellProfiler图像分析软件系统被施加到代理人的组织切片的显微照片，进行了说明，这样的一个参数，本细胞的密度的评价来量化每区有核细胞的数量。这可以作为在一段时间或在细胞数的变化，从不同的生长条件和治疗导致细胞数的变化的指标。

两者都如上述和生长7天制备固体和灌注三维乳腺癌代理人。接着，替代物是固定的，加工以石蜡，切片，并用苏木精和曙红染色，如上所述。测定单位面积的有核细胞（包括231细胞和CAF）各代理的数量。如在图12中可以看出，H＆E染色的切片的代表性显微照片表明存在于比固体代理人（ 图12B）的灌注代理人（ 图12A）的细胞的浓度较高...

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Preparation and Analysis of In Vitro Three Dimensional Breast Carcinoma Surrogates

We demonstrate a method to generate 3D breast cancer surrogates, which can be cultured using a perfusion bioreactor system to deliver oxygen and nutrients. Following growth, surrogates are fixed and processed to paraffin for evaluation of parameters of interest. The evaluation of one such parameter, cell density, is explained.

制备及分析<em&gt;体外</em&gt;三维乳腺癌代理项

Three dimensional (3D) culture is a more physiologically relevant method to model cell behavior in vitro than two dimensional culture. Carcinomas, ...

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Preparation and Analysis of In Vitro Three Dimensional Breast Carcinoma Surrogates

10.6K 次观看.  University of Alabama at Birmingham. We demonstrate a method to generate 3D breast cancer surrogates, which can be cultured using a perfusion bioreactor system to deliver oxygen and nutrients. Following growth, surrogates are fixed and processed to paraffin for evaluation of parameters of interest. The evaluation of one such parameter, cell density, is explained.

视频: Preparation and Analysis of In Vitro Three Dimensional Breast Carcinoma Surrogates

Three-dimensional Optical-resolution Photoacoustic Microscopy

Optical microscopy, providing valuable insights at the cellular and organelle levels, has been widely recognized as an enabling biomedical technology. As the mainstays of in vivo three-dimensional (3-D) optical microscopy, single-/multi-photon fluorescence microscopy and optical coherence tomography (OCT) have demonstrated their extraordinary sensitivities to fluorescence and optical scattering contrasts, respectively. However, the optical absorption contrast of biological tissues, which encodes essential physiological/pathological information, has not yet been assessable. 
The emergence of biomedical photoacoustics has led to a new branch of optical microscopy optical-resolution photoacoustic microscopy (OR-PAM)1, where the optical irradiation is focused to the diffraction limit to achieve cellular1 or even subcellular2 level lateral resolution. As a valuable complement to existing optical microscopy technologies, OR-PAM brings in at least two novelties. First and most importantly, OR-PAM detects optical absorption contrasts with extraordinary sensitivity (i.e., 100%). Combining OR-PAM with fluorescence microscopy3 or with optical-scattering-based OCT4 (or with both) provides comprehensive optical properties of biological tissues. Second, OR-PAM encodes optical absorption into acoustic waves, in contrast to the pure optical processes in fluorescence microscopy and OCT, and provides background-free detection. The acoustic detection in OR-PAM mitigates the impacts of optical scattering on signal degradation and naturally eliminates possible interferences (i.e., crosstalks) between excitation and detection, which is a common problem in fluorescence microscopy due to the overlap between the excitation and fluorescence spectra. 
Unique for optical absorption imaging, OR-PAM has demonstrated broad biomedical applications since its invention, including, but not limited to, neurology5, 6, ophthalmology7, 8, vascular biology9, and dermatology10. In this video, we teach the system configuration and alignment of OR-PAM as well as the experimental procedures for in vivo functional microvascular imaging.

Optical-resolution photoacoustic microscopy (OR-PAM) is an emerging technology capable of imaging optical absorption contrasts in vivo with cellular resolution and sensitivity. Here, we provide a visualized instruction on the experimental protocols of OR-PAM, including system configuration, system alignment, typical in vivo experimental procedures, and functional imaging schemes.

三维光学分辨率的光声显微镜

Optical microscopy, providing valuable insights at the cellular and organelle levels, has been widely recognized as an enabling biomedical technology. As ...

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Alginate Hydrogels for Three-Dimensional Organ Culture of Ovaries and Oviducts

Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer deaths in women and has a 63% mortality rate in the United States1. The cell type of origin for ovarian cancers is still in question and might be either the ovarian surface epithelium (OSE) or the distal epithelium of the fallopian tube fimbriae2,3. Culturing the normal cells as a primary culture in vitro will enable scientists to model specific changes that might lead to ovarian cancer in the distinct epithelium, thereby definitively determining the cell type of origin. This will allow development of more accurate biomarkers, animal models with tissue-specific gene changes, and better prevention strategies targeted to this disease.
Maintaining normal cells in alginate hydrogels promotes short term in vitro culture of cells in their three-dimensional context and permits introduction of plasmid DNA, siRNA, and small molecules. By culturing organs in pieces that are derived from strategic cuts using a scalpel, several cultures from a single organ can be generated, increasing the number of experiments from a single animal. These cuts model aspects of ovulation leading to proliferation of the OSE, which is associated with ovarian cancer formation. Cell types such as the OSE that do not grow well on plastic surfaces can be cultured using this method and facilitate investigation into normal cellular processes or the earliest events in cancer formation4.
Alginate hydrogels can be used to support the growth of many types of tissues5. Alginate is a linear polysaccharide composed of repeating units of &beta;-D-mannuronic acid and &alpha;-L-guluronic acid that can be crosslinked with calcium ions, resulting in a gentle gelling action that does not damage tissues6,7. Like other three-dimensional cell culture matrices such as Matrigel, alginate provides mechanical support for tissues; however, proteins are not reactive with the alginate matrix, and therefore alginate functions as a synthetic extracellular matrix that does not initiate cell signaling5. The alginate hydrogel floats in standard cell culture medium and supports the architecture of the tissue growth in vitro.
A method is presented for the preparation, separation, and embedding of ovarian and oviductal organ pieces into alginate hydrogels, which can be maintained in culture for up to two weeks. The enzymatic release of cells for analysis of proteins and RNA samples from the organ culture is also described. Finally, the growth of primary cell types is possible without genetic immortalization from mice and permits investigators to use knockout and transgenic mice.

Culture of normal cells in their three-dimensional context represents an alternative method to study early events required for cellular transformation and tumorigenesis. This method is used to grow normal ovarian and oviductal cells to study early events in ovarian cancer formation.

卵巢和输卵管的三维器官培养的海藻酸钙凝胶

Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer deaths in women and has a 63% mortality rate in the United States1. The cell type of origin for ...

Planar and Three-Dimensional Printing of Conductive Inks

Printed electronics rely on low-cost, large-area fabrication routes to create flexible or multidimensional electronic, optoelectronic, and biomedical devices1-3. In this paper, we focus on one- (1D), two- (2D), and three-dimensional (3D) printing of conductive metallic inks in the form of flexible, stretchable, and spanning microelectrodes.
Direct-write assembly4,5 is a 1-to-3D printing technique that enables the fabrication of features ranging from simple lines to complex structures by the deposition of concentrated inks through fine nozzles (~0.1 - 250 &mu;m). This printing method consists of a computer-controlled 3-axis translation stage, an ink reservoir and nozzle, and 10x telescopic lens for visualization. Unlike inkjet printing, a droplet-based process, direct-write assembly involves the extrusion of ink filaments either in- or out-of-plane. The printed filaments typically conform to the nozzle size. Hence, microscale features (&lt; 1 &mu;m) can be patterned and assembled into larger arrays and multidimensional architectures.
In this paper, we first synthesize a highly concentrated silver nanoparticle ink for planar and 3D printing via direct-write assembly. Next, a standard protocol for printing microelectrodes in multidimensional motifs is demonstrated. Finally, applications of printed microelectrodes for electrically small antennas, solar cells, and light-emitting diodes are highlighted.

Planar and three-dimensional printing of conductive metallic inks is described. Our approach provides new avenues for fabricating printed electronic, optoelectronic, and biomedical devices in unusual layouts at the microscale.

平面和立体印刷的导电油墨

Printed electronics rely on low-cost, large-area fabrication routes to create flexible or multidimensional electronic, optoelectronic, and biomedical ...

Self-reporting Scaffolds for 3-Dimensional Cell Culture

Culturing cells in 3D on appropriate scaffolds is thought to better mimic the in vivo microenvironment and increase cell-cell interactions. The resulting 3D cellular construct can often be more relevant to studying the molecular events and cell-cell interactions than similar experiments studied in 2D. To create effective 3D cultures with high cell viability throughout the scaffold the culture conditions such as oxygen and pH need to be carefully controlled as gradients in analyte concentration can exist throughout the 3D construct. Here we describe the methods of preparing biocompatible pH responsive sol-gel nanosensors and their incorporation into poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) electrospun scaffolds along with their subsequent preparation for the culture of mammalian cells. The pH responsive scaffolds can be used as tools to determine microenvironmental pH within a 3D cellular construct. Furthermore, we detail the delivery of pH responsive nanosensors to the intracellular environment of mammalian cells whose growth was supported by electrospun PLGA scaffolds. The cytoplasmic location of the pH responsive nanosensors can be utilized to monitor intracellular pH (pHi) during ongoing experimentation.

Biocompatible pH responsive sol-gel nanosensors can be incorporated into poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) electrospun scaffolds. The produced self-reporting scaffolds can be used for in&#160;situ monitoring of microenvironmental conditions whilst culturing cells upon the scaffold. This is beneficial as the 3D cellular construct can be monitored in real-time without disturbing the experiment.

自我报告的支架3维细胞培养

Culturing cells in 3D on appropriate scaffolds is thought to better mimic the in vivo microenvironment and increase cell-cell interactions. The resulting ...

Analysis of Cell Migration within a Three-dimensional Collagen Matrix

The ability to migrate is a hallmark of various cell types and plays a crucial role in several physiological processes, including&#160;embryonic development, wound healing, and immune responses. However, cell migration is also a key mechanism in cancer enabling these cancer cells to detach from the primary tumor to start metastatic spreading. Within the past years various cell migration assays have been developed to analyze the migratory behavior of different cell types. Because the locomotory behavior of cells markedly differs between a two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) environment it can be assumed that the analysis of the migration of cells that are embedded within a 3D environment would yield in more significant cell migration data. The advantage of the described 3D collagen matrix migration assay is that cells are embedded within a physiological 3D network of collagen fibers representing the major component of the extracellular matrix. Due to time-lapse video microscopy real cell migration is measured allowing the determination of several migration parameters as well as their alterations in response to pro-migratory factors or inhibitors. Various cell types could be analyzed using this technique, including lymphocytes/leukocytes, stem cells, and tumor cells. Likewise, also cell clusters or spheroids could be embedded within the collagen matrix concomitant with analysis of the emigration of single cells from the cell cluster/ spheroid into the collagen lattice. We conclude that the 3D collagen matrix migration assay is a versatile method to analyze the migration of cells within a physiological-like 3D environment.

Cell migration is a biological phenomenon that is involved in a plethora of physiological, such as wound healing and immune responses, and pathophysiological processes, like cancer. The 3D-collagen matrix migration assay is a versatile tool to analyze the migratory properties of different cell types within in a 3D physiological-like environment.

在一个三维胶原蛋白矩阵分析细胞迁移

The ability to migrate is a hallmark of various cell types and plays a crucial role in several physiological processes, including&#160;embryonic ...

Generation of a Three-dimensional Full Thickness Skin Equivalent and Automated Wounding

In vitro models are a cost effective and ethical alternative to study cutaneous wound healing processes. Moreover, by using human cells, these models reflect the human wound situation better than animal models. Although two-dimensional models are widely used to investigate processes such as cellular migration and proliferation, models that are more complex are required to gain a deeper knowledge about wound healing. Besides a suitable model system, the generation of precise and reproducible wounds is crucial to ensure comparable results between different test runs. In this study, the generation of a three-dimensional full thickness skin equivalent to study wound healing is shown. The dermal part of the models is comprised of human dermal fibroblast embedded in a rat-tail collagen type I hydrogel. Following the inoculation with human epidermal keratinocytes and consequent culture at the air-liquid interface, a multilayered epidermis is formed on top of the models. To study the wound healing process, we additionally developed an automated wounding device, which generates standardized wounds in a sterile atmosphere.

The goal of this protocol is to build up a three-dimensional full thickness skin equivalent, which resembles natural skin. With a specifically constructed automated wounding device, precise and reproducible wounds can be generated under maintenance of sterility.

三维全层皮肤的生成等效和自动伤人

In vitro models are a cost effective and ethical alternative to study cutaneous wound healing processes. Moreover, by using human cells, these models ...

Eye Irritation Test (EIT) for Hazard Identification of Eye Irritating Chemicals using Reconstructed Human Cornea-like Epithelial (RhCE) Tissue Model

To comply with the Seventh Amendment to the EU Cosmetics Directive and EU REACH legislation, validated non-animal alternative methods for reliable and accurate assessment of ocular toxicity in man are needed. To address this need, we have developed an eye irritation test (EIT) which utilizes a three dimensional reconstructed human cornea-like epithelial (RhCE) tissue model that is based on normal human cells. The EIT is able to separate ocular&#160;irritants and corrosives (GHS Categories 1 and 2 combined) and those that do not require labeling (GHS No Category). The test utilizes two separate protocols, one designed for liquid chemicals and a second, similar protocol for solid test articles. The EIT prediction model uses a single exposure period (30 min for liquids, 6 hr for solids) and a single tissue viability cut-off (60.0% as determined by the MTT assay). Based on the results for 83 chemicals (44 liquids and 39 solids) EIT achieved 95.5/68.2/ and 81.8% sensitivity/specificity and accuracy (SS&#38;A) for liquids, 100.0/68.4/ and 84.6% SS&#38;A for solids, and 97.6/68.3/ and 83.1% for overall SS&#38;A. The EIT will contribute significantly to classifying the ocular irritation potential of a wide range of liquid and solid chemicals without the use of animals to meet regulatory testing requirements. The EpiOcular EIT method was implemented in 2015 into the OECD Test Guidelines as TG 492.

Eye Irritation Test EIT for Hazard Identification of Eye Irritating Chemicals using Reconstructed Human Cornea-like Epithelial RhCE Tissue Model

We have developed an eye irritation test which utilizes a three dimensional reconstructed human cornea-like epithelial (RhCE) tissue model. The test is able to discriminate between ocular irritant and corrosive materials (GHS Categories 1 and 2 combined) and those that do not require labeling (GHS No Category).

眼刺激试验（EIT）使用重构型人角膜上皮样（RHCE）组织模型眼刺激性化学品危险性鉴定

To comply with the Seventh Amendment to the EU Cosmetics Directive and EU REACH legislation, validated non-animal alternative methods for reliable and ...

Adapting the Electrospinning Process to Provide Three Unique Environments for a Tri-layered In Vitro Model of the Airway Wall

Electrospinning is a highly adaptable method producing porous 3D fibrous scaffolds that can be exploited in in vitro cell culture. Alterations to intrinsic parameters within the process allow a high degree of control over scaffold characteristics including fiber diameter, alignment and porosity. By developing scaffolds with similar dimensions and topographies to organ- or tissue-specific extracellular matrices (ECM), micro-environments representative to those that cells are exposed to in situ can be created. 
The airway bronchiole wall, comprised of three main micro-environments, was selected as a model tissue. Using decellularized airway ECM as a guide, we electrospun the non-degradable polymer, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), by three different protocols to produce three individual electrospun scaffolds optimized for epithelial, fibroblast or smooth muscle cell-culture. Using a commercially available bioreactor system, we stably co-cultured the three cell-types to provide an in vitro model of the airway wall over an extended time period.
This model highlights the potential for such methods being employed in in vitro diagnostic studies investigating important inter-cellular cross-talk mechanisms or assessing novel pharmaceutical targets, by providing a relevant platform to allow the culture of fully differentiated adult cells within 3D, tissue-specific environments.

Adapting the Electrospinning Process to Provide Three Unique Environments for a Tri-layered In Vitro Model of the Airway Wall

Advancements in biomaterial technologies enable the development of three-dimensional multi-cell-type constructs. We have developed electrospinning protocols to produce three individual scaffolds to culture the main structural cells of the airway to provide a 3D in vitro model of the airway bronchiole wall.

适应静电过程中提供三个独特的环境为一个三层次<em&gt;在体外</em&gt;的气道壁模型

Electrospinning is a highly adaptable method producing porous 3D fibrous scaffolds that can be exploited in in vitro cell culture. Alterations to ...

Engineering Three-dimensional Epithelial Tissues Embedded within Extracellular Matrix

The architecture of branched organs such as the lungs, kidneys, and mammary glands arises through the developmental process of branching morphogenesis, which is regulated by a variety of soluble and physical signals in the microenvironment. Described here is a method created to study the process of branching morphogenesis by forming engineered three-dimensional (3D) epithelial tissues of defined shape and size that are completely embedded within an extracellular matrix (ECM). This method enables the formation of arrays of identical tissues and enables the control of a variety of environmental factors, including tissue geometry, spacing, and ECM composition. This method can also be combined with widely used techniques such as traction force microscopy (TFM) to gain more information about the interactions between cells and their surrounding ECM. The protocol can be used to investigate a variety of cell and tissue processes beyond branching morphogenesis, including cancer invasion.

This manuscript describes a soft lithography-based technique to engineer uniform arrays of three-dimensional (3D) epithelial tissues of defined geometry surrounded by extracellular matrix. This method is amenable to a wide variety of cell types and experimental contexts and allows for high-throughput screening of identical replicates.

工程三维上皮组织细胞外基质中嵌入

The architecture of branched organs such as the lungs, kidneys, and mammary glands arises through the developmental process of branching morphogenesis, ...

Characterizing Cell Migration Within Three-dimensional In Vitro Wound Environments

Currently, most in vitro models of wound healing, such as well-established scratch assays, involve studying cell migration and wound closure on two-dimensional surfaces. However, the physiological environment in which in vivo wound healing takes place is three-dimensional rather than two-dimensional. It is becoming increasingly clear that cell behavior differs greatly in two-dimensional vs. three-dimensional environments; therefore, there is a need for more physiologically relevant in vitro models for studying cell migration behaviors in wound closure. The method described herein allows for the study of cell migration in a three-dimensional model that better reflects physiological conditions than previously established two-dimensional scratch assays. The purpose of this model is to evaluate cell outgrowth via the examination of cell migration away from a spheroid body embedded within a fibrin matrix in the presence of pro- or anti-migratory factors. Using this method, cell outgrowth from the spheroid body in a three-dimensional matrix can be observed and is easily quantifiable over time via brightfield microscopy and analysis of spheroid body area. The effect of pro-migratory and/or inhibitory factors on cell migration can also be evaluated in this system. This method provides researchers with a simple method of analyzing cell migration in three-dimensional wound associated matrices in vitro, thus increasing the relevance of in vitro cell studies prior to the use of in vivo animal models.

Characterizing Cell Migration Within Three-dimensional In Vitro Wound Environments

The goal of this protocol is to evaluate the effect of pro- and anti-migratory factors on cell migration within a three-dimensional fibrin matrix.