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3D Printing of <em>In Vitro</em> Hydrogel Microcarriers by Alternating Viscous-Inertial Force Jetting

Microcarriers are beads with a diameter of 60-250 &#181;m and a large specific surface area, which are commonly used as carriers for large-scale cell ...

Tsinghua University

Biomanufacturing and Rapid Forming Technology Key Laboratory of Beijing

In order to address the remaining issues of fragile structure and insufficient mass transfer faced in modular assembly-based liver tissue engineering, a Raschig ring-like hollowed micro-scaffold was proposed and fabricated using poly-ε-caprolactone with 60% porosity and 11.4 mm effective surface area for cell immobilization. The method of cell inoculation, the types of cells for co-culture and the scalability of the proposed hollowed micro-scaffold in perfusion were all investigated to obtain an optimized organoid made of tissue modules. Extracellular matrix was found necessary to establish a hierarchical co-culture, and the triple co-culture of Human Hepatoma Hep G2 cells, liver sinusoid cell line TMNK-1 cells and fibroblasts (Swiss 3T3 cells) was recognized to be the most efficient to obtain higher cell attachment, proliferation and hepatic function. The equipped intersecting hollow channels provided in the micro-scaffold functioned as flow paths to promote mass transfer to the immobilized cells after the modules have been randomly packed into a bioreactor for perfusion culture, and resulted in enhanced albumin production and high cellular viability. Cell density comparable to those found in vivo were obtained in the perfused construct, which also maintained its rigid structure. Those results suggest that modular tissues made with hollowed micro-scaffold-based organoids hold great potential for scaling up tissue engineered constructs towards implantation.

Organization of liver organoids using Raschig ring-like micro-scaffolds and triple co-culture: Toward modular assembly-based scalable liver tissue engineering.

Cervical cancer induced by human papillomavirus (HPV) causes severe morbidity worldwide. Although cervical conization has been widely accepted as the most conventional surgery against cervical cancer, tissue defects and high recurrence rates have a significant negative impact on women's mental and physical health. Herein we developed an implantable, personalized cervical implant with drug release function using 3D printing technology. The cervical implant was designed in cone-shape with hieratical porous structures according to the clinical data, 3D-printed using polyurethane by low-temperature deposition manufacturing (LDM), and finished by lyophilization. Anti-HPV protein was loaded into the porous structure under negative pressure afterwards. Elastic biomedical polyurethane and the porous structure ensured that these cervical implants were equipped with tailored mechanical properties comparable to physiological cervix tissue. Cytotoxicity and cytocompatibility tests indicated that these 3D-printed cervical implants supported cell adhesion and growth. More importantly, the cervical implants with regulated pores could help to quantitatively control the loading and release of anti-HPV protein to inhibit dissociative viruses near the cervix validly. As a result, the 3D-printed cervical implants in the present study showed considerable potential for use as functional tissue implants against HPV infection after cervical conization.

Zitong Wang

Biomanufacturing Center,
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering,
Biomanufacturing Center, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Tsinghua University

3D Printing of In Vitro Hydrogel Microcarriers by Alternating Viscous-Inertial Force Jetting

Zitong Wang

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Tsinghua University

3D Printing of In Vitro Hydrogel Microcarriers by Alternating Viscous-Inertial Force Jetting

Biomanufacturing Center,
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering,
Biomanufacturing Center, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering