TY - JOUR
T1 - In vitro nasal mucosa gland-like structure formation on a chip
AU - Na, Kyuhwan
AU - Lee, Mingyu
AU - Shin, Hyun Woo
AU - Chung, Seok
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by grant no. 03-2014-0120 from the SNUH Research Fund, by Creative-Pioneering Researchers Program through Seoul National University (SNU), by the Technological Innovation R&D Program (C0398093) funded by the Small and Medium Business Administration (SMBA, Korea), and by the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Ministry of Science (2014M3A7B4052193).
PY - 2017/5/7
Y1 - 2017/5/7
N2 - The emergence of microfluidic epithelial models using diverse types of cells within a physiologically relevant microenvironment has the potential to be a powerful tool for preclinical drug screening and pathophysiological studies. However, to date, few studies have reported the development of a complicated in vitro human nasal epithelial model. The aim of this study was to produce an in vitro human nasal mucosa model for reliable drug screening and clinical applications. Here, we integrated and optimized several culture conditions such as cell type, airway culture conditions, and hydrogel scaffolds into a microfluidic chip to construct an advanced in vitro human nasal mucosa model. We observed that the inducing factors for nasal gland-like structures were secreted from activated human dermal microvascular endothelial cells. Furthermore, our in vitro nasal mucosa presented different appearance and characteristics under hypoxic conditions. Morphological and functional similarities between in vivo nasal mucosa and our model indicated its utilization as a reliable research model for nasal diseases including allergic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, and nasal polyposis.
AB - The emergence of microfluidic epithelial models using diverse types of cells within a physiologically relevant microenvironment has the potential to be a powerful tool for preclinical drug screening and pathophysiological studies. However, to date, few studies have reported the development of a complicated in vitro human nasal epithelial model. The aim of this study was to produce an in vitro human nasal mucosa model for reliable drug screening and clinical applications. Here, we integrated and optimized several culture conditions such as cell type, airway culture conditions, and hydrogel scaffolds into a microfluidic chip to construct an advanced in vitro human nasal mucosa model. We observed that the inducing factors for nasal gland-like structures were secreted from activated human dermal microvascular endothelial cells. Furthermore, our in vitro nasal mucosa presented different appearance and characteristics under hypoxic conditions. Morphological and functional similarities between in vivo nasal mucosa and our model indicated its utilization as a reliable research model for nasal diseases including allergic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, and nasal polyposis.
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U2 - 10.1039/c6lc01564f
DO - 10.1039/c6lc01564f
M3 - Article
C2 - 28379223
AN - SCOPUS:85021682155
VL - 17
SP - 1578
EP - 1584
JO - Lab on a Chip - Miniaturisation for Chemistry and Biology
JF - Lab on a Chip - Miniaturisation for Chemistry and Biology
SN - 1473-0197
IS - 9
ER -