Shigeta, Yusuke;
Saleh, Tarek;
Benedetti, Giada;
Caciolli, lorenzo;
Chang, Jinke;
Zambaiti, Elisa;
Lei, Wu;
... De Coppi, Paolo; + view all
(2023)
Stomach Engineering: Region-specific Characterization of the Decellularized Porcine Stomach.
Pediatric Surgery International
, 40
, Article 13. 10.1007/s00383-023-05591-y.
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Abstract
Purpose Patients affected by microgastria, severe gastroesophageal reflux, or those who have undergone subtotal gastrectomy, have commonly described reporting dumping syndromes or other symptoms that seriously impair the quality of their life. Gastric tissue engineering may offer an alternative approach to treating these pathologies. Decellularization protocols have great potential to generate novel biomaterials for large gastric defect repair. There is an urgency to define more reliable protocols to foster clinical applications of tissue-engineered decellularized gastric grafts. Methods In this work, we investigated the biochemical and mechanical properties of decellularized porcine stomach tissue compared to its native counterpart. Histological and immunofluorescence analyses were performed to screen the quality of decellularized samples. Quantitative analysis was also performed to assess extracellular matrix composition. At last, we investigated the mechanical properties and cytocompatibility of the decellularized tissue compared to the native. Results The optimized decellularization protocol produced efficient cell removal, highlighted in the absence of native cellular nuclei. Decellularized scaffolds preserved collagen and elastin contents, with partial loss of sulfated glycosaminoglycans. Decellularized gastric tissue revealed increased elastic modulus and strain at break during mechanical tensile tests, while ultimate tensile strength was significantly reduced. HepG2 cells were seeded on the ECM, revealing matrix cytocompatibility and the ability to support cell proliferation. Conclusion Our work reports the successful generation of acellular porcine gastric tissue able to support cell viability and proliferation of human cells.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Stomach Engineering: Region-specific Characterization of the Decellularized Porcine Stomach |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00383-023-05591-y |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-023-05591-y |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
| Keywords: | Extracellular matrix, Stomach, Tissue engineering, Decellularization |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Med Phys and Biomedical Eng UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Developmental Biology and Cancer Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10182553 |
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