Tricultured Cell Sheets Develop into Functional Pancreatic Islet Tissue with a Vascular Network.
Tissue engineering. Part A(2023)
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Methods to induce islet β-cells from induced pluripotent stem cells or embryonic stem cells have been established. However, islet β-cells are susceptible to apoptosis under hypoxic conditions, so the technique used to transplant β-cells must maintain the viability of cells . This study describes the development of a tricultured cell sheet, which was made by coculturing islet β-cells, vascular endothelial cells, and mesenchymal stem cells for 1 day. The islet β-cells in the tricultured cell sheet self-organized into islet-like structures surrounded by a dense vascular network . Triple-layered tricultured cell sheets engrafted well after transplantation and developed into insulin-secreting tissue with abundant blood vessels and a high density of islet β-cells. We anticipate that the tricultured cell sheet could be used as an pseudo-islet model for pharmaceutical testing and may have potential for development into transplantable grafts for use in regenerative medicine. Impact statement This research assessed whether tricultured cell sheets containing islet β-cells, vascular endothelial cells, and mesenchymal stem cells were able to form islet tissue. There were two main findings. First, the islet β-cells in the tricultured cell sheet self-organized into islet structures surrounded by a dense vascular network . Second, triple-layered tricultured sheets engrafted well onto rat muscle and developed into insulin-secreting tissue with an abundance of blood vessels. The tricultured cell sheet could be used as a pseudo-islet model for pharmaceutical testing and may have potential for development into a transplantable graft for application in the clinical setting.
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angiogenesis,cell sheet,islet regeneration,self-organization,triculture
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