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Sun J, Gong Y, Xu M, Chen H, Shao H, Zhou R. Coaxial 3D Bioprinting Process Research and Performance Tests on Vascular Scaffolds. Micromachines (Basel) 2024; 15:463. [PMID: 38675274 PMCID: PMC11051886 DOI: 10.3390/mi15040463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2024] [Revised: 03/24/2024] [Accepted: 03/27/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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Three-dimensionally printed vascularized tissue, which is suitable for treating human cardiovascular diseases, should possess excellent biocompatibility, mechanical performance, and the structure of complex vascular networks. In this paper, we propose a method for fabricating vascularized tissue based on coaxial 3D bioprinting technology combined with the mold method. Sodium alginate (SA) solution was chosen as the bioink material, while the cross-linking agent was a calcium chloride (CaCl2) solution. To obtain the optimal parameters for the fabrication of vascular scaffolds, we first formulated theoretical models of a coaxial jet and a vascular network. Subsequently, we conducted a simulation analysis to obtain preliminary process parameters. Based on the aforementioned research, experiments of vascular scaffold fabrication based on the coaxial jet model and experiments of vascular network fabrication were carried out. Finally, we optimized various parameters, such as the flow rate of internal and external solutions, bioink concentration, and cross-linking agent concentration. The performance tests showed that the fabricated vascular scaffolds had levels of satisfactory degradability, water absorption, and mechanical properties that meet the requirements for practical applications. Cellular experiments with stained samples demonstrated satisfactory proliferation of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) within the vascular scaffold over a seven-day period, observed under a fluorescent inverted microscope. The cells showed good biocompatibility with the vascular scaffold. The above results indicate that the fabricated vascular structure initially meet the requirements of vascular scaffolds.
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- Jiarun Sun
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou 310018, China; (J.S.); (Y.G.); (H.C.); (H.S.)
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou 310018, China; (J.S.); (Y.G.); (H.C.); (H.S.)
- State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- The 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310005, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou 310018, China; (J.S.); (Y.G.); (H.C.); (H.S.)
- State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou 310018, China; (J.S.); (Y.G.); (H.C.); (H.S.)
- State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of 3D Printing Equipment and Manufacturing, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210042, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou 310018, China; (J.S.); (Y.G.); (H.C.); (H.S.)
- Mstar Technologies, Inc., Room 406, Building 19, Hangzhou Future Science and Technology City (Haichuang Park), No. 998, Wenyi West Road, Yuhang District, Hangzhou 311121, China
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Nashimoto Y, Konno A, Imaizumi T, Nishikawa K, Ino K, Hori T, Kaji H, Shintaku H, Goto M, Shiku H. Microfluidic vascular formation model for assessing angiogenic capacities of single islets. Biotechnol Bioeng 2024; 121:1050-1059. [PMID: 38131167 DOI: 10.1002/bit.28631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2023] [Revised: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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Pancreatic islet transplantation presents a promising therapy for individuals suffering from type 1 diabetes. To maintain the function of transplanted islets in vivo, it is imperative to induce angiogenesis. However, the mechanisms underlying angiogenesis triggered by islets remain unclear. In this study, we introduced a microphysiological system to study the angiogenic capacity and dynamics of individual islets. The system, which features an open-top structure, uniquely facilitates the inoculation of islets and the longitudinal observation of vascular formation in in vivo like microenvironment with islet-endothelial cell communication. By leveraging our system, we discovered notable islet-islet heterogeneity in the angiogenic capacity. Transcriptomic analysis of the vascularized islets revealed that islets with high angiogenic capacity exhibited upregulation of genes related to insulin secretion and downregulation of genes related to angiogenesis and fibroblasts. In conclusion, our microfluidic approach is effective in characterizing the vascular formation of individual islets and holds great promise for elucidating the angiogenic mechanisms that enhance islet transplantation therapy.
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- Yuji Nashimoto
- Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering (IBB), Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan
- Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences (FRIS), Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan
- Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan
- Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan
- Cluster for Pioneering Research, RIKEN, Saitama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan
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- Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering (IBB), Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering (IBB), Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan
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- Cluster for Pioneering Research, RIKEN, Saitama, Japan
- Institute for Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan
- Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan
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Vigneshwaran V, Sy CL, Smaill BH, Sands GB, Smith NP. Extended-volume image-derived models of coronary microcirculation. Microcirculation 2023; 30:e12820. [PMID: 37392132 DOI: 10.1111/micc.12820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Revised: 05/10/2023] [Accepted: 06/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Recent advances in tissue clearing and high-throughput imaging have enabled the acquisition of extended-volume microvasculature images at a submicron resolution. The objective of this study was to extract information from this type of images by integrating a sequence of 3D image processing steps on Terabyte scale datasets. METHODS We acquired coronary microvasculature images throughout an entire short-axis slice of a 3-month-old Wistar-Kyoto rat heart. This dataset covered 13 × 10 × 0.6 mm at a resolution of 0.933 × 0.933 × 1.866 μm and occupied 700 Gigabytes of disk space. We used chunk-based image segmentation, combined with an efficient graph generation technique, to quantify the microvasculature in the large-scale images. Specifically, we focused on the microvasculature with a vessel diameter up to 15 μm. RESULTS Morphological data for the complete short-axis ring were extracted within 16 h using this pipeline. From the analyses, we identified that microvessel lengths in the rat coronary microvasculature varied from 6 to 300 μm. However, their distribution was heavily skewed toward shorter lengths, with a mode of 16.5 μm. In contrast, vessel diameters ranged from 3 to 15 μm and had an approximately normal distribution of 6.5 ± 2 μm. CONCLUSION The tools and techniques from this study will serve other investigations into the microcirculation, and the wealth of data from this study will enable the analysis of biophysical mechanisms using computer models.
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- Vibujithan Vigneshwaran
- Auckland Bioengineering Institute, Auckland, New Zealand
- Department of Radiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Auckland Bioengineering Institute, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Auckland Bioengineering Institute, Auckland, New Zealand
- Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
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Tissue organoids hold enormous potential as tools for a variety of applications, including disease modeling and drug screening. To effectively mimic the native tissue environment, it is critical to integrate a microvasculature with the parenchyma and stroma. In addition to providing a means to physiologically perfuse the organoids, the microvasculature also contributes to the cellular dynamics of the tissue model via the cells of the perivascular niche, thereby further modulating tissue function. In this review, we discuss current and developing strategies for vascularizing organoids, consider tissue-specific vascularization approaches, discuss the importance of perfusion, and provide perspectives on the state of the field.
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Liang ZY, Wang YW, Hao Y, Shan MJ, Liu H, Xia YJ, Chen Q, Chang GJ, Wang YB. Histopathologic study of keloid vascular structures shows the vascular origin pattern of keloid subepidermal vascular network flaps. Am J Transl Res 2023; 15:1889-1896. [PMID: 37056810 PMCID: PMC10086899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 04/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Keloid subepidermal vascular network flaps (KSVNFs) have achieved satisfactory results in clinical practice. Through this retrospective study, we further examined keloid vascular structure to better understand vascular origin pattern in KSVNFs. METHODS Paraffin-embedded keloid tissues were stained for CD31. Distances from keloid subepidermal capillaries to the skin surface were measured. The included angle between the pedicle vessels and skin surface (angle PV), as well as the included angle between the keloid margin and skin surface (angle KM), were also measured. The major and minor axes of the capillary in the central areas of keloid (KDC), adjacent skin (AS) and marginal areas of keloid (KDM) were analyzed, and the major:minor axis ratios (M/m) were calculated. Vessels in KSVNF pedicle sites (KDP) were compared with vessels in adjacent skin as a subgroup analysis. RESULTS Twenty-nine keloid specimens in total were collected. Based on 1630 measured data points, the capillary distance to the skin surface was 387.2±96.7 μm. The angle PV was 70.1±36.6°, and the angle KM was 67.0±18.1°. The major axis of the KDM capillaries was significantly longer than that of KDC and AS (both P < 0.001). The major and minor axes were longer in KDP than in AS (both P < 0.001). CONCLUSION Suprakeloidal blood vessels are mainly distributed at a depth of 387.2±96.7 μm from the skin. The subepidermal plexus in KSVNF pedicle sites enters the skin at an acute angle and runs parallel to the keloid margin layer. Vessels in keloid marginal areas had crushed vascular lumen, but vessels in KSVNF pedicles did not.
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- Zheng-Yun Liang
- Department of Plastic Surgery, Peking Union Medical College HospitalNo. 41 Damucang Hutong, Xicheng District, Beijing 100005, China
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijing 100005, China
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- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijing 100005, China
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, Peking Union Medical College HospitalNo. 41 Damucang Hutong, Xicheng District, Beijing 100005, China
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijing 100005, China
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, Peking Union Medical College HospitalNo. 41 Damucang Hutong, Xicheng District, Beijing 100005, China
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijing 100005, China
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, Peking Union Medical College HospitalNo. 41 Damucang Hutong, Xicheng District, Beijing 100005, China
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, Peking Union Medical College HospitalNo. 41 Damucang Hutong, Xicheng District, Beijing 100005, China
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijing 100005, China
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, Peking Union Medical College HospitalNo. 41 Damucang Hutong, Xicheng District, Beijing 100005, China
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, Peking Union Medical College HospitalNo. 41 Damucang Hutong, Xicheng District, Beijing 100005, China
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, Peking Union Medical College HospitalNo. 41 Damucang Hutong, Xicheng District, Beijing 100005, China
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White J, Yamashita F. Boquila trifoliolata mimics leaves of an artificial plastic host plant. Plant Signal Behav 2022; 17:1977530. [PMID: 34545774 PMCID: PMC8903786 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2021.1977530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2020] [Revised: 08/31/2021] [Accepted: 09/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Upon discovery that the Boquila trifoliolata is capable of flexible leaf mimicry, the question of the mechanism behind this ability has been unanswered. Here, we demonstrate that plant vision possibly via plant-specific ocelli is a plausible hypothesis. A simple experiment by placing an artificial vine model above the living plants has shown that these will attempt to mimic the artificial leaves. The experiment has been carried out with multiple plants, and each plant has shown attempts at mimicry. It was observed that mimic leaves showed altered leaf areas, perimeters, lengths, and widths compared to non-mimic leaves. We have calculated four morphometrical features and observed that mimic leaves showed higher aspect ratio and lower rectangularity and form factor compared to non-mimic leaves. In addition, we have observed differences in the leaf venation patterns, with the mimic leaves having less dense vascular networks, thinner vascular strands, and lower numbers of free-ending veinlets.
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- Institute of Cellular and Molecular Botany, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Paladugu SRM, Sreekanth PSR, Sahu SK, Naresh K, Karthick SA, Venkateshwaran N, Ramoni M, Mensah RA, Das O, Shanmugam R. A Comprehensive Review of Self-Healing Polymer, Metal, and Ceramic Matrix Composites and Their Modeling Aspects for Aerospace Applications. Materials (Basel) 2022; 15:8521. [PMID: 36500017 PMCID: PMC9740628 DOI: 10.3390/ma15238521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Revised: 10/26/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Composites can be divided into three groups based on their matrix materials, namely polymer, metal and ceramic. Composite materials fail due to micro cracks. Repairing is complex and almost impossible if cracks appear on the surface and interior, which minimizes reliability and material life. In order to save the material from failure and prolong its lifetime without compromising mechanical properties, self-healing is one of the emerging and best techniques. The studies to address the advantages and challenges of self-healing properties of different matrix materials are very limited; however, this review addresses all three different groups of composites. Self-healing composites are fabricated to heal cracks, prevent any obstructed failure, and improve the lifetime of structures. They can self-diagnose their structure after being affected by external forces and repair damages and cracks to a certain degree. This review aims to provide information on the recent developments and prospects of self-healing composites and their applications in various fields such as aerospace, automobiles etc. Fabrication and characterization techniques as well as intrinsic and extrinsic self-healing techniques are discussed based on the latest achievements, including microcapsule embedment, fibers embedment, and vascular networks self-healing.
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, VIT-AP University, Amaravati 522337, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Feynman Nano Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Chennai 603110, India
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai 600125, India
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- School of Engineering, Math and Technology, Navajo Technical University, Crownpoint, NM 87313, USA
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- Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Lulea University of Technology, 97187 Lulea, Sweden
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- Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Lulea University of Technology, 97187 Lulea, Sweden
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- School of Engineering, Math and Technology, Navajo Technical University, Crownpoint, NM 87313, USA
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Kageyama T, Akieda H, Sonoyama Y, Sato K, Yoshikawa H, Isono H, Hirota M, Kitajima H, Chun YS, Maruo S, Fukuda J. Bone Beads Enveloped with Vascular Endothelial Cells for Bone Regenerative Medicine. Acta Biomater 2022:S1742-7061(22)00520-7. [PMID: 36030051 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2022.08.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2022] [Revised: 08/15/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The transplantation of pre-vascularized bone grafts is a promising strategy to improve the efficacy of engraftment and bone regeneration. We propose a hydrogel microbead-based approach for preparing vascularized and high-density tissue grafts. Mesenchymal stem cell-encapsulated collagen microgels (2 µL), termed bone beads, were prepared through spontaneous constriction, which improved the density of the mesenchymal stem cells and collagen molecules by more than 15-fold from the initial day of culture. Constriction was attributed to cell-attractive forces and involved better osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells than that of spheroids. This approach was scalable, and ∼2,000 bone beads were prepared semi-automatically using a liquid dispenser and spinner flask. The mechanical stimuli in the spinner flask further improved the osteogenic differentiation of the mesenchymal stem cells in the bone beads compared with that in static culture. Vascular endothelial cells readily attach to and cover the surface of bone beads. The in vitro assembly of the endothelial cell-enveloped bone beads resulted in microchannel formation in the interspaces between the bone beads. Significant effects of endothelialization on in vivo bone regeneration were shown in rats with cranial bone defects. The use of endothelialized bone beads may be a scalable and robust approach for treating large bone defects. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: A unique aspect of this study is that the hMSC-encapsulated collagen microgels were prepared through spontaneous constriction, leading to the enrichment of collagen and cell density. This constriction resulted in favorable microenvironments for the osteogenic differentiation of hMSCs, which is superior to conventional spheroid culture. The microgel beads were then enveloped with vascular endothelial cells and assembled to fabricate a tissue graft with vasculature in the interspaces among the beads. The significant effects of endothelialization on in vivo bone regeneration were clearly demonstrated in rats with cranial bone defects. We believe that microgel beads covered with vascular endothelial cells provide a promising approach for engineering better tissue grafts for bone-regenerative medicine.
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- Tatsuto Kageyama
- Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, JAPAN; Kanagawa Institute of Industrial Science and Technology, 3-2-1 Sakado Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, 213-0012, JAPAN
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- Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, JAPAN
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- Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, JAPAN
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-ohkubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama City, Saitama 338-8570, JAPAN
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-ohkubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama City, Saitama 338-8570, JAPAN
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-9 Fuku-ura, Kanazawa-ku Yokohama, Kanagawa 236-0004, JAPAN
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Orthodontics, Yokohama City University Medical Center, 4-57 Ura-fune, Minami-ku Yokohama, Kanagawa 232-0024, JAPAN
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Orthodontics, Yokohama City University Medical Center, 4-57 Ura-fune, Minami-ku Yokohama, Kanagawa 232-0024, JAPAN
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- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 103 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-799, KOREA
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- Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, JAPAN
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- Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, JAPAN; Kanagawa Institute of Industrial Science and Technology, 3-2-1 Sakado Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, 213-0012, JAPAN.
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Jung O, Tung YT, Sim E, Chen YC, Lee E, Ferrer M, Song MJ. Development of human-derived, three-dimensional respiratory epithelial tissue constructs with perfusable microvasculature on a high-throughput microfluidics screening platform. Biofabrication 2022; 14. [PMID: 35166694 PMCID: PMC10053540 DOI: 10.1088/1758-5090/ac32a5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for human respiratory tract-based assay platforms for efficient discovery and development of antivirals and disease-modulating therapeutics. Physiologically relevant tissue models of the lower respiratory tract (LRT), including the respiratory bronchioles and the alveolar sacs, are of high interest because they are the primary site of severe SARS-CoV-2 infection and are most affected during the terminal stage of COVID-19. Current epithelial lung models used to study respiratory viral infections include lung epithelial cells at the air-liquid interface (ALI) with fibroblasts and endothelial cells, but such models do not have a perfusable microvascular network to investigate both viral infectivity and viral infection-induced thrombotic events. Using a high throughput, 64-chip microfluidic plate-based platform, we have developed two novel vascularized, LRT multi-chip models for the alveoli and the small airway. Both models include a perfusable microvascular network consisting of human primary microvascular endothelial cells, fibroblasts and pericytes. The established biofabrication protocols also enable the formation of differentiated lung epithelial layers at the ALI on top of the vascularized tissue bed. We validated the physiologically relevant cellular composition, architecture and perfusion of the vascularized lung tissue models using fluorescence microscopy, flow cytometry, and electrical resistance measurements. These vascularized, perfusable microfluidic lung tissue on high throughput assay platforms will enable the development of respiratory viral infection and disease models for research investigation and drug discovery.
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- Olive Jung
- 3D Tissue Bioprinting Laboratory, Department of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, United States of America.,Biomedical Ultrasonics, Biotherapy and Biopharmaceuticals Laboratory, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- 3D Tissue Bioprinting Laboratory, Department of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, United States of America
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- 3D Tissue Bioprinting Laboratory, Department of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, United States of America
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- 3D Tissue Bioprinting Laboratory, Department of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, United States of America
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- 3D Tissue Bioprinting Laboratory, Department of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, United States of America
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- 3D Tissue Bioprinting Laboratory, Department of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, United States of America
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- 3D Tissue Bioprinting Laboratory, Department of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, United States of America
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Guo Z, Li C, Cao Y, Jiang L, Zhang Y, Li P, Zhou Y, Duan C, Hu J, Lu H. 3D visualization and morphometric analysis of spinal motion segments and vascular networks: A synchrotron radiation-based micro-CT study in mice. J Anat 2022; 240:268-278. [PMID: 34622448 PMCID: PMC8742973 DOI: 10.1111/joa.13556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Revised: 08/08/2021] [Accepted: 09/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The structure of spinal motion segments and spinal vasculature is complicated. Visualizing the three-dimensional (3D) structure of the spine may provide guidance for spine surgery. However, conventional imaging techniques fail to simultaneously obtain 3D images of soft and hard tissues, and achieving such coimaging states of the spine and its vascular networks remains a challenge. Synchrotron radiation micro-CT (SRμCT) provides a relatively effective and novel method of acquiring detailed 3D information. In this study, specimens of the thoracic spine were obtained from six mice. SRμCT was employed to acquire 3D images of the structure, and histologic staining was performed for comparisons with the SRμCT images. The whole spinal motion segments and the spinal vascular network were simultaneously explored at high resolution. The mean thickness of the cartilaginous end plates (CEPs) and the volume of the intervertebral discs (IVDs) were calculated. The surface of the CEPs and the facet joint cartilage (FJC) were presented as heat maps, which allowed for direct visualization of the thickness distribution. Regional division revealed heterogeneity among the ventral, central, and dorsal parts of the CEPs and between the superior and inferior parts of the facet processes. Moreover, the connections and spatial morphology of the spinal vascular network were visualized. Our study indicates that SRμCT imaging is an ideal method for high-resolution visualization and 3D morphometric analysis of the whole spinal motion segments and spinal vascular network.
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- Zhu Guo
- Department of Spine Surgery and OrthopaedicsXiangya HospitalCentral South UniversityChangshaChina
- Spine Surgery Department of the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao UniversityQingdaoChina
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- Department of Spine Surgery and OrthopaedicsXiangya HospitalCentral South UniversityChangshaChina
- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric DisordersXiangya HospitalCentral South UniversityChangshaChina
- Key Laboratory of Organ Injury, Aging and Regenerative Medicine of Hunan ProvinceChangshaChina
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- Department of Spine Surgery and OrthopaedicsXiangya HospitalCentral South UniversityChangshaChina
- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric DisordersXiangya HospitalCentral South UniversityChangshaChina
- Key Laboratory of Organ Injury, Aging and Regenerative Medicine of Hunan ProvinceChangshaChina
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- Department of Spine Surgery and OrthopaedicsXiangya HospitalCentral South UniversityChangshaChina
- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric DisordersXiangya HospitalCentral South UniversityChangshaChina
- Key Laboratory of Organ Injury, Aging and Regenerative Medicine of Hunan ProvinceChangshaChina
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- Department of Sports MedicineAffiliated Hospital of Qingdao UniversityQingdaoChina
- Traumatic Orthopaedic Institute of Shandong ProvinceAffiliated Hospital of Qingdao UniversityQingdaoChina
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- Department of ObstetricsXiangya HospitalCentral South UniversityChangshaChina
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- Department of OrthopedicShanxi Provincial People’s HospitalXi’anChina
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- Department of Spine Surgery and OrthopaedicsXiangya HospitalCentral South UniversityChangshaChina
- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric DisordersXiangya HospitalCentral South UniversityChangshaChina
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- Department of Spine Surgery and OrthopaedicsXiangya HospitalCentral South UniversityChangshaChina
- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric DisordersXiangya HospitalCentral South UniversityChangshaChina
- Key Laboratory of Organ Injury, Aging and Regenerative Medicine of Hunan ProvinceChangshaChina
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- Key Laboratory of Organ Injury, Aging and Regenerative Medicine of Hunan ProvinceChangshaChina
- Department of Sports MedicineResearch Centre of Sports MedicineXiangya HospitalCentral South UniversityChangshaChina
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Johnson DW, Roy TK, Secomb TW. Analysis of flow resistance in the pulmonary arterial circulation: implications for hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2021; 131:1211-1218. [PMID: 34410848 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00128.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV) plays an essential role in distributing blood in the lung to enhance ventilation-perfusion matching and blood oxygenation. In this study, a theoretical model of the pulmonary vasculature is used to predict the effects of vasoconstriction over specified ranges of vessel diameters on pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR). The model is used to evaluate the ability of hypothesized mechanisms of HPV to account for observed levels of PVR elevation during hypoxia. The vascular structure from pulmonary arteries to capillaries is represented using scaling laws. Vessel segments are modeled as resistive elements and blood flow rates are computed from physical principles. Direct vascular responses to intravascular oxygen levels have been proposed as a mechanism of HPV. In the lung, significant changes in oxygen level occur only in vessels less than 60 μm in diameter. The model shows that observed levels of hypoxic vasoconstriction in these vessels alone cannot account for the elevation of PVR associated with HPV. However, the elevation in PVR associated with HPV can be accounted for if larger upstream vessels also constrict. These results imply that upstream signaling by conducted responses to engage constriction of arterioles plays an essential role in the elevation of PVR during HPV.NEW & NOTEWORTHY A theoretical model of the pulmonary vasculature is used to predict the effects of vasoconstriction over specified ranges of vessel diameters on pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR). The model shows that observed levels of hypoxic vasoconstriction in terminal vessels cannot account for the elevation of PVR associated with hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV). Upstream signaling by conducted responses to engage constriction of arterioles, therefore, plays an essential role in the elevation of PVR during HPV.
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- David W Johnson
- Physiological Sciences Graduate Program, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Physiological Sciences Graduate Program, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.,Department of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
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Perin P, Rossetti R, Ricci C, Cossellu D, Lazzarini S, Bethge P, Voigt FF, Helmchen F, Batti L, Gantar I, Pizzala R. 3D Reconstruction of the Clarified Rat Hindbrain Choroid Plexus. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:692617. [PMID: 34395426 PMCID: PMC8359725 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.692617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The choroid plexus (CP) acts as a regulated gate between blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Despite its simple histology (a monostratified cuboidal epithelium overlying a vascularized stroma), this organ has remarkably complex functions several of which involve local interaction with cells located around ventricle walls. Our knowledge of CP structural organization is mainly derived from resin casts, which capture the overall features but only allow reconstruction of the vascular pattern surface, unrelated to the overlying epithelium and only loosely related to ventricular location. Recently, CP single cell atlases are starting to emerge, providing insight on local heterogeneities and interactions. So far, however, few studies have described CP spatial organization at the mesoscale level, because of its fragile nature and deep location within the brain. Here, using an iDISCO-based clearing approach and light-sheet microscopy, we have reconstructed the normal rat hindbrain CP (hCP) macro- and microstructure, using markers for epithelium, arteries, microvasculature, and macrophages, and noted its association with 4th ventricle-related neurovascular structures. The hCP is organized in domains associated to a main vessel (fronds) which carry a variable number of villi; the latter are enclosed by epithelium and may be flat (leaf-like) or rolled up to variable extent. Arteries feeding the hCP emerge from the cerebellar surface, and branch into straight arterioles terminating as small capillary anastomotic networks, which run within a single villus and terminate attaching multiple times to a large tortuous capillary (LTC) which ends into a vein. Venous outflow mostly follows arterial pathways, except for the lateral horizontal segment (LHS) and the caudal sagittal segment. The structure of fronds and villi is related to the microvascular pattern at the hCP surface: when LTCs predominate, leaflike villi are more evident and bulge from the surface; different, corkscrew-like villi are observed in association to arterioles reaching close to the CP surface with spiraling capillaries surrounding them. Both leaf-like and corkscrew-like villi may reach the 4th ventricle floor, making contact points at their tip, where no gap is seen between CP epithelium and ependyma. Contacts usually involve several adjacent villi and may harbor epiplexus macrophages. At the junction between medial (MHS) and lateral (LHS) horizontal segment, arterial supply is connected to the temporal bone subarcuate fossa, and venous outflow drains to a ventral vein which exits through the cochlear nuclei at the Luschka foramen. These vascular connections stabilize the hCP overall structure within the 4th ventricle but make MHS-LHS joint particularly fragile and very easily damaged when removing the brain from the skull. Even in damaged samples, however, CP fronds (or isolated villi) often remain strongly attached to the dorsal cochlear nucleus (DCN) surface; in these fronds, contacts are still present and connecting “bridges” may be seen, suggesting the presence of real molecular contacts rather than mere appositions.
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- Paola Perin
- Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Neuroscience Center Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Neuroscience Center Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Neuroscience Center Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Wyss Center for Bio and Neuroengineering, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Wyss Center for Bio and Neuroengineering, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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Liu Q, Zhang B, Wang L, Zheng R, Qiang J, Wang H, Yan F, Li R. Assessment of Vascular Network Connectivity of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using Graph-Based Approach. Front Oncol 2021; 11:668874. [PMID: 34295812 PMCID: PMC8290165 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.668874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The angiogenesis of liver cancer is a key condition for its growth, invasion, and metastasis. This study aims to investigate vascular network connectivity of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) using graph-based approach. METHODS Orthotopic HCC xenograft models (n=10) and the healthy controls (n=10) were established. After 21 days of modeling, hepatic vascular casting and Micro-CT scanning were performed for angiography, followed by blood vessels automatic segmentation and vascular network modeling. The topologic parameters of vascular network, including clustering coefficient (CC), network structure entropy (NSE), and average path length (APL) were quantified. Topologic parameters of the tumor region, as well as the background liver were compared between HCC group and normal control group. RESULTS Compared with normal control group, the tumor region of HCC group showed significantly decreased CC [(0.046 ± 0.005) vs. (0.052 ± 0.006), P=0.026], and NSE [(0.9894 ± 0.0015) vs. (0.9927 ± 0.0010), P<0.001], and increased APL [(0.433 ± 0.138) vs. (0.188 ± 0.049), P<0.001]. Compared with normal control group, the background liver of HCC group showed significantly decreased CC [(0.047 ± 0.004) vs. (0.052 ± 0.006), P=0.041] and increased NSE [0.9938 (0.9936~0.9940) vs. (0.9927 ± 0.0010), P=0.035]. No significant difference was identified for APL between the two groups. CONCLUSION Graph-based approach allows quantification of vascular connectivity of HCC. Disrupted vascular topological connectivity exists in the tumor region, as well as the background liver of HCC.
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- Qiaoyu Liu
- Department of Radiology, Tenth People’s Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- Department of Radiology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Jinshan hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Wang Q, Liang T, Wu J, Li Z, Liu Z. Dye-Sensitized Rare Earth-Doped Nanoparticles with Boosted NIR-IIb Emission for Dynamic Imaging of Vascular Network-Related Disorders. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2021; 13:29303-29312. [PMID: 34133138 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c04612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Real-time dynamic vascular network imaging can provide accurate hemodynamic and anatomical information, facilitating the diagnosis of blood circulatory system-related diseases and achieving precise evaluation of therapeutic effects. In vivo luminescence imaging in the NIR-IIb biological window (1500-1700 nm) has developed into a next generation of optical imaging method with significantly improved temporal-spatial resolution and penetration depth. Unfortunately, an imaging contrast agent capable of emitting NIR-IIb luminescence with sufficient brightness in this region is lacking. Herein, we designed and proposed a type of dye-sensitized rare earth-doped nanoparticle (RENPs@Alk-pi) with obviously boosted NIR-IIb emission and high biocompatibility, which can be used to realize the real-time NIR-IIb luminescence imaging with high temporal-spatial resolution and contrast. The dye sensitization process provides a 40-fold enhanced brightness of the NIR-IIb emission at 1525 nm of Er3+. Consequently, the RENPs@Alk-pi was not only able to depict a vascular network but also applicable in noninvasively monitoring the dynamic vascular processes and changes in the vascular anatomy of two blood circulatory system-related disorders, including hindlimbs ischemia and atherosclerosis. Our research provides a powerful tool for evaluating vascular network-related dysfunction and physiological processes.
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- Qirong Wang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan 430074, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
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Duan Y, Cheng Z, Qiu T, Wen L, Xiong K. Spherical-matching hyperbolic-array photoacoustic computed tomography. J Biophotonics 2021; 14:e202100023. [PMID: 33729687 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.202100023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Revised: 03/13/2021] [Accepted: 03/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Linear-array photoacoustic computed tomography (LA-PACT), for its flexibility and simplicity, has great potential in providing anatomical and functional information of tissues. However, the limited coverage view impedes the LA-PACT obtaining high-quality images. In this study, a photoacoustic tomographic system with a hyperbolic-array transducer was developed for stereoscopic PA imaging of carotid artery. The hyperbolic-array PACT increases the receiving sensitivity for PA signal detection due to its transducer's geometric structure matching with the spherical wave. The control phantom experiment shows that the proposed system can expand the angular coverage of ∼1/3 more than that of the LA-PACT system, and the volumetric PA images of rat's carotid artery demonstrates the potential of the system for carotid artery imaging. Furthermore, volumetric imaging of the human forearm verifies that the system has significant capability in human imaging, which indicates that it has bright prospect for assisting diagnosis in the vascular disease.
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- Yihao Duan
- MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science & Institute of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science & Institute of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science & Institute of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Zhuhai Interventional Medical Center, Zhuhai Precision Medical Center, Zhuhai People's Hospital, Zhuhai Hospital Affiliated with Jinan University, Jinan University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science & Institute of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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Luo Y, Ho CL, Helliker BR, Katifori E. Leaf Water Storage and Robustness to Intermittent Drought: A Spatially Explicit Capacitive Model for Leaf Hydraulics. Front Plant Sci 2021; 12:725995. [PMID: 34721457 PMCID: PMC8551678 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.725995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2021] [Accepted: 09/20/2021] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Leaf hydraulic networks play an important role not only in fluid transport but also in maintaining whole-plant water status through transient environmental changes in soil-based water supply or air humidity. Both water potential and hydraulic resistance vary spatially throughout the leaf transport network, consisting of xylem, stomata and water-storage cells, and portions of the leaf areas far from the leaf base can be disproportionately disadvantaged under water stress. Besides the suppression of transpiration and reduction of water loss caused by stomatal closure, the leaf capacitance of water storage, which can also vary locally, is thought to be crucial for the maintenance of leaf water status. In order to study the fluid dynamics in these networks, we develop a spatially explicit, capacitive model which is able to capture the local spatiotemporal changes of water potential and flow rate in monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous leaves. In electrical-circuit analogs described by Ohm's law, we implement linear capacitors imitating water storage, and we present both analytical calculations of a uniform one-dimensional model and numerical simulation methods for general spatially explicit network models, and their relation to conventional lumped-element models. Calculation and simulation results are shown for the uniform model, which mimics key properties of a monocotyledonous grass leaf. We illustrate water status of a well-watered leaf, and the lowering of water potential and transpiration rate caused by excised water source or reduced air humidity. We show that the time scales of these changes under water stress are hugely affected by leaf capacitance and resistances to capacitors, in addition to stomatal resistance. Through this modeling of a grass leaf, we confirm the presence of uneven water distribution over leaf area, and also discuss the importance of considering the spatial variation of leaf hydraulic traits in plant biology.
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- Yongtian Luo
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
- *Correspondence: Yongtian Luo
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
- Eleni Katifori
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Tetteh G, Efremov V, Forkert ND, Schneider M, Kirschke J, Weber B, Zimmer C, Piraud M, Menze BH. DeepVesselNet: Vessel Segmentation, Centerline Prediction, and Bifurcation Detection in 3-D Angiographic Volumes. Front Neurosci 2020; 14:592352. [PMID: 33363452 PMCID: PMC7753013 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2020.592352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2020] [Accepted: 11/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
We present DeepVesselNet, an architecture tailored to the challenges faced when extracting vessel trees and networks and corresponding features in 3-D angiographic volumes using deep learning. We discuss the problems of low execution speed and high memory requirements associated with full 3-D networks, high-class imbalance arising from the low percentage (<3%) of vessel voxels, and unavailability of accurately annotated 3-D training data-and offer solutions as the building blocks of DeepVesselNet. First, we formulate 2-D orthogonal cross-hair filters which make use of 3-D context information at a reduced computational burden. Second, we introduce a class balancing cross-entropy loss function with false-positive rate correction to handle the high-class imbalance and high false positive rate problems associated with existing loss functions. Finally, we generate a synthetic dataset using a computational angiogenesis model capable of simulating vascular tree growth under physiological constraints on local network structure and topology and use these data for transfer learning. We demonstrate the performance on a range of angiographic volumes at different spatial scales including clinical MRA data of the human brain, as well as CTA microscopy scans of the rat brain. Our results show that cross-hair filters achieve over 23% improvement in speed, lower memory footprint, lower network complexity which prevents overfitting and comparable accuracy that does not differ from full 3-D filters. Our class balancing metric is crucial for training the network, and transfer learning with synthetic data is an efficient, robust, and very generalizable approach leading to a network that excels in a variety of angiography segmentation tasks. We observe that sub-sampling and max pooling layers may lead to a drop in performance in tasks that involve voxel-sized structures. To this end, the DeepVesselNet architecture does not use any form of sub-sampling layer and works well for vessel segmentation, centerline prediction, and bifurcation detection. We make our synthetic training data publicly available, fostering future research, and serving as one of the first public datasets for brain vessel tree segmentation and analysis.
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- Giles Tetteh
- Department of Computer Science, TU München, München, Germany
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- Department of Computer Science, TU München, München, Germany
- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Radiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Neuroradiology, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, TU München, München, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Neuroradiology, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, TU München, München, Germany
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- Department of Computer Science, TU München, München, Germany
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- Department of Computer Science, TU München, München, Germany
- Department for Quantitative Biomedicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Liu D, Chen Y, Wang Y, Lei M, Chen L, Liang R, Cheng Z, Shi W, Wang H, Lin L, Wang L, Lin F, Lin H, Liu W. Combination of Serum Amyloid A and C-Reactive Protein Exhibit Synergistic Effect in Angiogenesis by Inducing Inflammation and Vascular Network. Front Oncol 2020; 10:576207. [PMID: 33364190 PMCID: PMC7753214 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2020.576207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2020] [Accepted: 10/19/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
The role of angiogenesis in tumor progression has been recognized as one of the hallmarks of cancer, but the mechanism of its action remains unclear. Inflammatory markers serum amyloid A (SAA) and C-reactive protein (CRP) are proposed to play causal roles in the development of various disorders, including malignancies. Previously, we identified the complex of CRP and SAA (CRP-SAA) with diagnostic and prognostic value better than either one of them in the serum of lung cancer patients. In this study, we further explored the stimulation function of CRP-SAA on angiogenesis and inflammation. To explore possible mechanisms, microarray datasets were downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database and multi-bioinformatics analysis revealed that THP-1 and human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) responded to SAA stimulation with upregulation of two pro-angiogenic cytokines in common, i.e., C-X-C motif ligand 6 (CXCL6) and CXCL8, which were validated by subsequent experiments in vitro. CRP had weak effects as a single stimulus, but it can efficiently potentiate the SAA induction of cytokines, which was stronger than the sum of the both (P < 0.001). The synergistical effect of the combination of CRP and SAA enhanced HUVECs transwell and constricted morphology by upregulating the pro-angiogenic genes. These results indicated that the binding of CRP and SAA acted synergistically in pro-angiogenesis by increasing inflammation and inducing vascular network.
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- Dan Liu
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Clinical Laboratory, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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Occhieppo VB, Basmadjian OM, Marchese NA, Silvero C MJ, Rodríguez A, Armonelli S, Becerra MC, Baiardi G, Bregonzio C. AT 1 -R is involved in the development of long-lasting, region-dependent and oxidative stress-independent astrocyte morphological alterations induced by Ketamine. Eur J Neurosci 2020; 54:5705-5716. [PMID: 32320503 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.14756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2020] [Revised: 04/11/2020] [Accepted: 04/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Astrocytes play an essential role in the genesis, maturation and regulation of the neurovascular unit. Multiple evidence support that astrocyte reactivity has a close relationship to neurovascular unit dysfunction, oxidative stress and inflammation, providing a suitable scenario for the development of mental disorders. Ketamine has been proposed as a single-use antidepressant treatment in major depression, and its antidepressant effects have been associated with anti-inflammatory properties. However, Ketamine long-lasting effects over the neurovascular unit components remain unclear. Angiotensin II AT1 receptor (AT1 -R) blockers have anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and neuroprotective effects. The present work aims to distinguish the acute and long-term Ketamine effects over astrocytes response extended to other neurovascular unit components, and the involvement of AT1 -R, in prefrontal cortex and ventral tegmental area. Male Wistar rats were administered with AT1 -R antagonist Candesartan/Vehicle (days 1-10) and Ketamine/Saline (days 6-10). After 14 days drug-free, at basal conditions or after Ketamine Challenge, the brains were processed for oxidative stress analysis, cresyl violet staining and immunohistochemistry for glial, neuronal activation and vascular markers. Repeated Ketamine administration induced long-lasting region-dependent astrocyte reactivity and morphological alterations, and neuroadaptative changes observed as exacerbated oxidative stress and neuronal activation, prevented by the AT1 -R blockade. Ketamine Challenge decreased microglial and astrocyte reactivity and augmented cellular apoptosis, independently of previous treatment. Overall, AT1 -R is involved in the development of neuroadaptative changes induced by repeated Ketamine administration but does not interfere with the acute effects supporting the potential use of AT1 -R blockers as a Ketamine complementary therapy in mental disorders.
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- Victoria B Occhieppo
- Instituto de Farmacología Experimental Córdoba (IFEC-CONICET) Departamento de Farmacología, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Instituto de Farmacología Experimental Córdoba (IFEC-CONICET) Departamento de Farmacología, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Instituto de Farmacología Experimental Córdoba (IFEC-CONICET) Departamento de Farmacología, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (IMBIV-CONICET) Departamento de Ciencias Farmacéuticas, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Instituto de Farmacología Experimental Córdoba (IFEC-CONICET) Departamento de Farmacología, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Instituto de Farmacología Experimental Córdoba (IFEC-CONICET) Departamento de Farmacología, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (IMBIV-CONICET) Departamento de Ciencias Farmacéuticas, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Neurofarmacología, (IIBYT-CONICET) Universidad Nacional de Córdoba Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Católica de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Instituto de Farmacología Experimental Córdoba (IFEC-CONICET) Departamento de Farmacología, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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Olmedo-Suárez MÁ, Sekiguchi T, Takano A, Cañizares-Macías MDP, Futai N. Integrated On-Chip 3D Vascular Network Culture under Hypoxia. Micromachines (Basel) 2020; 11:E475. [PMID: 32365889 DOI: 10.3390/mi11050475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2020] [Revised: 04/28/2020] [Accepted: 04/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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We developed a portable device made of poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS)/polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) for long-term 3D cell culture of vascular endothelial cells for the development of a vascular network and evaluated the device under different transitions between normoxia and hypoxia with good optical accessibility. The combination of a nested reservoir device and a bicarbonate/ascorbate buffer system accomplished on-chip incubation with 4.91 ± 0.86% pO2 and 5.19 ± 1.70% pCO2 for up to 10 days. Seventy-two hours of normoxic incubation preceding hypoxic culture increased the cell viability, network formation, and size and stability of the resulting lumens compared with those completely maintained in normoxia for the same total duration. We employed different parameters of the network (e.g., total mesh area, total length, number of branches, among others) for the comparison of different oxygen treatments in the device. The differential effect of hypoxic conditions based on the maturity of the vessels may be used as an external factor to improve vascular development in vitro.
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Li HL, Ding H, Yin XZ, Chen ZH, Tang B, Sun JY, Hu XH, Lv X, Kang ST, Fan YS, Wu T, Zhao SF, Xiao B, Zhang MQ. Comparison of high-resolution synchrotron-radiation-based phase-contrast imaging and absorption-contrast imaging for evaluating microstructure of vascular networks in rat brain: from 2D to 3D views. J Synchrotron Radiat 2019; 26:2024-2032. [PMID: 31721747 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577519011688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2019] [Accepted: 08/21/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Conventional imaging methods such as magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography and digital subtraction angiography have limited temporospatial resolutions and shortcomings like invasive angiography, potential allergy to contrast agents, and image deformation, that restrict their application in high-resolution visualization of the structure of microvessels. In this study, through comparing synchrotron radiation (SR) absorption-contrast imaging to absorption phase-contrast imaging, it was found that SR-based phase-contrast imaging could provide more detailed ultra-high-pixel images of microvascular networks than absorption phase-contrast imaging. Simultaneously, SR-based phase-contrast imaging was used to perform high-quality, multi-dimensional and multi-scale imaging of rat brain angioarchitecture. With the aid of image post-processing, high-pixel-size two-dimensional virtual slices can be obtained without sectioning. The distribution of blood supply is in accordance with the results of traditional tissue staining. Three-dimensional anatomical maps of cerebral angioarchitecture can also be acquired. Functional partitions of regions of interest are reproduced in the reconstructed rat cerebral vascular networks. Imaging analysis of the same sample can also be displayed simultaneously in two- and three-dimensional views, which provides abundant anatomical information together with parenchyma and vessels. In conclusion, SR-based phase-contrast imaging holds great promise for visualizing microstructure of microvascular networks in two- and three-dimensional perspectives during the development of neurovascular diseases.
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- Hong Lei Li
- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, CAS Key Laboratory of Receptor Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, People's Republic of China
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Hann SY, Cui H, Esworthy T, Miao S, Zhou X, Lee SJ, Fisher JP, Zhang LG. Recent advances in 3D printing: vascular network for tissue and organ regeneration. Transl Res 2019; 211:46-63. [PMID: 31004563 PMCID: PMC6702061 DOI: 10.1016/j.trsl.2019.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2019] [Revised: 03/31/2019] [Accepted: 04/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Over the past years, the fabrication of adequate vascular networks has remained the main challenge in engineering tissues due to technical difficulties, while the ultimate objective of tissue engineering is to create fully functional and sustainable organs and tissues to transplant in the human body. There have been a number of studies performed to overcome this limitation, and as a result, 3D printing has become an emerging technique to serve in a variety of applications in constructing vascular networks within tissues and organs. 3D printing incorporated technical approaches allow researchers to fabricate complex and systematic architecture of vascular networks and offer various selections for fabrication materials and printing techniques. In this review, we will discuss materials and strategies for 3D printed vascular networks as well as specific applications for certain vascularized tissue and organ regeneration. We will also address the current limitations of vascular tissue engineering and make suggestions for future directions research may take.
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- Sung Yun Hann
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
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- Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland; Center for Engineering Complex Tissues, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The George Washington University, Washington, DC; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The George Washington University, Washington, DC; Department of Biomedical Engineering, The George Washington University, Washington, DC; Department of Medicine, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC.
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Zhou YF, Chen AQ, Wu JH, Mao L, Xia YP, Jin HJ, He QW, Miao QR, Yue ZY, Liu XL, Huang M, Li YN, Hu B. Sema3E/PlexinD1 signaling inhibits postischemic angiogenesis by regulating endothelial DLL4 and filopodia formation in a rat model of ischemic stroke. FASEB J 2019; 33:4947-4961. [PMID: 30653356 DOI: 10.1096/fj.201801706rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Angiogenesis is a crucial defense response to hypoxia that regulates the process of raising the promise of long-term neurologic recovery during the management of stroke. A high expression of antiangiogenic factors leads to the loss of neovascularization capacity in pathologic conditions. We have previously documented an impairment of the cerebral vessel perfusion and neovascularization in the cortex neighboring the stroke-induced lesion, which was accompanied by an activation of semaphorin 3E (Sema3E)/PlexinD1 after ischemic stroke. In this study, we employed micro-optical sectioning tomography to fully investigate the details of the vascular pattern, including the capillaries. We found that after transient middle cerebral artery occlusion, inhibiting PlexinD1 signaling led to an organized recovery of the vascular network in the ischemic area. We then further explored the possible mechanisms. In vivo, Sema3E substantially decreased dynamic delta-like 4 (DLL4) expression. In cultured brain microvascular endothelial cells, Sema3E down-regulated DLL4 expression via inhibiting Ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 1-induced JNK phosphorylation. At the microcosmic level, Sema3E/PlexinD1 signaling promoted F-actin disassembly and focal adhesion reduction by activating the small guanosine triphosphatase Ras homolog family member J by releasing RhoGEF Tuba from direct binding to PlexinD1, thus mediating endothelial cell motility and filopodia retraction. Our study reveals that Sema3E/PlexinD1 signaling, which suppressed endothelial DLL4 expression, cell motility, and filopodia formation, is expected to be a novel druggable target for angiogenesis during poststroke progression.-Zhou, Y.-F., Chen, A.-Q., Wu, J.-H., Mao, L., Xia, Y.-P., Jin, H.-J., He, Q.-W., Miao, Q. R., Yue, Z.-Y., Liu, X.-L., Huang, M., Li, Y.-N., Hu, B. Sema3E/PlexinD1 signaling inhibits postischemic angiogenesis by regulating endothelial DLL4 and filopodia formation in a rat model of ischemic stroke.
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- Yi-Fan Zhou
- Department of Neurology, Union Hospital-Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Union Hospital-Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Union Hospital-Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Union Hospital-Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Union Hospital-Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Union Hospital-Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Union Hospital-Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Children's Research Institute-Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.,Division of Pediatric Pathology, Department of Pathology, Children's Research Institute-Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.,Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Neurology, The Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.,Department of Neuroscience, The Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
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- Britton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics-Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics-Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; and
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- Department of Neurology, the People's Hospital of China Three Gorges University, Institute of Translational Neuroscience, Three Gorges University College of Medicine, Yichang, China
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- Department of Neurology, Union Hospital-Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Union Hospital-Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Corliss BA, Mathews C, Doty R, Rohde G, Peirce SM. Methods to label, image, and analyze the complex structural architectures of micro vascular networks. Microcirculation 2019; 26:e12520. [PMID: 30548558 PMCID: PMC6561846 DOI: 10.1111/micc.12520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2018] [Revised: 10/31/2018] [Accepted: 11/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Microvascular networks play key roles in oxygen transport and nutrient delivery to meet the varied and dynamic metabolic needs of different tissues throughout the body, and their spatial architectures of interconnected blood vessel segments are highly complex. Moreover, functional adaptations of the microcirculation enabled by structural adaptations in microvascular network architecture are required for development, wound healing, and often invoked in disease conditions, including the top eight causes of death in the Unites States. Effective characterization of microvascular network architectures is not only limited by the available techniques to visualize microvessels but also reliant on the available quantitative metrics that accurately delineate between spatial patterns in altered networks. In this review, we survey models used for studying the microvasculature, methods to label and image microvessels, and the metrics and software packages used to quantify microvascular networks. These programs have provided researchers with invaluable tools, yet we estimate that they have collectively attained low adoption rates, possibly due to limitations with basic validation, segmentation performance, and nonstandard sets of quantification metrics. To address these existing constraints, we discuss opportunities to improve effectiveness, rigor, and reproducibility of microvascular network quantification to better serve the current and future needs of microvascular research.
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- Bruce A Corliss
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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Kennel P, Teyssedre L, Colombelli J, Plouraboué F. Toward quantitative three-dimensional micro vascular networks segmentation with multiview light-sheet fluorescence microscopy. J Biomed Opt 2018; 23:1-14. [PMID: 30120828 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.23.8.086002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2017] [Accepted: 07/18/2018] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Three-dimensional (3-D) large-scale imaging of microvascular networks is of interest in various areas of biology and medicine related to structural, functional, developmental, and pathological issues. Light-sheet fluorescence microscopy (LSFM) techniques are rapidly spreading and are now on the way to offer operational solutions for large-scale tissue imaging. This contribution describes how reliable vessel segmentation can be handled from LSFM data in very large tissue volumes using a suitable image analysis workflow. Since capillaries are tubular objects of a few microns scale radius, they represent challenging structures to reliably reconstruct without distortion and artifacts. We provide a systematic analysis of multiview deconvolution image processing workflow to control and evaluate the accuracy of the reconstructed vascular network using various low to high level, metrics. We show that even if low-level structural metrics are sensitive to isotropic imaging enhancement provided by a larger number of views, functional high-level metrics, including perfusion permeability, are less sensitive. Hence, combining deconvolution and registration onto a few number of views appears sufficient for a reliable quantitative 3-D vessel segmentation for their possible use for perfusion modeling.
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- Pol Kennel
- Toulouse University, CNRS, INPT, UPS, Institute of Fluid Mechanics of Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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- ITAV, USR 3505, National Center of Scientific Research, Toulouse, France
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- Institute of Science et Technology, Advanced Digital Microscopy Core Facility, Barcelona, Spain
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- Toulouse University, CNRS, INPT, UPS, Institute of Fluid Mechanics of Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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McKenna MA, Bonfield MC, Robinson T. Levels of agreement in the measurements of carotid artery ultrasound across a regional vascular network. Ultrasound 2018; 26:101-109. [PMID: 30013610 PMCID: PMC6042302 DOI: 10.1177/1742271x17751255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2017] [Accepted: 11/17/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Duplex ultrasound is often the sole imaging modality used in diagnosing carotid artery disease. However, the reproducibility and repeatability of scientists in determining the peak systolic velocity and end diastolic velocity of the internal carotid artery and common carotid artery (CCA) is widely debated. STUDY AIM To investigate intra- and inter-operator variability in diagnostic ultrasound of the carotid arteries across a centralised vascular network using a healthy test subject. To identify potential causes of variability and highlight areas for improvement. METHODS Fifteen vascular scientists across four hospital Trusts in the Bristol, Bath and Weston vascular network measured the peak systolic velocity and end diastolic velocity of the internal carotid artery and common carotid artery in a subject using a single portable ultrasound machine. A double blind assessment of spectral Doppler images was performed by two vascular clinical scientists for optimal caliper placement, spectral gain and angle correction. Results were compared for intra- and inter-operator variability. RESULTS Initial quality assessment of the Doppler images revealed that three out of 15 scientists produced suboptimal results. Box plot analysis of the common carotid artery and internal carotid artery for each scientist revealed significant variance (ANOVA p < 0.05). However, a Levene's test revealed no single operator who consistently produced highly variable results (p = 0.569). CONCLUSION This study highlights the difficulty in obtaining consistent velocity measurements from a subject. Despite the variability in absolute peak systolic velocity and end diastolic velocity, scientists were generally consistent in obtaining an optimal spectral Doppler trace. Some issues with consistency were, however, identified which were subsequently addressed.
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- Mervyn Alexander McKenna
- Mervyn Alexander McKenna, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, A225, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol BS2 8HW, UK.
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A major hurdle in the field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine remains the design and construction of larger (> 1 cm3) in vitro tissues for biological studies and transplantation. While there has been success in creating three-dimensional (3D) capillary networks, relatively large arteries (diameter >3-5 mm), and more recently small arteries (diameter 500 μm-1 mm), there has been no success in the creation of a living dynamic blood vessel network comprising of arterioles (diameter 40-300 μm), capillaries, and venules. Such a network would provide the foundation to supply nutrients and oxygen to all surrounding cells for larger tissues and organs that require a hierarchical vascular supply. In this study, we describe the different technologies and methods that have been employed in an effort to create individual vessels and networks of vessels to support engineered tissues for in vivo and in vitro applications. A special focus is placed on the generation of blood vessels with average dimensions that span from microns (capillaries) to a millimeter (large arterioles). We also identify major challenges while exploring new opportunities to create model systems of the entire vascular tree, including arterioles and venules.
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- Mahama A. Traore
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri
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Nartsissov YR. Geometries of vasculature bifurcation can affect the level of trophic damage during formation of a brain ischemic lesion. Biochem Soc Trans 2017; 45:1097-103. [PMID: 28900016 DOI: 10.1042/BST20160418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2017] [Revised: 07/15/2017] [Accepted: 08/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Ischemic lesion is a common cause of various diseases in humans. Brain tissue is especially sensitive to this type of damage. A common reason for the appearance of an ischemic area is a stop in blood flow in some branch of the vasculature system. Then, a decreasing concentration gradient results in a low mean level of oxygen in surrounding tissues. After that, the biochemical ischemic cascade spreads. In this review, we examine these well-known events from a new angle. It is stressed that there is essential evidence to predict the formation of an ischemic micro-area at the base of vascular bifurcation geometries. Potential applications to improve neuroprotection are also discussed.
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Gondo M, Matsumura H, Watanabe K. Clinical application of subdermal areolar tissue and superficial fascia graft as a new material for coverage of small exposure of bone cortex or orthopaedic fixation device. J Plast Surg Hand Surg 2016; 51:223-227. [PMID: 27642803 DOI: 10.1080/2000656x.2016.1223088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND The presence of cortical bone, tendon that has been exposed by defects, may result in infection or osteomyelitis. In such cases, perifascial areolar tissue grafting (PATG) may be performed as a minimally invasive surgical procedure. However, perifascial areolar tissue (PAT) is located deep in the subcutaneous layer. It was considered that grafting of the superficial vascular network might enable less invasive surgery. This study reports use of subdermal areolar tissue (SAT) and superficial fascia (SF) to close avascular areas. METHODS This study treated eight areas of exposed bone, tendon, or orthopaedic fixation device in seven patients treated in the department between 2010-2013. The patients included five men and two women aged 15-80 years. Subdermal areolar tissue grafting (SATG) was performed on four areas, and superficial fascia grafting (SFG) on the remaining four areas. In all cases, split thickness skin graft (STSG) was used to cover the grafted tissue in a single procedure. RESULT The tissue grafted successfully in seven areas, and primary engraftment of the skin grafts was also achieved in three areas treated with SATG and one area treated with SFG. Additional skin grafting was performed to achieve closure in one site treated with SATG and two sites treated with SFG. The tissue graft became necrotic in one site treated with SFG. There were no problems at any donor sites and no graft site infections or other complications. CONCLUSION SATG and SFG achieved good clinical results for the closure of exposed avascular tissue or artifacts.
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- Masahide Gondo
- a Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery , Tokyo Medical University Hospital , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery , Tokyo Medical University Hospital , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery , Tokyo Medical University Hospital , Tokyo , Japan
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Horiguchi Y, Horiguchi J, Maeno KI. Vascular network tightly enclosing lesions of molluscum contagiosum: Basket-like capillaries of molluscum. J Dermatol 2016; 44:52-58. [PMID: 27607603 DOI: 10.1111/1346-8138.13519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2016] [Accepted: 06/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Immunohistochemical studies of one typical and two atypical cases of molluscum contagiosum with anti-CD34 monoclonal antibodies showed a tightly enclosing fine vasculature around the lesional masses of the disease. The thin interstitial septa between the lobules of the molluscum lesions also contained abundant endothelium. An electron microscopic study of a pinched-off lesion of common molluscum contagiosum demonstrated that the tightly enclosing blood vessels lacked muscle layers, suggesting that they were capillaries, being a distance of several hundred nanometers from the basal cells of the molluscum mass. A 3D constructed image of the vasculature confirmed a network of the vessels. These tightly enclosing vascular networks around the lesions of molluscum contagiosum support the rapid growth of this disease.
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- Department of Information Design, Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan
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Güleç AT. Videodermoscopy enhances the ability to diagnose Kaposi's sarcoma by revealing its vascular structures. J Am Acad Dermatol 2016; 74:e117-8. [PMID: 27185449 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2015.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2015] [Revised: 10/16/2015] [Accepted: 12/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- A Tülin Güleç
- Department of Dermatology, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
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Al-Khazraji BK, Jackson DN, Goldman D. A Microvascular Wall Shear Rate Function Derived From In Vivo Hemodynamic and Geometric Parameters in Continuously Branching Arterioles. Microcirculation 2016; 23:311-9. [PMID: 27018869 DOI: 10.1111/micc.12279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2016] [Accepted: 03/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Conventional approaches to WSR estimation in the microcirculation involve assumptions that may result in under-/over-estimation of WSR. Therefore, our objectives were: (i) calculate WSR from RBC velocity profiles for a wide range of arteriolar diameters, (ii) provide an experimentally derived and straightforward WSR estimation function, and (iii) compare calculated to conventional WSR estimations. METHODS We characterized RBC velocity profiles in arterioles (n = 39) of branching networks (21-115 μm) in the rat gluteus maximus muscle (n = 6). Measures included mean and maximum velocities, CFL thickness, and RBC column edge velocity, and an experiment-based WSR function was derived. RESULTS CFL thickness (1-4.3 μm) positively correlated with arteriolar diameter (r(2) = 0.64). Results from the WSR equation were similar to values from edge RBC velocities/CFL. Experimental WSRs (1317-4334/sec) were independent of arteriolar diameter, and were greater than pseudoshear rates (for VRatio of 1.6, 2, or diameter-dependent VRatio function) (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION A WSR equation was derived from experimental hemodynamic parameters, and is adaptable to other velocity measurement techniques in order to obtain WSR and stress (when plasma viscosity is known). These findings provide insight on the nature of conventional WSR calculation methods in underestimating microvascular WSR values.
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- Baraa K Al-Khazraji
- Department of Medical Biophysics, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medical Biophysics, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.,Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medical Biophysics, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.,Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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Drake PL, Price CA, Poot P, Veneklaas EJ. Isometric partitioning of hydraulic conductance between leaves and stems: balancing safety and efficiency in different growth forms and habitats. Plant Cell Environ 2015; 38:1628-1636. [PMID: 25641728 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2014] [Revised: 01/18/2015] [Accepted: 01/24/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Recent advances in modelling the architecture and function of the plant hydraulic network have led to improvements in predicting and interpreting the consequences of functional trait variation on CO2 uptake and water loss. We build upon one such model to make novel predictions for scaling of the total specific hydraulic conductance of leaves and shoots (kL and kSH , respectively) and variation in the partitioning of hydraulic conductance. Consistent with theory, we observed isometric (slope = 1) scaling between kL and kSH across several independently collected datasets and a lower ratio of kL and kSH , termed the leaf-to-shoot conductance ratio (CLSCR ), in arid environments and in woody species. Isometric scaling of kL and kSH supports the concept that hydraulic design is coordinated across the plant. We propose that CLSCR is an important adaptive trait that represents the trade-off between efficiency and safety at the scale of the whole plant.
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- Paul L Drake
- School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, 6009, Australia
- Centre of Excellence for Climate Change, Woodland and Forest Health, University of Western Australia, Crawley, 6009, Australia
- Department of Parks and Wildlife, Science and Conservation Division, Bentley, Western Australia, 6983, Australia
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- School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, 6009, Australia
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- School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, 6009, Australia
- Centre of Excellence for Climate Change, Woodland and Forest Health, University of Western Australia, Crawley, 6009, Australia
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- School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, 6009, Australia
- Centre of Excellence for Climate Change, Woodland and Forest Health, University of Western Australia, Crawley, 6009, Australia
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Park K, You J, Du C, Pan Y. Cranial window implantation on mouse cortex to study microvascular change induced by cocaine. Quant Imaging Med Surg 2015; 5:97-107. [PMID: 25694959 DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2223-4292.2014.11.31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2014] [Accepted: 10/31/2014] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Cocaine-induced stroke is among the most serious medical complications associated with cocaine's abuse. However, the extent to which chronic cocaine may induce silent microischemia predisposing the cerebral tissue to neurotoxicity has not been investigated; in part, because of limitations of current neuroimaging tools, that is, lack of high spatiotemporal resolution and sensitivity to simultaneously measure cerebral blood flow (CBF) in vessels of different calibers quantitatively and over a large field of view (FOV). Optical coherence tomography (OCT) technique allows us to image three dimensional (3D) cerebrovascular network (including artery, vein, and capillary), and provides high resolution angiography of the cerebral vasculature and quantitative CBF velocity (CBFv) within the individual vessels in the network. In order to monitor the neurovascular changes from an in vivo brain along with the chronic cocaine exposure, we have developed an approach of implanting a cranial window on mouse brain to achieve long-term cortical imaging. The cranial window was implanted on sensorimotor cortex area in two animal groups, i.e., control group [saline treatment, ~0.1 cc/10 g/day, intraperitoneal injection (i.p.)] and chronic cocaine group (cocaine treatment, 30 mg/kg/day i.p.). After implantation, the cortex of individual animal was periodically imaged by OCT and stereoscope to provide angiography and quantitative CBFv of the cerebral vascular network, as well as the surface imaging of the brain. We have observed vascular hemodynamic changes (i.e., CBFv changes) induced by the cranial preparation in both animal groups, including the inflammatory response of brain shortly after the surgery (i.e., <5 days) followed by wound-healing process (i.e., >5 days) in the brain. Importantly, by comparing with the control animals, the surgical-related vascular physiology changes in the cortex can be calibrated, so that the cocaine-induced hemodynamic changes in the neurovasculature can be determined in the cocaine animals. Our results demonstrate that this methodology can be used to explore the neurovascular functional changes induced by the brain diseases such as drug addiction.
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- Kicheon Park
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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Sriram K, Intaglietta M, Tartakovsky DM. Hematocrit dispersion in asymmetrically bifurcating vascular networks. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2014; 307:H1576-86. [PMID: 25217657 PMCID: PMC4255010 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00283.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2014] [Accepted: 08/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Quantitative modeling of physiological processes in vasculatures requires an accurate representation of network topology, including vessel branching. We propose a new approach for reconstruction of vascular network, which determines how vessel bifurcations distribute red blood cells (RBC) in the microcirculation. Our method follows the foundational premise of Murray's law in postulating the existence of functional optimality of such networks. It accounts for the non-Newtonian behavior of blood by allowing the apparent blood viscosity to vary with discharge hematocrit and vessel radius. The optimality criterion adopted in our approach is the physiological cost of supplying oxygen to the tissue surrounding a blood vessel. Bifurcation asymmetry is expressed in terms of the amount of oxygen consumption associated with the respective tissue volumes being supplied by each daughter vessel. The vascular networks constructed with our approach capture a number of physiological characteristics observed in in vivo studies. These include the nonuniformity of wall shear stress in the microcirculation, the significant increase in pressure gradients in the terminal sections of the network, the nonuniformity of both the hematocrit partitioning at vessel bifurcations and hematocrit across the capillary bed, and the linear relationship between the RBC flux fraction and the blood flow fraction at bifurcations.
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- Krishna Sriram
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California; and
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California; and
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Kotsinas A, Papanagnou P, Evangelou K, Trigas GC, Kostourou V, Townsend P, Gorgoulis VG. ARF: a versatile DNA damage response ally at the crossroads of development and tumorigenesis. Front Genet 2014; 5:236. [PMID: 25101116 PMCID: PMC4106421 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2014] [Accepted: 07/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Alternative reading frame (ARF) is a tumor suppressor protein that senses oncogenic and other stressogenic signals. It can trigger p53-dependent and -independent responses with cell cycle arrest and apoptosis induction being the most prominent ones. Other ARF activities, particularly p53-independent ones, that could help in understanding cancer development and provide potential therapeutic exploitation are underrated. Although ARF is generally not expressed in normal tissues, it is essential for ocular and male germ cells development. The underlying mechanism(s) in these processes, while not clearly defined, point toward a functional link between ARF, DNA damage and angiogenesis. Based on a recent study from our group demonstrating a functional interplay between ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM) and ARF during carcinogenesis, we discuss the role of ARF at the crossroads of cancer and developmental processes.
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- Athanassios Kotsinas
- Molecular Carcinogenesis Group, Department of Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine, University of Athens Athens, Greece
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- Molecular Carcinogenesis Group, Department of Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine, University of Athens Athens, Greece
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- Molecular Carcinogenesis Group, Department of Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine, University of Athens Athens, Greece
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- Molecular Carcinogenesis Group, Department of Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine, University of Athens Athens, Greece
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- Vascular Adhesion Lab, Biomedical Sciences Research Center Alexander Fleming Athens, Greece
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- Faculty Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre Manchester, UK ; Manchester Centre for Cellular Metabolism, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre Manchester, UK
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- Molecular Carcinogenesis Group, Department of Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine, University of Athens Athens, Greece ; Faculty Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre Manchester, UK ; Manchester Centre for Cellular Metabolism, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre Manchester, UK ; Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens Athens, Greece
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Takebe T, Koike N, Sekine K, Fujiwara R, Amiya T, Zheng YW, Taniguchi H. Engineering of human hepatic tissue with functional vascular networks. Organogenesis 2014; 10:260-7. [PMID: 24451152 DOI: 10.4161/org.27590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Although absolute organ shortage highlights the needs of alternative organ sources for regenerative medicine, the generation of a three-dimensional (3D) and complex vital organ, such as well-vascularized liver, remains a challenge. To this end, tissue engineering holds great promise; however, this approach is significantly limited by the failure of early vascularization in vivo after implantation. Here, we established a stable 3D in vitro pre-vascularization platform to generate human hepatic tissue after implantation in vivo. Human fetal liver cells (hFLCs) were mixed with human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) and were implanted into a collagen/fibronectin matrix composite that was used as a 3-D carrier. After a couple of days, the fluorescent HUVECs developed premature vascular networks in vitro, which were stabilized by hMSCs. The establishment of functional vessels inside the pre-vascularized constructs was proven using dextran infusion studies after implantation under a transparency cranial window. Furthermore, dynamic morphological changes during embryonic liver cell maturation were intravitaly quantified with high-resolution confocal microscope analysis. The engineered human hepatic tissue demonstrated multiple liver-specific features, both structural and functional. Our new techniques discussed here can be implemented in future clinical uses and industrial uses, such as drug testing.
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- Takanori Takebe
- Department of Regenerative Medicine; Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine; Yokohama, Japan; Advanced Medical Research Center; Yokohama City University; Yokohama, Japan; PRESTO; Japan Science and Technology Agency; Kawaguchi, Japan
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- Department of Regenerative Medicine; Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine; Yokohama, Japan; Department of Surgery; Seirei Sakura Citizen Hospital; Sakura, Japan
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- Department of Regenerative Medicine; Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine; Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Regenerative Medicine; Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine; Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Regenerative Medicine; Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine; Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Regenerative Medicine; Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine; Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Regenerative Medicine; Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine; Yokohama, Japan; Advanced Medical Research Center; Yokohama City University; Yokohama, Japan
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Nebuloni L, Kuhn GA, Müller R. A comparative analysis of water-soluble and blood-pool contrast agents for in vivo vascular imaging with micro-CT. Acad Radiol 2013; 20:1247-55. [PMID: 24029056 DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2013.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2013] [Revised: 06/04/2013] [Accepted: 06/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES In recent years, micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) has emerged as a high-resolution modality for vascular exploration in vivo. Several x-ray contrast agents for in vivo imaging are on the market and are based on different formulations. The objective of this study was to compare contrast-related and pharmacokinetic properties of a water-soluble compound containing iomeprol (Iomeron 400) and blood-pool agents (eXIA160XL, AuroVist 15 nm, and ExiTron nano 12000) for the identification of suitable in vivo vascular imaging applications. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty-four healthy C57BL/6J mice were used in this study. Iomeprol was administered with a continuous infusion protocol; the other agents as a bolus. Anatomical micro-CT was applied at the head, neck, and lower hind limb before (baseline) and immediately after contrast injection, and used to quantify contrast-related properties of the agents. Dynamic micro-CT was applied at the same regions to characterize the agents pharmacokinetics. RESULTS All contrast media revealed safe, except for eXIA160XL, which caused death in four of eight tested animals and was therefore excluded early from the study. AuroVist 15 nm provided the highest attenuation (2.33/mm) as compared to iomeprol (1.97/mm) and ExiTron nano 12000 (1.58/mm) and a maximum temporal variation of contrast of 20% after 30 minutes, but the appearance of a dark skin staining did not allow multiple injections of the agent. Iomeprol passively diffused across capillary membranes, and after 30 minutes doubled the tissue contrast with respect to its initial levels. ExiTron nano 12000 revealed temporal variations of contrast below 10% and significantly reduced clearance rates after the third consecutive injection. CONCLUSION AuroVist 15 nm is best suited for anatomical investigation of the vascular network, while the high extravasation levels of iomeprol can be exploited for perfusion analysis. ExiTron nano 12000 is indicated for use in longitudinal monitoring with repeated injections.
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Sawchuk MG, Scarpella E. Polarity, continuity, and alignment in plant vascular strands. J Integr Plant Biol 2013; 55:824-834. [PMID: 23773763 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.12086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2013] [Accepted: 06/04/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Plant vascular cells are joined end to end along uninterrupted lines to connect shoot organs with roots; vascular strands are thus polar, continuous, and internally aligned. What controls the formation of vascular strands with these properties? The "auxin canalization hypothesis"-based on positive feedback between auxin flow through a cell and the cell's capacity for auxin transport-predicts the selection of continuous files of cells that transport auxin polarly, thus accounting for the polarity and continuity of vascular strands. By contrast, polar, continuous auxin transport-though required-is insufficient to promote internal alignment of vascular strands, implicating additional factors. The auxin canalization hypothesis was derived from the response of mature tissue to auxin application but is consistent with molecular and cellular events in embryo axis formation and shoot organ development. Objections to the hypothesis have been raised based on vascular organizations in callus tissue and shoot organs but seem unsupported by available evidence. Other objections call instead for further research; yet the inductive and orienting influence of auxin on continuous vascular differentiation remains unique.
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- Megan G Sawchuk
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta, Canada, T6G 2E9
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