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Epithelial folding of alveolar cells derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells on artificial basement membrane

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Epithelial folding depends on mechanical properties of both epithelial cells and underlying basement membrane (BM). While folding is essential for tissue morphogenesis and functions, it is difficult to recapitulate features of a growing epithelial monolayer for in vitro modeling due to lack of in vivo like BM. Herein, we report a method to overcome this difficulty by culturing on an artificial basement membrane (ABM) the primordial lung progenitors (PLPs) from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs). The ABM was achieved by self-assembling collagen IV and laminin, the two principal natural BM proteins, in the pores of a monolayer of crosslinked gelatin nanofibers deposited on a honeycomb micro-frame. The hiPSC-PLPs were seeded on the ABM for alveolar differentiation under submerged and air-liquid interface culture conditions. As results, the forces generated by the growing epithelial monolayer led to a geometry-dependent folding. Analysis of strain distribution in a clamped membrane provided instrumental insights into some of the observed phenomena. Moreover, the forces generated by the growing epithelial layer led to a high-level expression of surfactant protein C and a high percentage of aquaporin 5 positive cells compared with the results obtained with a nanofiber-covered bulk substrate. Thus, this work demonstrated the importance of recapitulating natural BM for advanced epithelial modeling.
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hal-03818519 , version 1 (18-10-2022)

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Elrade Rofaani, Yong He, Juan Peng, Yong Chen. Epithelial folding of alveolar cells derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells on artificial basement membrane. Acta Biomaterialia, In press, ⟨10.1016/j.actbio.2022.03.022⟩. ⟨hal-03818519⟩
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