Explore the molecular mechanisms underlying hair growth cellular crosstalk using compartmented culture model
Résumé
The process of hair shaft growth involves many cell types and the communication between them makes
the study of the hair growth cycle regulation complex. However, the actual study using conditioned
media is time-consuming and provides information only on one-way cell signaling. Already existing
compartmentalized co-culture systems help to study indirect cell communication but most of them
provide only two compartments or do not allow a classical visualization by microscope, and often
present specific application methods.
This work presents a new 3D-printed insert with 4 compartments as a specific tool to investigate the
cell communication of several cell types in direct or indirect interaction (Figure 1).
To evaluate this compartmented insert, we compared it with a conventional cell culture using
conditioned media. We studied the effect of KORS (keratinocytes of outer root sheath) on HDMEC
(human dermal microvascular endothelial cells) migration over 24h (Figure 2).
The results demonstrated that the insert allows to obtain similar results on HDMEC migration1 as with
conditioned media, while observing and measuring the proliferation of HDMEC in the same assay.
The inserts present numerous advantages for easily setting up co-culture models and performing cell
biology functional assays (proliferation, migration, pseudotube formation, differentiation...) and
biochemical tests (extraction of DNA, RNA, protein, lipids...). Next, the new insert will allow to
investigate the cell communication between 4 cell types of hair follicle, providing a more predictive
model that mimics cellular and molecular events in vivo.
Domaines
Biochimie, Biologie Moléculaire
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