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Mu X, Gerhard-Herman MD, Zhang YS. Building Blood Vessel Chips with Enhanced Physiological Relevance. ADVANCED MATERIALS TECHNOLOGIES 2023; 8:2201778. [PMID: 37693798 PMCID: PMC10489284 DOI: 10.1002/admt.202201778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2022] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
Abstract
Blood vessel chips are bioengineered microdevices, consisting of biomaterials, human cells, and microstructures, which recapitulate essential vascular structure and physiology and allow a well-controlled microenvironment and spatial-temporal readouts. Blood vessel chips afford promising opportunities to understand molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying a range of vascular diseases. The physiological relevance is key to these blood vessel chips that rely on bioinspired strategies and bioengineering approaches to translate vascular physiology into artificial units. Here, we discuss several critical aspects of vascular physiology, including morphology, material composition, mechanical properties, flow dynamics, and mass transport, which provide essential guidelines and a valuable source of bioinspiration for the rational design of blood vessel chips. We also review state-of-art blood vessel chips that exhibit important physiological features of the vessel and reveal crucial insights into the biological processes and disease pathogenesis, including rare diseases, with notable implications for drug screening and clinical trials. We envision that the advances in biomaterials, biofabrication, and stem cells improve the physiological relevance of blood vessel chips, which, along with the close collaborations between clinicians and bioengineers, enable their widespread utility.
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Affiliation(s)
- Xuan Mu
- Division of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Division of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Chen J, Zhang X, Millican R, Lynd T, Gangasani M, Malhotra S, Sherwood J, Hwang PT, Cho Y, Brott BC, Qin G, Jo H, Yoon YS, Jun HW. Recent Progress in in vitro Models for Atherosclerosis Studies. Front Cardiovasc Med 2022; 8:790529. [PMID: 35155603 PMCID: PMC8829969 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.790529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Atherosclerosis is the primary cause of hardening and narrowing arteries, leading to cardiovascular disease accounting for the high mortality in the United States. For developing effective treatments for atherosclerosis, considerable efforts have been devoted to developing in vitro models. Compared to animal models, in vitro models can provide great opportunities to obtain data more efficiently, economically. Therefore, this review discusses the recent progress in in vitro models for atherosclerosis studies, including traditional two-dimensional (2D) systems cultured on the tissue culture plate, 2D cell sheets, and recently emerged microfluidic chip models with 2D culture. In addition, advanced in vitro three-dimensional models such as spheroids, cell-laden hydrogel constructs, tissue-engineered blood vessels, and vessel-on-a-chip will also be covered. Moreover, the functions of these models are also summarized along with model discussion. Lastly, the future perspectives of this field are discussed.
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- Jun Chen
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
- Family Medicine Clinic, Obesity, Metabolism, and Nutrition Center and Research Institute of Convergence of Biomedical Science and Technology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, South Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
- Endomimetics, LLC., Birmingham, AL, United States
- Division of Cardiovascular Disease, School of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
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- Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
- Severance Biomedical Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States
- Endomimetics, LLC., Birmingham, AL, United States
- *Correspondence: Ho-Wook Jun
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Zhang X, Guan G, Wang Z, Lv L, Chávez-Madero C, Chen M, Yan Z, Yan S, Wang L, Li Q. Drug release evaluation of Paclitaxel/Poly-L-Lactic acid nanoparticles based on a microfluidic chip. Biomed Microdevices 2021; 23:57. [PMID: 34762163 DOI: 10.1007/s10544-021-00596-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
Paclitaxel is a commonly used drug in the medical field because of its strong anticancer effect. However, it may produce relatively severe side effects (i.e., allergic reactions). A major characteristic of paclitaxel is low solubility in water. Special solvents are used for dissolving paclitaxel and preparing the paclitaxel drugs, while the solvents themselves will cause certain effects. Polyoxyethylene castor oil, for example, can cause severe allergic reactions in some people, and the clinical use is limited. In this study, we developed a new Paclitaxel/Poly-L-Lactic Acid (PLLA) nanoparticle drug, which is greatly soluble in water, and carried out in vitro drug sustained release research on it and the original paclitaxel drug. However, because the traditional polymer drug carrier usually uses dialysis bag and thermostatic oscillation system to measure the drug release degree in vitro, the results obtained are greatly different from the actual drug release results in human body. Therefore, this paper adopts the microfluidic chip we previously developed to mimic the human blood vessels microenvironment to study the sustained-release of Paclitaxel/PLLA nanoparticles to make the results closer to the release value in human body. The experimental results showed that compared with the original paclitaxel drug, Paclitaxel/PLLA nanoparticles have a long-sustained release time and a slow drug release, realizing the sustained low-dose release of paclitaxel, a cell cycle-specific anticancer drug, and provided certain reference significance and theoretical basis for the research and development of anticancer drugs.
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- Xiang Zhang
- School of Mechanics & Safety Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China. .,Division of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA. .,National Center for International Joint Research of Micro-Nano Molding Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China. .,Key Laboratory for Micro Molding Technology of Henan Province, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China.
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- School of Mechanics & Safety Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China.,National Center for International Joint Research of Micro-Nano Molding Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China.,Key Laboratory for Micro Molding Technology of Henan Province, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- School of Mechanics & Safety Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China.,National Center for International Joint Research of Micro-Nano Molding Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China.,Key Laboratory for Micro Molding Technology of Henan Province, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- Division of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.,Department of Pharmacy, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510120, China
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- Division of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.,Departamento de Ingeniería Mecatrónica Y Electrónica, Escuela de Ingeniería Y Ciencias, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, 64849, NL, México
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- Division of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.,Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200011, China
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- School of Mechanics & Safety Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China.,National Center for International Joint Research of Micro-Nano Molding Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China.,Key Laboratory for Micro Molding Technology of Henan Province, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- School of Mechanics & Safety Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China.,National Center for International Joint Research of Micro-Nano Molding Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China.,Key Laboratory for Micro Molding Technology of Henan Province, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- School of Mechanics & Safety Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China.,National Center for International Joint Research of Micro-Nano Molding Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China.,Key Laboratory for Micro Molding Technology of Henan Province, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- School of Mechanics & Safety Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China. .,National Center for International Joint Research of Micro-Nano Molding Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China. .,Key Laboratory for Micro Molding Technology of Henan Province, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China.
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