AIM: To demonstrate the morphology and structure of in vitro reconstructed tissue-engineered human corneal epithelium (TE-HCEP) with seeder cells from an untransfected HCEP cell line. METHODS: The TE-HCEPs were recons...AIM: To demonstrate the morphology and structure of in vitro reconstructed tissue-engineered human corneal epithelium (TE-HCEP) with seeder cells from an untransfected HCEP cell line. METHODS: The TE-HCEPs were reconstructed in vitro with seeder cells from an untransfected HCEP cell line, and scaffold carriers of denuded amniotic membrane (dAM) in air-liquid interface culture for 3, 5, 7 and 9 days, respectively. The specimens were examined with hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining of paraffin-section, immunocytochemical staining, scanning and transmission electron microscopy. RESULTS: During in vitro reconstruction of TE-HCEP, HCEP cells formed a 3-4, 6-7 and 8-10 layers of an HCEP-like structure on dAMs in air-liquid interface culture for 3, 5 and 7 days, respectively. But the cells deceased to 5-6 layers and the structure of straified epithelium became loose at day 9. And the cells maintained positive expression of marker proteins (keratin 3 and keratin 12), cell-junction proteins (zonula occludens-1, E-cadherin, connexin 43 and integrin beta 1) and membrane transport protein of Na+-K+ ATPase. The HCEP cells in TE-HCEP were rich in microvilli on apical surface and established numerous cell-cell and cell-dAM junctions at day 5. CONCLUSION: The morphology and structure of the reconstructed TE-HCEP were similar to those of HCEP in vivo. The HCEP cells in the reconstructed TE-HCEP maintained the properties of HCEP cells, including abilities of forming intercellular and cell-extracellular matrix junctions and abilities of performing membrane transportation. The untransfected HCEP cells and dAMs could promisingly be used in reconstruction HCEP equivalent for clinical corneal epithelium transplantation.展开更多
目的:组织工程人角膜内皮(tissue-engineered human corneal endothelia,TE-HCE)的体外重建及其形态结构。方法:用有限稀释法从HCE细胞系筛选出单克隆细胞(mcHCE细胞),用常规染色体标本制作和核型分类学方法进行核型分析。用羊膜的胰酶...目的:组织工程人角膜内皮(tissue-engineered human corneal endothelia,TE-HCE)的体外重建及其形态结构。方法:用有限稀释法从HCE细胞系筛选出单克隆细胞(mcHCE细胞),用常规染色体标本制作和核型分类学方法进行核型分析。用羊膜的胰酶倒置消化和细胞外基质蛋白包被方法制备去上皮层修饰羊膜(mdAM)。以核型正常的对数期mcHCE细胞为种子细胞,以平铺于24孔培养板孔底的mdAM为载体支架,用200mL/L胎牛血清-DMEM/F12培养液在37℃,50mL/LCO2培养箱中进行TE-HCE的体外重建。用茜素红染色、冰冻切片HE染色、倒置显微镜和扫描电镜观察种子细胞的形态、细胞连接的形成情况、细胞单层的完整性及其与mdAM结合的紧密程度。用透射电镜方法鉴定种子细胞的超微结构以及细胞连接的形成情况。用免疫荧光技术检测种子细胞对不同细胞连接蛋白的表达模式。结果:从非转染HCE细胞系中筛选出了7个核型正常(2n=46)的单克隆细胞株。在启动重建30h后,mcHCE种子细胞在mdAM上形成了完整的细胞单层,细胞密度高达3413/mm2。HCE细胞呈多角形细胞形态,形成了完整的细胞单层,且在细胞-细胞以及细胞-mdAM间形成了多种细胞连接,种子细胞在超微结构上与在体HCE细胞类似,胞质中含有许多线粒体,并具有紧密连接蛋白-1、钙黏蛋白、间隙连接蛋白-43和整联蛋白αv/β5的阳性表达。结论:体外重建的TE-HCE在结构和功能上与在体HCE相似,有望作为HCE的替代物用于临床角膜内皮移植。展开更多
基金Supported by National High Technology Research and Development Program("863" Program) of China(No.2006AA02A132)
文摘AIM: To demonstrate the morphology and structure of in vitro reconstructed tissue-engineered human corneal epithelium (TE-HCEP) with seeder cells from an untransfected HCEP cell line. METHODS: The TE-HCEPs were reconstructed in vitro with seeder cells from an untransfected HCEP cell line, and scaffold carriers of denuded amniotic membrane (dAM) in air-liquid interface culture for 3, 5, 7 and 9 days, respectively. The specimens were examined with hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining of paraffin-section, immunocytochemical staining, scanning and transmission electron microscopy. RESULTS: During in vitro reconstruction of TE-HCEP, HCEP cells formed a 3-4, 6-7 and 8-10 layers of an HCEP-like structure on dAMs in air-liquid interface culture for 3, 5 and 7 days, respectively. But the cells deceased to 5-6 layers and the structure of straified epithelium became loose at day 9. And the cells maintained positive expression of marker proteins (keratin 3 and keratin 12), cell-junction proteins (zonula occludens-1, E-cadherin, connexin 43 and integrin beta 1) and membrane transport protein of Na+-K+ ATPase. The HCEP cells in TE-HCEP were rich in microvilli on apical surface and established numerous cell-cell and cell-dAM junctions at day 5. CONCLUSION: The morphology and structure of the reconstructed TE-HCEP were similar to those of HCEP in vivo. The HCEP cells in the reconstructed TE-HCEP maintained the properties of HCEP cells, including abilities of forming intercellular and cell-extracellular matrix junctions and abilities of performing membrane transportation. The untransfected HCEP cells and dAMs could promisingly be used in reconstruction HCEP equivalent for clinical corneal epithelium transplantation.
文摘目的:组织工程人角膜内皮(tissue-engineered human corneal endothelia,TE-HCE)的体外重建及其形态结构。方法:用有限稀释法从HCE细胞系筛选出单克隆细胞(mcHCE细胞),用常规染色体标本制作和核型分类学方法进行核型分析。用羊膜的胰酶倒置消化和细胞外基质蛋白包被方法制备去上皮层修饰羊膜(mdAM)。以核型正常的对数期mcHCE细胞为种子细胞,以平铺于24孔培养板孔底的mdAM为载体支架,用200mL/L胎牛血清-DMEM/F12培养液在37℃,50mL/LCO2培养箱中进行TE-HCE的体外重建。用茜素红染色、冰冻切片HE染色、倒置显微镜和扫描电镜观察种子细胞的形态、细胞连接的形成情况、细胞单层的完整性及其与mdAM结合的紧密程度。用透射电镜方法鉴定种子细胞的超微结构以及细胞连接的形成情况。用免疫荧光技术检测种子细胞对不同细胞连接蛋白的表达模式。结果:从非转染HCE细胞系中筛选出了7个核型正常(2n=46)的单克隆细胞株。在启动重建30h后,mcHCE种子细胞在mdAM上形成了完整的细胞单层,细胞密度高达3413/mm2。HCE细胞呈多角形细胞形态,形成了完整的细胞单层,且在细胞-细胞以及细胞-mdAM间形成了多种细胞连接,种子细胞在超微结构上与在体HCE细胞类似,胞质中含有许多线粒体,并具有紧密连接蛋白-1、钙黏蛋白、间隙连接蛋白-43和整联蛋白αv/β5的阳性表达。结论:体外重建的TE-HCE在结构和功能上与在体HCE相似,有望作为HCE的替代物用于临床角膜内皮移植。