Engineering a Tumor Microenvironment-Mimetic Niche for Tissue Regeneration with Xenogeneic Cancer Cells

Overview

Journal Adv Sci (Weinh)

Specialty Biomedical Engineering

Date 2018 Mar 30

PMID 29593968

Citations 5

Authors

Zhenzhen Wang

Chunming Wang

Ayipaxia Abudukeremu

Xiaying Rui

Shang Liu

Xiaoyi Zhang

Min Zhang

Junfeng Zhang

Lei Dong

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Abstract

The insufficient number of cells suitable for transplantation is a long-standing problem to cell-based therapies aimed at tissue regeneration. Xenogeneic cancer cells (XCC) may be an alternative source of therapeutic cells, but their transplantation risks both immune rejection and unwanted spreading. In this study, a strategy to facilitate XCC transplantation is reported and their spreading in vivo is confined by constructing an engineering matrix that mimics the characteristics of tumor microenvironment. The data show that this matrix, a tumor homogenate-containing hydrogel (THAG), successfully creates an immunosuppressive enclave after transplantation into immunocompetent mice. XCC of different species and tissue origins seeded into THAG survive well, integrated with the host and developed the intrinsic morphology of the native tissue, without being eliminated or spreading out of the enclave. Most strikingly, immortalized human hepatocyte cells and rat β-cells loaded into THAG exert the physiological functions of the human liver and rat pancreas islets, respectively, in the mouse body. This study demonstrates a novel and feasible approach to harness the unique features of tumor development for tissue transplantation and regenerative medicine.

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