Engineering Scalable Vascularized Kidney Organoids for in vivo Glomerular Filtration with Human Endothelial Integration
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ABSTRACT: We tested the effects of dynamic cell culture environments in stirred bioreactors (STR) using human kidney organoids. Enhanced glomerular vascularization was observed.
Project description:comparison of human pluripotent stem cell aggregates from Batch (BA) and Cyclic-Perfusion (CPAs) feeding generated in stirred bioreactors.
Project description:Our objective is to monitor glomerular filtration rate (GFR)during the perioperative phase of patients undergoing robotic surgery for rectum or large bowel cancers. We will use both a single injection and a continuous infusion of iohexol to measure kidney function for 72 hours after surgery.
Project description:Comparison of gene expression profile of human pluripotent stem cells (clone hCBiPS2) expanded in batch-fed and perfusion stirred bioreactors after 0, 3 and 7 days.
Project description:Comparison of gene expression profile of human pluripotent stem cells (hHSC_F1285T_iPS2) expanded in perfused stirred tank bioreactors after 3 and 7 days compared to 2D precultures (day 0)
Project description:Nature exploits cage-like proteins for a variety of biological purposes from molecular packaging and cargo delivery to catalysis. These cage-like proteins are of immense importance in nanomedicine due to their propensity to self-assemble from simple identical building blocks to highly-ordered architecture and the design flexibility afforded by protein engineering. However, delivery of protein nanocages to the renal tubules remains a major challenge because of the glomerular filtration barrier, which effectively excludes conventional size nanocages. Here we show that DNA-binding Protein from Starved cells (Dps)—the extremely small archaeal antioxidant nanocage—is able to cross the glomerular filtration barrier and is endocytosed by the renal proximal tubules. Using a model of endotoxemia, we present an example of the way in which proximal tubule-selective Dps nanocage can limit the degree of endotoxin-induced kidney injury. This was accomplished by amplifying the endogenous antioxidant property of Dps with addition of a dinuclear manganese cluster. Dps is the first-in-class, protein cage nanoparticle that can be targeted to renal proximal tubules through glomerular filtration. In addition to its therapeutic potential, chemical and genetic engineering of Dps will offer a novel nanoplatform to advance our understanding of the physiology and pathophysiology of glomerular filtration and tubular endocytosis.
Project description:Glomerular endothelial cells were cultured in normal condition and treated or not with microvesicles derived from endothelial progenitor cells. mRNA profiling of glomerular endothelial cells , treated with MVs, was analyzed after normalization with mRNA profiling of untreated cells.