Journal
BIOFABRICATION
Volume 11, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1758-5090/aaf9fa
Keywords
cell-printing technology; biliary system; 3D liver-on-a-chip
Funding
- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Korea government (MSIP) [2010-0018294]
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To overcome the drawbacks of in vitro liver testing during drug development, numerous liver-on-achip models have been developed. However, current liver-on-a-chip technologies are labor-intensive, lack extracellular matrix (ECM) essential for liver cells, and lack a biliary system essential for excreting bile acids, which contribute to intestinal digestion but are known to be toxic to hepatocytes. Therefore, fabrication methods for development of liver-on-a-chip models that overcome the above limitations are required. Cell-printing technology enables construction of complex 3D structures with multiple cell types and biomaterials. Weused cell-printing to develop a 3D liver-on-a-chip with multiple cell types for co-culture of liver cells, liver decellularizedECMbioink for a 3D microenvironment, and vascular/biliary fluidic channels for creating vascular and biliary systems. A chip with a biliary fluidic channel induced better biliary system creation and liver-specific gene expression and functions compared to a chip without a biliary system. Further, the 3D liver-on-a-chip showed better functionalities than 2D or 3D cultures. The chip was evaluated using acetaminophen and it showed an effective drug response. In summary, our results demonstrate that the 3D liver-on-a-chip we developed is promising in vitro liver test platform for drug discovery.
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