Journal
ACTA BIOMATERIALIA
Volume 61, Issue -, Pages 124-133Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2017.07.041
Keywords
Human amniotic membrane; Tissue decellularisation; Limbal stern cell culture; Brillouin microscopy
Funding
- MRC UK [G0900879]
- NIHR Newcastle BRC [BH124190]
- ERC Consolidator Fellowship [614620]
- Medical Research Council [G0301182, G0900879] Funding Source: researchfish
- National Institute for Health Research [PB-PG-1215-20037] Funding Source: researchfish
- National Institutes of Health Research (NIHR) [PB-PG-1215-20037] Funding Source: National Institutes of Health Research (NIHR)
- MRC [MC_PC_15030, G0900879] Funding Source: UKRI
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The gold standard substrate for the ex vivo expansion of human limbal stem cells (LSCs) remains the human amniotic membrane (HAM) but this is not a defined substrate and is subject to biological variability and the potential to transmit disease. To better define HAM and mitigate the risk of disease transmission, we sought to determine if decellularisation and/or gamma-irradiation have an adverse effect on culture growth and LSC phenotype. Ex vivo limbal explant cultures were set up on fresh HAM, HAM decellularised with 0.5 M NaOH, and 0.5% (w/v) sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) with or without gamma-irradiation. Explant growth rate was measured and LSC phenotype was characterised by histology, immunostaining and qRT-PCR (ABCG2, ANp63, Ki67, CK12, and CK13). Y-irradiation marginally stiffened HAM, as measured by Brillouin spectromicroscopy. HAM stiffness and gamma-irradiation did not significantly affect the LSC phenotype, however LSCs expanded significantly faster on Y-irradiated SDS decellularised HAM (p <0.05) which was also corroborated by the highest expression of Ki67 and putative LSC marker, ABCG2. Colony forming efficiency assays showed a greater yield and proportion of holoclones in cells cultured on Y-irradiated SDS decellularised HAM. Together our data indicate that SDS decellularised HAM may be a more efficacious substrate for the expansion of LSCs and the use of a gamma-irradiated HAM allows the user to start the manufacturing process with a sterile substrate, potentially making it safer. Statement of Significance Despite its disadvantages, including its biological variability and its ability to transfer disease, human amniotic membrane (HAM) remains the gold standard substrate for limbal stem cell (LSC) culture. To address these disadvantages, we used a decellularised HAM sterilised by gamma-irradiation for LSC culture. We cultured LSCs on fresh HAM, HAM decellularised with NaOH, HAM decellularised with sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and HAM decellularised with SDS and sterilised with gamma-irradiation. We demonstrated that although HAM decellularised with SDS and sterilised with gamma-irradiation is significantly stiffer this does not affect LSC culture growth rate or the phenotype of cultured LSCs. We therefore recommend the use of SDS decellularised gamma-irradiated HAM in future LSC clinical trials. (C) 2017 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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