ArticleFluids and barriers of the CNS2019
Role of iPSC-derived pericytes on barrier function of iPSC-derived brain microvascular endothelial cells in 2D and 3D.
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- Transcriptional Responses of In Vitro Blood-Brain Barrier Models to Shear Stress.Biomolecules · 2025Article
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- Tissue-Engineered Microvessels: A Review of Current Engineering Strategies and Applications.Advanced healthcare materials · 2024Review
- HumanTissue barriers · 2024Review
- Co-Culture Models: Key Players in In Vitro Neurotoxicity, Neurodegeneration and BBB Modeling Studies.Biomedicines · 2024Review
- Pericytes Enrich the Basement Membrane and Reduce Neutrophil Transmigration in an In Vitro Model of Peripheral Inflammation at the Blood-Brain Barrier.Biomaterials research · 2024Article
- Simple design for membrane-free microphysiological systems to model the blood-tissue barriers.Organs-on-a-chip · 2023Article
- A Perfused In Vitro Human iPSC-Derived Blood-Brain Barrier Faithfully Mimics Transferrin Receptor-Mediated Transcytosis of Therapeutic Antibodies.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2023Article
- Human isogenic cells of the neurovascular unit exert transcriptomic cell type-specific effects on a blood-brain barrier in vitro model of late-onset Alzheimer disease.Fluids and barriers of the CNS · 2023Article
- Simple Design for Membrane-Free Microphysiological Systems to Model the Blood-Tissue Barriers.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundPericytes of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) are embedded within basement membrane between brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMECs) and astrocyte end-feet. Despite the direct cell-cell contact observed in vivo, most in vitro BBB models introduce an artificial membrane that separates pericytes from BMECs. In this study, we investigated the effects of pericytes on BMEC barrier function across a range of in vitro platforms with varied spatial orientations and levels of cell-cell contact.
methodsWe differentiated RFP-pericytes and GFP-BMECs from hiPSCs and monitored transendothelial electrical resistance (TEER) across BMECs on transwell inserts while pericytes were either directly co-cultured on the membrane, indirectly co-cultured in the basolateral chamber, or embedded in a collagen I gel formed on the transwell membrane. We then incorporated pericytes into a tissue-engineered microvessel model of the BBB and measured pericyte motility and microvessel permeability.
resultsWe found that BMEC monolayers did not require co-culture with pericytes to achieve physiological TEER values (> 1500 Ω cm
conclusionsWe demonstrated that monocultured BMECs do not require co-culture to achieve physiological TEER, but that suboptimal TEER in stressed monolayers can be increased through co-culture with hiPSC-derived pericytes or conditioned media. We also developed the first BBB microvessel model using exclusively hiPSC-derived BMECs and pericytes, which could be used to examine vascular dysfunction in the human CNS.
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