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ArticleAdvanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)2025

Fully Synthetic Hydrogels Promote Robust Crypt Formation in Intestinal Organoids.

Ella A Hushka, Michael R Blatchley, Laura J Macdougall, F Max Yavitt, Bruce E Kirkpatrick, Kaustav Bera, Peter J Dempsey, Kristi S Anseth

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Article in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Ella A HushkaDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA.
Michael R BlatchleyDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA.
Laura J MacdougallDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA.
F Max YavittDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA.
Bruce E KirkpatrickDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA.
Kaustav BeraDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA.
Peter J DempseySection of Developmental Biology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, 80045, USA.
Kristi S AnsethDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5725-5691

Funding

University of Colorado Cancer Center Support Grant - Lung Cancer Patient-Derived Xenografts with Autologous Human Immune SystemsP30CA046934 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI James V Degregori · 1988 to 2026
$117.0M
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus DRCP30DK116073 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI LORI SUSSEL · 2020 to 2026
$10.8M
Synthetic hydrogels to study formation and maintenance of intestinal cryptsR01DK120921 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI KRISTI S. ANSETH, PETER J DEMPSEY · 2019 to 2026
$3.8M
4D controllable extracellular matrix properties to guide iPSC-derived intestinal organoid fate and formR00DK135907 · NIDDK · SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY · PI Michael Blatchley · 2024 to 2026
$747k
Understanding the intestinal regenerative response using patterned organoids in photo-tunable PEG hydrogelsF31DK126427 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI YAVITT, MAX · 2021 to 2023
$114k
4D controllable extracellular matrix properties to guide iPSC-derived intestinal organoid fate and formK99DK135907 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI BLATCHLEY, MICHAEL · 2023 to 2023
$90k
DARPA grantDefense Sciences Office, DARPA W911NF-19-2-004National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program DGE 2040434National Science Foundation RECODE 2033723NCI NIH HHS P30 CA046934NIDDK NIH HHS F31 DK126427NIDDK NIH HHS K99 DK135907NIDDK NIH HHS K99 DK135907-01 (M.R.B.)NIDDK NIH HHS P30-CA046934 (P.J.D.)NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK116073NIDDK NIH HHS P30-DK116073 (P.J.D.)NIDDK NIH HHS R00 DK135907NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK120921NIDDK NIH HHS R01DK120921 (K.S.A.)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Initial landmark studies in the design of synthetic hydrogels for intestinal organoid culture identify precise matrix requirements for differentiation, namely decompression of matrix-imposed forces and supplementation of laminin. But beyond stating the necessity of laminin, organoid-laminin interactions have gone largely unstudied, as this ubiquitous requirement of exogenous laminin hinders investigation. In this work, a fast stress relaxing, boronate ester-based synthetic hydrogel is used for the culture of intestinal organoids, and it is fortuitously discovered that unlike all other synthetic hydrogels to date, laminin does not need to be supplemented for crypt formation. This highly defined material provides a unique opportunity to investigate laminin-organoid interactions and how it influences crypt evolution and organoid function. Via fluorescent labeling of non-canonical amino acids, it is further shown that adaptable boronate ester bonds increase deposition of nascent proteins, including laminin. Collectively, these results advance the understanding of how mechanical and matricellular signaling influence intestinal organoid development.

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HydrogelsIntestinesOrganoidsAnimalsLamininMiceHydrogelsLamininbiomaterialsextracellular matrixintestinal organoidslamininstress relaxing hydrogels

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PMID40817630
PMCPMC12412419

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