ArticleRegenerative biomaterials2026
A photo-crosslinkable hyaluronic acid-collagen hydrogel maintains epithelial integrity and supports intestinal organoid stemness.
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Organoids provide physiologically relevant platforms for disease modeling and drug screening, but their performance depends critically on the extracellular matrix (ECM). Matrigel, the current standard, suffers from undefined composition, batch-to-batch variability and limited tunability. We engineered a photo-crosslinkable hyaluronic acid-collagen (HA-collagen) composite hydrogel using riboflavin-mediated blue-light activation and examined how the collagen-to-HA ratio modulates physicochemical and biological properties. Storage modulus scaled with HA content (Col4HA1: 156 Pa; Col3HA1: 216 Pa; Col2HA1: 824 Pa vs. 6 Pa for Matrigel), and organoid formation efficiency was inversely correlated with stiffness: Col2HA1 yielded significantly fewer organoids than Matrigel, whereas Col4HA1 fell within a mechanically permissive range and supported organoid formation comparable to Matrigel. Col4HA1 retained 48.6 ± 2.3% of its mass throughout the 14-day organoid culture period, whereas Matrigel underwent complete degradation by Day 10. Organoids in Col4HA1 maintained stemness (Lgr5, Sox9) and differentiation markers (Villin), avoided stress-associated lysozyme elevation and preserved E-cadherin/β-catenin junctions and epithelial polarity. Critically, Col4HA1 sustained stable Lgr5 expression across passages, whereas Matrigel showed passage-dependent Lgr5 elevation indicative of hyperproliferative drift. The photo-crosslinkable HA-collagen hydrogel offers a chemically defined, tunable and reproducible Matrigel alternative for intestinal organoid research and regenerative-medicine applications.
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