Construction of a full-thickness human corneal substitute from anterior acellular porcine corneal matrix and human corneal cells

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摘要 AIM:Toconstructfunctionalhumanfull-thicknesscornealreplacements.METHODS:Acellularporcinecornealmatrix(APCM)wasdevelopedfromporcinecorneabydecellulariztion.Thebiomechanicalpropertiesofanterior-APCM(AAPCM)andposterior-APCM(PAPCM)werecheckedusinguniaxialtensiletesting.Humancornealcellswereobtainedbycellculture.Suspendingringwasdesignedbydeformationofanacupunctureneedle.MTTcytotoxicityassaywasusedtocheckthecytotoxicityofsuspendingringsoakingsolutions.Anewthree-dimensionalorganculturesystemwasestablishedbycombinationofsuspendingring,48-wellplateandmediumtogether.Ahumanfull-thicknesscornealsubstitutewasconstructedfromhumancornealcellswithAAPCMinanorgancoculturesystem.Biochemicalmarkerexpressionoftheconstructwasmeasuredbyimmunofluorescentstainingandmorphologicalstructureswereobservedusingscanningelectronmicroscopy.Pumpfunctionandbiophysicalpropertieswereexaminedbypenetratingkeratoplastyandfollow-upclinicalobservations.RESULTS:TherewerenocellsintheAAPCMorPAPCM,whereascollagenfibers,Bowman’smembrane,andDescemet’smembranewereretained.ThebiomechanicalpropertyofAAPCMwasbetterthanPAPCM.HumancornealcellsgrewbetterontheAAPCMthanonthePAPCM.Therewasnocytotoxicityforthesuspendingringsoakingsolutions.Fortheconstructedfull-depthhumancornealreplacementskeratocytesscattereduniformlythroughouttheAAPCMandexpressedvimentin.TheepitheliallayerwaslocatedonthesurfaceofBowman’smembraneandcomposedofthreeorfourlayersofepithelialcellsexpressingcytokeratin3.OnelayerofendothelialcellscoveredthestromalsurfaceofAAPCM,expressedNa+/K+ATPaseandformedtheendotheliallayer.Theconstructwassimilartonormalhumancorneas,withmanymicrovilliontheepithelialcellsurface,stromalcellswithalongshuttleshape,andzonulaoccludensontheinterfaceofendothelialcells.Theconstructwithstoodsurgicalprocedu
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出版日期 2019年03月13日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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