| Autor: |
Hushka EA; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.; BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA., Blatchley MR; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.; BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA., Macdougall LJ; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.; BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA., Yavitt FM; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.; BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA., Kirkpatrick BE; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.; BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.; Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA., Bera K; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.; BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA., Dempsey PJ; Section of Developmental Biology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Denver, CO 80045, USA., Anseth KS; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.; BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA. |
| Abstrakt: |
Initial landmark studies in the design of synthetic hydrogels for intestinal organoid culture identified 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, we exploit a fast stress relaxing, boronate ester based synthetic hydrogel for the culture of intestinal organoids, and fortuitously discover 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, we further show 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. |
