Volumetric Bioprinting of Organoids and Optically Tuned Hydrogels to Build Liver‐Like Metabolic Biofactories

Organ‐ and tissue‐level biological functions are intimately linked to microscale cell–cell interactions and to the overarching tissue architecture. Together, biofabrication and organoid technologies offer the unique potential to engineer multi‐scale living constructs, with cellular microenvironments...

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Veröffentlicht in:Advanced materials (Weinheim) 2022-04, Vol.34 (15), p.e2110054-n/a
Hauptverfasser: Bernal, Paulina Nuñez, Bouwmeester, Manon, Madrid‐Wolff, Jorge, Falandt, Marc, Florczak, Sammy, Rodriguez, Nuria Ginés, Li, Yang, Größbacher, Gabriel, Samsom, Roos‐Anne, van Wolferen, Monique, van der Laan, Luc J. W., Delrot, Paul, Loterie, Damien, Malda, Jos, Moser, Christophe, Spee, Bart, Levato, Riccardo
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Zusammenfassung:Organ‐ and tissue‐level biological functions are intimately linked to microscale cell–cell interactions and to the overarching tissue architecture. Together, biofabrication and organoid technologies offer the unique potential to engineer multi‐scale living constructs, with cellular microenvironments formed by stem cell self‐assembled structures embedded in customizable bioprinted geometries. This study introduces the volumetric bioprinting of complex organoid‐laden constructs, which capture key functions of the human liver. Volumetric bioprinting via optical tomography shapes organoid‐laden gelatin hydrogels into complex centimeter‐scale 3D structures in under 20 s. Optically tuned bioresins enable refractive index matching of specific intracellular structures, countering the disruptive impact of cell‐mediated light scattering on printing resolution. This layerless, nozzle‐free technique poses no harmful mechanical stresses on organoids, resulting in superior viability and morphology preservation post‐printing. Bioprinted organoids undergo hepatocytic differentiation showing albumin synthesis, liver‐specific enzyme activity, and remarkably acquired native‐like polarization. Organoids embedded within low stiffness gelatins (
ISSN:0935-9648
1521-4095
DOI:10.1002/adma.202110054