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Engineered matrix microenvironments reveal the heterogeneity of liver sinusoidal endothelial cell phenotypic responses
Fibrosis is one of the hallmarks of chronic liver disease and is associated with aberrant wound healing. Changes in the composition of the liver microenvironment during fibrosis result in a complex crosstalk of extracellular cues that promote altered behaviors in the cell types that comprise the liv...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9637025/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36345318 http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0097602 |
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author | Brougham-Cook, Aidan Kimmel, Hannah R. C. Monckton, Chase P. Owen, Daniel Khetani, Salman R. Underhill, Gregory H. |
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description | Fibrosis is one of the hallmarks of chronic liver disease and is associated with aberrant wound healing. Changes in the composition of the liver microenvironment during fibrosis result in a complex crosstalk of extracellular cues that promote altered behaviors in the cell types that comprise the liver sinusoid, particularly liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs). Recently, it has been observed that LSECs may sustain injury before other fibrogenesis-associated cells of the sinusoid, implicating LSECs as key actors in the fibrotic cascade. A high-throughput cellular microarray platform was used to deconstruct the collective influences of defined combinations of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins, substrate stiffness, and soluble factors on primary human LSEC phenotype in vitro. We observed remarkable heterogeneity in LSEC phenotype as a function of stiffness, ECM, and soluble factor context. LYVE-1 and CD-31 expressions were highest on 1 kPa substrates, and the VE-cadherin junction localization was highest on 25 kPa substrates. Also, LSECs formed distinct spatial patterns of LYVE-1 expression, with LYVE-1+ cells observed in the center of multicellular domains, and pattern size regulated by microenvironmental context. ECM composition also influenced a substantial dynamic range of expression levels for all markers, and the collagen type IV was observed to promote elevated expressions of LYVE-1, VE-cadherin, and CD-31. These studies highlight key microenvironmental regulators of LSEC phenotype and reveal unique spatial patterning of the sinusoidal marker LYVE-1. Furthermore, these data provide insight into understanding more precisely how LSECs respond to fibrotic microenvironments, which will aid drug development and identification of targets to treat liver fibrosis. |
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spelling | pubmed-96370252022-11-06 Engineered matrix microenvironments reveal the heterogeneity of liver sinusoidal endothelial cell phenotypic responses Brougham-Cook, Aidan Kimmel, Hannah R. C. Monckton, Chase P. Owen, Daniel Khetani, Salman R. Underhill, Gregory H. APL Bioeng Articles Fibrosis is one of the hallmarks of chronic liver disease and is associated with aberrant wound healing. Changes in the composition of the liver microenvironment during fibrosis result in a complex crosstalk of extracellular cues that promote altered behaviors in the cell types that comprise the liver sinusoid, particularly liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs). Recently, it has been observed that LSECs may sustain injury before other fibrogenesis-associated cells of the sinusoid, implicating LSECs as key actors in the fibrotic cascade. A high-throughput cellular microarray platform was used to deconstruct the collective influences of defined combinations of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins, substrate stiffness, and soluble factors on primary human LSEC phenotype in vitro. We observed remarkable heterogeneity in LSEC phenotype as a function of stiffness, ECM, and soluble factor context. LYVE-1 and CD-31 expressions were highest on 1 kPa substrates, and the VE-cadherin junction localization was highest on 25 kPa substrates. Also, LSECs formed distinct spatial patterns of LYVE-1 expression, with LYVE-1+ cells observed in the center of multicellular domains, and pattern size regulated by microenvironmental context. ECM composition also influenced a substantial dynamic range of expression levels for all markers, and the collagen type IV was observed to promote elevated expressions of LYVE-1, VE-cadherin, and CD-31. These studies highlight key microenvironmental regulators of LSEC phenotype and reveal unique spatial patterning of the sinusoidal marker LYVE-1. Furthermore, these data provide insight into understanding more precisely how LSECs respond to fibrotic microenvironments, which will aid drug development and identification of targets to treat liver fibrosis. AIP Publishing LLC 2022-11-04 /pmc/articles/PMC9637025/ /pubmed/36345318 http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0097602 Text en © 2022 Author(s). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/All article content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ). |
spellingShingle | Articles Brougham-Cook, Aidan Kimmel, Hannah R. C. Monckton, Chase P. Owen, Daniel Khetani, Salman R. Underhill, Gregory H. Engineered matrix microenvironments reveal the heterogeneity of liver sinusoidal endothelial cell phenotypic responses |
title | Engineered matrix microenvironments reveal the heterogeneity of liver sinusoidal endothelial cell phenotypic responses |
title_full | Engineered matrix microenvironments reveal the heterogeneity of liver sinusoidal endothelial cell phenotypic responses |
title_fullStr | Engineered matrix microenvironments reveal the heterogeneity of liver sinusoidal endothelial cell phenotypic responses |
title_full_unstemmed | Engineered matrix microenvironments reveal the heterogeneity of liver sinusoidal endothelial cell phenotypic responses |
title_short | Engineered matrix microenvironments reveal the heterogeneity of liver sinusoidal endothelial cell phenotypic responses |
title_sort | engineered matrix microenvironments reveal the heterogeneity of liver sinusoidal endothelial cell phenotypic responses |
topic | Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9637025/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36345318 http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0097602 |
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