Siti Fatimah Simat and Chua, Kien hui and Geok, Chin Tan and Tengku Ibrahim Azmi and Hayati Abdul Rahman (2013) Organotypic culture of human amnion cells in air-liquid interface as a potential substitute for skin regeneration. Cytotherapy, 15. pp. 1030-1041. ISSN 1465-3249
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Abstract
Background aims The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of air-liquid interface on the differentiation potential of human amnion epithelial cells (HAECs) to skin-like substitute in organotypic culture. Methods HAECs at passage 1–2 were seeded onto a fibrin layer populated with human amnion mesenchymal cells to form the organotypic cultures. The organotypic HAECs were then cultured for 7, 14 and 21 d in two types of culture system: the submerged culture and the air-liquid interface culture. Cell morphogenesis was examined under the light and electron microscopes (transmission and scanning) and analyzed by immunohistochemistry. Result Organotypic HAECs formed a single layer epithelium after 3 wk in submerged as well as air-liquid interface cultures. Ultrastructurally, desmosomes were observed in organotypic HAECs cultured in the air-liquid interface but not in the submerged culture. The presence of desmosomes marked the onset of early epidermal differentiation. Organotypic HAECs were positive against anti-CK18 and anti-CK14 in both the submerged and the air-liquid interface cultures. The co-expression of CK14 and CK18 suggested that differentiation of HAECs into skin may follow the process of embryonic skin development. However, weak expression of CK14 was observed after 2 and 3 wk of culture in air-liquid interface. CK10, involucrin, type IV collagen and laminin-5 expression was absent in organotypic HAECs. This observation reflects the initial process of embryonic epidermal differentiation and stratification. Conclusions Results from the present study suggest that the air-liquid interface could stimulate early differentiation of organotypic HAECs to epidermal cells, with a potential use for skin regeneration.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keyword: | human fibrin as a biomaterial, Organotypic culture of human amnion-derived cells, skin keratinocytes and dermal fibroblasts |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QM Human anatomy |
| Depositing User: | MDM FAUZIAH MATSIN |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Jan 2014 11:27 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Oct 2017 14:56 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/7214 |
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