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Martini, Stefania; Drzeniek, Norman Michael; Stark, Regina; Kollert, Matthias Reiner; Du, Weijie; Reinke, Simon; Ort, Melanie; Hardt, Sebastian; Kotko, Iuliia; Kath, Jonas; Schlickeiser, Stephan; Geißler, Sven; Wagner, Dimitrios Laurin; Krebs, Anna-Catharina; Volk, Hans-Dieter

Long-term in vitro maintenance of plasma cells in a hydrogel-enclosed human bone marrow microphysiological 3D model system

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  • Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Long-term in vitro maintenance of plasma cells in a hydrogel-enclosed human bone marrow microphysiological 3D model system
  • Contributor: Martini, Stefania; Drzeniek, Norman Michael; Stark, Regina; Kollert, Matthias Reiner; Du, Weijie; Reinke, Simon; Ort, Melanie; Hardt, Sebastian; Kotko, Iuliia; Kath, Jonas; Schlickeiser, Stephan; Geißler, Sven; Wagner, Dimitrios Laurin; Krebs, Anna-Catharina; Volk, Hans-Dieter
  • Published: IOP Publishing, 2024
  • Published in: Biofabrication, 16 (2024) 4, Seite 045005
  • Language: Without Specification
  • DOI: 10.1088/1758-5090/ad5dfe
  • ISSN: 1758-5082; 1758-5090
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  • Description: Abstract Plasma cells (PCs) in bone marrow (BM) play an important role in both protective and pathogenic humoral immune responses, e.g. in various malignant and non-malignant diseases such as multiple myeloma, primary and secondary immunodeficiencies and autoimmune diseases. Dedicated microenvironmental niches in the BM provide PCs with biomechanical and soluble factors that support their long-term survival. There is a high need for appropriate and robust model systems to better understand PCs biology, to develop new therapeutic strategies for PCs-related diseases and perform targeted preclinical studies with high predictive value. Most preclinical data have been derived from in vivo studies in mice, as in vitro studies of human PCs are limited due to restricted survival and functionality in conventional 2D cultures that do not reflect the unique niche architecture of the BM. We have developed a microphysiological, dynamic 3D BM culture system (BM-MPS) based on human primary tissue (femoral biopsies), mechanically supported by a hydrogel scaffold casing. While a bioinert agarose casing did not support PCs survival, a photo-crosslinked collagen-hyaluronic acid (Col-HA) hydrogel preserved the native BM niche architecture and allowed PCs survival in vitro for up to 2 weeks. Further, the Col-HA hydrogel was permissive to lymphocyte migration into the microphysiological system´s circulation. Long-term PCs survival was related to the stable presence in the culture of soluble factors, as APRIL, BAFF, and IL-6. Increasing immunoglobulins concentrations in the medium confirm their functionality over culture time. To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first report of successful long-term maintenance of primary-derived non-malignant PCs in vitro. Our innovative model system is suitable for in-depth in vitro studies of human PCs regulation and exploration of targeted therapeutic approaches such as CAR-T cell therapy or biologics.