Development of a perfusion platform for dynamic cultivation of in vitro skin models

Item Type:	Article
Title:	Development of a perfusion platform for dynamic cultivation of in vitro skin models
Creators Name:	Strüver, K. and Friess, W. and Hedtrich, S.
Abstract:	Reconstructed skin models are suitable test systems for toxicity testing and for basic investigations on (patho-)physiological aspects of human skin. Reconstructed human skin, however, has clear limitations such as the lack of immune cells and a significantly weaker skin barrier function compared to native human skin. Potential reasons for the latter might be the lack of mechanical forces during skin model cultivation which is performed classically in static well-plate setups. Mechanical forces and shear stress have a major impact on tissue formation and, hence, tissue engineering. In the present work, a perfusion platform was developed allowing dynamic cultivation of in vitro skin models. The platform was designed to cultivate reconstructed skin at the air-liquid interface with a laminar and continuous medium flow below the dermis equivalent. Histological investigations confirmed the formation of a significantly thicker stratum corneum compared to the control cultivated under static conditions. Moreover, the skin differentiation markers involucrin and filaggrin as well as the tight junction proteins claudin 1 and occludin showed increased expression in the dynamically cultured skin models. Unexpectedly, despite improved differentiation, the skin barrier function of the dynamically cultivated skin models was not enhanced compared with the skin models cultivated under static conditions.
Keywords:	Skin Models, Dynamic Perfusion Platform, Skin Barrier, Function, Shear Stress, Animals, Cattle
Source:	Skin pharmacology and physiology
ISSN:	1660-5535
Publisher:	Karger
Volume:	30
Number:	4
Page Range:	180-189
Date:	August 2017
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1159/000476071
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