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2014 ; 14
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Human airway musculature on a chip: an in vitro model of allergic asthmatic
bronchoconstriction and bronchodilation
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Nesmith AP
; Agarwal A
; McCain ML
; Parker KK
Lab Chip
2014[Oct]; 14
(20
): 3925-36
PMID25093641
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Many potential new asthma therapies that show promise in the pre-clinical stage
of drug development do not demonstrate efficacy during clinical trials. One
factor contributing to this problem is the lack of human-relevant models of the
airway that recapitulate the tissue-level structural and functional phenotypes of
asthma. Hence, we sought to build a model of a human airway musculature on a chip
that simulates healthy and asthmatic bronchoconstriction and bronchodilation in
vitro by engineering anisotropic, laminar bronchial smooth muscle tissue on
elastomeric thin films. In response to a cholinergic agonist, the muscle layer
contracts and induces thin film bending, which serves as an in vitro analogue for
bronchoconstriction. To mimic asthmatic inflammation, we exposed the engineered
tissues to interleukin-13, which resulted in hypercontractility and altered
relaxation in response to cholinergic challenge, similar to responses observed
clinically in asthmatic patients as well as in studies with animal tissue.
Moreover, we reversed asthmatic hypercontraction using a muscarinic antagonist
and a ?-agonist which are used clinically to relax constricted airways.
Importantly, we demonstrated that targeting RhoA-mediated contraction using
HA1077 decreased basal tone, prevented hypercontraction, and improved relaxation
of the engineered tissues exposed to IL-13. These data suggest that we can
recapitulate the structural and functional hallmarks of human asthmatic
musculature on a chip, including responses to drug treatments for evaluation of
safety and efficacy of new drugs. Further, our airway musculature on a chip
provides an important tool for enabling mechanism-based search for new
therapeutic targets through the ability to evaluate engineered muscle at the
levels of protein expression, tissue structure, and tissue function.