Identification of a humanized mouse model for functional testing of immune-mediated biomaterial foreign body response
Doloff, Joshua C ; Ma, Minglin ; Sadraei, Atieh ; Tam, Hok Hei ; Farah, Shady ; Hollister-Lock, Jennifer ; Vegas, Arturo J ; Veiseh, Omid ; Quiroz, Victor M ; Rakoski, Amanda ... show 9 more
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Ma, Minglin
Sadraei, Atieh
Tam, Hok Hei
Farah, Shady
Hollister-Lock, Jennifer
Vegas, Arturo J
Veiseh, Omid
Quiroz, Victor M
Rakoski, Amanda
Aresta-DaSilva, Stephanie
Bader, Andrew R
Griffin, Marissa
Weir, Gordon C
Brehm, Michael A
Shultz, Leonard D
Langer, Robert
Greiner, Dale L
Anderson, Daniel G
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Biomedical devices comprise a major component of modern medicine, however immune-mediated fibrosis and rejection can limit their function over time. Here, we describe a humanized mouse model that recapitulates fibrosis following biomaterial implantation. Cellular and cytokine responses to multiple biomaterials were evaluated across different implant sites. Human innate immune macrophages were verified as essential to biomaterial rejection in this model and were capable of cross-talk with mouse fibroblasts for collagen matrix deposition. Cytokine and cytokine receptor array analysis confirmed core signaling in the fibrotic cascade. Foreign body giant cell formation, often unobserved in mice, was also prominent. Last, high-resolution microscopy coupled with multiplexed antibody capture digital profiling analysis supplied spatial resolution of rejection responses. This model enables the study of human immune cell-mediated fibrosis and interactions with implanted biomaterials and devices.
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Doloff JC, Ma M, Sadraei A, Tam HH, Farah S, Hollister-Lock J, Vegas AJ, Veiseh O, Quiroz VM, Rakoski A, Aresta-DaSilva S, Bader AR, Griffin M, Weir GC, Brehm MA, Shultz LD, Langer R, Greiner DL, Anderson DG. Identification of a humanized mouse model for functional testing of immune-mediated biomaterial foreign body response. Sci Adv. 2023 Jun 16;9(24):eade9488. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.ade9488. Epub 2023 Jun 16. PMID: 37327334; PMCID: PMC10275594.