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Explore the molecular mechanisms underlying hair growth cellular crosstalk usingcompartmented culture model
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International audience. The process of hair shaft growth involves many cell types and the communication between them makesthe study of the hair growth cycle regulation complex. However, the actual study using conditionedmedia is time-consuming and provides information only on one-way cell signaling. Already existingcompartmentalized co-culture systems help to study indirect cell communication but most of themprovide only two compartments or do not allow a classical visualization by microscope, and oftenpresent specific application methods.This work presents a new 3D-printed insert with 4 compartments as a specific tool to investigate thecell communication of several cell types in direct or indirect interaction (Figure 1).To evaluate this compartmented insert, we compared it with a conventional cell culture usingconditioned media. We studied the effect of KORS (keratinocytes of outer root sheath) on HDMEC(human dermal microvascular endothelial cells) migration over 24h (Figure 2).The results demonstrated that the insert allows to obtain similar results on HDMEC migration1 as withconditioned media, while observing and measuring the proliferation of HDMEC in the same assay.The inserts present numerous advantages for easily setting up co-culture models and performing cellbiology functional assays (proliferation, migration, pseudotube formation, differentiation...) andbiochemical tests (extraction of DNA, RNA, protein, lipids...). Next, the new insert will allow toinvestigate the cell communication between 4 cell types of hair follicle, providing a more predictivemodel that mimics cellular and molecular events in vivo.
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