Nature communications · 2017
A microfluidic culture model of the human reproductive tract and 28-day menstrual cycle.
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Xiao Shuo, Coppeta Jonathan R, Rogers Hunter B, Isenberg Brett C, Zhu Jie, Olalekan Susan A, McKinnon Kelly E, Dokic Danijela, Rashedi Alexandra S, Haisenleder Daniel J, Malpani Saurabh S, Arnold-Murray Chanel A, Chen Kuanwei, Jiang Mingyang, Bai Lu, Nguyen Catherine T, Zhang Jiyang, Laronda Monica M, Hope Thomas J, Maniar Kruti P, Pavone Mary Ellen, Avram Michael J, Sefton Elizabeth C, Getsios Spiro, Burdette Joanna E, Kim J Julie, Borenstein Jeffrey T, Woodruff Teresa K
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The endocrine system dynamically controls tissue differentiation and homeostasis, but has not been studied using dynamic tissue culture paradigms. Here we show that a microfluidic system supports murine ovarian follicles to produce the human 28-day menstrual cycle hormone profile, which controls human female reproductive tract and peripheral tissue dynamics in single, dual and multiple unit microfluidic platforms (Solo-MFP, Duet-MFP and Quintet-MPF, respectively). These systems simulate the in vivo female reproductive tract and the endocrine loops between organ modules for the ovary, fallopian tube, uterus, cervix and liver, with a sustained circulating flow between all tissues. The reproductive tract tissues and peripheral organs integrated into a microfluidic platform, termed EVATAR, represents a powerful new in vitro tool that allows organ-organ integration of hormonal signalling as a phenocopy of menstrual cycle and pregnancy-like endocrine loops and has great potential to be used in drug discovery and toxicology studies.