Journal: Bioactive Materials
Article Title: Construction, evaluation, and applications of renal barrier-on-a-chip system
doi: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2025.12.032
Figure Lengend Snippet: Representative Renal Barrier Applications. (A)A disease model of diabetic nephropathy in a glomerulus-on-a-chip microdevice. (a) GFB filtration dysfunction under high glucose conditions (b) Visualized images of migrated glomerular cells along with the GFB on 3D basement membrane in dynamic culture under high glucose conditions. The podocyte processes were observed to protrude into the 3D Matrigel over time. The white arrows represent the podocyte processes . (B) Validation of the hAKPC-P GOAC system as a diagnostic and drug screening platform. (a) The GOAC was exposed to serum from patients with other kidney diseases (FSGS, AS, PKD) to assess albumin permeability. (b) The GOAC was treated with MN serum in the presence or absence of the therapeutic drug α-MSH, and its effect on albumin leakage was evaluated . (C) Drug-induced nephrotoxicity tests of glomerulus and proximal tubule MPS. (a) Dynamic cellular images at 7 days after exposure to nephrotoxins in Drug-induced nephrotoxicity tests. (b) Glucose clearance (mL min−1) across all drug conditions . (D) Measurement of oxygen consumption rates of human renal proximal tubule cells in an array of organ-on-chip devices to monitor drug-induced metabolic shifts. (a) Bottom view of the O-MCP with 96 devices and a zoomed-in image of a single device. (b) Cross-section side view of an O-MCP device. (c) The O-MCP and corresponding measurement technique allowed single devices to be measured repeatedly or multiple devices to be measured sequentially . (E)Validation of targeted inhibition of URAT1 transporter by kaempferide based on a kidneyon-a-chip. a) Design and structure of the microfluidic chip.; b) 3D structure drawing and binding site prediction of the docking model of kaemperide and URAT1 . (F)An implantable bioreactor for renal cell therapy. (a) Bioreactor design and constituent components. (b) Relative positional relationship between the blood flow pathway and the cell culture region. c) High cell viability on cell inserts after 3- and 7- day implants .
Article Snippet: , Enabled high-throughput screening of drug-transporter interactions in a 3D microfluidic tubule model. , Mimetas OrganoPlate platform (384-well format); collagen I gel channel. , Conditionally immortalized human proximal tubule cells (ciPTEC-OAT1) , Expressed OAT1, OCT2, P-gp, MRP2/4; validated P-gp substrate efflux function. , Early-stage drug transporter interaction screening; high-throughput toxicity assessment. , [ ] .
Techniques: Filtration, Membrane, Biomarker Discovery, Diagnostic Assay, Drug discovery, Permeability, Inhibition, Binding Assay, Cell Culture