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Self-organization of human iPS cells into trophectoderm mimicking cysts induced by adhesion restriction using microstructured mesh scaffolds.

Cellular dynamics leading to the formation of the trophectoderm in humans remain poorly understood owing to limited accessibility to human embryos for research into early human embryogenesis. Compared to animal models, organoids formed by self-organization of stem cells in vitro may provide better insights into differentiation and complex morphogenetic processes occurring during early human embryogenesis. Here we demonstrate that modulating the cell culture microenvironment alone can trigger self-organization of human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) to yield trophectoderm-mimicking cysts without chemical induction. To modulate the adhesion microenvironment, we used the mesh culture technique recently developed by our group, which involves culturing hiPSCs on suspended micro-structured meshes with limited surface area for cell adhesion. We show that this adhesion-restriction strategy can trigger a two-stage self-organization of hiPSCs; first into stem cell sheets, which express pluripotency signatures until around day 8-10, then into spherical cysts following differentiation and self-organization of the sheet-forming cells. Detailed morphological analysis using immunofluorescence microscopy with both confocal and two-photon microscopes revealed the anatomy of the cysts as consisting of a squamous epithelial wall richly expressing E-cadherin and CDX2. We also confirmed that the cysts exhibit a polarized morphology with basal protrusions, which show migratory behavior when anchored. Together, our results point to the formation of cysts which morphologically resemble the trophectoderm at the late-stage blastocyst. Thus, the mesh culture microenvironment can initiate self-organization of hiPSCs into trophectoderm-mimicking cysts as organoids with potential application in the study of early embryogenesis and also in drug development.

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