Name: A Protocol for Decellularizing Mouse Cochleae for Inner Ear Tissue Engineering (Video) | JoVE Journal
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Description: Learn to decellularize and decalcify mouse cochleae for inner ear tissue engineering using this scaffold preparation method. Study cell-extracellular matrix interactions for sensory epithelium formation.

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The current project was funded by the University of Kansas Proof of Concept Fund. We would like to thank the nursing staff at KUMC (Kansas City, KS) for assisting us in obtaining human umbilical cords, and David Jorgensen for assisting with cochleae cultures.

All procedures, including animal euthanasia, were conducted according to the approved Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) protocol (ACUP #2014-2234) at the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC).
NOTE: HWJCs were isolated from human umbilical cords that were donated by patients that provided informed consent and specimens were used in accordance with the protocols approved by the University of Kansas Human Subjects Committee (KU-IRB #15402).
1. Temporal Bone Harvest and Cochlea Isolation
<ol>
	<li>Decapitate an appropriately euthanized, 15-week-old mouse by cutting between the skull and first cervical vertebra with a sharp pair of surgical scissors, then spray down the head with 70% ethanol to disinfect (Figure 1A).</li>
	<li>Bisect the skull in a mid-sagittal plane using the same sharp pair of surgical scissors (Figure 1B-C, dashed lines).</li>
	<li>Remove the brain tissue from the skull using a pair of forceps (Figure 1D, arrowhead).</li>
	<li>Identify the temporal bone through the presence of the auditory and vestibular nerve roots (Figure 1E-F, arrowheads) on the interior of the skull and the ear canal from the exterior (Figure 1F, arrow). Carefully cut through the skull to isolate the temporal bone from the remainder of the skull (Figure 1G). 
	NOTE: In some instances, it may be possible to delicately pry the surrounding bones of the skull away from the temporal bone without requiring cutting.</li>
	<li>Insert the fine forceps into the opening of the ear canal approximately 5 mm (Figure 1H), so the tips do not risk puncturing the cochlea. Gently break open the bone of the bulla (Figure 1H, top red shaded area) so it fractures (Figure 1I, red dotted line). 
	NOTE: If necessary, a dissection microscope may aid in this process to ensure accurate placement and manipulation of instruments.</li>
	<li>Using fine forceps, pry away the remainder of the bulla from the temporal bone, exposing the bony labyrinth of the cochlea (Figure 1J, red brackets).</li>
	<li>Place a Petri dish large enough to hold the temporal bone (e.g., 30 mm or greater) underneath the dissecting scope field of view and fill it with enough Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS) to cover the temporal bone (e.g., 0.5 to 1 mL).</li>
	<li>Submerge the temporal bone with the bulla removed in the PBS with the oval and round windows of the cochlea facing up. 
	NOTE: Removal of the vestibular system from the cochlea is not necessary, as the vestibular system serves well as a handle for manipulating and orienting features of the cochlea (Figure 1I and Figure 2B).</li>
	<li>Using an ultra-fine pair of forceps, remove the stapedial artery, which passes through the stapes.</li>
	<li>Insert one tip of the ultra-fine forceps through the arch of the stapes where the artery passed through, and delicately lift the stapes upward. The disarticulated stapes should lift off of the oval window.</li>
	<li>Using one tip of the ultra-fine forceps, puncture the oval and round windows.</li>
	<li>Using a 1x PBS filled 28.5-gauge syringe with tubing (inner diameter 0.28 mm, outer diameter 0.61 mm) attached, position the tubing over the oval window (Figure 2A - B). 
	NOTE: The opening of the tube can be manipulated using ultra-fine forceps helping to ensure accurate placement.
	<ol>
		<li>Use a fresh syringe and tubing for each cochlea.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
	<li>Perfuse 2 mL of 10% antibiotic-antimycotic (anti-anti) and 10% penicillin-streptomycin (pen-strep) in PBS through the cochlea over 5 min to remove the perilymph. Perfusing too fast with too much pressure will damage the fine structures within the cochlea. 
	NOTE: Manually driving the syringe by hand to perfuse the fluid through the cochlea is effective, although a perfusion pump could be used as an alternative.
	<ol>
		<li>If manually perfusing, use a pair of fine, self-closing forceps to stabilize the cochlea (Figure 2A) during perfusion by grasping the vestibular portion of the temporal bone. 
		NOTE: Although not required, this leaves both hands free to handle instruments; one hand can drive the syringe (Figure 2A) while the other can position the tubing appropriately (Figure 2B).</li>
		<li>From this step forward, take care to avoid exposing the cochlea unnecessarily to air. Introducing air bubbles into the fluid spaces will block fluid circulation, and further drying out will damage the fine structures within the cochlea.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
	<li>Remove and discard any remaining muscle tissue and bone fragments using fine forceps.</li>
	<li>If necessary, store isolated cochleae at 4 &#176;C in 10% anti-anti and 10% pen-strep solution in PBS for up to seven days with regular changes of antibiotic solution every 48 h.</li>
</ol>
2. Cochlear Processing
<ol>
	<li>Decellularization
	<ol>
		<li>For each cochlea, fill a 20-mL glass scintillation vial with a 1% sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) solution in de-ionized (DI) water, which is used to decellularize the cochlea.</li>
		<li>Cut the tip off of a plastic 7-mL transfer pipette using a razor blade so that the opening is large enough for a cochlea to pass through.</li>
		<li>Using the transfer pipette, gently draw the cochlea up into the pipette so it just passes the cut-off edge by a few millimeters.</li>
		<li>Expel the cochlea into the 1% SDS solution-filled scintillation vial.</li>
		<li>Circulate 2 mL of 1% SDS in de-ionized (DI) water through the cochlea in the scintillation vial&#160;using a transfer pipette.</li>
		<li>Place the scintillation vial into a rotator, and allow the scintillation vial to rotate at 10 rpm for 72 h at room temperature.
		<ol>
			<li>Change 1% SDS solution every 24 h over a 72 h period. Take care when changing SDS to never expose the cochlea to air.</li>
		</ol>
		</li>
		<li>Wash the cochlea three times for 30 min each with DI water. Perform the washes in the same scintillation vial used for the SDS charges; at this stage, the cochlea is decellularized.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
	<li>Decalcification
	<ol>
		<li>Remove the remaining DI water from the scintillation vial, leaving just enough to keep the cochlea submerged.</li>
		<li>To begin decalcification, add 5 mL of 10% ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) (0.02 M) in DI water to the scintillation vial containing the cochlea.</li>
		<li>Circulate 2 mL of 10% EDTA in DI water through the cochlea in the scintillation vial&#160;using a transfer pipette.</li>
		<li>Place the scintillation vial back in the rotator, and allow the scintillation vial to rotate at 10 rpm for 72 h at room temperature. Change the 10% EDTA solution every 24 h over a 72 h period. Take care when changing solutions so that the cochlea is not exposed to air.</li>
		<li>Rinse the cochlea 3 times for 2 h each with 1x PBS; at this stage, the cochlea is decalcified.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
	<li>Storage
	<ol>
		<li>Store the cochleae for up to 72 h in a 10% anti-anti, 10% pen-strep solution in PBS at 4 &#176;C. 
		NOTE: Longer storage periods may be possible with regular changes of antibiotic solution; however, extended storage of processed cochleae has not been validated in this protocol.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
</ol>
3. Procurement and Expansion of hWJCs
<ol>
	<li>Isolate hWJCs according to previously published protocols22. Briefly, segment umbilical cords into 3-cm sections.</li>
	<li>Carefully make a shallow incision with a scalpel lengthwise on each umbilical cord segment to unroll and expose the Wharton&#39;s jelly of the umbilical cord. Use forceps to remove the blood vessels.</li>
	<li>Wash umbilical cord segments twice with enough PBS (e.g., 40 mL in a 60 mm Petri dish) to submerge the tissue. Finely mince tissue segments with a scalpel. Digest tissue in a 100 mm Petri dish with 50 mL of digestion medium (0.2% type 2 collagenase, 1% penicillin-streptomycin, in low-glucose Dulbecco&#39;s Modified Eagle&#39;s Medium (DMEM)).</li>
	<li>Place tissue in digesting medium on an orbital shaker at 50 rpm overnight in a 5% CO2, 37 &#176;C incubator. The following day, dilute digestion medium at a ratio of 1:16 in 2% antibiotic-antimycotic in PBS, and pellet cells by centrifugation at 500 x g at room temperature (~ 27 &#176;C) for 10 min. Discard supernatant.</li>
	<li>Resuspend pellets in Mesenchymal Stem Cell Growth Medium (MSCGM) and recombine cells. Plate cells at a density of 7 x 103 cells/cm2 in tissue culture treated T-75 flasks. Culture HWJCs in MSCGM, and expand to passage 5 for experiments. 
	NOTE: HWJCs may be sub-cultured into larger T-flasks (e.g., T-150, T-300) when passaging to increase yield of hWJCs for experiments.</li>
</ol>
4. Infusion of hWJCs into Decellularized Cochleae
<ol>
	<li>Prepare decellularized cochleae
	<ol>
		<li>Using aseptic technique, wash stored cochleae in 1x PBS three times for 30 min each.</li>
		<li>Transfer cochleae into separate wells of a 24-well plate, and add 1 mL of 37 &#176;C pre-warmed MSCGM.</li>
		<li>Incubate cochleae in a 5% CO2, 37 &#176;C cell culture incubator for a minimum of 1 h before infusion of cells.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
	<li>Dissociate hWJCs and resuspend
	<ol>
		<li>Wash hWJCs with 37 &#176;C pre-warmed 1x PBS twice.</li>
		<li>Add enough 37 &#176;C pre-warmed Trypsin with 0.5% EDTA to cover the cell vessel surface.</li>
		<li>Incubate hWJCs for up to 5 min in a 5% CO2, 37 &#176;C cell culture incubator.
		<ol>
			<li>Verify that 90% of cells have detached from the cell culture surface by viewing cells under an inverted microscope. 
			NOTE: Cells that move when the culture vessel is gently tapped, have detached. Cells that remain stationary, have not detached.</li>
			<li>Gently tap the sides of the flask to further dislodge attached cells.</li>
		</ol>
		</li>
		<li>Using aseptic technique, transfer hWJCs from the culture vessel to a 50-mL conical tube containing an equivalent volume of MSCGM to the volume of Trypsin used to dissociate the cells.</li>
		<li>Pellet the hWJCs by centrifuging at 500 x g at room temperature (~ 27 &#176;C) for 5 min.</li>
		<li>Aspirate supernatant, and resuspend hWJCs in MSCGM at a concentration of 500,000 cells/mL.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
	<li>Perfuse cochleae
	<ol>
		<li>Transfer cochleae to a new 24-well plate using a transfer pipette.</li>
		<li>Add a drop of MSCGM to each cochlea to prevent any cochlea from drying out.</li>
		<li>Delicately orient the cochlea using ultra-fine forceps so that the oval and round windows are facing up. 
		NOTE: Take extreme care when directly handling each cochlea as the cochlea is easily damaged.</li>
		<li>Using a sterile 28.5-gauge insulin syringe with connected tubing, draw up 0.2 mL resuspended hWJCs (100,000 cells).</li>
		<li>Using sterilized fine forceps, position tubing over the oval window.</li>
		<li>Delicately and slowly perfuse the cochlea with 0.2 mL of resuspended hWJCs using a 28.5-gauge insulin syringe connected to polyethylene tubing (Outer Diameter: 0.61 mm, Inner Diameter: 0.28 mm) over approximately 5 min.</li>
		<li>After perfusion, add 0.8 mL of 37 &#176;C pre-warmed MSCGM to the well containing the cochlea to bring the total volume in the well to 1 mL.</li>
		<li>Repeat steps 4.3.3-4.3.7 for each cochlea, using a fresh syringe and tubing each time.</li>
		<li>Place perfused cochleae in a 5% CO2, 37 &#176;C cell culture incubator, and change media three times per week.</li>
	</ol>
	</li>
</ol>
5. Cochlea Harvest and Preservation
NOTE: Cochleae may be cultured and harvested at any time point up to 30 days post-perfusion.
<ol>
	<li>To preserve cochleae, fix in 4% paraformaldehyde in 1x PBS overnight at 4 &#176;C on a rocking platform.</li>
	<li>After fixation, wash cochleae with 1x PBS three times for 5 min each.</li>
	<li>Gradually dehydrate cochlea with ethanol and clear with an aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent before embedding in paraffin.</li>
	<li>Section samples to a thickness of 10 &#181;m using a microtome and mount on glass microscope slides. 
	NOTE: Samples are now ready for histological or immunohistochemical processing using standard protocols.</li>
</ol>

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We have successfully demonstrated that native cochlear cells can be removed from the cochlea via a decellularization process, which allows for the use of the cochlea as an intricate, three-dimensional tissue scaffold. Santi et al.15 developed the initial method for decellularizing cochleae, and have accurately estimated the volumes of many cochlear structures through with the aid of light sheet microscopy23. Such early work served as a strong basis for the tissue e...

The cochlea is an intricate spiral structure found in the temporal bone. It is composed of an outer bony labyrinth and a concentric, inner membranous labyrinth1. The membranous labyrinth consists of three fluid spaces: Scala vestibuli, Scala media, and Scala tympani1. The scala media houses the sensory epithelium, which is composed of a multitude of cell types, but the sensory hair cells (HC), which transduce mechanical energy in sound waves to nerve impulses2, are of particular interest. Exposure to acoustic trauma3,4,5, medication6, disease7,8, and aging9 can all result in impaired auditory function via HC death. Hair cell loss in mammals is permanent, unlike avian HCs, which can regenerate after injury10.
A variety of contemporary research efforts have sought to restore lost HCs, although the specific experimental approaches vary. Manipulation of gene expression in the sensory epithelium and implantation of stem cells differentiated outside the body are dominant approaches in the field, although induction methods that seek to differentiate stem cells into cochlear organoids have been attempted11,12,13. Each of these approaches is either reliant directly on stem cells, or the developmental cues used by stem cells; however, a second shared, and potentially critical, element is the ECM of the cochlea itself14,15.
The ECM not only provides physical support for cells and tissue, which includes a surface for cell adhesion, proliferation, survival, and migration, but also plays critical roles in the development of HCs and the spiral ganglion15,16,17. Naturally occurring ECM provides inductive signals that may guide cell phenotype determination and/or cell adhesion, proliferation, and survival18. Consequently, the use of decellularized cochlea in combination with cultured hWJCs offer a unique opportunity to explore the role of the ECM and HC regeneration. HWJCs are a readily available, non-controversial cell type isolated from human umbilical cords that behave like mesenchymal stem cells19. HWJCs have shown the ability to differentiate down neurosensory cell lineages20,21. Thus, the current protocol details the isolation, decellularization, and perfusion of cochleae from C57BL mouse carcasses with hWJCs for inner ear tissue engineering.

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a protocol for decellularizing mouse cochleae for inner ear tissue engineering

A Protocol for Decellularizing Mouse Cochleae for Inner Ear Tissue Engineering

In mammals, mechanosensory hair cells that facilitate hearing lack the ability to regenerate, which has limited treatments for hearing loss. Current regenerative medicine strategies have focused on transplanting stem cells or genetic manipulation of surrounding support cells in the inner ear to encourage replacement of damaged stem cells to correct hearing loss. Yet, the extracellular matrix (ECM) may play a vital role in inducing and maintaining function of hair cells, and has not been well investigated. Using the cochlear ECM as a scaffold to grow adult stem cells may provide unique insights into how the composition and architecture of the extracellular environment aids cells in sustaining hearing function. Here we present a method for isolating and decellularizing cochleae from mice to use as scaffolds accepting perfused adult stem cells. In the current protocol, cochleae are isolated from euthanized mice, decellularized, and decalcified. Afterward, human Wharton&#39;s jelly cells (hWJCs) that were isolated from the umbilical cord were carefully perfused into each cochlea. The cochleae were used as bioreactors, and cells were cultured for 30 days before undergoing processing for analysis. Decellularized cochleae retained identifiable extracellular structures, but did not reveal the presence of cells or noticeable fragments of DNA. Cells perfused into the cochlea invaded most of the interior and exterior of the cochlea and grew without incident over a duration of 30 days. Thus, the current method can be used to study how cochlear ECM affects cell development and behavior.

Using the methods presented here, successful decellularization of cochleae was assessed by examining the presence or absence of DNA through 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) staining. Cochleae were considered fully decellularized if DNA was not identified within the decellularized cochlea. A native cochlea from a previous experiment that did not undergo decellularization or decalcification was used as a positive control to illustrate the structures and cells traditionally found in a C5...

The goal of this protocol is to demonstrate an effective method to decellularize and decalcify mouse cochleae for utilization as scaffolds for tissue engineering applications.

In mammals, mechanosensory hair cells that facilitate hearing lack the ability to regenerate, which has limited treatments for hearing loss. Current ...

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