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Lgr5+ve Stem Cells Drive Self-Renewal in the Stomach and Build Long-Lived Gastric Units In Vitro

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Barker, Nick, Huch, Meritxell, Kujala, Pekka, van de Wetering, Marc, Snippert, Hugo J., van Es, Johan H., Sato, Toshiro, Stange, Daniel E. +10 more·2010·Cell Stem Cell

Abstract

The study of gastric epithelial homeostasis and cancer has been hampered by the lack of stem cell markers and in vitro culture methods. The Wnt target gene Lgr5 marks stem cells in the small intestine, colon, and hair follicle. Here, we investigated Lgr5 expression in the stomach and assessed the stem cell potential of the Lgr5(+ve) cells by using in vivo lineage tracing. In neonatal stomach, Lgr5 was expressed at the base of prospective corpus and pyloric glands, whereas expression in the adult was predominantly restricted to the base of mature pyloric glands. Lineage tracing revealed these Lgr5(+ve) cells to be self-renewing, multipotent stem cells responsible for the long-term renewal of the gastric epithelium. With an in vitro culture system, single Lgr5(+ve) cells efficiently generated long-lived organoids resembling mature pyloric epithelium. The Lgr5 stem cell marker and culture method described here will be invaluable tools for accelerating research into gastric epithelial renewal, inflammation/infection, and cancer.

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    “Under defined physicochemical conditions, tissues such as small intestine7, colon30,31, stomach32,33, esophagus30, tongue34, liver35–38, lung15, pancreas39–41, heart42, ear43, and skin44 have been obtained from iPSCs, adult or fetal cells, either stem/progenitor cells or differentiated cells.”

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Barker, N., Huch, M., Kujala, P., van de Wetering, M., Snippert, H. J., van Es, J. H., Sato, T., Stange, D. E., Begthel, H., van den Born, M., Danenberg, E., van den Brink, S., Korving, J., Abo, A., Peters, P. J., Wright, N., Poulsom, R., & Clevers, H.
Affiliations
  • University Medical Center Utrecht (NL)
  • The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NL)
  • Queen Mary University of London (GB)
  • Cancer Research UK (GB)
Corresponding author
Clevers, Hans
Venue
Cell Stem Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2010-01
Volume
6
Issue
1
Pages
25-36
ISSN
  • 1875-9777 (ISSN-L)
  • 1934-5909
OpenAlex
W2097387056
Cited by
1,547
References
38
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FWCI
39.94
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell stem cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • KNAW Research Portal (The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences) (publishedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Wellcome Trust (104151)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Digestive system and related health
Keywords
Lgr5, gastric stem cells, self-renewal, pyloric glands, organoids, in vitro culture, lineage tracing, Wnt signaling, gastric cancer, multipotent stem cells
MeSH terms
Aging, Animals, Cell Differentiation, Cells, Cultured, Gastric Mucosa, Gene Expression Regulation, Mice, Transgenic, Stem Cells, Stomach, Biomarkers, Cell Lineage, Gene Expression Profiling, Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled, Mice

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