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Single Lgr5 stem cells build crypt-villus structures in vitro without a mesenchymal niche
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The intestinal epithelium is the most rapidly self-renewing tissue in adult mammals. We have recently demonstrated the presence of about six cycling Lgr5(+) stem cells at the bottoms of small-intestinal crypts. Here we describe the establishment of long-term culture conditions under which single crypts undergo multiple crypt fission events, while simultanously generating villus-like epithelial domains in which all differentiated cell types are present. Single sorted Lgr5(+) stem cells can also initiate these cryptvillus organoids. Tracing experiments indicate that the Lgr5(+) stem-cell hierarchy is maintained in organoids. We conclude that intestinal cryptvillus units are self-organizing structures, which can be built from a single stem cell in the absence of a non-epithelial cellular niche.
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- Authors
- Sato, T., Vries, R. G., Snippert, H. J., van de Wetering, M., Barker, N., Stange, D. E., van Es, J. H., Abo, A., Kujala, P., Peters, P. J., & Clevers, H.
- Affiliations
- University Medical Center Utrecht (NL)
- The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Clevers, Hans
- ORCID
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2009-03-29
- Volume
- 459
- Issue
- 7244
- Pages
- 262-265
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W1965157206
- Cited by
- 7,204
- References
- 33
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- FWCI
- 69.23
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
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- Nature (publishedVersion)
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- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
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- 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
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Gastroenterology › Digestive system and related health
- Keywords
- Lgr5, intestinal stem cells, intestinal crypts, self-organizing structures, mesenchymal niche, intestinal epithelium, stem cell hierarchy, crypt fission, cell tracing
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Cell Separation, Intestinal Mucosa, Intestines, Mesoderm, Organoids, Regeneration, Stem Cells, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Cell Culture Techniques, Cell Lineage, Paneth Cells, Multipotent Stem Cells, Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled, Mice, Receptors, Notch, Stem Cell Niche
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