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Modelling human development and disease in pluripotent stem-cell-derived gastric organoids

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McCracken, Kyle W., Catá, Emily M., Crawford, Calyn M., Sinagoga, Katie L., Schumacher, Michael, Rockich, Briana E., Tsai, Yu-Hwai, Mayhew, Christopher N. +3 more·2014·Nature

Abstract

Gastric diseases, including peptic ulcer disease and gastric cancer, affect 10% of the world's population and are largely due to chronic Helicobacter pylori infection. Species differences in embryonic development and architecture of the adult stomach make animal models suboptimal for studying human stomach organogenesis and pathogenesis, and there is no experimental model of normal human gastric mucosa. Here we report the de novo generation of three-dimensional human gastric tissue in vitro through the directed differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells. We show that temporal manipulation of the FGF, WNT, BMP, retinoic acid and EGF signalling pathways and three-dimensional growth are sufficient to generate human gastric organoids (hGOs). Developing hGOs progressed through molecular and morphogenetic stages that were nearly identical to the developing antrum of the mouse stomach. Organoids formed primitive gastric gland- and pit-like domains, proliferative zones containing LGR5-expressing cells, surface and antral mucous cells, and a diversity of gastric endocrine cells. We used hGO cultures to identify novel signalling mechanisms that regulate early endoderm patterning and gastric endocrine cell differentiation upstream of the transcription factor NEUROG3. Using hGOs to model pathogenesis of human disease, we found that H. pylori infection resulted in rapid association of the virulence factor CagA with the c-Met receptor, activation of signalling and induction of epithelial proliferation. Together, these studies describe a new and robust in vitro system for elucidating the mechanisms underlying human stomach development and disease.

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McCracken, K. W., Catá, E. M., Crawford, C. M., Sinagoga, K. L., Schumacher, M., Rockich, B. E., Tsai, Y.-H., Mayhew, C. N., Spence, J. R., Zavros, Y., & Wells, J. M.
Affiliations
  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (US)
  • University of Cincinnati (US)
  • University of Michigan (US)
Corresponding author
  • Zavros, Yana
  • Wells, James M.
Venue
Nature
Published
2014-10-29
Volume
516
Issue
7531
Pages
400-404
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W2054186703
Cited by
980
References
43
Citations by year
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FWCI
32.14
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5ul1rr026314-03)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (T32GM063483, R01GM072915)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (U19AI116491)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (P30DK034933, K01DK091415, P30 DK0789392, R01DK083402, R01DK098350, R01DK080823, R01DK092456, P30DK078392)
  • National Center for Research Resources (UL1-RR026314, U54-RR-025216)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies
Keywords
gastric organoids, human pluripotent stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells, human embryonic stem cells, gastric epithelium, Helicobacter pylori infection, CagA, c-Met, gastric endocrine cells, Lgr5, Neurog3, signaling pathways, peptic ulcer, gastric cancer, in vitro disease model
MeSH terms
Cell Differentiation, Humans, Models, Biological, Organoids, Stomach, Signal Transduction, Helicobacter pylori, Helicobacter Infections, Organogenesis, Pluripotent Stem Cells

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