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Colony-forming cells in the adult mouse pancreas are expandable in Matrigel and form endocrine/acinar colonies in laminin hydrogel

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Jin, Liang, Feng, Tao, Shih, Hung Ping, Zerda, Ricardo, Luo, Angela, Hsu, Jasper, Mahdavi, Alborz, Sander, Maike +3 more·2013·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Abstract

The study of hematopoietic colony-forming units using semisolid culture media has greatly advanced the knowledge of hematopoiesis. Here we report that similar methods can be used to study pancreatic colony-forming units. We have developed two pancreatic colony assays that enable quantitative and functional analyses of progenitor-like cells isolated from dissociated adult (2–4 mo old) murine pancreas. We find that a methylcellulose-based semisolid medium containing Matrigel allows growth of duct-like “Ring/Dense” colonies from a rare ( ∼ 1%) population of total pancreatic single cells. With the addition of roof plate-specific spondin 1, a wingless-int agonist, Ring/Dense colony-forming cells can be expanded more than 100,000-fold when serially dissociated and replated in the presence of Matrigel. When cells grown in Matrigel are then transferred to a Matrigel-free semisolid medium with a unique laminin-based hydrogel, some cells grow and differentiate into another type of colony, which we name “Endocrine/Acinar.” These Endocrine/Acinar colonies are comprised mostly of endocrine- and acinar-like cells, as ascertained by RNA expression analysis, immunohistochemistry, and electron microscopy. Most Endocrine/Acinar colonies contain beta-like cells that secrete insulin/C-peptide in response to D -glucose and theophylline. These results demonstrate robust self-renewal and differentiation of adult Ring/Dense colony-forming units in vitro and suggest an approach to producing beta-like cells for cell replacement of type 1 diabetes. The methods described, which include microfluidic expression analysis of single cells and colonies, should also advance study of pancreas development and pancreatic progenitor cells.

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  • After 2 weeks, endocrine-acinar organoids were observed, demonstrating that aECM-lam was capable of inducing differentiation of ductal progenitor cells into endocrine and acinar lineages.

    “After 2 weeks, endocrine-acinar organoids were observed, demonstrating that aECM-lam was capable of inducing differentiation of ductal progenitor cells into endocrine and acinar lineages192.”

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Jin, L., Feng, T., Shih, H. P., Zerda, R., Luo, A., Hsu, J., Mahdavi, A., Sander, M., Tirrell, D. A., Riggs, A. D., & Ku, H. T.
Affiliations
  • Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases Research,
  • University of California San Diego (US)
  • Electron Microscopy Core, and
  • Department of Bioengineering, and
  • California Institute of Technology (US)
  • City Of Hope National Medical Center (US)
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published
2013-02-19
Volume
110
Issue
10
Pages
3907-3912
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
OpenAlex
W2160112404
Cited by
108
References
60
Citations by year
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FWCI
14.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion)
  • MDC Repository (Max-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicine) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Cancer Institute (P30CA-33572, P30CA033572)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DK078803, R01DK081587, R01DK078803, U01DK089533)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
Keywords
pancreatic progenitor cells, Matrigel, beta-like cells, insulin secretion, self-renewal, pancreatic development, semi-solid culture
MeSH terms
Animals, Cell Differentiation, Collagen, Colony-Forming Units Assay, Culture Media, Drug Combinations, Islets of Langerhans, Laminin, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Transgenic, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Pancreas, Proteoglycans, Hydrogels, Microscopy, Electron, Transmission, Insulin-Secreting Cells, Mice, Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins, Wnt Signaling Pathway, Acinar Cells

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