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ArticleCellular and molecular gastroenterology and hepatology2017

Self-renewing Monolayer of Primary Colonic or Rectal Epithelial Cells.

Yuli Wang, Matthew DiSalvo, Dulan B Gunasekara, Johanna Dutton, Angela Proctor, Michael S Lebhar, Ian A Williamson, Jennifer Speer, Riley L Howard, Nicole M Smiddy and 4 more

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Article in Cellular and molecular gastroenterology and hepatology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 147 papers.

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147citing papers in PubMed
8.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

147 citing papers in PubMed, 229 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yuli WangDepartment of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Matthew DiSalvoJoint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Dulan B GunasekaraDepartment of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Johanna DuttonJoint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Angela ProctorDepartment of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Michael S LebharJoint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Ian A WilliamsonJoint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Jennifer SpeerDepartment of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Riley L HowardDepartment of Applied Physical Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Nicole M SmiddyDepartment of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Scott J BultmanDepartment of Genetics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Christopher E SimsDepartment of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Scott T MagnessJoint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Nancy L AllbrittonDepartment of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USNorth Carolina State University · USApplied Physical Sciences (United States) · US

Funding

DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN INTESTINAL SIMULACRAR01DK109559 · NIDDK · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ALLBRITTON, NANCY L., BULTMAN, SCOTT J · 2015 to 2019
$5.2M
Single-Cell Measurement of Lipid Signaling in Colorectal CancerR01CA177993 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ALLBRITTON, NANCY L. · 2014 to 2018
$3.0M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA177993NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK109559
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND &

aimsThree-dimensional organoid culture has fundamentally changed the in vitro study of intestinal biology enabling novel assays; however, its use is limited because of an inaccessible luminal compartment and challenges to data gathering in a three-dimensional hydrogel matrix. Long-lived, self-renewing 2-dimensional (2-D) tissue cultured from primary colon cells has not been accomplished.

methodsThe surface matrix and chemical factors that sustain 2-D mouse colonic and human rectal epithelial cell monolayers with cell repertoires comparable to that in vivo were identified.

resultsThe monolayers formed organoids or colonoids when placed in standard Matrigel culture. As with the colonoids, the monolayers exhibited compartmentalization of proliferative and differentiated cells, with proliferative cells located near the peripheral edges of growing monolayers and differentiated cells predominated in the central regions. Screening of 77 dietary compounds and metabolites revealed altered proliferation or differentiation of the murine colonic epithelium. When exposed to a subset of the compound library, murine organoids exhibited similar responses to that of the monolayer but with differences that were likely attributable to the inaccessible organoid lumen. The response of the human primary epithelium to a compound subset was distinct from that of both the murine primary epithelium and human tumor cells.

conclusionsThis study demonstrates that a self-renewing 2-D murine and human monolayer derived from primary cells can serve as a physiologically relevant assay system for study of stem cell renewal and differentiation and for compound screening. The platform holds transformative potential for personalized and precision medicine and can be applied to emerging areas of disease modeling and microbiome studies.

Indexed as

2-D, two-dimensional3-D, three-dimensionalALP, alkaline phosphataseCAG, cytomegalovirus enhancer plus chicken actin promoterCI, confidence intervalColonic Epithelial CellsCompound ScreeningECM, extracellular matrixEDU, 5-ethynyl-2′-deoxyuridineEGF, epidermal growth factorENR-w, cell medium with [Wnt-3A] of 10 ng/mLENR-W, cell medium with [Wnt-3A] of 30 ng/mLHISC, human intestinal stem cell mediumIACUC, Institutional Animal Care and Use CommitteeISC, intestinal stem cellMonolayerOrganoidsPBS, phosphate-buffered salinePDMS, polydimethylsiloxaneRFP, red fluorescent proteinSEM, scanning electron microscopeSSMD, strictly standardized mean differenceUNC, University of North Carolinaα-ChgA, anti-chromogranin Aα-Muc2, anti-mucin2

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PMID29204504
PMCPMC5710741
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