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ArticleCurrent protocols2022

Triple-Decker Sandwich Cultures of Intestinal Organoids for Long-Term Live Imaging, Uniform Perturbation, and Statistical Sampling.

Hailey M Cambra, Naren P Tallapragada, Prabhath Mannam, David T Breault, Allon M Klein

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Article in Current protocols, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Quantifying single-cell responses to irradiation in 3D.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026
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  2. Rethinking Matrigel: The Complex Journey to Matrix Alternatives in Organoid Culture.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hailey M CambraDepartment of Systems Biology, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Naren P TallapragadaDepartment of Systems Biology, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Prabhath MannamDivision of Endocrinology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
David T BreaultDivision of Endocrinology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Allon M KleinDepartment of Systems Biology, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Harvard University · USBoston Children's Hospital · US

Funding

STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPS IN THE ALIMENTARY TRACTP30DK034854 · NIDDK · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI JONATHAN C KAGAN · 1986 to 2026
$32.4M
Mapping the signaling landscape of vertebrate development at single cell resolutionR01HD096755 · NICHD · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI KLEIN, ALLON MOSHE, MEGASON, SEAN G · 2018 to 2022
$2.9M
Single Cell Genome-Wide Myeloid Response Profiling in ImmunotherapyR01CA218579 · NCI · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI KLEIN, ALLON MOSHE, PITTET, MIKAEL · 2018 to 2022
$2.7M
Regulation of the Intestinal Stem Cells During RegenerationR01DK119488 · NIDDK · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI BREAULT, DAVID T · 2019 to 2022
$1.9M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA218579NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD096755NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK034854NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK119488NIH HHS P30DK034854NIH HHS R01DK119488NIH HHS R01HD096755
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Three-dimensional organoid cultures enable the study of stem cell and tissue biology ex vivo, providing improved access to cells for perturbation and live imaging. Typically, organoids are grown in hydrogel domes that are simple to prepare but that lead to non-uniform tissue growth and viability. We recently developed a simple alternative culture method to embed intestinal organoids in multilayered hydrogels, called "triple-decker sandwiches," that align organoids in a common z-plane with uniform access to medium. This culture configuration improves the growth and survival of organoids over a wide working area and facilitates long-term confocal imaging and molecular perturbation. Here, we present protocols for preparing organoids in triple-decker sandwich cultures and using them for live imaging, immunostaining, and single-cell RNA sequencing. We have tested our methods on mouse and human intestinal organoids and expect them to be useful for other highly proliferative three-dimensional cell cultures. © 2022 Wiley Periodicals LLC. Basic Protocol 1: Pre-coating plates with PolyHEMA to prepare them for triple-decker sandwich culture Support Protocol 1: Preparing PolyHEMA solution to coat glass-bottom dishes Basic Protocol 2: Embedding intestinal organoids in triple-decker sandwiches Alternate Protocol 1: Seeding single cells or organoids at low density in triple-decker sandwiches Support Protocol 2: Embedding intestinal organoids in hydrogel domes Support Protocol 3: Production of Wnt3a-conditioned medium Support Protocol 4: Production of Rspo1-conditioned medium Basic Protocol 3: Live imaging of mouse intestinal organoids in triple-decker sandwich cultures Alternate Protocol 2: Live imaging of vital dye-treated mouse intestinal organoids in triple-decker sandwich cultures Basic Protocol 4: Immunofluorescence imaging of mouse organoids liberated from triple-decker sandwich cultures Alternate Protocol 3: Liberating and fixing mouse intestinal organoids from dome cultures Support Protocol 5: Measuring cell proliferation by EdU staining of mouse intestinal organoids Basic Protocol 5: Single-cell RNA sequencing and analysis of mouse intestinal organoids.

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IntestinesOrganoidsAnimalsCulture Media, ConditionedFluorescent Antibody TechniqueMiceStem CellsCulture Media, Conditionedimmunofluorescencelive imaginglong-term imagingorganoidssingle-cell RNA sequencing

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PMID35030297
PMCPMC9006308
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