ArticlePediatric surgery international2023
Generation of human gastric assembloids from primary fetal organoids.
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purposeUnderstanding human gastric epithelium homeostasis remains partial, motivating the exploration of innovative in vitro models. Recent literature showcases the potential of fetal stem cell-derived organoids in developmental and disease modelling and translational therapies. To scale the complexity of the model, we propose to generate assembloids, aiming to increase gastric maturation to provide new structural and functional insights.
methodsHuman fetal gastric organoids (fGOs) were expanded in 3D Matrigel cultures. Confluent organoid cultures were released from the Matrigel dome and resuspended in a collagen I hydrogel. Subsequently, the organoid mixture was seeded in a ring shape within a 24-well plate and allowed to gelate. The structure was lifted in the medium and cultured in floating conditions, allowing for organoid self-assembling into a gastric assembloid. After 10 days of maturation, the assembloids were characterized by immunostaining and RT-PCR, comparing different fetal developmental stages.
resultsSuccessful generation of human fetal gastric assembloids (fGAs) was achieved using spontaneous self-aggregation within the collagen I hydrogel. Immunostaining analysis of early and late fGAs showed the establishment of apico-basal cell polarity, secretion of gastric mucins, and the presence of chromogranin A in both samples. Transcriptional markers analysis revealed distinct disparities in markers associated with mature cell types between late and early fetal stages.
conclusionsfGOs can reliably be generated from human fetal samples. This pioneering assembloid approach paves the way for advancing our comprehension of human gastric epithelium homeostasis and its perturbation, offering a better in vitro platform for the study of gastric epithelial development and therapeutic translation.
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