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ArticleKidney international2025

Transplantation of human kidney organoids elicited a robust allogeneic response in a humanized mouse model.

Samuel Mon-Wei Yu, John Yongjoon Choi, Jamie Kady, Marina De Cos, Jenny S Wong, Emily King, Nour Younis, Nadim Al Rahy, Soltan Al Chaar, Houda Djebli and 16 more

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26 authors.

Samuel Mon-Wei YuDepartment of Medicine, Nephrology Division, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York, USA; Department of Medicine, Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
John Yongjoon ChoiDepartment of Medicine, Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Jamie KadyProgram in Molecular Medicine, Diabetes Center of Excellence, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
Marina De CosDepartment of Medicine, Nephrology Division, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York, USA.
Jenny S WongDepartment of Medicine, Nephrology Division, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York, USA.
Emily KingDepartment of Medicine, Nephrology Division, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York, USA.
Nour YounisDepartment of Medicine, Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Nadim Al RahyDepartment of Medicine, Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Doctoral School of Science and Technology, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon.
Soltan Al ChaarDepartment of Medicine, Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Doctoral School of Science and Technology, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon.
Houda DjebliDepartment of Medicine, Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Institute of Biological Science, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Benguerir, Morocco.
Siawosh EskandariDepartment of Medicine, Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Stephen SamuelDepartment of Medicine, Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Tamara MerhejDepartment of Medicine, Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Nivedha SukumarDepartment of Medicine, Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Biotechnology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Jia-Ren LinDepartment of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Jia-Yun ChenDepartment of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Yilin XuDepartment of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Sandro SantagataDepartment of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Astrid WeinsDepartment of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Melissa YeungDepartment of Medicine, Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Paolo CravediDepartment of Medicine, Nephrology Division, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York, USA.
Kirk N CampbellDepartment of Medicine, Nephrology Division, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York, USA.
Dario LemosDepartment of Medicine, Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Joseph V BonventreDepartment of Medicine, Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Medicine, Division of Engineering in Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Electronic address: joseph_bonventre@hms.harvard.edu.
Michael A BrehmProgram in Molecular Medicine, Diabetes Center of Excellence, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Electronic address: michael.brehm@umassmed.edu.
Jamil AzziDepartment of Medicine, Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Electronic address: jazzi@bwh.harvard.edu.

Funding

KIDNEY INJURY MOLECULE-1 IN EPITHELIAL REPAIRR01DK072381 · NIDDK · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI BONVENTRE, JOSEPH VINCENT · 2005 to 2025
$8.6M
Mechanisms of Ischemic Kidney Injury and RepairR01DK039773 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI JOSEPH VINCENT BONVENTRE · 1987 to 2026
$6.2M
Mechanisms of Ischemic Kidney Injury and RepairR37DK039773 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BONVENTRE, JOSEPH VINCENT · 1993 to 2021
$5.2M
Hippo-YAP in podocyte health and diseaseR01DK122807 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Kirk N Campbell · 2019 to 2026
$4.8M
Kidney Microphysiological Analysis Platforms (MAP) to Optimize Function and Model DiseaseUH3TR002155 · NCATS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI BONVENTRE, JOSEPH VINCENT, LEE, LUKE P. · 2019 to 2021
$3.3M
New York Consortium for Interdisciplinary Training in Kidney, Urological and Hematological Research (NYC Train KUHR)U2CDK129502 · NIDDK · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI KELVIN P DAVIES · 2022 to 2026
$3.1M
Novel Humanized Mouse Models For Engraftment of Tissue-Specific Human Macrophage PopulationR24OD036199 · OD · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI Michael Allen Brehm, DALE Leslie GREINER · 2024 to 2026
$2.6M
Models to study the synergy between autoimmunity and metabolism in T1DUG3DK142192 · NIDDK · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI Michael Allen Brehm, George Q Daley · 2025 to 2026
$2.4M
The novel role of the immunoproteasome subunit LMP7 in allo-immunity and T cell exhaustionR01AI134842 · NIAID · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI AZZI, JAMIL · 2018 to 2022
$1.9M
Elucidation of Tumor Resistance Mechanisms in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex-Associated Renal Angiomyolipoma for the Design of Novel NanotherapiesR01CA269583 · NCI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI Dario Lemos · 2023 to 2026
$1.6M
Unanticipated roles of C5aR1 Signaling Leading from Acute to Chronic Kidney DiseaseK08DK132501 · NIDDK · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI Mon-Wei Yu · 2023 to 2026
$734k
Enhancing the TCR-induced Response of HLA-E-restricted Regulatory CD8 T Cells to Promote Allograft ToleranceK08AI182491 · NIAID · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI CHOI, JOHN YONGJOON · 2024 to 2025
$390k
NCATS NIH HHS UH3 TR002155NCI NIH HHS R01 CA269583NIAID NIH HHS K08 AI182491NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI134842NIDDK NIH HHS K08 DK132501NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK039773NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK072381NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK122807NIDDK NIH HHS R37 DK039773NIDDK NIH HHS U2C DK129502NIDDK NIH HHS UG3 DK142192NIH HHS R24 OD036199
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human kidney organoids derived from embryonic stem cells (ESCs) or induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have become novel tools for studying various kidney pathologies. Here, we transplanted ESC-derived kidney organoids into humanized mice with a mature human adaptive immune system developed through thymic education. As judged by histology and immunophenotyping, the transplanted HLA-mismatched kidney organoids trigged a robust alloimmune response, characterized by a dense immune cell infiltrate and enhanced memory T cell phenotype in the allograft 30 days post-transplantation. Multiplexed immunofluorescence revealed expression of functional markers of various immune cell infiltrates in response to organoid allografts, mimicking the T cell-mediated rejection process in humans. This validated our model as a novel platform to study various therapeutic strategies to control alloimmunity. Splenocytes isolated from organoid-transplanted hosts showed an alloantigen-specific memory response against 2D kidney organoids ex vivo. Overall, our study indicates that transplanting kidney organoids in humanized mice may be a valuable tool for studying human allogeneic immunity.

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Graft RejectionKidneyKidney TransplantationOrganoidsAllograftsAnimalsCells, CulturedDisease Models, AnimalHLA AntigensHumansImmunologic MemoryInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsMemory T CellsMiceHLA Antigenshumanized mice modelhuman kidney organoidskidney transplantation

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