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通过Wnt驱动的再生诱导单个Lgr5+肝脏干细胞的体外扩张
Meritxell Huch1, Craig Dorrell, Sylvia F Boj
1Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Netherlands.
Nature
|January 29, 2013
概括
富含白的重复含有G蛋白结合受体5 (Lgr5) 干细胞在受损的成年肝脏中发现. 这些Lgr5(+) 细胞可以产生新的肝细胞和胆道,为肝脏再生提供了洞察力.
科学领域:
- 肝病学和干细胞生物学.
- 研究肝脏再生机制.
背景情况:
- 富含白的重复含有G蛋白结合受体5 (Lgr5) 标志着各种自我更新组织中的干细胞正在积极分裂.
- 一个3D培养系统使得Lgr5(+) 干细胞的克隆扩张成为有机体.
- RSPO1是LGR5的关键Wnt激动剂和配体,对于有机体培养至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查成年肝脏中Lgr5(+) 干细胞的存在和功能,特别是在损伤后.
- 探索这些细胞在再生肝脏组织方面的潜力.
主要方法:
- 在健康和受损的成年老鼠肝脏中利用Lgr5-lacZ表达分析.
- 采用了一种新型Lgr5-IRES-creERT2敲入等位基因的小鼠谱系追踪.
- 已确定单个Lgr5(+) 细胞在含RSPO1介质中的长期克隆扩张到肝脏有机体.
- 在实验室中诱导了有机体的分化,并在移植到Fah(-/-) 小鼠时评估了肝细胞的产生.
主要成果:
- 在健康的成年人肝脏中没有检测到Lgr5-lacZ,但在损伤时出现在胆道附近的细胞中,与Wnt信号激活相关.
- 损伤诱导的Lgr5(+) 细胞被证明能够在体内产生肝细胞和胆道.
- 来自受损肝脏的单个Lgr5(+) 细胞可以通过克隆扩展成稳定的有机体.
- 这些器官在移植后可以分化为功能性肝细胞.
结论:
- 成人肝脏中存在Lgr5(+) 干细胞,在受损时被激活.
- 这些细胞作为再生肝细胞和胆道的来源.
- 肝脏干细胞,类似于其他自我更新组织的干细胞,可以培养和分化,从而推进肝脏修复研究.
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