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Pancreatic duct glands (PDGs) are a progenitor compartment responsible for pancreatic ductal epithelial repair.

ABSTRACT: Pancreatic duct glands (PDGs) have molecular features known to mark stem cell niches, but their function remains to be determined. To investigate the role of PDGs as a progenitor niche, PDGs were analyzed in both humans and mice. Cells were characterized by immunohistochemistry and microarray analysis. In vivo proliferative activity and migration of PDG cells were evaluated using a BrdU tag-and-chase strategy in a mouse model of pancreatitis. In vitro migration assays were used to determine the role of trefoil factor (TFF) -1 and 2 in cell migration. Proliferative activity in the pancreatic epithelium in response to inflammatory injury is identified principally within the PDG compartment. These proliferating cells then migrate out of the PDG compartment to populate the pancreatic duct. Most of the pancreatic epithelial migration occurs within 5days and relies, in part, on TFF-1 and -2. After migration, PDG cells lose their PDG-specific markers and gain a more mature pancreatic ductal phenotype. Expression analysis of the PDG epithelium reveals enrichment of embryonic and stem cell pathways. These results suggest that PDGs are an epithelial progenitor compartment that gives rise to mature differentiated progeny that migrate to the pancreatic duct. Thus PDGs are a progenitor niche important for pancreatic epithelial regeneration.

SUBMITTER: Yamaguchi J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5396061 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Pancreatic duct glands (PDGs) are a progenitor compartment responsible for pancreatic ductal epithelial repair.

Yamaguchi Junpei J Liss Andrew S AS Sontheimer Alexandra A Mino-Kenudson Mari M Castillo Carlos Fernández-Del CF Warshaw Andrew L AL Thayer Sarah P SP

Stem cell research 20150519 1

Pancreatic duct glands (PDGs) have molecular features known to mark stem cell niches, but their function remains to be determined. To investigate the role of PDGs as a progenitor niche, PDGs were analyzed in both humans and mice. Cells were characterized by immunohistochemistry and microarray analysis. In vivo proliferative activity and migration of PDG cells were evaluated using a BrdU tag-and-chase strategy in a mouse model of pancreatitis. In vitro migration assays were used to determine the ...[more]

PMID: 26100232

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Project description:ContextWe recently demonstrated increased cellular proliferation in the pancreatic ductal gland (PDG) compartment of organ donors with type 1 diabetes, suggesting that PDGs may harbor progenitor cells capable of pancreatic regeneration.ObjectiveWe evaluated the impact of diabetes and pancreatic inflammation on PDG and interlobular duct (ILD) cellular proliferation and profiles.MethodsEndocrine hormone expression (insulin, glucagon, somatostatin, pancreatic polypeptide) and proliferating Ki67+ cells were localized within the PDG and ILD compartments by multicolor immunohistochemistry in cross-sections from the head, body, and tail regions of pancreata from those with (n = 31) or without type 1 diabetes (n = 43). Whole-slide scanned images were analyzed using digital pathology.ResultsType 1 diabetes donors with insulitis or histologically identified pancreatitis had increased cellular replication in the ILD and PDG compartments. Interestingly, while cellular proliferation within the pancreatic ductal tree was significantly increased in type 1 diabetes (PDG mean = 3.36%, SEM = 1.06; ILD mean = 2.78%, SEM = 0.97) vs nondiabetes(ND) subjects without pancreatic inflammation (PDG mean = 1.18%, SEM = 0.42; ILD mean = 0.74%, SEM = 0.15, P < 0.05), robust replication was also observed in ND donors with pancreatitis (PDG mean = 3.52%, SEM = 1.33; ILD mean = 2.18%, SEM = 0.54, P < 0.05). Few polyhormonal cells were present in the ILD (type 1 diabetes = 0.04 ± 0.02%; ND = 0.08 ± 0.03%, P = 0.40) or PDG compartment (type 1 diabetes = 0.02 ± 0.01%; ND = 0.08 ± 0.13%, P = 0.63).ConclusionThese data suggest that increased pancreatic ductal cell replication is associated with sustained pancreatic inflammation; however, as replicating cells were hormone-negative, PDGs do not appear to represent a compelling endogenous source of hormone-positive endocrine cells.

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Pancreatic duct glands (PDGs) are a progenitor compartment responsible for pancreatic ductal epithelial repair.

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Pancreatic duct glands (PDGs) are a progenitor compartment responsible for pancreatic ductal epithelial repair.

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