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Generation of liver bipotential organoids with a small-molecule cocktail.


ABSTRACT: Understanding the mechanism of how cholangiocytes (liver ductal cells) are activated upon liver injury and specified to hepatocytes would permit liver regenerative medicine. Here we achieved long-term in vitro expansion of mouse liver organoids by modulating signaling pathways with a combination of three small-molecule compounds. CHIR-99021, blebbistatin, and forskolin together maintained the liver organoids in bipotential stage with both cholangiocyte- and hepatocyte-specific gene expression profiles and enhanced capacity for further hepatocyte differentiation. By employing a chemical approach, we demonstrated that Wnt/?-catenin, NMII-Rac, and PKA-ERK are core signaling pathways essential and sufficient for mouse liver progenitor expansion. Moreover, the advanced small-molecule culture of bipotential organoids facilitates the ex vivo investigation of liver cell fate determination and the application of organoids in liver regenerative medicine.

SUBMITTER: Wang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7683013 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Generation of liver bipotential organoids with a small-molecule cocktail.

Wang Xin X   Ni Chao C   Jiang Ning N   Wei Jinsong J   Liang Jianqing J   Zhao Bing B   Lin Xinhua X  

Journal of molecular cell biology 20200801 8


Understanding the mechanism of how cholangiocytes (liver ductal cells) are activated upon liver injury and specified to hepatocytes would permit liver regenerative medicine. Here we achieved long-term in vitro expansion of mouse liver organoids by modulating signaling pathways with a combination of three small-molecule compounds. CHIR-99021, blebbistatin, and forskolin together maintained the liver organoids in bipotential stage with both cholangiocyte- and hepatocyte-specific gene expression pr  ...[more]

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