DNA methylation analysis validates organoids as a viable model for studying human intestinal aging (methylation)
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Project description:DNA methylation analysis validates organoids as a viable model for studying human intestinal aging
| PRJNA592962 | ENA
Project description:DNA methylation analysis validates organoids as a viable model for studying human intestinal aging (expression)
| PRJNA592967 | ENA
Project description:The epithelia of the intestine and colon turn over rapidly and are maintained by adult stem cells at the base of crypts. While the small intestine and colon have distinct, well-characterized physiological functions, it remains unclear if there are fundamental regional differences in stem cell behavior or region-dependent degenerative changes during aging. Mesenchyme-free organoids provide useful tools for investigating intestinal stem cell biology in vitro and have started to be utilized for investigating age-related changes in stem cell function. However, it is unknown whether organoids maintain hallmarks of age in the absence of an aging niche. Here we test whether stem cell enriched organoids preserve the DNA methylation-based aging profiles associated with the tissues and crypts from which they were derived. To address this, we use standard human methylation arrays and the human 'epigenetic clock' as a biomarker of age to analyze in vitro derived three-dimensional stem cell-enriched intestinal organoids. We find that human stem cell-enriched spheroids maintain segmental differences in methylation patterns and that age, as measured by the epigenetic clock, is largely maintained in spheroids. Surprisingly, we find that small intestine spheroids exhibit striking epigenetic age reduction relative to colon spheroids.
2019-12-03 | GSE141254 | GEO
Project description:The epithelia of the intestine and colon turn over rapidly and are maintained by adult stem cells at the base of crypts. While the small intestine and colon have distinct, well-characterized physiological functions, it remains unclear if there are fundamental regional differences in stem cell behavior or region-dependent degenerative changes during aging. Mesenchyme-free organoids provide useful tools for investigating intestinal stem cell biology in vitro and have started to be utilized for investigating age-related changes in stem cell function. However, it is unknown whether organoids maintain hallmarks of age in the absence of an aging niche. Here we test whether stem cell enriched organoids preserve the DNA methylation-based aging profiles associated with the tissues and crypts from which they were derived. To address this, we use standard human methylation arrays and the human 'epigenetic clock' as a biomarker of age to analyze in vitro derived three-dimensional stem cell-enriched intestinal organoids. We find that human stem cell-enriched spheroids maintain segmental differences in methylation patterns and that age, as measured by the epigenetic clock, is largely maintained in spheroids. Surprisingly, we find that small intestine spheroids exhibit striking epigenetic age reduction relative to colon spheroids.
2019-12-03 | GSE141255 | GEO
Project description:BACKGROUND & AIMS:The epithelia of the intestine and colon turn over rapidly and are maintained by adult stem cells at the base of crypts. Although the small intestine and colon have distinct, well-characterized physiological functions, it remains unclear if there are fundamental regional differences in stem cell behavior or region-dependent degenerative changes during aging. Mesenchyme-free organoids provide useful tools for investigating intestinal stem cell biology in vitro and have started to be used for investigating age-related changes in stem cell function. However, it is unknown whether organoids maintain hallmarks of age in the absence of an aging niche. We tested whether stem cell-enriched organoids preserved the DNA methylation-based aging profiles associated with the tissues and crypts from which they were derived. METHODS:To address this, we used standard human methylation arrays and the human epigenetic clock as a biomarker of age to analyze in vitro-derived, 3-dimensional, stem cell-enriched intestinal organoids. RESULTS:We found that human stem cell-enriched organoids maintained segmental differences in methylation patterns and that age, as measured by the epigenetic clock, also was maintained in vitro. Surprisingly, we found that stem cell-enriched organoids derived from the small intestine showed striking epigenetic age reduction relative to organoids derived from colon. CONCLUSIONS:Our data validate the use of organoids as a model for studying human intestinal aging and introduce methods that can be used when modeling aging or age-onset diseases in vitro.
| S-EPMC7044532 | biostudies-literature
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2019-12-03 | GSE141256 | GEO
Project description:Generating Patterned Kidney Organoids for Studying Development and Diseases
| PRJNA545689 | ENA
Project description:Inactivating mutations including both germline and somatic mutations in the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene drives most familial and sporadic colorectal cancers. Understanding the metabolic implications of this mutation will aid to establish its wider impact on cellular behaviour and potentially inform clinical decisions. However, to date, alterations in lipid metabolism induced by APC mutations remain unclear. Intestinal organoids have gained widespread popularity in studying colorectal cancer and chemotherapies, because their three-dimensional structure more accurately mimics an in vivo environment. Here, we aimed to investigate intra-cellular lipid disturbances induced by APC gene mutations in intestinal organoids using a reversed-phase ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (RP-UHPLC-MS)-based lipid profiling method. Lipids of the organoids grown from either wildtype (WT) or mice with Apc mutations (Lgr5–EGFP-IRES-CreERT2 Apcfl/fl) were extracted and analysed using RP-UHPLC-MS. Concentrations of phospholipids (e.g. PC(16:0/16:0), PC(18:1/20:0), PC(38:0), PC(18:1/22:1)), ceramides (e.g. Cer(d18:0/22:0), Cer(d42:0), Cer(d18:1/24:1)) and hexosylceramide (e.g. HexCer(d18:1/16:0), HexCer(d18:1/22:0)) were higher in Apcfl/fl organoids, whereas levels of sphingomyelins (e.g. SM(d18:1/14:0), SM(d18:1/16:0) ) were lower compared to WT. These observations indicate that cellular metabolism of sphingomyelin was upregulated, resulting in the cellular accumulation of ceramides and production of HexCer due to the absence of Apcfl/fl in the organoids. Our observations demonstrated lipid profiling of organoids and provided an enhanced insight into the effects of the APC mutations on lipid metabolism, making for a valuable addition to screening options of the organoid lipidome.
2021-02-17 | ST001707 | MetabolomicsWorkbench
Project description:Generating Patterned Kidney Organoids for Studying Development and Diseases [scRNA-Seq]
| PRJNA545652 | ENA
Project description:Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs)-derived kidney organoids recapitulate complex developmental processes and tissue architectures, but the intrinsic limitations, such as variability and a lack of vasculature, have greatly hampered their application. Here we establish a highly efficient and versatile protocol for generating vascularized three-dimensional (3D) kidney organoids. We employ dynamic modulation of WNT signaling to control the relative proportion of proximal versus distal nephron segments, thereby producing a correlative level of VEGFA to define the resident vascular network. By single cell RNA-sequencing, we identify a subset of nephron progenitor cells as a potential source of the vasculature. Upon implantation into host mice, these kidney organoids undergo further structural and functional maturation, as demonstrated by the size-selective handling of dextran. Based on this differentiation platform, we establish an in vitro model of autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) by differentiating induced PSCs (iPSCs) from an ARPKD patient into 3D kidney organoids that develop tubule cysts in response to cAMP upregulation. The cystogenesis phenotype can be effectively prevented by gene correction or drug treatment. Our studies provide a versatile platform for studying human kidney development and diseases, and opens new avenues for modeling disease pathogenesis and performing patient-specific drug screening.
2019-06-01 | GSE132023 | GEO