Modeling plasticity and dysplasia of pancreatic ductal organoids derived from human pluripotent stem cells

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Contributors

  • Markus Breunig - , Ulm University (Author)
  • Jessica Merkle - , Ulm University (Author)
  • Martin Wagner - , Ulm University (Author)
  • Michael K. Melzer - , Ulm University (Author)
  • Thomas F.E. Barth - , Ulm University (Author)
  • Thomas Engleitner - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Johannes Krumm - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Sandra Wiedenmann - , Ulm University, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health (Author)
  • Christian M. Cohrs - , University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.), Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden (PLID) of the Helmholtz Center Munich, Institute of Physiology (Author)
  • Lukas Perkhofer - , Ulm University (Author)
  • Gaurav Jain - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Jana Krüger - , Ulm University (Author)
  • Patrick C. Hermann - , Ulm University (Author)
  • Maximilian Schmid - , Ulm University (Author)
  • Tamara Madácsy - , University of Szeged (Author)
  • Árpád Varga - , University of Szeged (Author)
  • Joscha Griger - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Ninel Azoitei - , Ulm University (Author)
  • Martin Müller - , Ulm University (Author)
  • Oliver Wessely - , Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Author)
  • Pamela G. Robey - , National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Author)
  • Sandra Heller - , Ulm University (Author)
  • Zahra Dantes - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Maximilian Reichert - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Cagatay Günes - , Ulm University (Author)
  • Christian Bolenz - , Ulm University (Author)
  • Florian Kuhn - , Ulm University (Author)
  • József Maléth - , University of Szeged (Author)
  • Stephan Speier - , Institute of Physiology, German Center for Diabetes Research - Paul Langerhans Insitute Dresden (Partner: HMGU), University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.) (Author)
  • Stefan Liebau - , University of Tübingen (Author)
  • Bence Sipos - , University Hospital Tübingen (Author)
  • Bernhard Kuster - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Thomas Seufferlein - , Ulm University (Author)
  • Roland Rad - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Matthias Meier - , Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health (Author)
  • Meike Hohwieler - , Ulm University (Author)
  • Alexander Kleger - , Ulm University (Author)

Abstract

Personalized in vitro models for dysplasia and carcinogenesis in the pancreas have been constrained by insufficient differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) into the exocrine pancreatic lineage. Here, we differentiate hPSCs into pancreatic duct-like organoids (PDLOs) with morphological, transcriptional, proteomic, and functional characteristics of human pancreatic ducts, further maturing upon transplantation into mice. PDLOs are generated from hPSCs inducibly expressing oncogenic GNAS, KRAS, or KRAS with genetic covariance of lost CDKN2A and from induced hPSCs derived from a McCune-Albright patient. Each oncogene causes a specific growth, structural, and molecular phenotype in vitro. While transplanted PDLOs with oncogenic KRAS alone form heterogenous dysplastic lesions or cancer, KRAS with CDKN2A loss develop dedifferentiated pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas. In contrast, transplanted PDLOs with mutant GNAS lead to intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasia-like structures. Conclusively, PDLOs enable in vitro and in vivo studies of pancreatic plasticity, dysplasia, and cancer formation from a genetically defined background.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1105-1124.e19
JournalCell Stem Cell
Volume28
Issue number6
Publication statusPublished - 3 Jun 2021
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMed 33915078

Keywords

Sustainable Development Goals

Keywords

  • CDKN2A, disease modelling, ductal pancreatic organoids, GNAS, human pluripotent stem cells, in vitro differentiation, IPMN, KRAS, PDAC, xenograft