Reconstruction of the mouse extrahepatic biliary tree using primary human extrahepatic cholangiocyte organoids

Treatment of common bile duct disorders such as biliary atresia or ischaemic strictures is limited to liver transplantation or hepatojejunostomy due to the lack of suitable tissue for surgical reconstruction. Here, we report a novel method for the isolation and propagation of human cholangiocytes fr...

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Main Authors: Sampaziotis, Fotios, Justin, Alexander W., Tysoe, Olivia C., Sawiak, Stephen, Godfrey, Edmund M., Upponi, Sara S., Gieseck, Richard L., de Brito, Miguel Cardoso, Berntsen, Natalie Lie, Gómez-Vázquez, María J., Ortmann, Daniel, Yiangou, Loukia, Ross, Alexander, Bargehr, Johannes, Bertero, Alessandro, Zonneveld, Mariëlle C.F., Pedersen, Marianne T., Pawlowski, Matthias, Valestrand, Laura, Madrigal, Pedro, Georgakopoulos, Nikitas, Pirmadjid, Negar, Skeldon, Gregor M., Casey, John, Shu, Wenmiao, Materek, Paulina M., Snijders, Kirsten, Brown, Stephanie, Rimland, Casey A., Simonic, Ingrid, Davies, Susan E., Jensen, Kim B., Zilbauer, Matthias, Gelson, William T.H., Alexander, Graeme J., Sinha, Sanjay, Hannan, Nicholas R.F., Wynn, Thomas A., Karlsen, Tom H., Melum, Espen, Markaki, Athina E., Saeb-Parsy, Kourosh, Vallier, Ludovic
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author Sampaziotis, Fotios
Justin, Alexander W.
Tysoe, Olivia C.
Sawiak, Stephen
Godfrey, Edmund M.
Upponi, Sara S.
Gieseck, Richard L.
de Brito, Miguel Cardoso
Berntsen, Natalie Lie
Gómez-Vázquez, María J.
Ortmann, Daniel
Yiangou, Loukia
Ross, Alexander
Bargehr, Johannes
Bertero, Alessandro
Zonneveld, Mariëlle C.F.
Pedersen, Marianne T.
Pawlowski, Matthias
Valestrand, Laura
Madrigal, Pedro
Georgakopoulos, Nikitas
Pirmadjid, Negar
Skeldon, Gregor M.
Casey, John
Shu, Wenmiao
Materek, Paulina M.
Snijders, Kirsten
Brown, Stephanie
Rimland, Casey A.
Simonic, Ingrid
Davies, Susan E.
Jensen, Kim B.
Zilbauer, Matthias
Gelson, William T.H.
Alexander, Graeme J.
Sinha, Sanjay
Hannan, Nicholas R.F.
Wynn, Thomas A.
Karlsen, Tom H.
Melum, Espen
Markaki, Athina E.
Saeb-Parsy, Kourosh
Vallier, Ludovic
author_facet Sampaziotis, Fotios
Justin, Alexander W.
Tysoe, Olivia C.
Sawiak, Stephen
Godfrey, Edmund M.
Upponi, Sara S.
Gieseck, Richard L.
de Brito, Miguel Cardoso
Berntsen, Natalie Lie
Gómez-Vázquez, María J.
Ortmann, Daniel
Yiangou, Loukia
Ross, Alexander
Bargehr, Johannes
Bertero, Alessandro
Zonneveld, Mariëlle C.F.
Pedersen, Marianne T.
Pawlowski, Matthias
Valestrand, Laura
Madrigal, Pedro
Georgakopoulos, Nikitas
Pirmadjid, Negar
Skeldon, Gregor M.
Casey, John
Shu, Wenmiao
Materek, Paulina M.
Snijders, Kirsten
Brown, Stephanie
Rimland, Casey A.
Simonic, Ingrid
Davies, Susan E.
Jensen, Kim B.
Zilbauer, Matthias
Gelson, William T.H.
Alexander, Graeme J.
Sinha, Sanjay
Hannan, Nicholas R.F.
Wynn, Thomas A.
Karlsen, Tom H.
Melum, Espen
Markaki, Athina E.
Saeb-Parsy, Kourosh
Vallier, Ludovic
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description Treatment of common bile duct disorders such as biliary atresia or ischaemic strictures is limited to liver transplantation or hepatojejunostomy due to the lack of suitable tissue for surgical reconstruction. Here, we report a novel method for the isolation and propagation of human cholangiocytes from the extrahepatic biliary tree and we explore the potential of bioengineered biliary tissue consisting of these extrahepatic cholangiocyte organoids (ECOs) and biodegradable scaffolds for transplantation and biliary reconstruction in vivo. ECOs closely correlate with primary cholangiocytes in terms of transcriptomic profile and functional properties (ALP, GGT). Following transplantation in immunocompromised mice ECOs self-organize into tubular structures expressing biliary markers (CK7). When seeded on biodegradable scaffolds, ECOs form tissue-like structures retaining biliary marker expression (CK7) and function (ALP, GGT). This bioengineered tissue can reconstruct the wall of the biliary tree (gallbladder) and rescue and extrahepatic biliary injury mouse model following transplantation. Furthermore, it can be fashioned into bioengineered ducts and replace the native common bile duct of immunocompromised mice, with no evidence of cholestasis or lumen occlusion up to one month after reconstruction. In conclusion, ECOs can successfully reconstruct the biliary tree following transplantation, providing proof-of-principle for organ regeneration using human primary cells expanded in vitro.
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spelling nottingham-439562020-05-04T18:53:53Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43956/ Reconstruction of the mouse extrahepatic biliary tree using primary human extrahepatic cholangiocyte organoids Sampaziotis, Fotios Justin, Alexander W. Tysoe, Olivia C. Sawiak, Stephen Godfrey, Edmund M. Upponi, Sara S. Gieseck, Richard L. de Brito, Miguel Cardoso Berntsen, Natalie Lie Gómez-Vázquez, María J. Ortmann, Daniel Yiangou, Loukia Ross, Alexander Bargehr, Johannes Bertero, Alessandro Zonneveld, Mariëlle C.F. Pedersen, Marianne T. Pawlowski, Matthias Valestrand, Laura Madrigal, Pedro Georgakopoulos, Nikitas Pirmadjid, Negar Skeldon, Gregor M. Casey, John Shu, Wenmiao Materek, Paulina M. Snijders, Kirsten Brown, Stephanie Rimland, Casey A. Simonic, Ingrid Davies, Susan E. Jensen, Kim B. Zilbauer, Matthias Gelson, William T.H. Alexander, Graeme J. Sinha, Sanjay Hannan, Nicholas R.F. Wynn, Thomas A. Karlsen, Tom H. Melum, Espen Markaki, Athina E. Saeb-Parsy, Kourosh Vallier, Ludovic Treatment of common bile duct disorders such as biliary atresia or ischaemic strictures is limited to liver transplantation or hepatojejunostomy due to the lack of suitable tissue for surgical reconstruction. Here, we report a novel method for the isolation and propagation of human cholangiocytes from the extrahepatic biliary tree and we explore the potential of bioengineered biliary tissue consisting of these extrahepatic cholangiocyte organoids (ECOs) and biodegradable scaffolds for transplantation and biliary reconstruction in vivo. ECOs closely correlate with primary cholangiocytes in terms of transcriptomic profile and functional properties (ALP, GGT). Following transplantation in immunocompromised mice ECOs self-organize into tubular structures expressing biliary markers (CK7). When seeded on biodegradable scaffolds, ECOs form tissue-like structures retaining biliary marker expression (CK7) and function (ALP, GGT). This bioengineered tissue can reconstruct the wall of the biliary tree (gallbladder) and rescue and extrahepatic biliary injury mouse model following transplantation. Furthermore, it can be fashioned into bioengineered ducts and replace the native common bile duct of immunocompromised mice, with no evidence of cholestasis or lumen occlusion up to one month after reconstruction. In conclusion, ECOs can successfully reconstruct the biliary tree following transplantation, providing proof-of-principle for organ regeneration using human primary cells expanded in vitro. Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-03 Article PeerReviewed Sampaziotis, Fotios, Justin, Alexander W., Tysoe, Olivia C., Sawiak, Stephen, Godfrey, Edmund M., Upponi, Sara S., Gieseck, Richard L., de Brito, Miguel Cardoso, Berntsen, Natalie Lie, Gómez-Vázquez, María J., Ortmann, Daniel, Yiangou, Loukia, Ross, Alexander, Bargehr, Johannes, Bertero, Alessandro, Zonneveld, Mariëlle C.F., Pedersen, Marianne T., Pawlowski, Matthias, Valestrand, Laura, Madrigal, Pedro, Georgakopoulos, Nikitas, Pirmadjid, Negar, Skeldon, Gregor M., Casey, John, Shu, Wenmiao, Materek, Paulina M., Snijders, Kirsten, Brown, Stephanie, Rimland, Casey A., Simonic, Ingrid, Davies, Susan E., Jensen, Kim B., Zilbauer, Matthias, Gelson, William T.H., Alexander, Graeme J., Sinha, Sanjay, Hannan, Nicholas R.F., Wynn, Thomas A., Karlsen, Tom H., Melum, Espen, Markaki, Athina E., Saeb-Parsy, Kourosh and Vallier, Ludovic (2017) Reconstruction of the mouse extrahepatic biliary tree using primary human extrahepatic cholangiocyte organoids. Nature Medicine . ISSN 1546-170X Cholangiocytes Bile duct Bio-engineering Tissue engineering Organoids Regenerative medicine Cell-based therapy Biliary atresia PGA scaffold Collagen scaffold Densified collagen http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nm.4360.html doi:10.1038/nm.4360 doi:10.1038/nm.4360
spellingShingle Cholangiocytes
Bile duct
Bio-engineering
Tissue engineering
Organoids
Regenerative medicine
Cell-based therapy
Biliary atresia
PGA scaffold
Collagen scaffold
Densified collagen
Sampaziotis, Fotios
Justin, Alexander W.
Tysoe, Olivia C.
Sawiak, Stephen
Godfrey, Edmund M.
Upponi, Sara S.
Gieseck, Richard L.
de Brito, Miguel Cardoso
Berntsen, Natalie Lie
Gómez-Vázquez, María J.
Ortmann, Daniel
Yiangou, Loukia
Ross, Alexander
Bargehr, Johannes
Bertero, Alessandro
Zonneveld, Mariëlle C.F.
Pedersen, Marianne T.
Pawlowski, Matthias
Valestrand, Laura
Madrigal, Pedro
Georgakopoulos, Nikitas
Pirmadjid, Negar
Skeldon, Gregor M.
Casey, John
Shu, Wenmiao
Materek, Paulina M.
Snijders, Kirsten
Brown, Stephanie
Rimland, Casey A.
Simonic, Ingrid
Davies, Susan E.
Jensen, Kim B.
Zilbauer, Matthias
Gelson, William T.H.
Alexander, Graeme J.
Sinha, Sanjay
Hannan, Nicholas R.F.
Wynn, Thomas A.
Karlsen, Tom H.
Melum, Espen
Markaki, Athina E.
Saeb-Parsy, Kourosh
Vallier, Ludovic
Reconstruction of the mouse extrahepatic biliary tree using primary human extrahepatic cholangiocyte organoids
title Reconstruction of the mouse extrahepatic biliary tree using primary human extrahepatic cholangiocyte organoids
title_full Reconstruction of the mouse extrahepatic biliary tree using primary human extrahepatic cholangiocyte organoids
title_fullStr Reconstruction of the mouse extrahepatic biliary tree using primary human extrahepatic cholangiocyte organoids
title_full_unstemmed Reconstruction of the mouse extrahepatic biliary tree using primary human extrahepatic cholangiocyte organoids
title_short Reconstruction of the mouse extrahepatic biliary tree using primary human extrahepatic cholangiocyte organoids
title_sort reconstruction of the mouse extrahepatic biliary tree using primary human extrahepatic cholangiocyte organoids
topic Cholangiocytes
Bile duct
Bio-engineering
Tissue engineering
Organoids
Regenerative medicine
Cell-based therapy
Biliary atresia
PGA scaffold
Collagen scaffold
Densified collagen
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