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A 3D system to model human pancreas development and its reference single-cell transcriptome atlas identify signaling pathways required for progenitor expansion

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  • Carla A. Gonçalves

    (The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Biology)

  • Michael Larsen

    (The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Biology)

  • Sascha Jung

    (CIC bioGUNE-BRTA (Basque Research and Technology Alliance))

  • Johannes Stratmann

    (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics)

  • Akiko Nakamura

    (The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Biology)

  • Marit Leuschner

    (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics)

  • Lena Hersemann

    (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics)

  • Rashmiparvathi Keshara

    (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics)

  • Signe Perlman

    (University Hospital of Copenhagen (Rigshospitalet))

  • Lene Lundvall

    (University Hospital of Copenhagen (Rigshospitalet))

  • Lea Langhoff Thuesen

    (Hvidovre University Hospital)

  • Kristine Juul Hare

    (Hvidovre University Hospital)

  • Ido Amit

    (The Weizmann institute)

  • Anne Jørgensen

    (Copenhagen University Hospital (Righshospitalet))

  • Yung Hae Kim

    (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics)

  • Antonio Sol

    (CIC bioGUNE-BRTA (Basque Research and Technology Alliance)
    University of Luxembourg
    Basque Foundation for Science)

  • Anne Grapin-Botton

    (The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Biology
    Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics)

Abstract

Human organogenesis remains relatively unexplored for ethical and practical reasons. Here, we report the establishment of a single-cell transcriptome atlas of the human fetal pancreas between 7 and 10 post-conceptional weeks of development. To interrogate cell–cell interactions, we describe InterCom, an R-Package we developed for identifying receptor–ligand pairs and their downstream effects. We further report the establishment of a human pancreas culture system starting from fetal tissue or human pluripotent stem cells, enabling the long-term maintenance of pancreas progenitors in a minimal, defined medium in three-dimensions. Benchmarking the cells produced in 2-dimensions and those expanded in 3-dimensions to fetal tissue identifies that progenitors expanded in 3-dimensions are transcriptionally closer to the fetal pancreas. We further demonstrate the potential of this system as a screening platform and identify the importance of the EGF and FGF pathways controlling human pancreas progenitor expansion.

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  • Carla A. Gonçalves & Michael Larsen & Sascha Jung & Johannes Stratmann & Akiko Nakamura & Marit Leuschner & Lena Hersemann & Rashmiparvathi Keshara & Signe Perlman & Lene Lundvall & Lea Langhoff Thues, 2021. "A 3D system to model human pancreas development and its reference single-cell transcriptome atlas identify signaling pathways required for progenitor expansion," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-17, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:12:y:2021:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-021-23295-6
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23295-6
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