論文

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2021年8月9日

Ngn3-Positive Cells Arise from Pancreatic Duct Cells.

International journal of molecular sciences
  • Chiemi Kimura-Nakajima
  • ,
  • Kousuke Sakaguchi
  • ,
  • Yoshiko Hatano
  • ,
  • Masahito Matsumoto
  • ,
  • Yasushi Okazaki
  • ,
  • Keisuke Tanaka
  • ,
  • Takumi Yamane
  • ,
  • Yuichi Oishi
  • ,
  • Kenji Kamimoto
  • ,
  • Ken Iwatsuki

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記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.3390/ijms22168548

The production of pancreatic β cells is the most challenging step for curing diabetes using next-generation treatments. Adult pancreatic endocrine cells are thought to be maintained by the self-duplication of differentiated cells, and pancreatic endocrine neogenesis can only be observed when the tissue is severely damaged. Experimentally, this can be performed using a method named partial duct ligation (PDL). As the success rate of PDL surgery is low because of difficulties in identifying the pancreatic duct, we previously proposed a method for fluorescently labeling the duct in live animals. Using this method, we performed PDL on neurogenin3 (Ngn3)-GFP transgenic mice to determine the origin of endocrine precursor cells and evaluate their potential to differentiate into multiple cell types. Ngn3-activated cells, which were marked with GFP, appeared after PDL operation. Because some GFP-positive cells were aligned proximally to the duct, we hypothesized that Ngn3-positive cells arise from the pancreatic duct. Therefore, we next developed an in vitro pancreatic duct culture system using Ngn3-GFP mice and examined whether Ngn3-positive cells emerge from this duct. We observed GFP expressions in ductal organoid cultures. GFP expressions were correlated with Ngn3 expressions and endocrine cell lineage markers. Interestingly, tuft cell markers were also correlated with GFP expressions. Our results demonstrate that in adult mice, Ngn3-positive endocrine precursor cells arise from the pancreatic ducts both in vivo and in vitro experiments indicating that the pancreatic duct could be a potential donor for therapeutic use.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22168548
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34445257
PubMed Central
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8395223
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.3390/ijms22168548
  • PubMed ID : 34445257
  • PubMed Central 記事ID : PMC8395223

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