Journal article
In vitro developmental model of the gastrointestinal tract from mouse embryonic stem cells
Nagoya journal of medical science, Vol.69(3-4), pp.133-137
10/2007
PMID: 18351232
Abstract
Mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells are pluripotent and retain their potential to form cells, tissues and organs originated from three embryonic germ layers. Recently, we developed in vitro organ--gut-like structures--from mouse ES cells. They had basically similar morphological features to a mouse gastrointestinal tract in vivo composed of three distinct layers (i.e., epithelium, connective tissue and musculature). Gut-like structures showed spontaneous contractions derived from pacemaker cells (interstitial cells of Cajal) in the musculature. We also examined their formation process and expression pattern of transcription factors crucial for gut organogenesis such as Id2, Sox17, HNF3beta/Foxa2 and GATA4. We found that they mimic the development of embryonic gut in vivo and showed a similar expression pattern of common transcription factors. They also maintain their developmental potential after transplantation to a renal capsule. Therefore, gut-like structures are suitable for in vitro models of gastrointestinal tracts and their development. In addition, we pointed out several unique features different from gut in vivo that provide useful and advantageous tools to investigate the developmental mechanism of the gastrointestinal tract.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- In vitro developmental model of the gastrointestinal tract from mouse embryonic stem cells
- Creators
- Shigeko Torihashi - Nagoya UniversityMasaki KuwaharaMasaaki Kurahashi
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Nagoya journal of medical science, Vol.69(3-4), pp.133-137
- PMID
- 18351232
- ISSN
- 0027-7622
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/2007
- Academic Unit
- Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984359876202771
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