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Pancreatic duct organoid swelling is chloride-dependent
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Pancreatic duct organoid swelling is chloride-dependent

Yunxia O'Malley, Keyan Zarei, Oriana G. Calderon Vanegas, Pratibha Singh, T. Idil Apak, Mitchell Coleman, Ian M. Thornell and Aliye Uc
Journal of cystic fibrosis, Vol.23(1), pp.169-171
01/2024
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcf.2023.08.003
PMCID: PMC10891289
PMID: 37633792
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https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10891289/pdf/nihms-1926982.pdfView
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Abstract

Pancreatic secretions become viscous and acidic in Cystic fibrosis (CF), highlighting the role of CFTR in pancreatic fluid and bicarbonate secretion. Forskolin-induced swelling (FIS) assay developed in intestinal organoids measures residual CFTR function. It is not known whether FIS reflects bicarbonate secretion in pancreas, an organ that secretes near-isotonic NaHCO3 levels. To investigate this, we generated pancreatic duct organoids from CF and non-CF pigs. Epithelial and ductal origin was confirmed with epithelial markers, ion transporters and lack of acinar, islet cell markers. CF organoids were small with no identifiable lumen; CFTR was expressed only in non-CF organoids. Utilizing FIS, organoid size increased only in response to chloride, not bicarbonate. This report highlights pancreatic duct organoids isolated for the first time from CF pigs and evidence for chloride and not bicarbonate driving pancreatic organoid swelling. These organoids would be useful to test chloride permeability of CFTR mutations that cause CF pancreatic disease.

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