Chung Patrick Ho-Yu, Babu Rosana Ottakandathil, Wu Zhongluan, Wong Kenneth Kak-Yuen, Tam Paul Kwong-Hang, Lui Vincent Chi-Hang
Department of Surgery, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
MRC WIMM Centre for Computational Biology, Medical Research Council, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine (WIMM), John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.
Curr Issues Mol Biol. 2022 Jan 27;44(2):644-653. doi: 10.3390/cimb44020045.
Background: We explored the feasibility of creating BA-like organoids by treating human liver organoids with Polyinosinic:Polycytidylic acid (Poly I:C). Methods: Organoids were developed from the liver parenchyma collected during Kasai portoenterostomy (BA) and surgery for other liver disorders (non-BA). The non-BA organoids were co-cultured with poly I:C (40 µg/mL). The organoid morphology from both samples was compared on day 17. RNA-sequencing was performed to examine the transcriptomic differences. Results: Non-BA liver organoids developed into well-expanded spherical organoids with a single-cell layer of epithelial cells and a single vacuole inside. After poly I:C treatment, the majority of these organoids developed into an aberrant morphology with a high index of similarity to BA organoids which are multi-vacuoled and/or unexpanded. RNA-sequencing analysis revealed that 19 inflammatory genes were commonly expressed in both groups. Conditional cluster analysis revealed several genes (SOCS6, SOCS6.1, ARAF, CAMK2G, GNA1C, ITGA2, PRKACA, PTEN) that are involved in immune-mediated signaling pathway had a distinct pattern of expression in the poly I:C treated organoids. This resembled the expression pattern in BA organoids (p < 0.05). Conclusions: Poly I:C treated human liver organoids exhibit morphology and genetic signature highly compatible to organoids developed from BA liver samples. They are potential research materials to study immune-mediated inflammation in BA.
我们探讨了用聚肌苷酸:聚胞苷酸(Poly I:C)处理人肝脏类器官以创建类似胆管闭锁(BA)类器官的可行性。方法:类器官由在葛西肝门空肠吻合术(BA)期间以及其他肝脏疾病手术(非BA)中收集的肝实质发育而来。将非BA类器官与聚肌苷酸:聚胞苷酸(40 µg/mL)共培养。在第17天比较两个样本的类器官形态。进行RNA测序以检查转录组差异。结果:非BA肝脏类器官发育成良好扩张的球形类器官,具有单层上皮细胞且内部有单个液泡。经聚肌苷酸:聚胞苷酸处理后,这些类器官中的大多数发育成异常形态,与多液泡和/或未扩张的BA类器官具有高度相似性。RNA测序分析显示,两组中共有19个炎症基因表达。条件聚类分析显示,参与免疫介导信号通路的几个基因(SOCS6、SOCS6.1、ARAF、CAMK2G、GNA1C、ITGA2、PRKACA、PTEN)在聚肌苷酸:聚胞苷酸处理的类器官中具有独特的表达模式。这类似于BA类器官中的表达模式(p < 0.05)。结论:经聚肌苷酸:聚胞苷酸处理的人肝脏类器官表现出与BA肝脏样本发育而来的类器官高度相容的形态和基因特征。它们是研究BA中免疫介导炎症的潜在研究材料。