Montesano R, Mouron P, Amherdt M, Orci L
J Cell Biol. 1983 Sep;97(3):935-9. doi: 10.1083/jcb.97.3.935.
To evaluate the capacity of pancreatic endocrine cells to reassociate in vitro according to the characteristic topographical pattern observed in the islets of Langerhans in situ, we cultured cells dissociated from neonatal rat pancreas within a three-dimensional collagen matrix. Cell monolayers grown on the surface of collagen gels were covered with a second layer of collagen. This induced the monolayers of endocrine cells to reorganize into smooth-contoured, three-dimensional aggregates, in which non-B cells (identified by electron microscopy and immunofluorescence) had a preferential distribution at the periphery, whereas B cells were concentrated in a central position. These results show that cultured pancreatic endocrine cells have the capacity to reassociate into islet-like organoids in vitro, and that collagen matrices may have a permissive effect on the expression of this potential.
为了根据在原位胰岛中观察到的特征性拓扑模式评估胰腺内分泌细胞在体外重新结合的能力,我们在三维胶原基质中培养了从新生大鼠胰腺分离的细胞。在胶原凝胶表面生长的细胞单层被第二层胶原覆盖。这促使内分泌细胞单层重新组织成轮廓光滑的三维聚集体,其中非B细胞(通过电子显微镜和免疫荧光鉴定)在外围有优先分布,而B细胞集中在中心位置。这些结果表明,培养的胰腺内分泌细胞在体外有能力重新结合成胰岛样类器官,并且胶原基质可能对这种潜能的表达有促进作用。