Asynchronous mixing of kidney progenitor cells potentiates nephrogenesis in organoids

A fundamental challenge in emulating kidney tissue formation through directed differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells is that kidney development is iterative, and to reproduce the asynchronous mix of differentiation states found in the fetal kidney we combined cells differentiated at differe...

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Published in:Communications biology 2020-05, Vol.3 (1), p.231-231, Article 231
Main Authors: Kumar Gupta, Ashwani, Sarkar, Prasenjit, Wertheim, Jason A., Pan, Xinchao, Carroll, Thomas J., Oxburgh, Leif
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Language:English
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Biology
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Cell differentiation
Computed tomography
Fetuses
Kidneys
Life Sciences
Organoids
Pluripotency
Progenitor cells
Stem cell transplantation
Stem cells
Stromal cells
Vascularization
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Summary:A fundamental challenge in emulating kidney tissue formation through directed differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells is that kidney development is iterative, and to reproduce the asynchronous mix of differentiation states found in the fetal kidney we combined cells differentiated at different times in the same organoid. Asynchronous mixing promoted nephrogenesis, and heterochronic organoids were well vascularized when engrafted under the kidney capsule. Micro-CT and injection of a circulating vascular marker demonstrated that engrafted kidney tissue was connected to the systemic circulation by 2 weeks after engraftment. Proximal tubule glucose uptake was confirmed, but despite these promising measures of graft function, overgrowth of stromal cells prevented long-term study. We propose that this is a technical feature of the engraftment procedure rather than a specific shortcoming of the directed differentiation because kidney organoids derived from primary cells and whole embryonic kidneys develop similar stromal overgrowth when engrafted under the kidney capsule. Ashwani Gupta et al. report an improved protocol for kidney organoid differentiation from pluripotent stem cells. The authors simulate the condition of the fetal kidney by mixing cells differentiated at different times from the same organoid, thereby promoting nephrogenesis in vitro and vascularization after engraftment under the kidney capsule in mice.
ISSN:2399-3642
2399-3642
DOI:10.1038/s42003-020-0948-7