期刊
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 116, 期 23, 页码 11444-11453出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1702372116
关键词
epithelial tube; mammary gland; organoids; lumen formation; usual ductal hyperplasia
资金
- Nikon Imaging Center at Harvard Medical School
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [FL 820/1-1]
- US NIH [R01-CA164448, S10RR0266360, P01-CA139980]
As 3D culture has become central to investigation of tissue biology, mammary epithelial organoids have emerged as powerful tools for investigation of epithelial cell polarization and carcinogenesis. However, most current protocols start from single cells suspended in Matrigel, which can also restrict cell differentiation and behavior. Here, we show that the noncancerous mammary cell line HMT-3522 S1, when allowed to spontaneously form cell aggregates (spheroids) in medium without Matrigel, switches to a collective growth mode that recapitulates many attributes of usual ductal hyperplasia (UDH), a common benign mammary lesion. Interestingly, these spheroids undergo a complex maturation process reminiscent of embryonic development: solid-cell cords form their own basement membrane, grow on the surface of initially homogeneous cell aggregates, and form asymmetric lumina lined by two distinct cell types that express basal and luminal cytokeratins. This sequence of events provides a cellular mechanism that explains how the characteristic crescent-shaped, asymmetrical lumina form in UDH. Our results suggest that HMT-3522 S1 spheroids are useful as an in vitro model system to study UDH biology, glandular lumen formation, and stem cell biology of the mammary gland.
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