Organoid News Volume 2.19 | May 20 2021

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    Vol. 2.19 – 20 May, 2021
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    Transparent, Compliant 3D Mesostructures for Precise Evaluation of Mechanical Characteristics of Organoids

    Finite element analysis served as a design tool to guide selection of geometries and material parameters for shape-matching 3D architectures tailored to organoids of interest.
    [Advanced Materials]

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    Characterization of an Engineered Live Bacterial Therapeutic for the Treatment of Phenylketonuria in a Human Gut-on-a-Chip

    The authors showed how in vitro gut-chip models could be used to construct mechanistic models of strain activity and recapitulate the behavior of the engineered strain in a non-human primate model.
    [Nature Communications]

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    Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium SPI-1 and SPI-2 Shape the Global Transcriptional Landscape in a Human Intestinal Organoid Model System

    Researchers used a human intestinal organoid model to define host transcriptional responses to S. Typhimurium infection, also determining host pathways dependent on Salmonella pathogenicity island- 1- and -2-encoded type 3 secretion systems
    [mBio]

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    Novel Fragile X Syndrome 2D and 3D Brain Models Based on Human Isogenic FMRP-KO iPSCs

    Scientists generated 2D and 3D in vitro human Fragile X Syndrome model systems based on isogenic fragile X mental retardation protein knock-out mutant and wild-type human hiPSC lines.
    [Cell Death & Disease]

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    Protein Synthesis Inhibitor Omacetaxine Is Effective against Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Investigators implemented novel patient-derived organoid and patient-derived xenografts strategies for high-throughput drug screening.
    [JCI Insight]

    Abstract

    Vitamin D3 Suppresses Intestinal Epithelial Stemness via ER Stress Induction in Intestinal Organoids

    Intestinal organoids derived from mouse small intestine were treated with vitamin D3, and the effects on intestinal stemness and differentiation were evaluated using real-time PCR and immunofluorescence staining of the distinct lineage markers.
    [Stem Cell Research & Therapy]

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    Accelerating Cryoprotectant Diffusion Kinetics Improves Cryopreservation of Pancreatic Islets

    Researchers demonstrated that equilibration of mouse islets with small molecules in aqueous solutions could be accelerated from greater than 24 to 6 hours by increasing incubation temperature to 37°C.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    Liquid Biopsy for Colorectal Adenoma: Is the Exosomal miRNA Derived From Organoid a Potential Diagnostic Biomarker?

    Investigators implemented novel patient-derived organoid and patient-derived xenografts strategies for high-throughput drug screening.
    [Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology]

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    The Association between ERK Inhibitor Sensitivity and Molecular Characteristics in Colorectal Cancer

    Researchers analyzed the association between the molecular characteristics which analyzed by next-generation sequencing and sensitivity to the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) inhibitor in patient-derived organoids derived from colorectal cancer specimens.
    [Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications]

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    Vascular Deficiencies in Renal Organoids and Ex Vivo Kidney Organogenesis

    The authors comprehensively assessed the vasculature in two distinct kidney organoid models as well as in explanted embryonic kidneys.
    [Developmental Biology]

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    Differentiation-Related Zinc Finger Protein 750 Suppresses Cell Growth in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

    Scientists demonstrated that chemical manipulation of esophageal keratinocyte differentiation in mouse normal esophageal epithelial organoids implicated the involvement of the mouse homolog of ZNF750, Zfp750, in keratinocyte differentiation in premalignant cells.
    [Oncology Letters]

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    REVIEWS

    Running the Full Human Developmental Clock in Interspecies Chimeras Using Alternative Human Stem Cells with Expanded Embryonic Potential

    Investigators present the scientific evidence for how adult human tissues could generate human-animal interspecific chimeras to solve this problem.
    [NPJ Regenerative Medicine]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    Cancer Innovation at the Center for Pershing Square Sohn Prizewinners

    The 2021 Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research has been awarded to Christine Iok In Chio, PhD, and Xuebing Wu, PhD, for their out-of-the box approaches to cancer research.
    [Columbia University]

    Press Release

    U of T Researchers Grow Mini-Organs to Study Brain Development and Disease

    A University of Toronto (U of T) team is 11 sharing nearly $21 million in funding from Medicine by Design over three years. Funded by a $114-million grant from the Canada First Research Excellence Fund, Medicine by Design is a strategic research initiative that is working at the convergence of engineering, medicine and science to catalyze transformative discoveries in regenerative medicine and accelerate them toward clinical impact.
    [University of Toronto]

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