C 2017

Lungosphere Assay: 3D Culture of Lung Epithelial Stem/Progenitor Cells

RABATA, Anas, Aleš HAMPL and Zuzana KOLEDOVÁ

Basic information

Original name

Lungosphere Assay: 3D Culture of Lung Epithelial Stem/Progenitor Cells

Authors

RABATA, Anas (760 Syrian Arab Republic, belonging to the institution), Aleš HAMPL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Zuzana KOLEDOVÁ (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

1st. ed. New York, 3D Cell Culture : Methods and Protocols, p. 149-165, 17 pp. Methods in Molecular Biology, volume 1612, 2017

Publisher

Humana Press

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

References:

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14110/17:00095147

Organization unit

Faculty of Medicine

ISBN

978-1-4939-7019-3

UT WoS

000447757200012

Keywords in English

3D culture; Lung epithelial stem/progenitor cells; Lungosphere assay; Spheroid culture

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 27/4/2020 09:05, Mgr. Tereza Miškechová

Abstract

V originále

Lung epithelium contains distinctive subpopulations of lung stem/progenitor cells (LSPCs) that are essential for lung epithelial maintenance and repair in vivo. Hence, LSPCs are in the center of interest of lung biology due to their promising therapeutic applications. To reach this goal, proper characterization of LSPCs, understanding of their proliferation and differentiation potentials and elucidation of mechanisms that control them are necessary. Therefore, development of reliable in vitro clonogenic assays has been needed. We established lungosphere assay, an in vitro sphere-forming 3D culture assay that enables to evaluate stem/progenitor cell activity, self-renewal and differentiation capacity of LSPCs and to conveniently test the effect of various treatments on LSPCs. Here we provide a detailed description of procedures for isolation of adult mouse lung epithelial cells, their culture in non-adherent conditions to form LSPC-derived spheroids (lungospheres) and for embedding of lungospheres into 3D extracellular matrix to model processes of lung tissue maintenance in a physiologically relevant microenvironment.

Links

GJ16-20031Y, research and development project
Name: Signalizace FGF ve fibroblastech mléčné žlázy a její úloha ve vývoji a nádorech mléčné žlázy
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
NV16-31501A, research and development project
Name: Tkáňové inženýrství epitelů: Buňky a protokoly pro regenerativní medicínu
ROZV/20/LF/2015, interní kód MU
Name: LF - Příspěvek IP 2015
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR