PMID- 36038072 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20221122 LR - 20230308 IS - 2352-345X (Electronic) IS - 2352-345X (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 6 DP - 2022 TI - Culture-Associated DNA Methylation Changes Impact on Cellular Function of Human Intestinal Organoids. PG - 1295-1310 LID - S2352-345X(22)00186-2 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2022.08.008 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND & AIMS: Human intestinal epithelial organoids (IEOs) are a powerful tool to model major aspects of intestinal development, health, and diseases because patient-derived cultures retain many features found in vivo. A necessary aspect of the organoid model is the requirement to expand cultures in vitro through several rounds of passaging. This is of concern because the passaging of cells has been shown to affect cell morphology, ploidy, and function. METHODS: Here, we analyzed 173 human IEO lines derived from the small and large bowel and examined the effect of culture duration on DNA methylation (DNAm). Furthermore, we tested the potential impact of DNAm changes on gene expression and cellular function. RESULTS: Our analyses show a reproducible effect of culture duration on DNAm in a large discovery cohort as well as 2 publicly available validation cohorts generated in different laboratories. Although methylation changes were seen in only approximately 8% of tested cytosine-phosphate-guanine dinucleotides (CpGs) and global cellular function remained stable, a subset of methylation changes correlated with altered gene expression at baseline as well as in response to inflammatory cytokine exposure and withdrawal of Wnt agonists. Importantly, epigenetic changes were found to be enriched in genomic regions associated with colonic cancer and distant to the site of replication, indicating similarities to malignant transformation. CONCLUSIONS: Our study shows distinct culture-associated epigenetic changes in mucosa-derived human IEOs, some of which appear to impact gene transcriptomic and cellular function. These findings highlight the need for future studies in this area and the importance of considering passage number as a potentially confounding factor. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Edgar, Rachel D AU - Edgar RD AD - European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom. FAU - Perrone, Francesca AU - Perrone F AD - Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom. FAU - Foster, April R AU - Foster AR AD - Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Centre for Pathway Analysis, Milner Therapeutics Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom. FAU - Payne, Felicity AU - Payne F AD - Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cambridge University Hospitals, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom. FAU - Lewis, Sophia AU - Lewis S AD - Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Eli and Edythe Broad Stem Cell Research Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. FAU - Nayak, Komal M AU - Nayak KM AD - Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom. FAU - Kraiczy, Judith AU - Kraiczy J AD - Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom. FAU - Cenier, Aurelie AU - Cenier A AD - Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cambridge University Hospitals, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom. FAU - Torrente, Franco AU - Torrente F AD - Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cambridge University Hospitals, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom. FAU - Salvestrini, Camilla AU - Salvestrini C AD - Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cambridge University Hospitals, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom. FAU - Heuschkel, Robert AU - Heuschkel R AD - Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cambridge University Hospitals, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom. FAU - Hensel, Kai O AU - Hensel KO AD - Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cambridge University Hospitals, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Witten/Herdecke University, Department of Paediatrics, Helios Medical Centre Wuppertal, Children's Hospital, Wuppertal, Germany. FAU - Harris, Rebecca AU - Harris R AD - Centre for Pathway Analysis, Milner Therapeutics Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom. FAU - Jones, D Leanne AU - Jones DL AD - Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Eli and Edythe Broad Stem Cell Research Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Department of Anatomy and Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regeneration Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California. FAU - Zerbino, Daniel R AU - Zerbino DR AD - European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom. FAU - Zilbauer, Matthias AU - Zilbauer M AD - Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cambridge University Hospitals, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Electronic address: mz304@medschl.cam.ac.uk. LA - eng GR - MC_PC_17230/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20220828 PL - United States TA - Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol JT - Cellular and molecular gastroenterology and hepatology JID - 101648302 SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Organoids MH - *DNA Methylation MH - Intestines MH - Epigenesis, Genetic MH - Intestinal Mucosa PMC - PMC9703134 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Culture Conditions OT - Epigenetics OT - Intestinal Epithelium OT - Organoid EDAT- 2022/08/30 06:00 MHDA- 2022/11/23 06:00 PMCR- 2022/08/28 CRDT- 2022/08/29 19:36 PHST- 2022/04/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/08/21 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/08/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/08/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/11/23 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/08/29 19:36 [entrez] PHST- 2022/08/28 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S2352-345X(22)00186-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2022.08.008 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022;14(6):1295-1310. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2022.08.008. Epub 2022 Aug 28.