PMID- 23644405 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130927 LR - 20240610 IS - 1528-0012 (Electronic) IS - 0016-5085 (Print) IS - 0016-5085 (Linking) VI - 145 IP - 2 DP - 2013 Aug TI - Isolation and characterization of intestinal stem cells based on surface marker combinations and colony-formation assay. PG - 383-95.e1-21 LID - S0016-5085(13)00701-4 [pii] LID - 10.1053/j.gastro.2013.04.050 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND & AIMS: Identification of intestinal stem cells (ISCs) has relied heavily on the use of transgenic reporters in mice, but this approach is limited by mosaic expression patterns and difficult to directly apply to human tissues. We sought to identify reliable surface markers of ISCs and establish a robust functional assay to characterize ISCs from mouse and human tissues. METHODS: We used immunohistochemistry, real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction, and fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) to analyze intestinal epithelial cells isolated from mouse and human intestinal tissues. We compared different combinations of surface markers among ISCs isolated based on expression of Lgr5-green fluorescent protein. We developed a culture protocol to facilitate the identification of functional ISCs from mice and then tested the assay with human intestinal crypts and putative ISCs. RESULTS: CD44(+)CD24(lo)CD166(+) cells, isolated by FACS from mouse small intestine and colon, expressed high levels of stem cell-associated genes. Transit-amplifying cells and progenitor cells were then excluded based on expression of GRP78 or c-Kit. CD44(+)CD24(lo)CD166(+) GRP78(lo/-) putative stem cells from mouse small intestine included Lgr5-GFP(hi) and Lgr5-GFP(med/lo) cells. Incubation of these cells with the GSK inhibitor CHIR99021 and the E-cadherin stabilizer Thiazovivin resulted in colony formation by 25% to 30% of single-sorted ISCs. CONCLUSIONS: We developed a culture protocol to identify putative ISCs from mouse and human tissues based on cell surface markers. CD44(+)CD24(lo)CD166(+), GRP78(lo/-), and c-Kit(-) facilitated identification of putative stem cells from the mouse small intestine and colon, respectively. CD44(+)CD24(-/lo)CD166(+) also identified putative human ISCs. These findings will facilitate functional studies of mouse and human ISCs. CI - Copyright (c) 2013 AGA Institute. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Wang, Fengchao AU - Wang F AD - Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri 64110, USA. FAU - Scoville, David AU - Scoville D FAU - He, Xi C AU - He XC FAU - Mahe, Maxime M AU - Mahe MM FAU - Box, Andrew AU - Box A FAU - Perry, John M AU - Perry JM FAU - Smith, Nicholas R AU - Smith NR FAU - Lei, Nan Ye AU - Lei NY FAU - Davies, Paige S AU - Davies PS FAU - Fuller, Megan K AU - Fuller MK FAU - Haug, Jeffrey S AU - Haug JS FAU - McClain, Melainia AU - McClain M FAU - Gracz, Adam D AU - Gracz AD FAU - Ding, Sheng AU - Ding S FAU - Stelzner, Matthias AU - Stelzner M FAU - Dunn, James C Y AU - Dunn JC FAU - Magness, Scott T AU - Magness ST FAU - Wong, Melissa H AU - Wong MH FAU - Martin, Martin G AU - Martin MG FAU - Helmrath, Michael AU - Helmrath M FAU - Li, Linheng AU - Li L LA - eng GR - U01 DK085535/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK091427/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - U01DK85532/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - U01 DK085507/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - U24 DK085532/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - U01DK085507/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - U01 DK085547/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - U01 DK085532/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - U01DK085547/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - U01DK85535/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - U01 DK085525/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - U01DK85525/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130502 PL - United States TA - Gastroenterology JT - Gastroenterology JID - 0374630 RN - 0 (Activated-Leukocyte Cell Adhesion Molecule) RN - 0 (Antigens, Surface) RN - 0 (CD24 Antigen) RN - 0 (Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP) RN - 0 (HSPA5 protein, human) RN - 0 (Heat-Shock Proteins) RN - 0 (Hspa5 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Hyaluronan Receptors) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit) SB - IM MH - Activated-Leukocyte Cell Adhesion Molecule/metabolism MH - Adult Stem Cells/*metabolism MH - Animals MH - Antigens, Surface/*metabolism MH - CD24 Antigen/metabolism MH - Cell Culture Techniques MH - Colon/cytology MH - Colony-Forming Units Assay MH - Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP MH - Flow Cytometry MH - Heat-Shock Proteins/genetics MH - Humans MH - Hyaluronan Receptors/metabolism MH - Intestinal Mucosa/*cytology MH - Intestine, Small/cytology MH - Mice MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit/metabolism PMC - PMC3781924 MID - NIHMS499368 OTO - NOTNLM OT - CBC OT - CFE OT - CoSC OT - Differentiation OT - FACS OT - Flow Cytometry Analysis OT - GRP OT - IEC OT - IHC OT - ISC OT - PC OT - Paneth cell OT - Single-Cell Sorting OT - Stemness OT - colonic stem cell OT - colony-forming efficiency OT - crypt base columnar OT - fluorescence-activated cell sorting OT - green fluorescent protein OT - immunohistochemistry OT - intestinal epithelial cell OT - intestinal stem cell OT - qRT-PCR OT - quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction EDAT- 2013/05/07 06:00 MHDA- 2013/09/28 06:00 PMCR- 2014/08/01 CRDT- 2013/05/07 06:00 PHST- 2012/11/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/04/10 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/04/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/05/07 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/05/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/09/28 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/08/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0016-5085(13)00701-4 [pii] AID - 10.1053/j.gastro.2013.04.050 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Gastroenterology. 2013 Aug;145(2):383-95.e1-21. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2013.04.050. Epub 2013 May 2.