Isolation of mouse salivary gland stem cells. | |
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PMID: 21339725 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Mature salivary glands of both human and mouse origin comprise a minimum of five cell types, each of which facilitates the production and excretion of saliva into the oral cavity. Serous and mucous acinar cells are the protein and mucous producing factories of the gland respectively, and represent the origin of saliva production. Once synthesised, the various enzymatic and other proteinaceous components of saliva are secreted through a series of ductal cells bearing epithelial-type morphology, until the eventual expulsion of the saliva through one major duct into the cavity of the mouth. The composition of saliva is also modified by the ductal cells during this process. In the manifestation of diseases such as Sjögren's syndrome, and in some clinical situations such as radiotherapy treatment for head and neck cancers, saliva production by the glands is dramatically reduced. The resulting xerostomia, a subjective feeling of dry mouth, affects not only the ability of the patient to swallow and speak, but also encourages the development of dental caries and can be socially debilitating for the sufferer. The restoration of saliva production in the above-mentioned clinical conditions therefore represents an unmet clinical need, and as such several studies have demonstrated the regenerative capacity of the salivary glands. Further to the isolation of stem cell-like populations of cells from various tissues within the mouse and human bodies, we have shown using the described method that stem cells isolated from mouse salivary glands can be used to rescue saliva production in irradiated salivary glands. This discovery paves the way for the development of stem cell-based therapies for the treatment of xerostomic conditions in humans, and also for the exploration of the salivary gland as a microenvironment containing cells with multipotent self-renewing capabilities. |
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Sarah Pringle; Lalitha S Y Nanduri; Marianne van der Zwaag; Ronald van Os; Rob P Coppes |
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Type: Journal Article; Video-Audio Media Date: 2011-02-08 |
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Title: Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE Volume: - ISSN: 1940-087X ISO Abbreviation: J Vis Exp Publication Date: 2011 |
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Created Date: 2011-02-22 Completed Date: 2011-04-18 Revised Date: 2013-06-30 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101313252 Medline TA: J Vis Exp Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: - Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Cell Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen. |
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Animals Cytological Techniques / methods* Humans Mice Salivary Glands / cytology* Stem Cells / cytology* |
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Journal Information Journal ID (nlm-ta): J Vis Exp Journal ID (publisher-id): JoVE ISSN: 1940-087X Publisher: MyJove Corporation |
Article Information Download PDF ![]() Copyright © 2011, Journal of Visualized Experiments open-access: collection publication date: Year: 2011 Electronic publication date: Day: 8 Month: 2 Year: 2011 pmc-release publication date: Day: 8 Month: 2 Year: 2011 Issue: 48 E-location ID: 2484 ID: 3197405 PubMed Id: 21339725 Publisher Id: 2484 DOI: 10.3791/2484 |
Isolation of Mouse Salivary Gland Stem Cells | |
Sarah PringleI3736D2022I3736D2023 | |
Lalitha S. Y. NanduriI3736D2022 | |
van der Zwaag MarianneI3736D2022 | |
van Os RonaldI3736D2022I3736D2023 | |
Rob P. CoppesI3736D2022I3736D2023 | |
Department of Cell Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen |
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Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen |
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Correspondence to: Rob P. Coppes at r.p.coppes@med.umcg.nl |
- Buffer: 1 % (w/v) bovine serum albumin in Hank's balanced salt solution
- Reconstitute enzymes. Hyaluronidase enzyme: 40mg / mL, dissolved in buffer. Collagenase II: 23mg / mL, dissolved in buffer. Use freshly prepared enzyme solutions fresh for each isolation. When dissolved, store at 4 °C until use for digestion.
- 50 mM calcium chloride in distilled water. Filter sterilize through a 0.2 uM pore size filter.
- Mouse salivary gland (MSG) culture medium: DMEM:F12 with penicillin (100 I.U. / mL), streptomycin (100 μg / mL), glutamax (2 mM), epidermal growth factor-2 (20 ng / mL), fibroblast growth factor-2 (20 ng / mL), N2 supplement (1 %), insulin (10 μg / mL) and dexamethasone (1 μM).
- Weigh the dissected salivary glands.
- Chop glands into a homogenous pulp using sterile curved dissection scissors in a small petri dish.
- Collect minced tissue in 14 mL tubes, using 1mL of buffer per 80mg submandibular tissue. Rinse the petri dishes clean of tissue using some of the buffer.
- Add another 1 mL of buffer per 80 mg tissue, followed by 25 μL collagenase II enzyme solution, 25 μL hyaluronidase enzyme solution and 250 μL calcium chloride solution per 80 mg tissue. If working with large amounts of tissue, steps 2.4 - 2.9 can be performed in T25 tissue culture flasks for convenience.
- Incubate in a shaking waterbath set at 37 °C for 20 minutes. Remove tubes and triturate by pipette to mix enzyme thoroughly through tissue again.
- Replace in waterbath for another 20 mins.
- Collect tissue by centrifugation at 400 x g, for 8 minutes. Discard supernatant.
- Resuspend in 2 mL buffer for each 80 mg tissue, and repeat enzyme and calcium chloride addition as above. Incubate 20 minutes in shaking water bath. Remove tubes and triturate by pipette to mix enzymes thoroughly.
- Incubate for final 20 min in shaking water bath. Collect cells by centrifugation as above, discard supernatant.
- Resuspend each 80 mg of tissue in 2 mL buffer and pipette to wash tissue free of enzymes.
- Centrifuge as previously to collect. Discard supernatant.
- Repeat wash using 1 mL buffer per 80 mg tissue. Centrifuge to collect, discard supernatant.
- Resuspend tissue solution in 1 mL buffer per 80 mg tissue.
- Add solution to 100 μm pore-size filter placed over 50 mL Falcon tube. Do not apply more than 3 mLs of minced tissue solution per column, as filters may become blocked. Allow to seep through. Remove filtered material hanging on underside of filter by pipette, and add to filtrate.
- Use syringe with 26 gauge needle to take filtrate from 50mL tubes and apply to 50 μm pore size filters on 5 mL tubes. Allow to filter through, assisting by loosening lids if necessary.
- Centrifuge tubes as previously to collect. Discard supernatant.
- Combine all pellets into one volume. Count using automated cell counter or haemocytometer.
- Plate cells at density of 0.4 x 106 cells per well of 12-well plate, or 2.67 x 106 cells per T25 tissue culture flask. Add 1 mL MSG medium to each well or 6 mL to each T25 flask.
- Incubate at 37 °C. Spheres should be clearly visible by day 2.
After two to three days in culture, small aggregates of cells (salispheres) will be apparent in the cultures. Salispheres will continue to grow in size over a period of ten days in culture. Representative phase contrast microscopy images of salispheres are shown in Figure 1. Proliferating cells expressing stem cell-associated marker proteins can be isolated from these spheres, optimally between days 3-5 post isolation, and are capable of differentiation into functional, saliva producing acinar cells.
Figure 1. Salisphere formation in vitro. Following mechanical and enzymatic digestion using the present protocol, spheres of increasing size can be found in the floating cultures. Panels are representative phase contrast microscopy images of spheres from days 0 (A), 4 (B), 7 (C) and 10 (D). Scale bar = 50 μm.
The tissue culture method described here represents a reproducible protocol for the isolation of stem cell-containing salispheres from the salivary glands of mice. Studies using cells isolated in this manner have highlighted the regenerative capacity of salivary gland stem cells 9. Transplantation of one hundred of c-Kit+ cells derived from the salispheres induced functional recovery of irradiated mouse salivary glands. These data are exciting and provide a starting point for the investigation of stem-cell based therapy for xerostomia. Many avenues remain to be explored however, including the full marker protein expression profile of the stem cells, the ability of submandibular glands to rescue the function of irradiated parotid salivary glands and vice versa, and the characterisation of the putative in vivo stem cell niche of the cells. Ultimately, the translation of this protocol to human tissue samples and the subsequent potential for the therapy of xerostomia in human patients using the isolated cells is the most exciting application of the described method.
No conflicts of interest declared.
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