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Received: 23 March 2017;
Accepted: 13 December 2018;
Published Online : 08 April 2019
Anticipated results
Our protocol provides a method for generating a bioengineered 3D-IOS by inducing an organforming
field in multiple EB explants of iPS cells in an in vivo transplantation model. Because most
organs develop through interactions between epithelial and mesenchymal cells, we recommend
differentiating iPS cells into epithelial cells via the artificial formation of EBs and clustering multiple
EBs for transplantation.
In this protocol, we describe the induction of a 3D-IOS by combining Wnt10b-stimulated EBs and
the CDB transplantation system. The CDB transplantation method is important for inducing
epithelial cyst formation, which contributes to the epithelial and mesenchymal interactions in organforming
fields (Fig. 1b). An explant of the cluster transplants using unstimulated EBs does not
generate abundant hair follicles in the IOS, and various epithelial lineages, including ectodermal
epithelium, acinar-like structures, and endodermal epithelium (including gastrointestinal and
respiratory organ epithelia), are often observed (Supplementary Fig. 1). Wnt10b signaling, which is an
essential signal for the induction of epithelial and mesenchymal interactions for folliculogenesis
during embryogenesis, induces the formation of skin and its appendages in the IOS (Fig. 2d,e). By
regulating the positional signaling of the body axis during early embryogenesis with BMP, fibroblast
growth factor (FGF), and sonic hedgehog signaling, this method can induce the formation of a variety
of organs and systems.
Accepted: 13 December 2018;
Published Online : 08 April 2019
Anticipated results
Our protocol provides a method for generating a bioengineered 3D-IOS by inducing an organforming
field in multiple EB explants of iPS cells in an in vivo transplantation model. Because most
organs develop through interactions between epithelial and mesenchymal cells, we recommend
differentiating iPS cells into epithelial cells via the artificial formation of EBs and clustering multiple
EBs for transplantation.
In this protocol, we describe the induction of a 3D-IOS by combining Wnt10b-stimulated EBs and
the CDB transplantation system. The CDB transplantation method is important for inducing
epithelial cyst formation, which contributes to the epithelial and mesenchymal interactions in organforming
fields (Fig. 1b). An explant of the cluster transplants using unstimulated EBs does not
generate abundant hair follicles in the IOS, and various epithelial lineages, including ectodermal
epithelium, acinar-like structures, and endodermal epithelium (including gastrointestinal and
respiratory organ epithelia), are often observed (Supplementary Fig. 1). Wnt10b signaling, which is an
essential signal for the induction of epithelial and mesenchymal interactions for folliculogenesis
during embryogenesis, induces the formation of skin and its appendages in the IOS (Fig. 2d,e). By
regulating the positional signaling of the body axis during early embryogenesis with BMP, fibroblast
growth factor (FGF), and sonic hedgehog signaling, this method can induce the formation of a variety
of organs and systems.