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ArticleEndocrinology2025

Pig Taste Cell-derived Organoids Synthesize Insulin.

Hasitha U Premathilake, Caio H Mazucanti, Qin Yao, Jennifer F O'Connell, Nandita Vegesna, Dimitrios Tsitsipatis, Cory Weller, Kwan-Wood Gabriel Lam, Julián Candia, Jinshui Fan and 4 more

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Article in Endocrinology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors.

Hasitha U PremathilakeLaboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7469-790X
Caio H MazucantiLaboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9144-4886
Qin YaoLaboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0321-5854
Jennifer F O'ConnellLaboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4679-0023
Nandita VegesnaLaboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-1482-6827
Dimitrios TsitsipatisLaboratory of Genetics and Genomics, National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-6399-034X
Cory WellerCenter for Alzheimer's and Related Dementias, National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 21224, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6965-5599
Kwan-Wood Gabriel LamComputational Biology and Genomics Core, National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2527-9186
Julián CandiaLongitudinal Studies Section, Translation Gerontology Branch, National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5793-8989
Jinshui FanComputational Biology and Genomics Core, National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-9300-1920
Supriyo DeComputational Biology and Genomics Core, National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2075-7655
Payel SenLaboratory of Genetics and Genomics, National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2809-0901
Josephine M EganLaboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8945-0053
Máire E DoyleLaboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0478-4979

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Here we describe organoid cultures derived from pig foliate taste papillae in which the cellular heterogeneity of the lingual epithelium is preserved. Pig taste organoids were maintained long term (18 passages) and continued to express taste stem cell markers (LGR4, LGR6, and SOX2) and taste receptor cell (TRC) markers (cytokeratin 20, ENTPD2, GNAT3, and OTOP1). We show insulin is necessary for optimum proliferation and differentiation of taste organoids. Some TRCs in the organoids contained insulin and the insulin-critical transcription factors MAFA and PAX4. However, we did not see any evidence of the critical glucose-responsive PDX-1 expression either in the native tissue or in the organoids. We optimized differentiation conditions for TRC expression and separately for increased insulin protein content (6.5-fold, P < .01 vs spontaneous differentiation). Insulin production in differentiated organoids was responsive to cAMP stimuli. These results provide a pig model of taste organoid culture that can be used to study taste stem cell dynamics and taste receptor cell differentiation. These findings suggest that taste organoids may serve as a novel renewable model system for studying extra-pancreatic, nonglucose-regulated insulin and its potential role as a trophic factor.

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InsulinOrganoidsTaste BudsAnimalsCell DifferentiationCells, CulturedStem CellsSwineInsulindynamic 3D culturegustatoryinsulintaste organoidstaste receptor cellstaste stem cells

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PMID40755411
PMCPMC12641528

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