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      Embryonic ductal plate cells give rise to cholangiocytes, periportal hepatocytes, and adult liver progenitor cells.

      Gastroenterology
      Adult Stem Cells, metabolism, physiology, Animals, Apoptosis, Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic, embryology, Cell Differentiation, Cell Lineage, Cell Proliferation, Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial, Embryonic Stem Cells, Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Gestational Age, Hepatocytes, Humans, Immunohistochemistry, In Situ Nick-End Labeling, Integrases, genetics, Liver, Liver Regeneration, Luminescent Proteins, biosynthesis, Mice, Mice, Transgenic, Microscopy, Confocal, Microscopy, Fluorescence, Proteins, RNA, Untranslated, SOX9 Transcription Factor

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          BACKGROUND& AIMS: Embryonic biliary precursor cells form a periportal sheet called the ductal plate, which is progressively remodeled to generate intrahepatic bile ducts. A limited number of ductal plate cells participate in duct formation; those not involved in duct development are believed to involute by apoptosis. Moreover, cells that express the SRY-related HMG box transcription factor 9 (SOX9), which include the embryonic ductal plate cells, were proposed to continuously supply the liver with hepatic cells. We investigated the role of the ductal plate in hepatic morphogenesis. Apoptosis and proliferation were investigated by immunostaining of mouse and human fetal liver tissue. The postnatal progeny of SOX9-expressing ductal plate cells was analyzed after genetic labeling, at the ductal plate stage, by Cre-mediated recombination of a ROSA26RYFP reporter allele. Inducible Cre expression was induced by SOX9 regulatory regions, inserted in a bacterial artificial chromosome. Livers were studied from mice under normal conditions and during diet-induced regeneration. Ductal plate cells did not undergo apoptosis and showed limited proliferation. They generated cholangiocytes lining interlobular bile ducts, bile ductules, and canals of Hering, as well as periportal hepatocytes. Oval cells that appeared during regeneration also derived from the ductal plate. We did not find that liver homeostasis required a continuous supply of cells from SOX9-expressing progenitors. The ductal plate gives rise to cholangiocytes lining the intrahepatic bile ducts, including its most proximal segments. It also generates periportal hepatocytes and adult hepatic progenitor cells. Copyright © 2011 AGA Institute. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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