Name: forskolin-induced swelling in intestinal organoids: an in vitro assay for assessing drug response in cystic fibrosis patients
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This work was supported by the HIT-CF program of the Dutch CF foundation (NCFS), ZonMW (40-00812-98-14103), the Wilhelmina Children&#39;s Hospital Research Fund and CZ, and Zilverenkruis/Achmea. We would like to thank S. Heida-Michel, M. Geerdink, K.M. de Winter-de Groot, and G. Berkers (Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Wilhelmina Children&#39;s Hospital, UMC Utrecht), and R.H.J. Houwen (Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Wilhelmina Children&#39;s Hospital, UMC Utrecht) for approaching the patients and getting the biopsies for the generation of a CF Biobank.

All experimentation using human tissues described herein was approved by the ethical committee at University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU; TcBio #14-008). Informed consent for tissue collection, generation, storage, and use of the organoids was obtained from the patients at Wilhelmina Children&#39;s Hospital (WKZ)-UMCU.
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Here, we provide a complete protocol for the generation, expansion, freezing, and thawing of human colorectal organoids. While we have established human organoid cultures some time ago17, it has sometimes proven difficult to establish the technology in other labs without hands-on training. We anticipate that these protocols will replace such training.
Wnt-3A-conditioned medium is one of the most crucial reagents in order to succeed in establishing and maintaining a long...

CF is caused by mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene that encodes an epithelial anion channel. CF affects approximately 85,000 people worldwide1. Over 2,000 CFTR mutations have been identified (<a href="http://www.genet.sickkids.on.ca">www.genet.sickkids.on.ca</a>). This diversity partially explains a wide spectrum of observed disease phenotypes (<a href="http://www.CFTR2.org">www.CFTR2.org</a>)2,3. Six classes of CFTR mutations are defined based on their effect on CFTR protein expression and function: (I) no synthesis, (II) impaired trafficking, (III) defective channel gating, (IV) altered conductance, (V) reduced levels of normally functioning CFTR, and (VI) impaired cell surface stability4. Although the common CFTR mutations are well studied, CFTR function and relation with clinical status remain poorly understood at the level of the individual, particularly for the large group of rare &#34;orphan&#34; mutations (<a href="http://www.CFTR2.org">www.CFTR2.org</a>)1,3.
Recently, drugs have been developed that target the CFTR protein in a mutation-specific fashion. Two classes of CFTR protein-targeting drugs are currently in clinical use and have distinct modes of action. Potentiators, such as VX-770, enhance the open-probability of apically-localized mutant CFTR and act directly upon their addition to cells5. Correctors, such as VX-809, restore the trafficking of endoplasmic reticulum-localized misfolded CFTR and require pre-incubation with cells before the effects are observed6. The CFTR potentiator, VX-770, has been registered for subjects with the G551D mutation7,8, as well as for eight other CFTR gating mutations, including S1251N9; together, these mutations are carried by 5% of all CF subjects. Other clinical trials have indicated that VX-770, combined with the corrector VX-809, has limited yet significant effects on lung function and causes a decrease in exacerbation rates in subjects homozygous for the F508del mutation carried by 45-50% of patients10,11.
Conventional clinical trials to identify drug-responsive subjects within the remaining 50% of CF patients are costly and time-consuming and are not feasible for individuals with extremely rare CFTR genotypes. Novel, cost-effective, personalized methods are crucial to match the increasing number of CFTR modulators to individuals carrying any type of CFTR mutation. Until now, the trial inclusion of patient groups carrying specific CFTR mutations has been guided by studies using mutant CFTR gene transfection in heterologous cell systems, followed by electrophysiological studies in Ussing chambers5,6,12. Due to a lack of adequate CF animal models, drug efficacy studies in air-liquid-interface-differentiated bronchial epithelial cells derived from CF lung explant materials have been used for drug development13,14,15. However, the limited availability of lung explant tissues and the invasive procedures to obtain bronchial cells from subjects without end-stage disease hamper the analysis of less common CFTR mutations and prevent drug testing in a personalized fashion. To overcome these limitations, &#34;easy access&#34; tissues, such as colorectal organoids, nasal airway cells, and airway cells derived from induced pluripotent stem cells, are currently being explored for personalized drug treatments.
Previously, we established protocols to culture epithelial stem cells from any gastrointestinal organ in the form of 3D organoids16,17. For the human colon/rectum, the culture conditions involve defined growth factors (Epithelial Growth Factor (EGF), Gastrin, Wnt-3A, R-spondin 3 (Rspo3), and Noggin) combined with small molecules (Nicotinamide, A83-01, and SB202190) in a basement membrane matrix. Under these conditions, single stem cells or small tissue fragments grow out into closed, cystic, 3D structures formed by highly-polarized epithelium with its basal side oriented towards the outside. All cell types typically appear in their normal ratios and positions. Organoids can be expanded over long time periods by weekly mechanical disruption and re-plating. They are genetically and phenotypically stable and can be stored, allowing long-term expansion and bio-banking17. They are amenable to all standard cell-biological/genetic manipulations and analytical techniques developed for 2D cell lines18.
We recently demonstrated that CFTR function can be readily measured in colorectal organoids in a forskolin-induced swelling (FIS) assay19,20. When exposed to forskolin (Fsk) or, alternatively, to cholera toxin, organoids rapidly increase their cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) levels, which in turn results in the opening of the CFTR channel19. Organoids from healthy individuals, or from subjects with CFTR mutations associated with residual function, will subsequently swell as a consequence of ion and water transport to the organoid lumen, the in vitro equivalent of secretory diarrhea. The FIS response of colorectal organoids was previously shown to be fully CFTR-dependent, as indicated by organoids derived from CFTR-null individuals and by the use of specific pharmacological CFTR inhibitors19. Large subject-specific data sets can be derived within several weeks after taking a biopsy.
For the FIS assay described in detail here, organoids are cultured from rectal biopsies that can be obtained at any age and with only limited discomfort21. Organoids are passaged weekly by mechanical disruption into single crypts that easily reseal and form new organoids. For running the FIS assay, ~30-80 of these disrupted little organoids are plated in each well of a 96-well plate19. At the day of the assay, the organoids are stained with calcein green, a fluorescent cell-permeable dye that it is retained within living cells, facilitating live imaging. Then, Fsk, which raises intracellular cAMP and thereby activates CFTR, is added in order to stimulate organoid swelling. Potentiators that act upon apical CFTR are added simultaneously with the forskolin, whereas correctors that restore CFTR trafficking are added 24 hr before the addition of Fsk. The organoid swelling is quantified by an automated image analysis that calculates the relative increase in the total area of all fluorescent objects for each time point upon forskolin addition.
3D organoid swelling provides advantages and disadvantages over existing electrophysiological CFTR readouts in 2D cultured airway cells in Ussing chambers. A major advantage is the throughput of the swelling assay. Cells are cultured and assayed using a single type of culture medium, and an experienced technician can culture up to 25 organoid samples on a weekly basis while quantifying approximately 1,200 data points per week in 12 patient samples. We conventionally type a single experimental condition by duplicate or triplicate measurements per plate and repeat such measurements at three independent incubation time points. In total, approximately 300-500 single organoid structures are then measured per experimental condition, which leads to very precise measurements of CFTR function with limited technical variability. This precision allows us to clearly define differences in residual function and response to CFTR modulators and allows us to readily pick up genetic background effects between patients carrying identical CFTR mutations19,22,23,24,25. Data quality can be easily assessed from microscope images. While FIS is fully CFTR-dependent, it is an indirect outcome measure for CFTR function, its read-out caused by the coupling of ion transport to fluid transport. This contrasts with direct CFTR function measurements in Ussing chambers, which measure transepithelial ion currents26. Ussing chambers allow the select stimulation of apical or basolateral compartments (which the organoid assay does not allow); by permeabilizing basolateral membranes, the apical CFTR-dependent anion secretion can be selectively measured27.

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			<td height="43" style="height:43px;width:355px;">Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS)</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">Bovogen</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">#SFBS LOT#11113</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">For Wnt-3A Conditioned Medium Production. Stored at -20 &#176;C</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="43">
			<td height="43" style="height:43px;width:355px;">L Wnt3A cell line</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">ATCC</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">#CRL-2647</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">For Wnt-3A Conditioend Medium Production.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="24">
			<td height="24" style="height:24px;width:355px;">TOP/FOP plasmids</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">Millipore&#160;</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">#17-285</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">For measuring Wnt activity</td>
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		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">pTK-Renilla</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">Promega&#160;</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">#E2241</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">For measuring Wnt activity</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">HEK-293</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">ATCC</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">#CRL-1573</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">For measuring Wnt activity</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">Dual-Luciferase Reporter Assay System</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">Promega&#160;</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">#E1910</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">For measuring Wnt activity</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="42">
			<td height="42" style="height:42px;width:355px;">Zeocin&#160;</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">Thermo Fisher Scientific:&#160; Invitrogen</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">#R250-01</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">For Wnt-3A Cell line selection</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="42">
			<td height="42" style="height:42px;width:355px;">B27 supplement&#160;</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">Thermo Fisher Scientific:&#160; Invitrogen</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">#17504-044</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">stored at -20 &#176;C</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">N-Acetylcysteine</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">Sigma Aldrich</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">#A9165-5G</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">stored at -20 &#176;C</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">Nicotinamide</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">Sigma Aldrich</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">#N0636</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">stored at -20 &#176;C</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="24">
			<td height="24" style="height:24px;width:355px;">Human Epithelial Growth Factor (hEGF)</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">PrepoTech</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">#AF-100-15</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">stored at -20 &#176;C</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="46">
			<td height="46" style="height:46px;width:355px;">Gastrin</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">Sigma Aldrich</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">#G9145</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">stored at -20 &#176;C</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">TGFb type I Receptor inhibitor (A83-01)&#160;</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">Tocris</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">#2939</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">stored at -20 &#176;C</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">Y-27632 dihydrochloride (RhoKi)</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">Selleckchem</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">#S1049</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">stored at -20 &#176;C</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">p38 MAPK inhibitor (p38i) (SB202190)</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">Sigma Aldrich</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">#S7067</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">stored at -20 &#176;C</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">Primocin</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">InvivoGen</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">#ant-pm-1</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">stored at -20 &#176;C</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">Human Noggin (hNoggin)</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">PrepoTech</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">#120-10C</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">stored at -20 &#176;C</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">Human R-spondin 3 (hRspo-3)</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">R&#38;D Systems</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">#3500-RS/CF</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">stored at -20 &#176;C</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">Vancomycin</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">Sigma Aldrich</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">#861987- 250mg</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">stored at -20 &#176;C</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">Gentamycin</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">Life Technologies: Gibco</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">#15710-049</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">stored at -20 &#176;C</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="25">
			<td height="25" style="height:25px;width:355px;">Ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA)</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">Sigma Aldrich</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">#431788</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">Stored at 4 &#176;C</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">Matrigel</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">Corning</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">#354230</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">stored at -80 &#176;C</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">TryplE Express&#160;</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">Life Technologies: Gibco</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">#12605-010</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">for trypsinizing organoids for freezing</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">Recovery Cell Culture Freezing Medium</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">Life Technologies: Gibco</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">#12648010</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">for freezing</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">Calcein</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">Life Technologies: Gibco</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">#C3100MP</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">stored at -20 &#176;C</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">Forskolin</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">R&#38;D Systems</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">#1099-50 mg</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">stored at -80 &#176;C</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">Lumacaftor (VX-809)</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">Selleckchem</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">#s1565</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">stored at -80 &#176;C</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">Ivacaftor (VX-770)</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">Selleckchem</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">#s1144</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">stored at -80 &#176;C</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="42">
			<td height="42" style="height:42px;width:355px;">Name of Reagents/Material</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">Solvent</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">Stock Concentration</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">Final Concentration</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">GlutaMax</td>
			<td style="width:180px;"></td>
			<td style="width:119px;">200 mM</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">2m M</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">Hepes</td>
			<td style="width:180px;"></td>
			<td style="width:119px;">1 M</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">10 mM</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="42">
			<td height="42" style="height:42px;width:355px;">Penicillin/Streptomycin</td>
			<td style="width:180px;"></td>
			<td style="width:119px;">10K U/ml 10K &#181;g/ml</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">100 U/ml 100 &#181;g/ml</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">Zeocin&#160;</td>
			<td style="width:180px;"></td>
			<td style="width:119px;">100 mg/ml&#160;</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">125 &#181;g/ml</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">B27 supplement&#160;</td>
			<td style="width:180px;"></td>
			<td style="width:119px;">100 x</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">1 x</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="25">
			<td height="25" style="height:25px;width:355px;">N-Acetylcysteine</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">MiliQ H20</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">500 mM</td>
			<td style="width:399px;"></td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">Nicotinamide</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">DPBS</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">1 M</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">10 mM</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">Human Epithelial Growth Factor (hEGF)</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">DPBS 0.1%BSA</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">0.5 mg/ml</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">50 ng/ml</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">Gastrin</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">DPBS</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">100 &#181;M</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">10 nM</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">TGFb type I Receptor inhibitor (A83-01)&#160;</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">DMSO</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">5 mM</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">500 nM</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">Y-27632 dihydrochloride (RhoKi)</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">DMSO</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">10 mM</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">10 &#181;M</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">p38 MAPK inhibitor (p38i) (SB202190)</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">DMSO</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">30 mM</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">10 &#181;M</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">Primocin</td>
			<td style="width:180px;"></td>
			<td style="width:119px;">50 mg/ml&#160;</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">100 &#181;g/ml</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">Human Noggin (hNoggin)</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">DPBS 0.1%BSA</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">100 &#181;g/ml</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">100 ng/ml</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">Human R-spondin 3 (hRspo-3)</td>
			<td style="width:180px;"></td>
			<td style="width:119px;">varies per lot</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">300 ng/ml</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">Vancomycin</td>
			<td style="width:180px;"></td>
			<td style="width:119px;">10 mg/ml</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">50 &#181;g/ml</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">Gentamycin</td>
			<td style="width:180px;"></td>
			<td style="width:119px;">10 mg/ml</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">50 &#181;g/ml</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="25">
			<td height="25" style="height:25px;width:355px;">Ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA)</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">MiliQ H20</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">0.5 M</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">2 mM</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">Calcein</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">DMSO</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">10 &#181;g/ml</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">3.3 ng/ml</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">Forskolin</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">DMSO</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">10 mM</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">variable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">Lumacaftor (VX-809)</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">DMSO</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">20 mM</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">variable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:355px;">Ivacaftor (VX-770)</td>
			<td style="width:180px;">DMSO</td>
			<td style="width:119px;">20 mM</td>
			<td style="width:399px;">variable</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

forskolin-induced swelling in intestinal organoids: an in vitro assay for assessing drug response in cystic fibrosis patients

Recently-developed cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR)-modulating drugs correct surface expression and/or function of the mutant CFTR channel in subjects with cystic fibrosis (CF). Identification of subjects that may benefit from these drugs is challenging because of the extensive heterogeneity of CFTR mutations, as well as other unknown factors that contribute to individual drug efficacy. Here, we describe a simple and relatively rapid assay for measuring individual CFTR function and response to CFTR modulators in vitro. Three dimensional (3D) epithelial organoids are grown from rectal biopsies in standard organoid medium. Once established, the organoids can be bio-banked for future analysis. For the assay, 30-80 organoids are seeded in 96-well plates in basement membrane matrix and are then exposed to drugs. One day later, the organoids are stained with calcein green, and forskolin-induced swelling is monitored by confocal live cell microscopy at 37 &#176;C. Forskolin-induced swelling is fully CFTR-dependent and is sufficiently sensitive and precise to allow for discrimination between the drug responses of individuals with different and even identical CFTR mutations. In vitro swell responses correlate with the clinical response to therapy. This assay provides a cost-effective approach for the identification of drug-responsive individuals, independent of their CFTR mutations. It may also be instrumental in the development of future CFTR modulators.

Figure 1A shows a representative fresh isolation of crypts embedded on BMM. The crypts are from a colorectal biopsy of a CF subject. Usually, an organoid is generated from each crypt (Figure 1A-C). Due to the dysfunction of the CFTR, most of the colon CF organoids are not cystic, but rather are compact and with projections and buddings (Figure 2A-2B). However, some CF organoid cultures, especially with hi...

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Forskolin-induced Swelling in Intestinal Organoids: An In Vitro Assay for Assessing Drug Response in Cystic Fibrosis Patients

This protocol describes an assay for measuring CFTR function and CFTR modulator responses in cultured tissue from subjects with cystic fibrosis (CF). Biopsy-derived intestinal organoids swell in a cAMP-driven fashion, a response that is defective (or strongly reduced) in CF organoids and can be restored by exposure to CFTR modulators.

Forskolin-induced Swelling in Intestinal Organoids: An In Vitro Assay for Assessing Drug Response in Cystic Fibrosis Patients

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