Extracellular matrix context shapes morphogenesis and lactation-associated states in human milk-derived mammary organoids
Hasenauer, A.; Pascetta, V.; McCabe, M. C.; Saviola, A.; Ponta, S.; Yilmaz, M.; Coelius, C. L.; Bossung, V.; Biesgen, T.; Hansen, K.; Prekovic, S.; Ochsenbein-Koelble, N.; Zenobi-Wong, M.
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The mammary gland relies on reciprocal interactions between epithelial cells and their surrounding extracellular matrix (ECM) to form and maintain milk-producing tissue structures. Yet these processes remain difficult to study in human model systems. Mammary epithelial cells (MECs) can be isolated noninvasively from breast milk, but whether they generate three-dimensional organoids and respond to matrix cues has been unclear. Here, human milk-derived MECs (milk MECs) spontaneously form complex organoids, including polarized acinar and terminal duct lobular unit-like structures after isolation. To investigate how matrix composition shapes these organoids, milk MECs were cultured in decellularized mammary ECM (dECM), Matrigel, and collagen I. In dECM, milk MECs formed polarized branched networks with aligned actin organization along collagen fibrils, whereas in Matrigel they adopted a more lactation-associated state, marked by {beta}-casein expression and milk fat globules. Together, these findings establish breast milk-derived MEC organoids as a human model to study how ECM context regulates mammary morphogenesis and lactation biology.
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