Expansion of Luminal Progenitor Cells in the Aging Mouse and Human Prostate

Preston D Crowell; Jonathan J Fox; Takao Hashimoto; Johnny A Diaz; Héctor I Navarro; Gervaise H Henry; Blake A Feldmar; Matthew G Lowe; Alejandro J Garcia; Ye E Wu; Dipti P Sajed; Douglas W Strand; Andrew S Goldstein

doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2019.07.007

Expansion of Luminal Progenitor Cells in the Aging Mouse and Human Prostate

Cell Rep. 2019 Aug 6;28(6):1499-1510.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.07.007.

Affiliations

¹ Molecular Biology Interdepartmental Program, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
² Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
³ Department of Urology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
⁴ Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
⁵ Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
⁶ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
⁷ Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; Department of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. Electronic address: agoldstein@mednet.ucla.edu.

Abstract

Aging is associated with loss of tissue mass and a decline in adult stem cell function in many tissues. In contrast, aging in the prostate is associated with growth-related diseases including benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Surprisingly, the effects of aging on prostate epithelial cells have not been established. Here we find that organoid-forming progenitor activity of mouse prostate basal and luminal cells is maintained with age. This is caused by an age-related expansion of progenitor-like luminal cells that share features with human prostate luminal progenitor cells. The increase in luminal progenitor cells may contribute to greater risk for growth-related disease in the aging prostate. Importantly, we demonstrate expansion of human luminal progenitor cells in BPH. In summary, we define a Trop2⁺ luminal progenitor subset and identify an age-related shift in the luminal compartment of the mouse and human prostate epithelium.

Keywords: aging; basal; epithelium; luminal; organoid; progenitor.

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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aging / pathology*
Animals
Antigens, Neoplasm / metabolism
Cell Adhesion Molecules / metabolism
Cell Proliferation
Humans
Male
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Middle Aged
Organoids / pathology
Prostate / pathology*
Prostatic Hyperplasia / pathology*
Stem Cells / pathology*
Young Adult

Substances

Antigens, Neoplasm
Cell Adhesion Molecules
TROP2 protein, mouse

Expansion of Luminal Progenitor Cells in the Aging Mouse and Human Prostate

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