Xeno-free human iPSC-derived prostate organoid platform for multilineage differentiation and genetic manipulation
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Current prostate organoid models rely on tissue-derived material or animal components and lack epithelial and stromal complexity. We defined a xeno-free system to generate human prostate organoids from induced pluripotent stem cells with consistent multilineage differentiation. Floating organoids self-organize into epithelial and stromal domains with basal, luminal, neuroendocrine, fibroblast, and smooth muscle markers. In an alternative modular co-culture system, engineered epithelial progenitors are aggregated with wild-type mesenchymal progenitors, enabling compartment-specific manipulation. Androgen receptor-overexpressing organoids showed increased epithelial AR and PSA expression and proliferation. Single-cell transcriptomics, together with qPCR and immunostaining, confirmed prostate lineage specification and tissue organization. This new xeno-free platform provides a reproducible, scalable, and genetically tractable model to study in-vitro prostate lineage programs, epithelial-stromal interactions, and disease biology.
