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Dubaissi E, Hilton EN, Lilley S, Collins R, Holt C, March P, Danahay H, Gosling M, Grencis RK, Roberts IS, Thornton DJ. The Tmem16a chloride channel is required for mucin maturation after secretion from goblet-like cells in the Xenopus tropicalis tadpole skin. Sci Rep 2024; 14:25555. [PMID: 39461969 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-76482-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2024] [Accepted: 10/14/2024] [Indexed: 10/28/2024] Open
Abstract
The TMEM16A chloride channel is proposed as a therapeutic target in cystic fibrosis, where activation of this ion channel might restore airway surface hydration and mitigate respiratory symptoms. While TMEM16A is associated with increased mucin production under stimulated or pro-inflammatory conditions, its role in baseline mucin production, secretion and/or maturation is less well understood. Here, we use the Xenopus tadpole skin mucociliary surface as a model of human upper airway epithelium to study Tmem16a function in mucus production. We found that Xenopus tropicalis Tmem16a is present at the apical membrane surface of tadpole skin small secretory cells that express canonical markers of mammalian "goblet cells" such as Foxa1 and spdef. X. tropicalis Tmem16a functions as a voltage-gated, calcium-activated chloride channel when transfected into mammalian cells in culture. Depletion of Tmem16a from the tadpole skin results in dysregulated mucin maturation post-secretion, with secreted mucins having a disrupted molecular size distribution and altered morphology assessed by sucrose gradient centrifugation and electron microscopy, respectively. Our results show that in the Xenopus tadpole skin, Tmem16a is necessary for normal mucus barrier formation and demonstrate the utility of this model system to discover new biology relevant to human mucosal biology in health and disease.
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- Eamon Dubaissi
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
- Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
- Wellcome Centre for Cell Matrix Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
- Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
- Wellcome Centre for Cell Matrix Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
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- Sussex Drug Discovery Centre, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QJ, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
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- Enterprise Therapeutics, Sussex Innovation Centre, Science Park Square, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9SB, UK
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- Sussex Drug Discovery Centre, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QJ, UK
- Enterprise Therapeutics, Sussex Innovation Centre, Science Park Square, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9SB, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
- Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
- Wellcome Centre for Cell Matrix Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
- Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK.
- Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK.
- Wellcome Centre for Cell Matrix Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK.
- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK.
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Wesselman HM, Arceri L, Nguyen TK, Lara CM, Wingert RA. Genetic mechanisms of multiciliated cell development: from fate choice to differentiation in zebrafish and other models. FEBS J 2024; 291:4159-4192. [PMID: 37997009 DOI: 10.1111/febs.17012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2023] [Revised: 10/17/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023]
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Multiciliated cells (MCCS) form bundles of cilia and their activities are essential for the proper development and physiology of many organ systems. Not surprisingly, defects in MCCs have profound consequences and are associated with numerous disease states. Here, we discuss the current understanding of MCC formation, with a special focus on the genetic and molecular mechanisms of MCC fate choice and differentiation. Furthermore, we cast a spotlight on the use of zebrafish to study MCC ontogeny and several recent advances made in understanding MCCs using this vertebrate model to delineate mechanisms of MCC emergence in the developing kidney.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA
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Niehrs C, Da Silva F, Seidl C. Cilia as Wnt signaling organelles. Trends Cell Biol 2024:S0962-8924(24)00071-0. [PMID: 38697898 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2024.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2024] [Revised: 04/03/2024] [Accepted: 04/08/2024] [Indexed: 05/05/2024]
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Cilia and Wnt signaling have a complex relationship, wherein Wnt regulates cilia and, conversely, cilia may affect Wnt signaling. Recently, it was shown that Wnt receptors are present in flagella, primary cilia, and multicilia, where they transmit an intraciliary signal that is independent of β-catenin. Intraciliary Wnt signaling promotes ciliogenesis, affecting male fertility, adipogenesis, and mucociliary clearance. Wnt also stimulates the beating of motile cilia, highlighting that these nanomotors, too, are chemosensory. Intraciliary Wnt signaling employs a Wnt-protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) signaling axis, involving the canonical Wnt pathway's inhibition of glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3) to repress PP1 activity. Collectively, these findings support that cilia are Wnt signaling organelles, with implications for ciliopathies and cancer.
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- Christof Niehrs
- Division of Molecular Embryology, DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), 55128 Mainz, Germany.
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- Division of Molecular Embryology, DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Embryology, DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Vilà-González M, Pinte L, Fradique R, Causa E, Kool H, Rodrat M, Morell CM, Al-Thani M, Porter L, Guo W, Maeshima R, Hart SL, McCaughan F, Granata A, Sheppard DN, Floto RA, Rawlins EL, Cicuta P, Vallier L. In vitro platform to model the function of ionocytes in the human airway epithelium. Respir Res 2024; 25:180. [PMID: 38664797 PMCID: PMC11045446 DOI: 10.1186/s12931-024-02800-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2023] [Accepted: 04/01/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Pulmonary ionocytes have been identified in the airway epithelium as a small population of ion transporting cells expressing high levels of CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator), the gene mutated in cystic fibrosis. By providing an infinite source of airway epithelial cells (AECs), the use of human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) could overcome some challenges of studying ionocytes. However, the production of AEC epithelia containing ionocytes from hiPSCs has proven difficult. Here, we present a platform to produce hiPSC-derived AECs (hiPSC-AECs) including ionocytes and investigate their role in the airway epithelium. METHODS hiPSCs were differentiated into lung progenitors, which were expanded as 3D organoids and matured by air-liquid interface culture as polarised hiPSC-AEC epithelia. Using CRISPR/Cas9 technology, we generated a hiPSCs knockout (KO) for FOXI1, a transcription factor that is essential for ionocyte specification. Differences between FOXI1 KO hiPSC-AECs and their wild-type (WT) isogenic controls were investigated by assessing gene and protein expression, epithelial composition, cilia coverage and motility, pH and transepithelial barrier properties. RESULTS Mature hiPSC-AEC epithelia contained basal cells, secretory cells, ciliated cells with motile cilia, pulmonary neuroendocrine cells (PNECs) and ionocytes. There was no difference between FOXI1 WT and KO hiPSCs in terms of their capacity to differentiate into airway progenitors. However, FOXI1 KO led to mature hiPSC-AEC epithelia without ionocytes with reduced capacity to produce ciliated cells. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that ionocytes could have role beyond transepithelial ion transport by regulating epithelial properties and homeostasis in the airway epithelium.
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- Marta Vilà-González
- Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, University of Cambridge, Puddicombe Way, Cambridge, CB2 0AW, UK.
- Cell Therapy and Tissue Engineering Group, Research Institute of Health Sciences (IUNICS), University of Balearic Islands, Palma, 07122, Spain.
- Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Palma, 07120, Spain.
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- Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, University of Cambridge, Puddicombe Way, Cambridge, CB2 0AW, UK
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- Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
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- Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
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- Wellcome Trust/CRUK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QN, UK
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- School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Biomedical Sciences Building, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK
- Center of Research and Development for Biomedical Instrumentation, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, 73170, Thailand
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- Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, University of Cambridge, Puddicombe Way, Cambridge, CB2 0AW, UK
- IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, via Manzoni 56, Rozzano, Milan, 20089, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Heart & Lung Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Papworth Road, Cambridge, CB2 0BB, UK
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- Department of Medicine, Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Heart & Lung Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Papworth Road, Cambridge, CB2 0BB, UK
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- Department of Medicine, Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Heart & Lung Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Papworth Road, Cambridge, CB2 0BB, UK
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- Genetics and Genome Medicine Department, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, WC1N 1EH, UK
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- Genetics and Genome Medicine Department, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, WC1N 1EH, UK
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- Department of Medicine, Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Heart & Lung Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Papworth Road, Cambridge, CB2 0BB, UK
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Heart & Lung Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Papworth Road, Cambridge, CB2 0BB, UK
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- School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Biomedical Sciences Building, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK
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- Molecular Immunity Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, UK
- Cambridge Centre for Lung Infection, Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, CB2 0AY, UK
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- Wellcome Trust/CRUK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QN, UK
- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QN, UK
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- Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
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- Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, University of Cambridge, Puddicombe Way, Cambridge, CB2 0AW, UK.
- BIH Center for Regenerative Therapies, Berlin Institute of Health at Charité, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, DE, Germany.
- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestraße 63-73, 14195, Berlin, Germany.
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Angerilli A, Tait J, Berges J, Shcherbakova I, Pokrovsky D, Schauer T, Smialowski P, Hsam O, Mentele E, Nicetto D, Rupp RA. The histone H4K20 methyltransferase SUV4-20H1/KMT5B is required for multiciliated cell differentiation in Xenopus. Life Sci Alliance 2023; 6:e202302023. [PMID: 37116939 PMCID: PMC10147948 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202302023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 04/18/2023] [Accepted: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 04/30/2023] Open
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H4 lysine 20 dimethylation (H4K20me2) is the most abundant histone modification in vertebrate chromatin. It arises from sequential methylation of unmodified histone H4 proteins by the mono-methylating enzyme PR-SET7/KMT5A, followed by conversion to the dimethylated state by SUV4-20H (KMT5B/C) enzymes. We have blocked the deposition of this mark by depleting Xenopus embryos of SUV4-20H1/H2 methyltransferases. In the larval epidermis, this results in a severe loss of cilia in multiciliated cells (MCC), a key component of mucociliary epithelia. MCC precursor cells are correctly specified, amplify centrioles, but ultimately fail in ciliogenesis because of the perturbation of cytoplasmic processes. Genome-wide transcriptome profiling reveals that SUV4-20H1/H2-depleted ectodermal explants preferentially down-regulate the expression of several hundred ciliogenic genes. Further analysis demonstrated that knockdown of SUV4-20H1 alone is sufficient to generate the MCC phenotype and that its catalytic activity is needed for axoneme formation. Overexpression of the H4K20me1-specific histone demethylase PHF8/KDM7B also rescues the ciliogenic defect in a significant manner. Taken together, this indicates that the conversion of H4K20me1 to H4K20me2 by SUV4-20H1 is critical for the formation of cilia tufts.
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- Alessandro Angerilli
- Department of Molecular Biology, Biomedical Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Biomedical Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Biomedical Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
- Sektion Pädiatrische Pneumologie und Allergologie und Mukoviszidose-Zentrum, Universitäts-Klinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Biomedical Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Biomedical Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Biomedical Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Institute for Stem Cell Research, Helmholtz Centre Munich, Neuherberg, Germany
- Department of Physiological Genomics, Biomedical Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Biomedical Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie der Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Biomedical Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Biomedical Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
- Ambys Medicines, South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Biomedical Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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Seidl C, Da Silva F, Zhang K, Wohlgemuth K, Omran H, Niehrs C. Mucociliary Wnt signaling promotes cilia biogenesis and beating. Nat Commun 2023; 14:1259. [PMID: 36878953 PMCID: PMC9988884 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36743-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2022] [Accepted: 02/15/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2023] Open
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It is widely thought that Wnt/Lrp6 signaling proceeds through the cytoplasm and that motile cilia are signaling-inert nanomotors. Contrasting both views, we here show in the mucociliary epidermis of X. tropicalis embryos that motile cilia transduce a ciliary Wnt signal that is distinct from canonical β-catenin signaling. Instead, it engages a Wnt-Gsk3-Ppp1r11-Pp1 signaling axis. Mucociliary Wnt signaling is essential for ciliogenesis and it engages Lrp6 co-receptors that localize to cilia via a VxP ciliary targeting sequence. Live-cell imaging using a ciliary Gsk3 biosensor reveals an immediate response of motile cilia to Wnt ligand. Wnt treatment stimulates ciliary beating in X. tropicalis embryos and primary human airway mucociliary epithelia. Moreover, Wnt treatment improves ciliary function in X. tropicalis ciliopathy models of male infertility and primary ciliary dyskinesia (ccdc108, gas2l2). We conclude that X. tropicalis motile cilia are Wnt signaling organelles that transduce a distinct Wnt-Pp1 response.
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- Carina Seidl
- Division of Molecular Embryology, DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Embryology, DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Embryology, DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- University Children's Hospital Muenster, Department of General Pediatrics, 48149, Muenster, Germany
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- University Children's Hospital Muenster, Department of General Pediatrics, 48149, Muenster, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Embryology, DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. .,Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), 55128, Mainz, Germany.
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Zhang K, Da Silva F, Seidl C, Wilsch-Bräuninger M, Herbst J, Huttner WB, Niehrs C. Primary cilia are WNT-transducing organelles whose biogenesis is controlled by a WNT-PP1 axis. Dev Cell 2023; 58:139-154.e8. [PMID: 36693320 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2022.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Revised: 10/18/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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WNT signaling is important in development, stem cell maintenance, and disease. WNT ligands typically signal via receptor activation across the plasma membrane to induce β-catenin-dependent gene activation. Here, we show that in mammalian primary cilia, WNT receptors relay a WNT/GSK3 signal that β-catenin-independently promotes ciliogenesis. Characterization of a LRP6 ciliary targeting sequence and monitoring of acute WNT co-receptor activation (phospho-LRP6) support this conclusion. Ciliary WNT signaling inhibits protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) activity, a negative regulator of ciliogenesis, by preventing GSK3-mediated phosphorylation of the PP1 regulatory inhibitor subunit PPP1R2. Concordantly, deficiency of WNT/GSK3 signaling by depletion of cyclin Y and cyclin-Y-like protein 1 induces primary cilia defects in mouse embryonic neuronal precursors, kidney proximal tubules, and adult mice preadipocytes.
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- Kaiqing Zhang
- Division of Molecular Embryology, DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Embryology, DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Embryology, DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstraβe 108, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Embryology, DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstraβe 108, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Embryology, DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), 55128 Mainz, Germany.
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Walentek P. Signaling Control of Mucociliary Epithelia: Stem Cells, Cell Fates, and the Plasticity of Cell Identity in Development and Disease. Cells Tissues Organs 2022; 211:736-753. [PMID: 33902038 PMCID: PMC8546001 DOI: 10.1159/000514579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
Abstract
Mucociliary epithelia are composed of multiciliated, secretory, and stem cells and line various organs in vertebrates such as the respiratory tract. By means of mucociliary clearance, those epithelia provide a first line of defense against inhaled particles and pathogens. Mucociliary clearance relies on the correct composition of cell types, that is, the proper balance of ciliated and secretory cells. A failure to generate and to maintain correct cell type composition and function results in impaired clearance and high risk to infections, such as in congenital diseases (e.g., ciliopathies) as well as in acquired diseases, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). While it remains incompletely resolved how precisely cell types are specified and maintained in development and disease, many studies have revealed important mechanisms regarding the signaling control in mucociliary cell types in various species. Those studies not only provided insights into the signaling contribution to organ development and regeneration but also highlighted the remarkable plasticity of cell identity encountered in mucociliary maintenance, including frequent trans-differentiation events during homeostasis and specifically in disease. This review will summarize major findings and provide perspectives regarding the future of mucociliary research and the treatment of chronic airway diseases associated with tissue remodeling.
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- Peter Walentek
- Renal Division, Department of Medicine, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg University Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg, Germany.,CIBSS - Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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A 'tad' of hope in the fight against airway disease. Biochem Soc Trans 2021; 48:2347-2357. [PMID: 33079166 PMCID: PMC7614538 DOI: 10.1042/bst20200745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2020] [Revised: 09/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Xenopus tadpoles have emerged as a powerful in vivo model system to study mucociliary epithelia such as those found in the human airways. The tadpole skin has mucin-secreting cells, motile multi-ciliated cells, ionocytes (control local ionic homeostasis) and basal stem cells. This cellular architecture is very similar to the large airways of the human lungs and represents an easily accessible and experimentally tractable model system to explore the molecular details of mucociliary epithelia. Each of the cell types in the tadpole skin has a human equivalent and a conserved network of genes and signalling pathways for their differentiation has been discovered. Great insight into the function of each of the cell types has been achieved using the Xenopus model and this has enhanced our understanding of airway disease. This simple model has already had a profound impact on the field but, as molecular technologies (e.g. gene editing and live imaging) continue to develop apace, its use for understanding individual cell types and their interactions will likely increase. For example, its small size and genetic tractability make it an ideal model for live imaging of a mucociliary surface especially during environmental challenges such as infection. Further potential exists for the mimicking of human genetic mutations that directly cause airway disease and for the pre-screening of drugs against novel therapeutic targets.
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Walentek P. Xenopus epidermal and endodermal epithelia as models for mucociliary epithelial evolution, disease, and metaplasia. Genesis 2021; 59:e23406. [PMID: 33400364 DOI: 10.1002/dvg.23406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2020] [Revised: 12/21/2020] [Accepted: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The Xenopus embryonic epidermis is a powerful model to study mucociliary biology, development, and disease. Particularly, the Xenopus system is being used to elucidate signaling pathways, transcription factor functions, and morphogenetic mechanisms regulating cell fate specification, differentiation and cell function. Thereby, Xenopus research has provided significant insights into potential underlying molecular mechanisms for ciliopathies and chronic airway diseases. Recent studies have also established the embryonic epidermis as a model for mucociliary epithelial remodeling, multiciliated cell trans-differentiation, cilia loss, and mucus secretion. Additionally, the tadpole foregut epithelium is lined by a mucociliary epithelium, which shows remarkable features resembling mammalian airway epithelia, including its endodermal origin and a variable cell type composition along the proximal-distal axis. This review aims to summarize the advantages of the Xenopus epidermis for mucociliary epithelial biology and disease modeling. Furthermore, the potential of the foregut epithelium as novel mucociliary model system is being highlighted. Additional perspectives are presented on how to expand the range of diseases that can be modeled in the frog system, including proton pump inhibitor-associated pneumonia as well as metaplasia in epithelial cells of the airway and the gastroesophageal region.
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- Peter Walentek
- Renal Division, Department of Medicine, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg University Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg, Germany.,CIBSS - Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Aros CJ, Vijayaraj P, Pantoja CJ, Bisht B, Meneses LK, Sandlin JM, Tse JA, Chen MW, Purkayastha A, Shia DW, Sucre JMS, Rickabaugh TM, Vladar EK, Paul MK, Gomperts BN. Distinct Spatiotemporally Dynamic Wnt-Secreting Niches Regulate Proximal Airway Regeneration and Aging. Cell Stem Cell 2020; 27:413-429.e4. [PMID: 32721381 PMCID: PMC7484054 DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2020.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2019] [Revised: 01/17/2020] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Our understanding of dynamic interactions between airway basal stem cells (ABSCs) and their signaling niches in homeostasis, injury, and aging remains elusive. Using transgenic mice and pharmacologic studies, we found that Wnt/β-catenin within ABSCs was essential for proliferation post-injury in vivo. ABSC-derived Wnt ligand production was dispensable for epithelial proliferation. Instead, the PDGFRα+ lineage in the intercartilaginous zone (ICZ) niche transiently secreted Wnt ligand necessary for ABSC proliferation. Strikingly, ABSC-derived Wnt ligand later drove early progenitor differentiation to ciliated cells. We discovered additional changes in aging, as glandular-like epithelial invaginations (GLEIs) derived from ABSCs emerged exclusively in the ICZ of aged mice and contributed to airway homeostasis and repair. Further, ABSC Wnt ligand secretion was necessary for GLEI formation, and constitutive activation of β-catenin in young mice induced their formation in vivo. Collectively, these data underscore multiple spatiotemporally dynamic Wnt-secreting niches that regulate functionally distinct phases of airway regeneration and aging.
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- Cody J Aros
- UCLA Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute, Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; UCLA Department of Molecular Biology Interdepartmental Program, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; UCLA Medical Scientist Training Program, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- UCLA Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute, Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- UCLA Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute, Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- UCLA Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute, Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- UCLA Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute, Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- UCLA Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute, Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- UCLA Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute, Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- UCLA Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute, Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- UCLA Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute, Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- UCLA Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute, Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; UCLA Department of Molecular Biology Interdepartmental Program, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; UCLA Medical Scientist Training Program, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Mildred Stahlman Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- UCLA Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute, Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- UCLA Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute, Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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- UCLA Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute, Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; UCLA Department of Molecular Biology Interdepartmental Program, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; Eli and Edythe Broad Stem Cell Research Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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Yin CY, Zhang SS, Zhong JT, Zhou SH. Pepsin and Laryngeal and Hypopharyngeal Carcinomas. Clin Exp Otorhinolaryngol 2020; 14:159-168. [PMID: 32734742 PMCID: PMC8111387 DOI: 10.21053/ceo.2020.00465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2020] [Accepted: 07/17/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Laryngeal and hypopharyngeal carcinomas are common malignant tumors of the head and neck, and the incidence of both is increasing. Laryngopharyngeal reflux refers to the retrograde flow of gastric contents into the larynx, oropharynx, and/or nasopharynx. It remains controversial whether laryngopharyngeal reflux is a risk factor for laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancers. The refluxing substances mainly include hydrochloric acid, pepsin, and occasionally bile acids and bile salts, as well as bacteria that colonize the gastrointestinal tract. Loss of epithelium in the mucous membrane of the larynx and hypopharynx is thought to be caused by pepsin. Here, we review the relationships between laryngopharyngeal reflux and both laryngeal and hypopharyngeal carcinomas, as well as the significance of pepsin, methods of clinical detection, and the mechanism of carcinogenesis.
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- Cheng-Yi Yin
- Department of Otolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.,Department of Otolaryngology, The First People's Hospital of Huzhou City, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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McCormick CA, Samuels TL, Battle MA, Frolkis T, Blumin JH, Bock JM, Wells C, Yan K, Altman KW, Johnston N. H+/K+ATPase Expression in the Larynx of Laryngopharyngeal Reflux and Laryngeal Cancer Patients. Laryngoscope 2020; 131:130-135. [PMID: 32250454 DOI: 10.1002/lary.28643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2020] [Revised: 02/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The gastric H+/K+ ATPase proton pump has previously been shown to be expressed in the human larynx, however its contribution to laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) signs, symptoms and associated diseases such as laryngeal cancer is unknown. Proton pump expression in the larynx of patients with LPR and laryngeal cancer was investigated herein. A human hypopharyngeal cell line expressing the proton pump was generated to investigate its effects. STUDY DESIGN In-vitro translational. METHODS Laryngeal biopsies were obtained from three LPR and eight LSCC patients. ATP4A, ATP4B and HRPT1 were assayed via qPCR. Human hypopharyngeal FaDu cell lines stably expressing proton pump were created using lentiviral transduction and examined via transmission electron microscopy and qPCR for genes associated with inflammation or laryngeal cancer. RESULTS Expression of ATP4A and ATP4B was detected in 3/3 LPR, 4/8 LSCC-tumor and 3/8 LSCC-adjacent specimens. Expression of ATP4A and ATP4B in FaDu elicited mitochondrial damage and expression of IL1B, PTGS2, and TNFA (P < .0001); expression of ATP4B alone did not. CONCLUSIONS Gastric proton pump subunits are expressed in the larynx of LPR and LSCC patients. Mitochondrial damage and changes in gene expression observed in cells expressing the full proton pump, absent in those expressing a single subunit, suggest that acid secretion by functional proton pumps expressed in upper airway mucosa may elicit local cell and molecular changes associated with inflammation and cancer. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE NA Laryngoscope, 131:130-135, 2021.
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- Caroline A McCormick
- Department of Otolaryngology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A
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- Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, & Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A
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- Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, & Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A
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- Department of Pediatrics Quantitative Health Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Geisinger Health System, Danville, California, U.S.A
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.,Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A
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Aros CJ, Paul MK, Pantoja CJ, Bisht B, Meneses LK, Vijayaraj P, Sandlin JM, France B, Tse JA, Chen MW, Shia DW, Rickabaugh TM, Damoiseaux R, Gomperts BN. High-Throughput Drug Screening Identifies a Potent Wnt Inhibitor that Promotes Airway Basal Stem Cell Homeostasis. Cell Rep 2020; 30:2055-2064.e5. [PMID: 32075752 PMCID: PMC7050206 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.01.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2019] [Revised: 12/14/2019] [Accepted: 01/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Mechanisms underpinning airway epithelial homeostatic maintenance and ways to prevent its dysregulation remain elusive. Herein, we identify that β-catenin phosphorylated at Y489 (p-β-cateninY489) emerges during human squamous lung cancer progression. This led us to develop a model of airway basal stem cell (ABSC) hyperproliferation by driving Wnt/β-catenin signaling, resulting in a morphology that resembles premalignant lesions and loss of ciliated cell differentiation. To identify small molecules that could reverse this process, we performed a high-throughput drug screen for inhibitors of Wnt/β-catenin signaling. Our studies unveil Wnt inhibitor compound 1 (WIC1), which suppresses T-cell factor/lymphoid enhancer-binding factor (TCF/LEF) activity, reduces ABSC proliferation, induces ciliated cell differentiation, and decreases nuclear p-β-cateninY489. Collectively, our work elucidates a dysregulated Wnt/p-β-cateninY489 axis in lung premalignancy that can be modeled in vitro and identifies a Wnt/β-catenin inhibitor that promotes airway homeostasis. WIC1 may therefore serve as a tool compound in regenerative medicine studies with implications for restoring normal airway homeostasis after injury.
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- Cody J Aros
- UCLA Department of Molecular Biology Interdepartmental Program, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; UCLA Medical Scientist Training Program, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; UCLA Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute, Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- UCLA Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute, Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- UCLA Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute, Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- UCLA Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute, Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- UCLA Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute, Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- California NanoSystems Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- UCLA Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute, Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- UCLA Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute, Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- UCLA Department of Molecular Biology Interdepartmental Program, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; UCLA Medical Scientist Training Program, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; UCLA Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute, Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- UCLA Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute, Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; UCLA Department of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; California NanoSystems Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- UCLA Medical Scientist Training Program, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; UCLA Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute, Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; Eli and Edythe Broad Stem Cell Research Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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Haas M, Gómez Vázquez JL, Sun DI, Tran HT, Brislinger M, Tasca A, Shomroni O, Vleminckx K, Walentek P. ΔN-Tp63 Mediates Wnt/β-Catenin-Induced Inhibition of Differentiation in Basal Stem Cells of Mucociliary Epithelia. Cell Rep 2019; 28:3338-3352.e6. [PMID: 31553905 PMCID: PMC6935018 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.08.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2019] [Revised: 08/04/2019] [Accepted: 08/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Mucociliary epithelia provide a first line of defense against pathogens. Impaired regeneration and remodeling of mucociliary epithelia are associated with dysregulated Wnt/β-catenin signaling in chronic airway diseases, but underlying mechanisms remain elusive, and studies yield seemingly contradicting results. Employing the Xenopus mucociliary epidermis, the mouse airway, and human airway Basal cells, we characterize the evolutionarily conserved roles of Wnt/β-catenin signaling in vertebrates. In multiciliated cells, Wnt is required for cilia formation during differentiation. In Basal cells, Wnt prevents specification of epithelial cell types by activating ΔN-TP63, a master transcription factor, which is necessary and sufficient to mediate the Wnt-induced inhibition of specification and is required to retain Basal cells during development. Chronic Wnt activation leads to remodeling and Basal cell hyperplasia, which are reversible in vivo and in vitro, suggesting Wnt inhibition as a treatment option in chronic lung diseases. Our work provides important insights into mucociliary signaling, development, and disease.
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- Maximilian Haas
- Internal Medicine IV, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Center for Systems Biological Analysis, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Internal Medicine IV, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Center for Systems Biological Analysis, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Genetics, Genomics and Development Division, Molecular and Cell Biology Department, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Internal Medicine IV, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Center for Systems Biological Analysis, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; CIBSS - Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Internal Medicine IV, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Center for Systems Biological Analysis, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Transcriptome and Genome Core Unit, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Internal Medicine IV, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Center for Systems Biological Analysis, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Genetics, Genomics and Development Division, Molecular and Cell Biology Department, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA; CIBSS - Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
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Nenni MJ, Fisher ME, James-Zorn C, Pells TJ, Ponferrada V, Chu S, Fortriede JD, Burns KA, Wang Y, Lotay VS, Wang DZ, Segerdell E, Chaturvedi P, Karimi K, Vize PD, Zorn AM. Xenbase: Facilitating the Use of Xenopus to Model Human Disease. Front Physiol 2019; 10:154. [PMID: 30863320 PMCID: PMC6399412 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2018] [Accepted: 02/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
Abstract
At a fundamental level most genes, signaling pathways, biological functions and organ systems are highly conserved between man and all vertebrate species. Leveraging this conservation, researchers are increasingly using the experimental advantages of the amphibian Xenopus to model human disease. The online Xenopus resource, Xenbase, enables human disease modeling by curating the Xenopus literature published in PubMed and integrating these Xenopus data with orthologous human genes, anatomy, and more recently with links to the Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man resource (OMIM) and the Human Disease Ontology (DO). Here we review how Xenbase supports disease modeling and report on a meta-analysis of the published Xenopus research providing an overview of the different types of diseases being modeled in Xenopus and the variety of experimental approaches being used. Text mining of over 50,000 Xenopus research articles imported into Xenbase from PubMed identified approximately 1,000 putative disease- modeling articles. These articles were manually assessed and annotated with disease ontologies, which were then used to classify papers based on disease type. We found that Xenopus is being used to study a diverse array of disease with three main experimental approaches: cell-free egg extracts to study fundamental aspects of cellular and molecular biology, oocytes to study ion transport and channel physiology and embryo experiments focused on congenital diseases. We integrated these data into Xenbase Disease Pages to allow easy navigation to disease information on external databases. Results of this analysis will equip Xenopus researchers with a suite of experimental approaches available to model or dissect a pathological process. Ideally clinicians and basic researchers will use this information to foster collaborations necessary to interrogate the development and treatment of human diseases.
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- Mardi J Nenni
- Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States
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- Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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Sun DI, Tasca A, Haas M, Baltazar G, Harland RM, Finkbeiner WE, Walentek P. Na+/H+ Exchangers Are Required for the Development and Function of Vertebrate Mucociliary Epithelia. Cells Tissues Organs 2018; 205:279-292. [PMID: 30300884 DOI: 10.1159/000492973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2018] [Accepted: 08/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Na+/H+ exchangers (NHEs) represent a highly conserved family of ion transporters that regulate pH homeostasis. NHEs as well as other proton transporters were previously linked to the regulation of the Wnt signaling pathway, cell polarity signaling, and mucociliary function. Furthermore, mutations in the gene SLC9A3 (encoding NHE3) were detected as additional risk factors for airway infections in cystic fibrosis patients. Here, we used the Xenopus embryonic mucociliary epidermis as well as human airway epithelial cells (HAECs) as models to investigate the functional roles of NHEs in mucociliary development and regeneration. In Xenopus embryos, NHEs 1-3 were expressed during epidermal development, and loss of NHE function impaired mucociliary clearance in tadpoles. Clearance defects were caused by reduced cilia formation, disrupted alignment of basal bodies in multiciliated cells (MCCs), and dysregulated mucociliary gene expression. These data also suggested that NHEs may contribute to the activation of Wnt signaling in mucociliary epithelia. In HAECs, pharmacological inhibition of NHE function also caused defective ciliation and regeneration in airway MCCs. Collectively, our data revealed a requirement for NHEs in vertebrate mucociliary epithelia and linked NHE activity to cilia formation and function in differentiating MCCs. Our results provide an entry point for the understanding of the contribution of NHEs to signaling, development, and pathogenesis in the human respiratory tract.
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- Dingyuan I Sun
- Genetics, Genomics and Development Division, Molecular and Cell Biology Department, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.,Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Renal Division, Department of Medicine, University Freiburg Medical Center and ZBSA - Center for Systems Biological Analysis, Freiburg, Germany
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- Renal Division, Department of Medicine, University Freiburg Medical Center and ZBSA - Center for Systems Biological Analysis, Freiburg, Germany.,Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Genetics, Genomics and Development Division, Molecular and Cell Biology Department, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.,Children's Medical Research Institute, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
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- Genetics, Genomics and Development Division, Molecular and Cell Biology Department, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Genetics, Genomics and Development Division, Molecular and Cell Biology Department, University of California, Berkeley, California, .,Renal Division, Department of Medicine, University Freiburg Medical Center and ZBSA - Center for Systems Biological Analysis, Freiburg, .,Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Freiburg,
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Liapikou A, Cilloniz C, Torres A. Drugs that increase the risk of community-acquired pneumonia: a narrative review. Expert Opin Drug Saf 2018; 17:991-1003. [PMID: 30196729 DOI: 10.1080/14740338.2018.1519545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), a major cause of morbidity and mortality, is the leading infectious cause of death in the developed world. Population-based studies and systematic reviews have identified a large number of risk factors for the development of pneumonia in adults. In addition to age, lifestyle habits, and comorbidities, some forms of pharmacotherapy may also increase the risk for CAP. AREAS COVERED MEDLINE, CENTRAL, and Web of Science were used in 2017 to search for case-control, cohort studies, as well as randomized controlled trials and meta-analysis that involved outpatient proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs), antipsychotics, oral antidiabetics, and CAP diagnosis in patients aged >18 years. EXPERT OPINION Our review confirmed that the use of ICSs, PPIs or antipsychotic drugs was independently associated with an increased risk for CAP. We also identified a positive association between specific oral antidiabetics and the development of pneumonia.
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- Adamantia Liapikou
- a 6th Respiratory Department , Sotiria Chest Diseases Hospital , Athens , Greece
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- b Department of Pneumology, Institut Clinic del Tórax, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona - Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) , University of Barcelona (UB) - SGR 911 - Ciber de Enfermedades Respiratorias (Ciberes) , Barcelona , Spain
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- b Department of Pneumology, Institut Clinic del Tórax, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona - Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) , University of Barcelona (UB) - SGR 911 - Ciber de Enfermedades Respiratorias (Ciberes) , Barcelona , Spain
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Borday C, Parain K, Thi Tran H, Vleminckx K, Perron M, Monsoro-Burq AH. An atlas of Wnt activity during embryogenesis in Xenopus tropicalis. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0193606. [PMID: 29672592 PMCID: PMC5908154 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2017] [Accepted: 02/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Wnt proteins form a family of highly conserved secreted molecules that are critical mediators of cell-cell signaling during embryogenesis. Partial data on Wnt activity in different tissues and at different stages have been reported in frog embryos. Our objective here is to provide a coherent and detailed description of Wnt activity throughout embryo development. Using a transgenic Xenopus tropicalis line carrying a Wnt-responsive reporter sequence, we depict the spatial and temporal dynamics of canonical Wnt activity during embryogenesis. We provide a comprehensive series of in situ hybridization in whole-mount embryos and in cross-sections, from gastrula to tadpole stages, with special focus on neural tube, retina and neural crest cell development. This collection of patterns will thus constitute a valuable resource for developmental biologists to picture the dynamics of Wnt activity during development.
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- Caroline Borday
- CNRS UMR 3347, INSERM U1021, Univ. Paris Sud, Université Paris Saclay, Centre Universitaire, Orsay, France
- Institut Curie Research Division, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR 3347, INSERM U1021, Orsay, France
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- Paris-Saclay Institute of Neuroscience, CNRS, Univ Paris Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
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- Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Paris-Saclay Institute of Neuroscience, CNRS, Univ Paris Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
- * E-mail: (MP); (AHMB)
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- CNRS UMR 3347, INSERM U1021, Univ. Paris Sud, Université Paris Saclay, Centre Universitaire, Orsay, France
- Institut Curie Research Division, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR 3347, INSERM U1021, Orsay, France
- Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France
- * E-mail: (MP); (AHMB)
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Walentek P. Manipulating and Analyzing Cell Type Composition of the Xenopus Mucociliary Epidermis. Methods Mol Biol 2018; 1865:251-263. [PMID: 30151772 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8784-9_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The Xenopus embryonic epidermis serves as a model to investigate the development, cell biology, and regeneration of vertebrate mucociliary epithelia. Its fast development as well as the ease of manipulation and analysis in this system facilitate novel approaches and sophisticated experiments addressing the principle mechanisms of mucociliary signaling, transcriptional regulation, and morphogenesis. This protocol describes how cell type composition can be manipulated and analyzed, and how mucociliary organoids can be generated and used for "omics"-type of experiments.
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- Peter Walentek
- Renal Division, Department of Medicine, University Freiburg Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany. .,Center for Biological Systems Analysis (ZBSA), University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
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Tomankova S, Abaffy P, Sindelka R. The role of nitric oxide during embryonic epidermis development of Xenopus laevis. Biol Open 2017; 6:862-871. [PMID: 28483981 PMCID: PMC5483018 DOI: 10.1242/bio.023739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Nitric oxide (NO) is a potent radical molecule that participates in various biological processes such as vasodilation, cell proliferation, immune response and neurotransmission. NO mainly activates soluble guanylate cyclase, leading to cGMP production and activation of protein kinase G and its downstream targets. Here we report the essential role of NO during embryonic epidermis development. Xenopus embryonic epidermis has become a useful model reflecting human epithelial tissue composition. The developing epidermis of Xenopus laevis is formed from specialized ionocytes, multi-ciliated, goblet and small secretory cells. We found that NO is mainly produced in multi-ciliated cells and ionocytes. Production of NO during early developmental stages is required for formation of multi-ciliated cells, ionocytes and small secretory cells by regulation of epidermal-specific gene expression. The data from this research indicate a novel role of NO during development, which supports recent findings of NO production in human mucociliary and epithelium development. Summary: Embryonic epidermis development is influenced by nitric oxide, where it has been linked to the development of ionocytes, multi-ciliated cells and small secretory cells.
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- Silvie Tomankova
- Laboratory of Gene Expression, Institute of Biotechnology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Průmyslová 595, Vestec 252 50, Czech Republic.,Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Vinicna 5, Prague 128 43, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Gene Expression, Institute of Biotechnology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Průmyslová 595, Vestec 252 50, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Gene Expression, Institute of Biotechnology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Průmyslová 595, Vestec 252 50, Czech Republic
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Sater AK, Moody SA. Using Xenopus to understand human disease and developmental disorders. Genesis 2017; 55. [PMID: 28095616 DOI: 10.1002/dvg.22997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2016] [Accepted: 11/14/2016] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Model animals are crucial to biomedical research. Among the commonly used model animals, the amphibian, Xenopus, has had tremendous impact because of its unique experimental advantages, cost effectiveness, and close evolutionary relationship with mammals as a tetrapod. Over the past 50 years, the use of Xenopus has made possible many fundamental contributions to biomedicine, and it is a cornerstone of research in cell biology, developmental biology, evolutionary biology, immunology, molecular biology, neurobiology, and physiology. The prospects for Xenopus as an experimental system are excellent: Xenopus is uniquely well-suited for many contemporary approaches used to study fundamental biological and disease mechanisms. Moreover, recent advances in high throughput DNA sequencing, genome editing, proteomics, and pharmacological screening are easily applicable in Xenopus, enabling rapid functional genomics and human disease modeling at a systems level.
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- Amy K Sater
- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Biology, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia
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Ho SW, Teng YH, Yang SF, Yeh HW, Wang YH, Chou MC, Yeh CB. Association of Proton Pump Inhibitors Usage with Risk of Pneumonia in Dementia Patients. J Am Geriatr Soc 2017; 65:1441-1447. [PMID: 28321840 DOI: 10.1111/jgs.14813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To determine the association between usages of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and subsequent risk of pneumonia in dementia patients. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING Taiwanese National Health Insurance Research Database. PARTICIPANTS The study cohort consisted of 786 dementia patients with new PPI usage and 786 matched dementia patients without PPI usage. MEASUREMENTS The study endpoint was defined as the occurrence of pneumonia. The Cox proportional hazard model was used to estimate the pneumonia risk. Defined daily dose methodology was applied to evaluate the cumulative and dose-response relationships of PPI. RESULTS Incidence of pneumonia was higher among patients with PPI usage (adjusted hazard ratio (HR) = 1.89; 95% CI = 1.51-2.37). Cox model analysis also demonstrated that age (adjusted HR = 1.05; 95% CI = 1.03-1.06), male gender (adjusted HR = 1.57; 95% CI = 1.25-1.98), underlying cerebrovascular disease (adjusted HR = 1.30; 95% CI = 1.04-1.62), chronic pulmonary disease (adjusted HR = 1.39; 95% CI = 1.09-1.76), congestive heart failure (adjusted HR = 1.54; 95% CI = 1.11-2.13), diabetes mellitus (adjusted HR = 1.54; 95% CI = 1.22-1.95), and usage of antipsychotics (adjusted HR = 1.29; 95% CI = 1.03-1.61) were independent risk factors for pneumonia. However, usage of cholinesterase inhibitors and histamine receptor-2 antagonists were shown to decrease pneumonia risk. CONCLUSION PPI usage in dementia patients is associated with an 89% increased risk of pneumonia.
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- Sai-Wai Ho
- Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.,Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.,Department of Emergency Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.,Department of Emergency Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.,Department of Medical Research, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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- Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.,Department of Surgery, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.,Department of Emergency Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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Walentek P, Quigley IK. What we can learn from a tadpole about ciliopathies and airway diseases: Using systems biology in Xenopus to study cilia and mucociliary epithelia. Genesis 2017; 55:10.1002/dvg.23001. [PMID: 28095645 PMCID: PMC5276738 DOI: 10.1002/dvg.23001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2016] [Revised: 11/14/2016] [Accepted: 11/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Over the past years, the Xenopus embryo has emerged as an incredibly useful model organism for studying the formation and function of cilia and ciliated epithelia in vivo. This has led to a variety of findings elucidating the molecular mechanisms of ciliated cell specification, basal body biogenesis, cilia assembly, and ciliary motility. These findings also revealed the deep functional conservation of signaling, transcriptional, post-transcriptional, and protein networks employed in the formation and function of vertebrate ciliated cells. Therefore, Xenopus research can contribute crucial insights not only into developmental and cell biology, but also into the molecular mechanisms underlying cilia related diseases (ciliopathies) as well as diseases affecting the ciliated epithelium of the respiratory tract in humans (e.g., chronic lung diseases). Additionally, systems biology approaches including transcriptomics, genomics, and proteomics have been rapidly adapted for use in Xenopus, and broaden the applications for current and future translational biomedical research. This review aims to present the advantages of using Xenopus for cilia research, highlight some of the evolutionarily conserved key concepts and mechanisms of ciliated cell biology that were elucidated using the Xenopus model, and describe the potential for Xenopus research to address unresolved questions regarding the molecular mechanisms of ciliopathies and airway diseases.
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- Peter Walentek
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology; Genetics, Genomics and Development Division; Developmental and Regenerative Biology Group; University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Walentek P, Quigley IK, Sun DI, Sajjan UK, Kintner C, Harland RM. Ciliary transcription factors and miRNAs precisely regulate Cp110 levels required for ciliary adhesions and ciliogenesis. eLife 2016; 5. [PMID: 27623009 PMCID: PMC5045295 DOI: 10.7554/elife.17557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2016] [Accepted: 09/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Upon cell cycle exit, centriole-to-basal body transition facilitates cilia formation. The centriolar protein Cp110 is a regulator of this process and cilia inhibitor, but its positive roles in ciliogenesis remain poorly understood. Using Xenopus we show that Cp110 inhibits cilia formation at high levels, while optimal levels promote ciliogenesis. Cp110 localizes to cilia-forming basal bodies and rootlets, and is required for ciliary adhesion complexes that facilitate Actin interactions. The opposing roles of Cp110 in ciliation are generated in part by coiled-coil domains that mediate preferential binding to centrioles over rootlets. Because of its dual role in ciliogenesis, Cp110 levels must be precisely controlled. In multiciliated cells, this is achieved by both transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation through ciliary transcription factors and microRNAs, which activate and repress cp110 to produce optimal Cp110 levels during ciliogenesis. Our data provide novel insights into how Cp110 and its regulation contribute to development and cell function. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.17557.001
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- Peter Walentek
- Division of Genetics, Genomics and Development, Center for Integrative Genomics, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, United States
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- Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, United States
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- Division of Genetics, Genomics and Development, Center for Integrative Genomics, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, United States
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- Division of Genetics, Genomics and Development, Center for Integrative Genomics, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, United States
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- Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, United States
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- Division of Genetics, Genomics and Development, Center for Integrative Genomics, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, United States
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During gastrulation and neurulation, foxj1 expression requires ATP4a-dependent Wnt/β-catenin signaling for ciliation of the gastrocoel roof plate (Walentek et al. Cell Rep. 1 (2012) 516-527.) and the mucociliary epidermis (Walentek et al. Dev. Biol. (2015)) of Xenopus laevis embryos. These data suggested that ATP4a and Wnt/β-catenin signaling regulate foxj1 throughout Xenopus development. Here we analyzed whether foxj1 expression was also ATP4a-dependent in other ciliated tissues of the developing Xenopus embryo and tadpole. We found that in the floor plate of the neural tube ATP4a-dependent canonical Wnt signaling was required for foxj1 expression, downstream of or in parallel to Hedgehog signaling. In the developing tadpole brain, ATP4-function was a prerequisite for the establishment of cerebrospinal fluid flow. Furthermore, we describe foxj1 expression and the presence of multiciliated cells in the developing tadpole gastrointestinal tract. Our work argues for a general requirement of ATP4-dependent Wnt/β-catenin signaling for foxj1 expression and motile ciliogenesis throughout Xenopus development.
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