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Chen L, Qiu X, Dupre A, Pellon-Cardenas O, Fan X, Xu X, Rout P, Walton KD, Burclaff J, Zhang R, Fang W, Ofer R, Logerfo A, Vemuri K, Bandyopadhyay S, Wang J, Barbet G, Wang Y, Gao N, Perekatt AO, Hu W, Magness ST, Spence JR, Verzi MP. TGFB1 induces fetal reprogramming and enhances intestinal regeneration. Cell Stem Cell 2023; 30:1520-1537.e8. [PMID: 37865088 PMCID: PMC10841757 DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2023.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Revised: 07/03/2023] [Accepted: 09/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/23/2023]
Abstract
The gut epithelium has a remarkable ability to recover from damage. We employed a combination of high-throughput sequencing approaches, mouse genetics, and murine and human organoids and identified a role for TGFB signaling during intestinal regeneration following injury. At 2 days following irradiation (IR)-induced damage of intestinal crypts, a surge in TGFB1 expression is mediated by monocyte/macrophage cells at the location of damage. The depletion of macrophages or genetic disruption of TGFB signaling significantly impaired the regenerative response. Intestinal regeneration is characterized by the induction of a fetal-like transcriptional signature during repair. In organoid culture, TGFB1 treatment was necessary and sufficient to induce the fetal-like/regenerative state. Mesenchymal cells were also responsive to TGFB1 and enhanced the regenerative response. Mechanistically, pro-regenerative factors, YAP/TEAD and SOX9, are activated in the epithelium exposed to TGFB1. Finally, pre-treatment with TGFB1 enhanced the ability of primary epithelial cultures to engraft into damaged murine colon, suggesting promise for cellular therapy.
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Affiliation(s)
- Lei Chen
- School of Life Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Developmental Genes and Human Disease, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China.
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- Department of Genetics, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 00854, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 00854, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 00854, USA
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Developmental Genes and Human Disease, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Developmental Genes and Human Disease, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
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- Department of Genetics, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 00854, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and North Carolina State University, Chapel Hill, NC 27695, USA; Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Developmental Genes and Human Disease, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Developmental Genes and Human Disease, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
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- Department of Genetics, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 00854, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 00854, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 00854, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University-Newark, Newark, NJ 07102, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA
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- Child Health Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
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- Center for Translation Medicine Research and Development, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University-Newark, Newark, NJ 07102, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ 07030, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA
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- Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and North Carolina State University, Chapel Hill, NC 27695, USA; Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan College of Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 00854, USA; Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA; Rutgers Center for Lipid Research, New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA; NIEHS Center for Environmental Exposures and Disease (CEED), Rutgers EOHSI, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
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Chen L, Dupre A, Qiu X, Pellon-Cardenas O, Walton KD, Wang J, Perekatt AO, Hu W, Spence JR, Verzi MP. TGFB1 Induces Fetal Reprogramming and Enhances Intestinal Regeneration. bioRxiv 2023:2023.01.13.523825. [PMID: 36711781 PMCID: PMC9882197 DOI: 10.1101/2023.01.13.523825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
Abstract
The adult gut epithelium has a remarkable ability to recover from damage. To achieve cellular therapies aimed at restoring and/or replacing defective gastrointestinal tissue, it is important to understand the natural mechanisms of tissue regeneration. We employed a combination of high throughput sequencing approaches, mouse genetic models, and murine and human organoid models, and identified a role for TGFB signaling during intestinal regeneration following injury. At 2 days following irradiation (IR)-induced damage of intestinal crypts, a surge in TGFB1 expression is mediated by monocyte/macrophage cells at the location of damage. Depletion of macrophages or genetic disruption of TGFB-signaling significantly impaired the regenerative response following irradiation. Murine intestinal regeneration is also characterized by a process where a fetal transcriptional signature is induced during repair. In organoid culture, TGFB1-treatment was necessary and sufficient to induce a transcriptomic shift to the fetal-like/regenerative state. The regenerative response was enhanced by the function of mesenchymal cells, which are also primed for regeneration by TGFB1. Mechanistically, integration of ATAC-seq, scRNA-seq, and ChIP-seq suggest that a regenerative YAP-SOX9 transcriptional circuit is activated in epithelium exposed to TGFB1. Finally, pre-treatment with TGFB1 enhanced the ability of primary epithelial cultures to engraft into damaged murine colon, suggesting promise for the application of the TGFB-induced regenerative circuit in cellular therapy.
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Affiliation(s)
- Lei Chen
- School of Life Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Developmental Genes and Human Disease, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Genetics, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan College of Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA
- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
- Rutgers Center for Lipid Research, New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition & Health, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
- Member of the NIEHS Center for Environmental Exposures and Disease (CEED), Rutgers EOHSI Piscataway, NJ, USA
- Lead Contact
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