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Srivillibhuthur M, Warder BN, Toke NH, Shah PP, Feng Q, Gao N, Bonder EM, Verzi MP. TFAM is required for maturation of the fetal and adult intestinal epithelium. Dev Biol 2018; 439:92-101. [PMID: 29684311 PMCID: PMC5978755 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2018.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 11/01/2017] [Revised: 04/18/2018] [Accepted: 04/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
During development, the embryo transitions from a metabolism favoring glycolysis to a metabolism favoring mitochondrial respiration. How metabolic shifts regulate developmental processes, or how developmental processes regulate metabolic shifts, remains unclear. To test the requirement of mitochondrial function in developing endoderm-derived tissues, we genetically inactivated the mitochondrial transcription factor, Tfam, using the Shh-Cre driver. Tfam mutants did not survive postnatally, exhibiting defects in lung development. In the developing intestine, TFAM-loss was tolerated until late fetal development, during which the process of villus elongation was compromised. While progenitor cell populations appeared unperturbed, markers of enterocyte maturation were diminished and villi were blunted. Loss of TFAM was also tested in the adult intestinal epithelium, where enterocyte maturation was similarly dependent upon the mitochondrial transcription factor. While progenitor cells in the transit amplifying zone of the adult intestine remained proliferative, intestinal stem cell renewal was dependent upon TFAM, as indicated by molecular profiling and intestinal organoid formation assays. Taken together, these studies point to critical roles for the mitochondrial regulator TFAM for multiple aspects of intestinal development and maturation, and highlight the importance of mitochondrial regulators in tissue development and homeostasis.
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Affiliation(s)
- Manasa Srivillibhuthur
- Rutgers University, Department of Genetics, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey (HGINJ), 145 Bevier Road, Piscataway Township, NJ 08854, USA; Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, 3500 N Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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- Rutgers University, Department of Genetics, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey (HGINJ), 145 Bevier Road, Piscataway Township, NJ 08854, USA
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- Rutgers University, Department of Genetics, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey (HGINJ), 145 Bevier Road, Piscataway Township, NJ 08854, USA
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- Rutgers University, Department of Genetics, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey (HGINJ), 145 Bevier Road, Piscataway Township, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ 07102, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ 07102, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ 07102, USA
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- Rutgers University, Department of Genetics, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey (HGINJ), 145 Bevier Road, Piscataway Township, NJ 08854, USA; Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ), 195 Little Albany Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA.
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Kumar N, Srivillibhuthur M, Joshi S, Walton KD, Zhou A, Faller WJ, Perekatt AO, Sansom OJ, Gumucio DL, Xing J, Bonder EM, Gao N, White E, Verzi MP. A YY1-dependent increase in aerobic metabolism is indispensable for intestinal organogenesis. Development 2016; 143:3711-3722. [PMID: 27802136 PMCID: PMC5087649 DOI: 10.1242/dev.137992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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: 03/23/2016] [Accepted: 08/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
Abstract
During late gestation, villi extend into the intestinal lumen to dramatically increase the surface area of the intestinal epithelium, preparing the gut for the neonatal diet. Incomplete development of the intestine is the most common gastrointestinal complication in neonates, but the causes are unclear. We provide evidence in mice that Yin Yang 1 (Yy1) is crucial for intestinal villus development. YY1 loss in the developing endoderm had no apparent consequences until late gestation, after which the intestine differentiated poorly and exhibited severely stunted villi. Transcriptome analysis revealed that YY1 is required for mitochondrial gene expression, and ultrastructural analysis confirmed compromised mitochondrial integrity in the mutant intestine. We found increased oxidative phosphorylation gene expression at the onset of villus elongation, suggesting that aerobic respiration might function as a regulator of villus growth. Mitochondrial inhibitors blocked villus growth in a fashion similar to Yy1 loss, thus further linking oxidative phosphorylation with late-gestation intestinal development. Interestingly, we find that necrotizing enterocolitis patients also exhibit decreased expression of oxidative phosphorylation genes. Our study highlights the still unappreciated role of metabolic regulation during organogenesis, and suggests that it might contribute to neonatal gastrointestinal disorders.
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Affiliation(s)
- Namit Kumar
- Rutgers University, Department of Genetics, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey (HGINJ), 145 Bevier Road, Piscataway Township, NJ 08854, USA
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- Rutgers University, Department of Genetics, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey (HGINJ), 145 Bevier Road, Piscataway Township, NJ 08854, USA
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- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ), 195 Little Albany Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA
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- Cell and Developmental Biology Department, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Rutgers University, Department of Genetics, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey (HGINJ), 145 Bevier Road, Piscataway Township, NJ 08854, USA
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- Rutgers University, Department of Genetics, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey (HGINJ), 145 Bevier Road, Piscataway Township, NJ 08854, USA
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- Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Glasgow G61 1BD, UK
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- Cell and Developmental Biology Department, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Rutgers University, Department of Genetics, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey (HGINJ), 145 Bevier Road, Piscataway Township, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ 07102, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ 07102, USA
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- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ), 195 Little Albany Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA
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- Rutgers University, Department of Genetics, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey (HGINJ), 145 Bevier Road, Piscataway Township, NJ 08854, USA
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