RNA-seq of small intestinal organoids treated with the control medium ENR (EGF, Noggin, R-spondin1) in the presence or absence of muscle supernatant
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ABSTRACT: In order to unravel the impact of intestinal smooth muscle tissue on the intestinal epithelium, we isolated clean smooth muscle, cultured it for 24h in DMEM-F12, and collected the supernatant (muscle-SN). This supernatant was used to treat small intestinal organoids (made of intestinal epithelium), compared to normal ENR treatment. After 5 days of muscle-SN exposure, we disrupted the organoids, and directly isolate the RNA. RNA-seq was performed in this sample to assess the genetic changes induced by muscle products.
Project description:The intestinal epithelium is our first line of defense against infections of the gut and the plasticity in cellular differentiation of the intestinal epithelium is an important part of this response. The changes in cellular composition is driven by immune cell derived cytokines. Here we use signature cytokines of different type of immune responses applied to small intestinal organoids to model how different immune responses affect intestinal epithelial development. Simplified, IL-13 represents type II immunity against infections such as parasites and IL-22 represents type III immunity against infections such as extracellular bacterial infections. 10 ng/mL of IL-13 and IL-22 was added for 72 hours after splitting. Furthermore, we have found BMP signaling to be important in regulating the cellular differentiation induced by IL-13. We therefore added added a combination treatment with the activin receptor-like kinase 2 (ALK-2) signaling inhibitor Dorsomorphin homolog 1 (DMH1) in concentration of 5 uM. We find that ALK-2 signaling is crucial for IL-13 driven Tuft cell differentiation.
Project description:To assess the role of LSD1 in mouse small intestinal epithelium, we grew small intestinal organoids in vitro from mice with an epithelial specific deletion of LSD1 (Villin-Cre+; Lsd1f/f) and from wild type (Villin-Cre-; Lsd1f/f) mice. This experiment uses a new Cre strain with 100% recombination efficiency. Similar to intestinal epithelium from mice with an intestinal epithelium specific LSD1-KO, Paneth cells are not present in LSD1-KO small intestinal organoids. We used these sequencing data to show intrinsic epithelial changes in the intestinal epithelium caused by LSD1 deletion in the absence of microbiota and surrounding in vivo cell types.
Project description:To assess the role of LSD1 in mice small intestinal epithelium, small intestinal organoids were treated with an inhibitor for LSD1 (GSK-LSD1) and compared to untreated organoids. Similar to intestinal epithelium from mice with an intestinal epithelium specific LSD1-KO, paneth cells dissappear upon GSK-LSD1 treatment. We used these sequencing data to show that these small intestinal organoids have a similar phenotype as mice epithelium without LSD1.
Project description:Murine small intestinal organoids were cultured in the presence or absence of 3µM inhibitor I-CBP112 (PubChem CID 90488984), which targets E1A Binding Protein P300 (Ep300) and Creb-binding protein (Crebbp, Cbp). Organoids were grown in culture media containing EGF, Noggin and R-spondin (ENR), media was changed after 48h, and organoids were harvested after 96h.
Project description:Murine small intestinal organoids were cultured in the presence or absence of 5µM inhibitor MS023 (PubChem CID 92136227), which targets type I protein arginine methyltransferases Prmt1, Prmt3, Prmt4, Prmt6, Prmt8. Organoids were grown in culture media containing EGF, Noggin and R-spondin (ENR), media was changed after 48h, and organoids were harvested after 120h.
Project description:Background & Aims: The contribution of genetics to the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been established by twin studies, targeted sequencing and genome-wide association studies (GWASs). This has yielded a plethora of risk loci with an aim to identify causal variants. Research on the genetic components of IBD has mainly focused on protein coding genes, thereby omitting other functional elements in the human genome i.e. the regulatory regions. Methods: Using acetylated histone 3 lysine 27 (H3K27ac) chromatin immunoprecipitation and sequencing (ChIP-seq), we identified tens of thousands of potential regulatory regions that are active in intestinal epithelium and immune cells, the main cell types involved in IBD. We correlated these regions with susceptibility loci for IBD. Results: We show that 45 out of 163 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with IBD co-localize with active regulatory elements. In addition, another 47 IBD associated SNPs co-localize with active regulatory element via other SNP in strong linkage disequilibrium. Altogether 92 out of 163 IBD-associated SNPs can be connected with distinct regulatory element. This is 2.5 to 3.5 times more frequent than expected from random sampling. The genomic variation in these SNPs often creates or disrupts known binding motifs - thereby possibly affecting the binding affinity of transcriptional regulators and altering the expression of regulated genes. Conclusions: We show that in addition to protein coding genes, non-coding DNA regulatory regions, active in immune cells and in intestinal epithelium, are involved in IBD. H3K27ac ChIP-seq (ab4729, Abcam) profile of 7 intestinal epithelial samples
Project description:Pioneering studies within the last few years have allowed the in vitro expansion of tissue-specific adult stem cells from a variety of endoderm-derived organs, including the stomach, small intestine and colon. Here we derived organoids from mouse gallbladder tissue (gallbladder organoids), from mouse liver (including the extrahepatic biliary ducts and gallbladder; liver organoids) and from mouse small intestine tissue (intestinal organoids). RNA was prepared from these organoids and used to assay expression of 21,258 genes using Affymetrix gene expression arrays. RNA was also prepared from mouse gallbladder, liver and small intestine tissues and used to assay gene expression in these tissues. Finally, gallbladder organoids were induced to differentiate by removing R-spondin 1 and noggin from the culture media and subjected to gene expression array analysis. RNA was extracted from mouse gallbladder organoids, differentiated gallbladder organoids, liver organoids, small intestine organoids, gallbladder tissue, liver tissue and small intestine tissue and then used for hybridization of Affymetrix gene expression microarrays.
Project description:Here, we used single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) to profile pluripotent stem cell derived human intestinal organoids (HIOs) grown in an alginate matrix after 3, 7, and 14 days of in vitro growth. Samples were grown in minigut media supplemented with either ENR or EGF.
Project description:The purpose of this experiment was to identify intestinal epithelial responses to various strains of Salmonella enterica. Human intestinal organoids were infected with three serovars of Salmonella; Typhimurium, Enteritidis and Typhi, as well as type 3 secretion system -1 and -2 mutants in Typhimurium in order to identify host responses that were similar and unique to each serovar, and responses that were dependent on these secretion systems.
Project description:The purpose of this experiment was to identify the contribution of PMNs in intestinal epithelial responses to Salmonella infection.