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An approach to intersectionally target mature enteroendocrine cells in the small intestine of mice

ABSTRACT: Enteroendocrine cells (EECs) constitute only a small proportion of Villin-1 (Vil1)-expressing intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) of the gastrointestinal tract; yet, in sum, they build the largest endocrine organ of the body, with each of them storing and releasing a distinct set of peptides for the control of feeding behavior, glucose metabolism, and gastrointestinal motility. Like all IEC types, EECs are continuously renewed from intestinal stem cells in the crypt base and terminally differentiate into mature subtypes while moving up the crypt-villus axis. Interestingly, EECs adjust their hormonal secretion according to their migration statues as EECs receive altering differentiation signals along the crypt-villus axis and thus undergo functional readaptation. Cell-specific targeting of mature EEC subtypes by specific promoters is challenging because the expression of EEC-derived peptides and their precursors are not limited to EECs but are also found in other organs, such as the brain (e.g. Cck and Sst) as well as in the pancreas (e.g. Sst and Gcg). Here, we describe an intersectional genetic approach that enables cell type-specific targeting of functionally distinct EEC subtypes by combining a newly-generated Dre-recombinase expressing mouse line (Vil1-2A-DD-Dre) with multiple existing Cre-recombinase mice, and mouse strains with rox and loxP sites flanked stop cassettes for transgene expression. We found that transgene expression in triple-transgenic mice is highly specific in I, but not D and L cells in the apical villi of the small intestine. The targeting of EECs only in villi is likely caused by the intrinsic Vil1 expression, limiting our Vil1-2A-DD-Dre mouse line and the intersectional genetic approach described here for the investigation of mature EECs.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE250433 | GEO | 2024/01/15

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:Genes encoding transcription factors function as hubs in gene regulatory networks because they encode DNA-binding proteins, which bind to promoters that carry their binding sites. In the present work we have studied gene regulatory networks defined by genes with transcripts belonging to different mRNA abundance classes in the small intestinal epithelial cell. The focus is the rewiring that occurs in transcription factor hubs in these networks during the differentiation of the small intestinal epithelial cell while it migrates along the crypt-villus axis and during its development from a fetal endodermal cell to a mature adult villus epithelial cell. We have generated transcriptome data for mouse small intestinal villus, crypt and fetal intestinal epithelial cells. In addition we have generated metabolome data from crypt and villus cells. Our results show that the intestinal crypt transcription factor hubs that are rewired during differentiation are involved in the cell cycle process (E2F, NF-Y) and stem cell maintenance (c-Myc). In contrast the villi are dominated by a HNF-4 villus hub, which is rewired during differentiation by the addition of network genes with relevance for lipoprotein synthesis and lipid absorption. Moreover, we have identified a villus NF-kB hub, which was revealed by comparison of the villus and endoderm transcriptomes. The rewiring of the NF-kB villus hub during intestinal development reflects transcriptional activity established by host and microflora interactions. To aid in the mining of our results we have developed a web portal (http://gastro.imbg.ku.dk/mousecv/) allowing easy linkage between the transcriptomic data, biological processes and functions. Experiment Overall Design: Four different sample categories were analyzed. Experiment Overall Design: 1) Small intestinal crypts isolated form 12-weeks old C57BL/6 mice. These samples are in triplicates. Experiment Overall Design: 2) Small intestinal villi isolated form 12-weeks old C57BL/6 mice. These samples are in triplicates. Experiment Overall Design: 3) Embryonic day 12 mesenchyme. These samples are in quadruplicate. each sample is derived from a pool of mesenchymes (10-40) Experiment Overall Design: 4) Embryonic day 12 endoderm. These samples are in quadruplicate. each sample is derived from a pool of endoderms (10-40)

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