Project description:The lineage of the horizontal basal cells (HBC) stem cells and their descendants from the olfactory epithelium were profiled by single-cell RNA-Seq to identify differentiated cell types, intermediate stages, transition states, and to infer the lineage trajectories.
Project description:The lineage of wild-type horizontal basal cells (HBC) stem cells from the olfactory epithelium were profiled by single-cell RNA-Seq (10X v2 chemistry) to identify differentiated cells types, intermediate stages, transition states, and to infer the lineage trajectories.
Project description:The lineage of the horizontal basal cells (HBC) stem cells and other Sox2eGFP-positive cells from the olfactory epithelium were profiled by single-cell RNA-Seq to identify differentiated cells types, intermediate stages, transition states, and to infer the lineage trajectories.
Project description:The lineage of wild-type horizontal basal cells (HBC) stem cells from the olfactory epithelium were profiled by single-cell RNA-Seq (10X v3 chemistry) to identify differences in aged versus not-aged adult stem cells mRNA expression profiles
Project description:The olfactory neuroepithelium serves as a sensory organ for odors and forms part of the nasal mucosal barrier. Olfactory sensory neurons are surrounded and supported by epithelial cells. Among them, microvillous cells (MVCs) are strategically positioned at the apical surface, but their specific functions are enigmatic and their relationship to the other specialized epithelial cells, particularly the solitary chemosensory cell family, is unclear. Here, we establish that the family of MVCs comprises tuft cells and ionocytes in both mice and humans. Integrating analysis of the respiratory and olfactory epithelia, we define the unique receptor expression of TRPM5+ tuft-MVCs compared to Gɑ-gustducinhigh respiratory tuft cells and characterize a new population of glandular DCLK1+ tuft cells. To establish how allergen sensing by tuft-MVCs might direct olfactory mucosal responses, we employed an integrated single-cell transcriptional and protein analysis. Inhalation of Alternaria induced mucosal epithelial effector molecules including Chil4, and a distinct pathway leading to proliferation of the quiescent olfactory horizontal basal stem cell (HBC) pool, both triggered in the absence of olfactory apoptosis. While the Chil4 pathway was dependent on STAT6 signaling and innate lymphocytes, neither were required for HBC proliferation. Alternaria- and ATP- elicited HBC proliferation was dependent on tuft-MVCs, establishing these specialized epithelial cells as regulators of olfactory stem cell responses. Together our data provide high resolution characterization of nasal tuft cell heterogeneity and uncover a novel function for TRPM5+ tuft-MVCs in directing the olfactory mucosal response to allergens.
Project description:Differentiation of stem cells embedded within the mammary epithelium is orchestrated by lineage-specifying transcription factors. Unlike the well-defined luminal hierarchy, dissection of the basal lineage has been hindered by a lack of specific markers. Inhibitor of Differentiation 4 (ID4) is a basally-restricted helix-loop-helix (HLH) transcription factor essential for mammary development. Here we show that ID4 is highly expressed in basal stem cells and decreases during myoepithelial differentiation. By integrating transcriptomic, proteomic and chromatin-association data we reveal that ID4 is required to suppress myoepithelial gene expression and cell fate.
Project description:We report bulk RNAseq of in vitro cultured horizontal basal cells, and in vivo isoalted respiratory basal cells of the murine olfactory epithelium, and compared their profiles with pre-existing bulk RNAseq of in vivo isolated HBCs and single cell RNAseq of in vivo HBCs.
