Project description:We used microfluidic single cell RNA-seq on 42 individual mouse lung mesenchymal and 69 endothelial cells at E18.5 to measure the transcriptional state. We were able to classify these cells into distinct populations as well as map their signaling interactions with the distal lung epithelium. In this manner, single cell RNA-seq can be used to unbiasedly determine the signals the dictate construction and maintenance of the alveolus.
Project description:To investigate the role of Prmt5 gene in lung development, we established a Prmt5 specific knockout model in Dermo1 of C57 mouse lung mesenchymal cells using cre-loxp system. Then, the data obtained from RNA-seq in E18.5-day lung tissues were used for gene expression profiling analysis.
Project description:The impact of Mll3 removal on lung development was evaluated by mRNA profiling of three lung samples each from control and Mll3KO mice. Using 75-base-pair reads, 30 million reads per sample with comparable unique mapped reads (89-91%) were obtained. All biological replicates clustered into two well-separated groups according to genotype thereby lending confidence regarding data quality. To analyze differentially expressed genes, we applied DESeq2 analysis to the RNA-seq dataset. As expected for an H3K4 methyltransferase, we observed that 5 times more mRNAs were down- than up-regulated at a false discovery rate (FDR) of 5%. GO term analysis by DAVID revealed that Mll3 is important for the regulation of cell differentiation and morphogenesis, and therefore for the maturation of the lung. Using GSEA we concluded that the most affected cell type was the alveolar epithelial type-I cells involved in gas exchange.
Project description:We used microfluidic single cell RNA-seq on 198 individual mouse lung epithelial cells at 4 different stages throughout development to measure the transcriptional states which define the developmental and cellular hierarchy of the distal mouse lung epithelium. We classified 80 cells comprising the distal lung epithelium at E18.5 into distinct populations using an unbiased genome-wide approach that did not require a priori knowledge of the underlying cell types or prior purification of cell types. This M-bM-^@M-^\reverse tissue engineeringM-bM-^@M-^] approach confirmed the basic outlines of the conventional model of cell type diversity in the distal lung and led to the discovery of a large number of novel transcriptional regulators and cell type markers that discriminate between the different populations. Moreover, we reconstructed the steps during maturation of bipotential progenitors into both alveolar lineages based on the presence of undifferentiated, differentiated as well as differentiation intermediate cells at the single time point E18.5. Finally, we followed Sftpc-positive cells throughout their lifecycle (E14.5, E16.5, E18.5, adult) and identified 7 gene sets that differentiate between the multipotential, bipotential, mature, as well as intermediate states of the AT2 lineage. 198 single-cell transcriptomes from mouse lung epithelium were analyzed in total, two 200-cell bulk control samples as well as one no-cell control; All single cell and control samples contain 92 external RNA spike-ins; For time point E18.5, three individual experiments were performed using 3 different pregnant mice (3 biological replicates): Replicate 1 (pooled sibling lungs) yielded 20 single cell transcriptomes, replicate 2 (one single embryonic lung) yielded 34 single cell transcriptomes and replicate 3 (pooled siibling lungs) yielded 26 single cell transcriptomes; In addition, a 200-cell bulk control sample was prepared for E18.5 replicate 1 and E18.5 replicate 3 experiments; A no-cell control sample was generated for the E18.5 replicate 1 experiment; For time point E14.5, one experiment (one pregnant mouse, pooled sibling lungs) was performed yielding 45 single cell transcriptomes; For time point E16.5, one experiment (one pregnant mouse, pooled sibling lungs) was performed yielding 27 single cell transcriptomes; For the adult time point, one 107 day old mouse was used and transcriptomes of 46 single cells were obtained; All single cell samples were processed on the microfluidic platform, 200-cell-bulk and no-cell control samples were processed in microliter volumes in PCR tubes.
Project description:Vertebrate lonesome kinase (VLK) is the only known secreted tyrosine kinase and responsible for the phosphorylation of a broad range of secretory pathway-resident and extracellular matrix proteins. However, its cell-type specific functions in vivo are still largely unknown. Therefore, we generated mice with a mesenchyme-specific knockout of the VLK gene (protein kinase domain containing, cytoplasmic (Pkdcc)). Most of the homozygous mice die shortly after birth, most likely as a consequence of their lung abnormalities and consequent respiratory failure. E18.5 embryonic lungs showed a reduction of alveolar type II cells, smaller bronchi, and an increased lung tissue density. Global mass spectrometry-based quantitative proteomics identified 112 proteins with significantly and at least 1.5fold differential abundance between genotypes. Twenty-five of these had been assigned to the extracellular region and 15 to the mouse matrisome. Specifically, fibromodulin and matrilin 4, which are involved in extracellular matrix organization, were significantly more abundant in lungs from Pkdcc knockout embryos. These results support a role for mesenchyme-derived VLK in lung development through regulation of matrix dynamics and the resulting non-cell-autonomous modulation of alveolar epithelial cell differentiation.
Project description:We used microfluidic single cell RNA-seq on 198 individual mouse lung epithelial cells at 4 different stages throughout development to measure the transcriptional states which define the developmental and cellular hierarchy of the distal mouse lung epithelium. We classified 80 cells comprising the distal lung epithelium at E18.5 into distinct populations using an unbiased genome-wide approach that did not require a priori knowledge of the underlying cell types or prior purification of cell types. This “reverse tissue engineering” approach confirmed the basic outlines of the conventional model of cell type diversity in the distal lung and led to the discovery of a large number of novel transcriptional regulators and cell type markers that discriminate between the different populations. Moreover, we reconstructed the steps during maturation of bipotential progenitors into both alveolar lineages based on the presence of undifferentiated, differentiated as well as differentiation intermediate cells at the single time point E18.5. Finally, we followed Sftpc-positive cells throughout their lifecycle (E14.5, E16.5, E18.5, adult) and identified 7 gene sets that differentiate between the multipotential, bipotential, mature, as well as intermediate states of the AT2 lineage.