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A revised airway epithelial hierarchy includes CFTR-expressing ionocytes.

ABSTRACT: The airways of the lung are the primary sites of disease in asthma and cystic fibrosis. Here we study the cellular composition and hierarchy of the mouse tracheal epithelium by single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) and in vivo lineage tracing. We identify a rare cell type, the Foxi1+ pulmonary ionocyte; functional variations in club cells based on their location; a distinct cell type in high turnover squamous epithelial structures that we term 'hillocks'; and disease-relevant subsets of tuft and goblet cells. We developed 'pulse-seq', combining scRNA-seq and lineage tracing, to show that tuft, neuroendocrine and ionocyte cells are continually and directly replenished by basal progenitor cells. Ionocytes are the major source of transcripts of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator in both mouse (Cftr) and human (CFTR). Knockout of Foxi1 in mouse ionocytes causes loss of Cftr expression and disrupts airway fluid and mucus physiology, phenotypes that are characteristic of cystic fibrosis. By associating cell-type-specific expression programs with key disease genes, we establish a new cellular narrative for airways disease.

SUBMITTER: Montoro DT

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6295155 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A revised airway epithelial hierarchy includes CFTR-expressing ionocytes.

Montoro Daniel T DT Haber Adam L AL Biton Moshe M Vinarsky Vladimir V Lin Brian B Birket Susan E SE Yuan Feng F Chen Sijia S Leung Hui Min HM Villoria Jorge J Rogel Noga N Burgin Grace G Tsankov Alexander M AM Waghray Avinash A Slyper Michal M Waldman Julia J Nguyen Lan L Dionne Danielle D Rozenblatt-Rosen Orit O Tata Purushothama Rao PR Mou Hongmei H Shivaraju Manjunatha M Bihler Hermann H Mense Martin M Tearney Guillermo J GJ Rowe Steven M SM Engelhardt John F JF Regev Aviv A Rajagopal Jayaraj J

Nature 20180801 7718

The airways of the lung are the primary sites of disease in asthma and cystic fibrosis. Here we study the cellular composition and hierarchy of the mouse tracheal epithelium by single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) and in vivo lineage tracing. We identify a rare cell type, the Foxi1<sup>+</sup> pulmonary ionocyte; functional variations in club cells based on their location; a distinct cell type in high turnover squamous epithelial structures that we term 'hillocks'; and disease-relevant subsets ...[more]

PMID: 30069044

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