Project description:The goal of this project was to compare the metabolite profiles of the: mouse gastric antrum and the mouse gastric corpus, the mouse gastric antrum and the mouse gastric antrum isolated glands, and the mouse gastric corpus and the mouse gastric corpus isolated glands.
Project description:The goal of this project was to compare the metabolite profiles of the: mouse gastric antrum and the mouse gastric corpus, the mouse gastric antrum and the mouse gastric antrum isolated glands, and the mouse gastric corpus and the mouse gastric corpus isolated glands.
Project description:Helicobacter pylori colonization of the human stomach is a strong risk factor for gastric cancer. To investigate H. pylori-induced gastric molecular alterations, we used a Mongolian gerbil model of gastric carcinogenesis. Histologic evaluation revealed varying levels of atrophic gastritis (a premalignant condition characterized by parietal and chief cell loss) in H. pylori-infected animals, and transcriptional profiling revealed a loss of markers for these cell types. We then assessed the spatial distribution and relative abundance of proteins in the gastric tissues using imaging mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). We detected striking differences in protein content of corpus and antrum tissues. 492 proteins were preferentially localized to the corpus in uninfected animals. The abundance of 91 of these proteins was reduced in H. pylori-infected corpus tissues exhibiting atrophic gastritis compared to infected corpus tissues with non-atrophic gastritis or uninfected corpus tissues; these included numerous proteins with metabolic functions. Fifty proteins localized to the corpus in uninfected animals were diffusely delocalized throughout the stomach in infected tissues with atrophic gastritis; these included numerous proteins with roles in protein processing. Corresponding alterations were not detected in animals infected with a H. pylori ∆cagT mutant (lacking Cag type IV secretion system activity). These results indicate that H. pylori can cause loss of proteins normally localized to the gastric corpus as well as diffuse delocalization of corpus-specific proteins, resulting in marked changes in the normal gastric molecular partitioning into distinct corpus and antrum regions.
Project description:Tissue-specific gene expression and gene regulation lead to a better understanding of tissue-specific physiology and pathophysiology. We analyzed the transcriptome and genetic regulatory profiles of two distinct gastric sites, corpus and antrum, to identify tissue-specific gene expression and its regulation. The transcriptome data from corpus and antral mucosa highlights the heterogeneity of gene expression in the stomach. We identified enriched pathways revealing distinct and common physiological processes in gastric corpus and antrum. Physiological differences are mostly related to digestion and epithelial protection. Furthermore, we found an enrichment of the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-based heritability of metabolic, obesity-related, and cardiovascular traits and diseases by considering corpus- and antrum-specifically expressed genes. In particular, we could prioritize gastric-specific candidate genes for multiple metabolic traits, like NQO1 which is involved in glucose metabolism, MUC1 which contributes to purine and protein metabolism or RAB27B being a regulator of weight and body composition.
Project description:The glandular stomach is comprised of two anatomically and functionally distinct epithelial tissues termed corpus and antrum. While these compartments continuously regenerate to ensure normal organ function, our understanding of the molecular and cellular determinants that maintain these tissues remains incomplete. Here, we established an unbiased account of all gastric epithelial cells of the mouse corpus and antrum using single cell RNA-sequencing, allowing us to compare these adjacent epithelia and their stem cell compartments. Our data reveals that epithelial cell types with equivalent functional roles in the corpus and antrum utilize similar transcriptional programs, and our results support the existence of two discernible stem cell populations within the gland base and isthmus regions of these tissues. To study isthmus stem cells, typically underrepresented in conventional, gland base-enriched organoid cultures, we developed a novel 2D monolayer culture system to propagate mouse and human gastric epithelia. These 2D cultures expand indefinitely via Lgr5- isthmus-like cells and maintain the ability to differentiate into diverse gastric cell types. While 2D corpus and antrum cultures were transcriptionally similar, they retained a molecular memory and differentiation bias that mirrored their tissue of origin. Furthermore, gastric 2D cultures could be readily and reversibly converted into conventional 3D organoids, highlighting the remarkable plasticity of undifferentiated stomach epithelial cells. Finally, we utilized the 2D culture system to show that rare primary epithelial cells with high levels of Sox2 expression, previously hypothesized to be gastric stem cells, most closely resembled enterochromaffin (EC) cells and Sox2 is both necessary and sufficient to generate EC cells in vivo. Together, our data (i) provide important insights into the basis of gastric epithelial regeneration and differentiation, (ii) establish a tractable 2D culture system to capture and manipulate primary gastric isthmus stem cells in vitro and (iii) uncover a role for the stem cell factor Sox2 during EC cell specification.
Project description:We prepared miRNA from myofibroblats derived from normal stomach, both antrum (A) and corpus (C) separately and gastric cancers. miRCURYTM LNA Array ver5 was performed and comparisons were made by the dual (reference) method.
Project description:Aberrant DNA methylation is implicated in the epigenetic field defect seen in gastric cancer (GC). Our aim in this study was to identify predictive biomarkers by screening for DNA methylation in noncancerous background gastric mucosa from GC patients. A total of 46 endoscopically obtained human gastric mucosa, 10 gastric cancer and 5 cell lines were analyzed using MCA microarray. Aberrant DNA methylation was compared with clinicopathological features. Healthy individuals were divided into two groups based on the types of chronic gastritis; A: antrum-predominant gastritis P or C: pangastritis or corpus-predominant gastritis
Project description:Gastric acidity is essential for the function of the human stomach. pH homeostasis is facilitated by gastrin, a hormone secreted from the gastric antrum in response to a rise in pH, leading to acid secretion from the gastric corpus. Sleeve gastrectomy (SG), a bariatric surgery in which 80% of the gastric corpus is excised, presents a challenge for gastric pH homeostasis. We used histology and single-cell RNA sequencing to study the gastric antrum and corpus epithelium of naïve patients, and of patients who underwent SG years earlier. SG was associated with an increase in a sub-population of acid-secreting parietal cells which overexpress respiratory enzymes and carbonic anhydrase, and an increase in the fraction of histamine-secreting enterochromaffin-like cells (ECLs). Notably, ECLs of SG-operated patients over-expressed genes coding for biosynthesis of neuropeptides and of serotonin. Mathematical modeling of pH homeostasis by gastrin showed that fasting pH is not sensitive to nearly all model parameters. Robustness is a result of the ability of gastrin to induce acid secretion as well as increase the number of ECLs and parietal cells, a feedback analogous to a non-linear proportional and integral feedback control, that drives adaptation of the epithelium to acid-secretion demand. Quantitative predictions of the model on the gastric response to SG were validated in patients: SG induced a 5-fold increase in blood gastrin levels as early as one day post-surgery, and an over 30% increase in the number of parietal cells and ECLs per gland years after surgery. Together, these empirical and modeling data demonstrate how the human gastric epithelium remodels following SG at the molecular and cellular levels, and more generally how trophic hormones such as gastrin enable robust adaptation of tissue function to meet physiological demand.
Project description:The majority of gastric cancer cases are believed to be caused by chronic infection with the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, and atrophic corpus gastritis is a predisposing condition to gastric cancer development. We aimed to increase understanding of the molecular details of atrophy by performing a global transcriptome analysis of stomach tissue. Biopsies from patients with different stages of H. pylori infection were taken from both the antrum and corpus mucosa and analyzed on microarrays. The stages included patients without current H. pylori infection, H. pylori-infected without corpus atrophy and patients with current or past H. pylori-infection with corpus-predominant atrophic gastritis.Using clustering and integrated analysis, we found firm evidence for antralization of the corpus mucosa of atrophy patients. This antralization harbored gain of gastrin expression, as well as loss of expression of corpus-related genes, such as genes associated with acid production, energy metabolism and blood clotting. The analyses provided detailed molecular evidence for simultaneous intestinal metaplasia (IM) and spasmolytic polypeptide expressing metaplasia (SPEM) in atrophic corpus tissue. Finally, acidic mammalian chitinase, a chitin-degrading enzyme produced by chief cells, was shown to be strongly down-regulated in corpus atrophy.Transcriptome analysis revealed several gene groups which are related to development of corpus atrophy, some of which were increased also in H. pylori-infected non-atrophic patients. Furthermore, loss of acidic chitinase expression is a promising marker for corpus atrophy. Biopsies from well classified patients with different stages of H. pylori infection were taken from both the antrum and corpus mucosa. These stages included H. pylori un-infected, H. pylori-infected without corpus atrophy and H. pylori-infected with corpus-predominant atrophic gastritis.
Project description:The glandular stomach is comprised of two regenerative compartments termed corpus and antrum, yet our understanding of the cell populations that maintain these epithelia is incomplete. Here, we show that cell types with equivalent functional roles in the corpus and antrum share similar transcriptional states including the immature isthmus population. To study isthmus cells, we developed a monolayer (2D) culture that is continually maintained via Lgr5-negative cells and produces diverse gastric cell types. Importantly, 2D cultures can be interconverted into conventional 3D organoids, recapitulating the plasticity of gastric epithelial cells in vivo. Finally, we utilized the 2D culture system to show that rare Sox2-expressing cells resemble enterochromaffin (EC) cells and Sox2 is both necessary and sufficient to generate EC cells. Together, our data provide important insights into the basis of gastric homeostasis, establish a tractable culture system to capture isthmus cells and uncover a role for Sox2 in EC cells.