Project description:Transcriptional profiling of human bronchial epithelial cell lines and primary cells. Parental normal 16HBE14o- cells were stably transfected with beta/gammaENaC to generate beta/gammaENaC-16HBE14o- cells. NHBE and DHBE-CF were obtained from TaKaRa.
Project description:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a serious global health problem characterized by chronic airway inflammation, progressive airflow limitation and destruction of lung parenchyma. Remodeling of the bronchial airways in COPD includes changes in both the bronchial epithelium and the subepithelial extracellular matrix (ECM). To explore the impact of an aberrant ECM on epithelial cell phenotype in COPD we developed a new ex vivo model, in which normal human bronchial epithelial (NHBE) cells repopulate and differentiate on decellularized human bronchial scaffolds derived from COPD patients and healthy individuals. By using transcriptomics, we show that bronchial ECM from COPD patients induces differential gene expression in primary NHBE cells when compared to normal bronchial ECM. The gene expression profile indicated altered activity of upstream mediators associated with COPD pathophysiology, including hepatocyte growth factor, transforming growth factor beta 1 and platelet-derived growth factor B, which suggests that COPD-related changes in the bronchial ECM contribute to the defective regenerative ability in the airways of COPD patients.
Project description:We report the application of the assay for transposase-accessible chromatin using sequencing (ATAC-seq) for the profiling of open chromatin human primary lung cell types implicated in lung disease pathology, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. We generated chromatin accessibility profiles for human primary bronchial epithelial cells, small airway epithelial cells, alveolar type II pneumocytes, and lung fibroblasts using Omni-ATAC-seq. We further profiled open chromatin in a commonly used bronchial epithelial cell line (16HBE14o-) to evaluate the correlation with primary cell profiles and confirm the technical improvements using Omni-ATAC-seq vs Fast-ATAC-seq. We used these profiles to evaluate the enrichment of COPD risk variants in lung-specific open chromatin regions (OCRs) and generated cell type-specific regulatory predictions for >6,500 variants corresponding to 82 COPD GWAS loci.
Project description:The airway epithelial cell line, 16HBE14o-, is an important cell model for studying airway disease. 16HBE14o- cells were originally generated from primary human bronchial epithelial cells by SV40-mediated immortalization, a process that is associated with genomic instability through long-term culture. Here we explore the heterogeneity of these cells, with respect to expression of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) transcript and protein. We isolate clones of 16HBE14o- with stably higher and lower levels of CFTR in comparison to bulk 16HBE14o-, designated CFTRhigh and CFTRlow. Detailed characterization of the CFTR locus in these clones by ATAC-seq and 4C-seq showed open chromatin profiles and higher order chromatin structure that correlate with CFTR expression levels. . Transcriptomic profiling of CFTRhigh and CFTRlow cells showed that the CFTRhigh cells had an elevated inflammatory/ innate immune response phenotype. These results encourage caution in interpreting functional data from clonal lines of 16HBE14o- cells, generated after genomic or other manipulations.
Project description:The airway epithelial cell line, 16HBE14o-, is an important cell model for studying airway disease. 16HBE14o- cells were originally generated from primary human bronchial epithelial cells by SV40-mediated immortalization, a process that is associated with genomic instability through long-term culture. Here we explore the heterogeneity of these cells, with respect to expression of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) transcript and protein. We isolate clones of 16HBE14o- with stably higher and lower levels of CFTR in comparison to bulk 16HBE14o-, designated CFTRhigh and CFTRlow. Detailed characterization of the CFTR locus in these clones by ATAC-seq and 4C-seq showed open chromatin profiles and higher order chromatin structure that correlate with CFTR expression levels. . Transcriptomic profiling of CFTRhigh and CFTRlow cells showed that the CFTRhigh cells had an elevated inflammatory/ innate immune response phenotype. These results encourage caution in interpreting functional data from clonal lines of 16HBE14o- cells, generated after genomic or other manipulations.
Project description:The airway epithelial cell line, 16HBE14o-, is an important cell model for studying airway disease. 16HBE14o- cells were originally generated from primary human bronchial epithelial cells by SV40-mediated immortalization, a process that is associated with genomic instability through long-term culture. Here we explore the heterogeneity of these cells, with respect to expression of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) transcript and protein. We isolate clones of 16HBE14o- with stably higher and lower levels of CFTR in comparison to bulk 16HBE14o-, designated CFTRhigh and CFTRlow. Detailed characterization of the CFTR locus in these clones by ATAC-seq and 4C-seq showed open chromatin profiles and higher order chromatin structure that correlate with CFTR expression levels. . Transcriptomic profiling of CFTRhigh and CFTRlow cells showed that the CFTRhigh cells had an elevated inflammatory/ innate immune response phenotype. These results encourage caution in interpreting functional data from clonal lines of 16HBE14o- cells, generated after genomic or other manipulations.
Project description:The mucus secreted by airway epithelial cells plays a key role in the protection against and clearance of particles and pathogens. In this project, a 3D model of the bronchial epithelium was established using Calu-3 cells grown on porous inserts at the air-liquid interface. The secreted proteins were characterized in long-term cultures and compared to the apical secretome of primary normal human bronchial epithelial (NHBE) cells. The apical secretome was collected and characterized in the Calu-3 model at day 4, day 11, and day 18 after air-liquid interface and in the NHBE model at day 4, day 12, and day 18 after air-liquid interface. "This project received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement no 760928 (BIORIMA)."
Project description:Analysis of 2 cultured normal lung cell lines, Normal Human Bronchial Epithelial (NHBE) and Human Small Airway Epithelial (SAEC) cells (Lonza, Walkersville, MD), following treatment with 5-aza-dC to induce DNA demethylation. These results provide insight into the role of epigenetic alterations, specifically demethylation, in differential gene expression in various lung neoplasms.
Project description:Gene expression was determined for normal human bronchial epithelial (NHBE) cells incubated with DMSO or TG immediately prior to infection with USSR H1N1 virus for 12 hours. All of the NHBE cell stocks were obtained from QIAGEN.