A Lgr5-independent developmental lineage is involved in mouse intestinal regeneration
Abstract
Collagenase and dispase treatment of intestinal tissue from adult mice generates cells growing in matrigel as stably replatable cystic spheroids, in addition to differentiated organoids. Contrary to classical EDTA-derived organoids, these spheroids display poor intestinal differentiation and grow independently of Rspondin, noggin and EGF. Their transcriptome strikingly resembles that of fetal intestinal spheroids, with downregulation of crypt base columnar cell (CBC) markers (Lgr5, Ascl2, Smoc2 and Olfm4). In addition, they display upregulation of inflammatory and mesenchymal genetic programs, together with robust expression of YAP target genes. Lineage tracing, cell-sorting and single cell RNA sequencing experiments demonstrate that adult spheroid-generating cells belong to a hitherto undescribed developmental lineage, independent of Lgr5-positive CBCs, and are involved in regeneration of the epithelium following CBC ablation.
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