Single-cell analysis defines the lineage plasticity of stem cells in cervix epithelium

Abstract Information about the dynamic change and post-injury regeneration of cervical epithelium is relatively rare, even though it is tightly related to gynecologic malignancy. Here, using a feeder cell-based culturing system, we stably cloned mouse and human P63 and KRT5 expressing cells from the...

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Autores principales: Zixian Zhao, Yujia Wang, Yingchuan Wu, Dandan Li, Ting Zhang, Yu Ma, Xiaoming Teng, Wei Zuo
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:c8a023683c044638875262e5c4d289112021-11-08T11:15:46ZSingle-cell analysis defines the lineage plasticity of stem cells in cervix epithelium10.1186/s13619-021-00096-22045-9769https://doaj.org/article/c8a023683c044638875262e5c4d289112021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s13619-021-00096-2https://doaj.org/toc/2045-9769Abstract Information about the dynamic change and post-injury regeneration of cervical epithelium is relatively rare, even though it is tightly related to gynecologic malignancy. Here, using a feeder cell-based culturing system, we stably cloned mouse and human P63 and KRT5 expressing cells from the adult cervix as putative cervical stem/progenitor cells (CVSCs). When subjected to differentiation, the cultured cells gave rise to mature cervical epithelium by differentiating into squamous or glandular cells. The ability of endogenous mouse CVSCs to reconstitute cervical epithelium after injury was also evident from the genetic lineage tracing experiments. Single-cell transcriptomic analysis further classified the CVSCs into three subtypes and delineated their bi-lineage differentiation roadmap by pseudo-time analysis. We also tracked the real-time differentiation routes of two representing single CVSC lines in vitro and found that they recapitulated the predicted roadmap in pseudo-time analysis. Signaling pathways including Wnt, TGF-beta, Notch and EGFR were found to regulate the cervical epithelial hierarchy and implicated the different roles of distinct types of cells in tissue homeostasis and tumorigenesis. Collectively, the above data provide a cloning system to achieve stable in vitro culture of a bi-lineage stem/progenitor cell population in the cervix, which has profound implications for our understanding of the cervix stem/progenitor cell function in homeostasis, regeneration, and disease and could be helpful for developing stem cell-based therapies in future.Zixian ZhaoYujia WangYingchuan WuDandan LiTing ZhangYu MaXiaoming TengWei ZuoSpringerOpenarticleCervixStem cellsRegenerationSingle-cell RNA-seqMedicine (General)R5-920Biology (General)QH301-705.5ENCell Regeneration, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-18 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Cervix
Stem cells
Regeneration
Single-cell RNA-seq
Medicine (General)
R5-920
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
spellingShingle Cervix
Stem cells
Regeneration
Single-cell RNA-seq
Medicine (General)
R5-920
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Zixian Zhao
Yujia Wang
Yingchuan Wu
Dandan Li
Ting Zhang
Yu Ma
Xiaoming Teng
Wei Zuo
Single-cell analysis defines the lineage plasticity of stem cells in cervix epithelium
description Abstract Information about the dynamic change and post-injury regeneration of cervical epithelium is relatively rare, even though it is tightly related to gynecologic malignancy. Here, using a feeder cell-based culturing system, we stably cloned mouse and human P63 and KRT5 expressing cells from the adult cervix as putative cervical stem/progenitor cells (CVSCs). When subjected to differentiation, the cultured cells gave rise to mature cervical epithelium by differentiating into squamous or glandular cells. The ability of endogenous mouse CVSCs to reconstitute cervical epithelium after injury was also evident from the genetic lineage tracing experiments. Single-cell transcriptomic analysis further classified the CVSCs into three subtypes and delineated their bi-lineage differentiation roadmap by pseudo-time analysis. We also tracked the real-time differentiation routes of two representing single CVSC lines in vitro and found that they recapitulated the predicted roadmap in pseudo-time analysis. Signaling pathways including Wnt, TGF-beta, Notch and EGFR were found to regulate the cervical epithelial hierarchy and implicated the different roles of distinct types of cells in tissue homeostasis and tumorigenesis. Collectively, the above data provide a cloning system to achieve stable in vitro culture of a bi-lineage stem/progenitor cell population in the cervix, which has profound implications for our understanding of the cervix stem/progenitor cell function in homeostasis, regeneration, and disease and could be helpful for developing stem cell-based therapies in future.
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author Zixian Zhao
Yujia Wang
Yingchuan Wu
Dandan Li
Ting Zhang
Yu Ma
Xiaoming Teng
Wei Zuo
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Yujia Wang
Yingchuan Wu
Dandan Li
Ting Zhang
Yu Ma
Xiaoming Teng
Wei Zuo
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title Single-cell analysis defines the lineage plasticity of stem cells in cervix epithelium
title_short Single-cell analysis defines the lineage plasticity of stem cells in cervix epithelium
title_full Single-cell analysis defines the lineage plasticity of stem cells in cervix epithelium
title_fullStr Single-cell analysis defines the lineage plasticity of stem cells in cervix epithelium
title_full_unstemmed Single-cell analysis defines the lineage plasticity of stem cells in cervix epithelium
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