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A revised airway epithelial hierarchy includes CFTR-expressing ionocytes

Organism Icon Mus musculus
Sample Icon 325 Downloadable Samples
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Airways conduct gases to the lung and are disease sites of 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 by proximodistal 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 characterize cystic fibrosis. By associating cell-type-specific expression programs with key disease genes, we establish a new cellular narrative for airways disease. Overall design: To understand normal tissue homeostasis, untreated cells were profiled using both 3''-droplet-based and full length plate-based single-cell RNAseq, in combination with genetic reporter-based lineage tracing.
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