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  1. Article: Evidence for

    Katsuda, Takeshi / Li, Jinyang / Merrell, Allyson J / Sussman, Jonathan / Matsuzaki, Juntaro / Ochiya, Takahiro / Stanger, Ben Z

    bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology

    2023  

    Abstract: Over the last several years, a method has emerged which endows adult hepatocytes ... ...

    Abstract Over the last several years, a method has emerged which endows adult hepatocytes with
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-01-03
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Preprint
    DOI 10.1101/2023.01.03.522656
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  2. Article ; Online: A Feedback Loop Controlling Organ Size.

    Merrell, Allyson J / Stanger, Ben Z

    Developmental cell

    2019  Volume 48, Issue 4, Page(s) 425–426

    Abstract: To maintain proper organ size, nature has devised trans-organ communication systems-involving both paracrine and circulating regulatory factors-to safeguard homeostasis. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Ji et al. (2019) now describe an enterohepatic ... ...

    Abstract To maintain proper organ size, nature has devised trans-organ communication systems-involving both paracrine and circulating regulatory factors-to safeguard homeostasis. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Ji et al. (2019) now describe an enterohepatic feedback loop that balances tissue size and function in the mammalian liver.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Bile Acids and Salts ; Carcinogenesis ; Liver ; Organ Size ; Signal Transduction
    Chemical Substances Bile Acids and Salts
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-02-20
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Comment
    ZDB-ID 2054967-2
    ISSN 1878-1551 ; 1534-5807
    ISSN (online) 1878-1551
    ISSN 1534-5807
    DOI 10.1016/j.devcel.2019.02.008
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  3. Article ; Online: Evidence for in vitro extensive proliferation of adult hepatocytes and biliary epithelial cells.

    Katsuda, Takeshi / Sussman, Jonathan / Li, Jinyang / Merrell, Allyson J / Vostrejs, William / Secreto, Anthony / Matsuzaki, Juntaro / Ochiya, Takahiro / Stanger, Ben Z

    Stem cell reports

    2023  Volume 18, Issue 7, Page(s) 1436–1450

    Abstract: Over the last several years, a method has emerged that endows adult hepatocytes with in vitro proliferative capacity, producing chemically induced liver progenitors (CLiPs). However, there is a growing controversy regarding the origin of these cells. ... ...

    Abstract Over the last several years, a method has emerged that endows adult hepatocytes with in vitro proliferative capacity, producing chemically induced liver progenitors (CLiPs). However, there is a growing controversy regarding the origin of these cells. Here, we provide lineage tracing-based evidence that adult hepatocytes acquire proliferative capacity in vitro using rat and mouse models. Unexpectedly, we also found that the CLiP method allows biliary epithelial cells to acquire extensive proliferative capacity. Interestingly, after long-term culture, hepatocyte-derived cells (hepCLiPs) and biliary epithelial cell-derived cells (bilCLiPs) become similar in their gene expression patterns, and they both exhibit differentiation capacity to form hepatocyte-like cells. Finally, we provide evidence that hepCLiPs can repopulate injured mouse livers, reinforcing our earlier argument that CLiPs can be a cell source for liver regenerative medicine. This study advances our understanding of the origin of CLiPs and motivates the application of this technique in liver regenerative medicine.
    MeSH term(s) Mice ; Rats ; Animals ; Stem Cells/metabolism ; Hepatocytes ; Liver ; Epithelial Cells/metabolism ; Cell Differentiation ; Cell Proliferation
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-06-22
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2720528-9
    ISSN 2213-6711 ; 2213-6711
    ISSN (online) 2213-6711
    ISSN 2213-6711
    DOI 10.1016/j.stemcr.2023.05.016
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  4. Article ; Online: Cellular reprogramming in vivo initiated by SOX4 pioneer factor activity.

    Katsuda, Takeshi / Sussman, Jonathan H / Ito, Kenji / Katznelson, Andrew / Yuan, Salina / Takenaka, Naomi / Li, Jinyang / Merrell, Allyson J / Cure, Hector / Li, Qinglan / Rasool, Reyaz Ur / Asangani, Irfan A / Zaret, Kenneth S / Stanger, Ben Z

    Nature communications

    2024  Volume 15, Issue 1, Page(s) 1761

    Abstract: Tissue damage elicits cell fate switching through a process called metaplasia, but how the starting cell fate is silenced and the new cell fate is activated has not been investigated in animals. In cell culture, pioneer transcription factors mediate " ... ...

    Abstract Tissue damage elicits cell fate switching through a process called metaplasia, but how the starting cell fate is silenced and the new cell fate is activated has not been investigated in animals. In cell culture, pioneer transcription factors mediate "reprogramming" by opening new chromatin sites for expression that can attract transcription factors from the starting cell's enhancers. Here we report that SOX4 is sufficient to initiate hepatobiliary metaplasia in the adult mouse liver, closely mimicking metaplasia initiated by toxic damage to the liver. In lineage-traced cells, we assessed the timing of SOX4-mediated opening of enhancer chromatin versus enhancer decommissioning. Initially, SOX4 directly binds to and closes hepatocyte regulatory sequences via an overlapping motif with HNF4A, a hepatocyte master regulatory transcription factor. Subsequently, SOX4 exerts pioneer factor activity to open biliary regulatory sequences. The results delineate a hierarchy by which gene networks become reprogrammed under physiological conditions, providing deeper insight into the basis for cell fate transitions in animals.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Mice ; Cell Differentiation/genetics ; Cellular Reprogramming/genetics ; Chromatin ; Metaplasia ; Transcription Factors/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Chromatin ; Transcription Factors ; Sox4 protein, mouse
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-26
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2553671-0
    ISSN 2041-1723 ; 2041-1723
    ISSN (online) 2041-1723
    ISSN 2041-1723
    DOI 10.1038/s41467-024-45939-z
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  5. Article ; Online: Adult cell plasticity in vivo: de-differentiation and transdifferentiation are back in style.

    Merrell, Allyson J / Stanger, Ben Z

    Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology

    2016  Volume 17, Issue 7, Page(s) 413–425

    Abstract: Biologists have long been intrigued by the possibility that cells can change their identity, a phenomenon known as cellular plasticity. The discovery that terminally differentiated cells can be experimentally coaxed to become pluripotent has invigorated ... ...

    Abstract Biologists have long been intrigued by the possibility that cells can change their identity, a phenomenon known as cellular plasticity. The discovery that terminally differentiated cells can be experimentally coaxed to become pluripotent has invigorated the field, and recent studies have demonstrated that changes in cell identity are not limited to the laboratory. Specifically, certain adult cells retain the capacity to de-differentiate or transdifferentiate under physiological conditions, as part of an organ's normal injury response. Recent studies have highlighted the extent to which cell plasticity contributes to tissue homeostasis, findings that have implications for cell-based therapy.
    MeSH term(s) Adult Stem Cells/physiology ; Animals ; Cell Dedifferentiation ; Cell Transdifferentiation ; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic ; Humans ; Neoplasms/pathology ; Regeneration ; Signal Transduction
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-03-16
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2031313-5
    ISSN 1471-0080 ; 1471-0072
    ISSN (online) 1471-0080
    ISSN 1471-0072
    DOI 10.1038/nrm.2016.24
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  6. Article: Physiological reprogramming

    Katsuda, Takeshi / Sussman, Jonathan / Ito, Kenji / Katznelson, Andrew / Yuan, Salina / Li, Jinyang / Merrell, Allyson J / Takenaka, Naomi / Cure, Hector / Li, Qinglan / Rasool, Reyaz Ur / Asangani, Irfan A / Zaret, Kenneth S / Stanger, Ben Z

    bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology

    2023  

    Abstract: Tissue damage elicits cell fate switching through a process called metaplasia, but how the starting cell fate is silenced and the new cell fate is activated has not been investigated in animals. In cell culture, pioneer transcription factors mediate " ... ...

    Abstract Tissue damage elicits cell fate switching through a process called metaplasia, but how the starting cell fate is silenced and the new cell fate is activated has not been investigated in animals. In cell culture, pioneer transcription factors mediate "reprogramming" by opening new chromatin sites for expression that can attract transcription factors from the starting cell's enhancers. Here we report that Sox4 is sufficient to initiate hepatobiliary metaplasia in the adult liver. In lineage-traced cells, we assessed the timing of Sox4-mediated opening of enhancer chromatin versus enhancer decommissioning. Initially, Sox4 directly binds to and closes hepatocyte regulatory sequences via a motif it overlaps with Hnf4a, a hepatocyte master regulator. Subsequently, Sox4 exerts pioneer factor activity to open biliary regulatory sequences. The results delineate a hierarchy by which gene networks become reprogrammed under physiological conditions, providing deeper insight into the basis for cell fate transitions in animals.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-02-14
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Preprint
    DOI 10.1101/2023.02.14.528556
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  7. Article ; Online: Fibroblast-derived

    Sefton, Elizabeth M / Gallardo, Mirialys / Tobin, Claire E / Collins, Brittany C / Colasanto, Mary P / Merrell, Allyson J / Kardon, Gabrielle

    eLife

    2022  Volume 11

    Abstract: The diaphragm is a domed muscle between the thorax and abdomen essential for breathing in mammals. Diaphragm development requires the coordinated development of muscle, connective tissue, and nerve, which are derived from different embryonic sources. ... ...

    Abstract The diaphragm is a domed muscle between the thorax and abdomen essential for breathing in mammals. Diaphragm development requires the coordinated development of muscle, connective tissue, and nerve, which are derived from different embryonic sources. Defects in diaphragm development cause the common and often lethal birth defect, congenital diaphragmatic hernias (CDH). HGF/MET signaling is required for diaphragm muscularization, but the source of HGF and the specific functions of this pathway in muscle progenitors and effects on phrenic nerve have not been explicitly tested. Using conditional mutagenesis in mice and pharmacological inhibition of MET, we demonstrate that the pleuroperitoneal folds (PPFs), transient embryonic structures that give rise to the connective tissue in the diaphragm, are the source of HGF critical for diaphragm muscularization. PPF-derived HGF is directly required for recruitment of MET+ muscle progenitors to the diaphragm and indirectly (via its effect on muscle development) required for phrenic nerve primary branching. In addition, HGF is continuously required for maintenance and motility of the pool of progenitors to enable full muscularization. Localization of HGF at the diaphragm's leading edges directs dorsal and ventral expansion of muscle and regulates its overall size and shape. Surprisingly, large muscleless regions in
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Diaphragm ; Disease Models, Animal ; Fibroblasts/metabolism ; Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital/genetics ; Mammals ; Mice ; Morphogenesis ; Phenyl Ethers/metabolism ; Thorax/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Phenyl Ethers
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-09-26
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2687154-3
    ISSN 2050-084X ; 2050-084X
    ISSN (online) 2050-084X
    ISSN 2050-084X
    DOI 10.7554/eLife.74592
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  8. Article ; Online: Dissecting phenotypic transitions in metastatic disease via photoconversion-based isolation.

    Sela, Yogev / Li, Jinyang / Kuri, Paola / Merrell, Allyson J / Li, Ning / Lengner, Chris / Rompolas, Pantelis / Stanger, Ben Z

    eLife

    2021  Volume 10

    Abstract: Cancer patients often harbor occult metastases, a potential source of relapse that is targetable only through systemic therapy. Studies of this occult fraction have been limited by a lack of tools with which to isolate discrete cells on spatial grounds. ... ...

    Abstract Cancer patients often harbor occult metastases, a potential source of relapse that is targetable only through systemic therapy. Studies of this occult fraction have been limited by a lack of tools with which to isolate discrete cells on spatial grounds. We developed PIC-IT, a photoconversion-based isolation technique allowing efficient recovery of cell clusters of any size - including single-metastatic cells - which are largely inaccessible otherwise. In a murine pancreatic cancer model, transcriptional profiling of spontaneously arising microcolonies revealed phenotypic heterogeneity, functionally reduced propensity to proliferate and enrichment for an inflammatory-response phenotype associated with NF-κB/AP-1 signaling. Pharmacological inhibition of NF-κB depleted microcolonies but had no effect on macrometastases, suggesting microcolonies are particularly dependent on this pathway. PIC-IT thus enables systematic investigation of metastatic heterogeneity. Moreover, the technique can be applied to other biological systems in which isolation and characterization of spatially distinct cell populations is not currently feasible.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Disease Models, Animal ; Female ; Gene Expression Profiling ; Light ; Male ; Medical Oncology/methods ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Neoplasm Metastasis/diagnosis ; Pancreatic Neoplasms/physiopathology ; Phenotype ; Photochemical Processes
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-02-23
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 2687154-3
    ISSN 2050-084X ; 2050-084X
    ISSN (online) 2050-084X
    ISSN 2050-084X
    DOI 10.7554/eLife.63270
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  9. Article ; Online: Dynamic Transcriptional and Epigenetic Changes Drive Cellular Plasticity in the Liver.

    Merrell, Allyson J / Peng, Tao / Li, Jinyang / Sun, Kathryn / Li, Bin / Katsuda, Takeshi / Grompe, Markus / Tan, Kai / Stanger, Ben Z

    Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.)

    2021  Volume 74, Issue 1, Page(s) 444–457

    Abstract: Background and aims: Following liver injury, a fraction of hepatocytes adopt features of biliary epithelial cells (BECs) in a process known as biliary reprogramming. The aim of this study was to elucidate the molecular events accompanying this dramatic ... ...

    Abstract Background and aims: Following liver injury, a fraction of hepatocytes adopt features of biliary epithelial cells (BECs) in a process known as biliary reprogramming. The aim of this study was to elucidate the molecular events accompanying this dramatic shift in cellular identity.
    Approach and results: We applied the techniques of bulk RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq), single-cell RNA-seq, and assay for transposase-accessible chromatin with high-throughput sequencing to define the epigenetic and transcriptional changes associated with biliary reprogramming. In addition, we examined the role of TGF-β signaling by profiling cells undergoing reprogramming in mice with hepatocyte-specific deletion in the downstream TGF-β signaling component mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 4 (Smad4). Biliary reprogramming followed a stereotyped pattern of altered gene expression consisting of robust induction of biliary genes and weaker repression of hepatocyte genes. These changes in gene expression were accompanied by corresponding modifications at the chromatin level. Although some reprogrammed cells had molecular features of "fully differentiated" BECs, most lacked some biliary characteristics and retained some hepatocyte characteristics. Surprisingly, single-cell analysis of Smad4 mutant mice revealed a dramatic increase in reprogramming.
    Conclusion: Hepatocytes undergo widespread chromatin and transcriptional changes during biliary reprogramming, resulting in epigenetic and gene expression profiles that are similar to, but distinct from, native BECs. Reprogramming involves a progressive accumulation of biliary molecular features without discrete intermediates. Paradoxically, canonical TGF-β signaling through Smad4 appears to constrain biliary reprogramming, indicating that TGF-β can either promote or inhibit biliary differentiation depending on which downstream components of the pathway are engaged. This work has implications for the formation of BECs and bile ducts in the adult liver.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Bile Ducts/cytology ; Cell Differentiation/genetics ; Cell Plasticity/genetics ; Epigenesis, Genetic ; Epithelial Cells/physiology ; Hepatocytes/physiology ; Hepatocytes/transplantation ; Humans ; Liver/cytology ; Liver/physiology ; Liver Regeneration/genetics ; Male ; Mice ; Mice, Transgenic ; RNA-Seq ; Single-Cell Analysis ; Smad4 Protein/genetics
    Chemical Substances Smad4 Protein ; Smad4 protein, mouse
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-07-12
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 604603-4
    ISSN 1527-3350 ; 0270-9139
    ISSN (online) 1527-3350
    ISSN 0270-9139
    DOI 10.1002/hep.31704
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  10. Article ; Online: Dissecting phenotypic transitions in metastatic disease via photoconversion-based isolation

    Yogev Sela / Jinyang Li / Paola Kuri / Allyson J Merrell / Ning Li / Chris Lengner / Pantelis Rompolas / Ben Z Stanger

    eLife, Vol

    2021  Volume 10

    Abstract: Cancer patients often harbor occult metastases, a potential source of relapse that is targetable only through systemic therapy. Studies of this occult fraction have been limited by a lack of tools with which to isolate discrete cells on spatial grounds. ... ...

    Abstract Cancer patients often harbor occult metastases, a potential source of relapse that is targetable only through systemic therapy. Studies of this occult fraction have been limited by a lack of tools with which to isolate discrete cells on spatial grounds. We developed PIC-IT, a photoconversion-based isolation technique allowing efficient recovery of cell clusters of any size – including single-metastatic cells – which are largely inaccessible otherwise. In a murine pancreatic cancer model, transcriptional profiling of spontaneously arising microcolonies revealed phenotypic heterogeneity, functionally reduced propensity to proliferate and enrichment for an inflammatory-response phenotype associated with NF-κB/AP-1 signaling. Pharmacological inhibition of NF-κB depleted microcolonies but had no effect on macrometastases, suggesting microcolonies are particularly dependent on this pathway. PIC-IT thus enables systematic investigation of metastatic heterogeneity. Moreover, the technique can be applied to other biological systems in which isolation and characterization of spatially distinct cell populations is not currently feasible.
    Keywords cell isolation ; metastasis ; photoconversion ; Medicine ; R ; Science ; Q ; Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5
    Subject code 610
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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