التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Single-cell resolution of human airway epithelial cells exposed to bronchiolitis obliterans-associated chemicals. |
| المؤلفون: |
Chin-Yi Chu, So-Young Kim, Pryhuber, Gloria S., Mariani, Thomas J., McGraw, Matthew D. |
| المصدر: |
American Journal of Physiology: Lung Cellular & Molecular Physiology; Feb2024, Vol. 326 Issue 2, pL135-L148, 14p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
EPITHELIAL cells, BRONCHIOLITIS obliterans, UNFOLDED protein response, EPITHELIAL cell culture, BRONCHIOLITIS, LUNGS |
| مستخلص: |
Bronchiolitis obliterans (BO) is a fibrotic lung disease characterized by progressive luminal narrowing and obliteration of the small airways. In the nontransplant population, inhalation exposure to certain chemicals is associated with BO; however, the mechanisms contributing to disease induction remain poorly understood. This study’s objective was to use single-cell RNA sequencing for the identification of transcriptomic signatures common to primary human airway epithelial cells after chemical exposure to BO-associated chemicals—diacetyl or nitrogen mustard—to help explain BO induction. Primary airway epithelial cells were cultured at air-liquid interface and exposed to diacetyl, nitrogen mustard, or control vapors. Cultures were dissociated and sequenced for single-cell RNA. Differential gene expression and functional pathway analyses were compared across exposures. In total, 75,663 single cells were captured and sequenced from all exposure conditions. Unbiased clustering identified 11 discrete phenotypes, including 5 basal, 2 ciliated, and 2 secretory cell clusters. With chemical exposure, the proportion of cells assigned to keratin 5+ basal cells decreased, whereas the proportion of cells aligned to secretory cell clusters increased compared with control exposures. Functional pathway analysis identified interferon signaling and antigen processing/presentation as pathways commonly upregulated after diacetyl or nitrogen mustard exposure in a ciliated cell cluster. Conversely, the response of airway basal cells differed significantly with upregulation of the unfolded protein response in diacetyl-exposed basal cells, not seen in nitrogen mustard-exposed cultures. These new insights provide early identification of airway epithelial signatures common to BO-associated chemical exposures. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Bronchiolitis obliterans (BO) is a devastating fibrotic lung disease of the small airways, or bronchioles. This original manuscript uses single-cell RNA sequencing for identifying common signatures of chemically exposed airway epithelial cells in BO induction. Chemical exposure reduced the proportion of keratin 5 + basal cells while increasing the proportion of keratin 4 + suprabasal cells. Functional pathways contributory to these shifts differed significantly across exposures. These new results highlight similarities and differences in BO induction across exposures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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