Adhesion receptor ADGRG2/GPR64 is in the GI-tract selectively expressed in mature intestinal tuft cells

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OBJECTIVE: GPR64/ADGRG2 is an orphan Adhesion G protein-coupled receptor (ADGR) known to be mainly expressed in the parathyroid gland and epididymis. This investigation aimed to delineate the cellular expression of GPR64 throughout the body with focus on the gastrointestinal (GI) tract.

METHODS: Transgenic Gpr64mCherry reporter mice were histologically examined throughout the body and reporter protein expression in intestinal tuft cells was confirmed by specific cell ablation. The GPCR repertoire of intestinal Gpr64mCherry-positive tuft cells was analyzed by quantitative RT-PCR analysis and in situ hybridization. The Gpr64mCherry was crossed into the general tuft cell reporter Trpm5GFP to generate small intestinal organoids for time-lapse imaging. Intestinal tuft cells were isolated from small intestine, FACS-purified and transcriptionally compared using RNA-seq analysis.

RESULTS: Expression of the Gpr64mCherry reporter was identified in multiple organs and specifically in olfactory microvillous cells, enteric nerves, and importantly in respiratory and GI tuft cells. In the small intestine, cell ablation targeting Gpr64-expressing epithelial cells eliminated tuft cells. Transcriptional analysis of small intestinal Gpr64mCherry -positive tuft cells confirmed expression of Gpr64 and the chemo-sensors Sucnr1, Gprc5c, Drd3, and Gpr41/Ffar3. Time-lapse studies of organoids from Trpm5GFP:Gpr64mCherry mice revealed sequential expression of initially Trpm5GFP and subsequently also Gpr64mCherry in maturing intestinal tuft cells. RNA-seq analysis of small intestinal tuft cells based on these two markers demonstrated a dynamic change in expression of transcription factors and GPCRs from young to mature tuft cells.

CONCLUSIONS: GPR64 is expressed in chemosensory epithelial cells across a broad range of tissues; however, in the GI tract, GPR64 is remarkably selectively expressed in mature versus young immunoregulatory tuft cells.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:51

Enthalten in:

Molecular metabolism - 51(2021) vom: 15. Sept., Seite 101231

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Grunddal, Kaare V [VerfasserIn]
Tonack, Sarah [VerfasserIn]
Egerod, Kristoffer L [VerfasserIn]
Thompson, Jonathan James [VerfasserIn]
Petersen, Natalia [VerfasserIn]
Engelstoft, Maja S [VerfasserIn]
Vagne, Constance [VerfasserIn]
Keime, Céline [VerfasserIn]
Gradwohl, Gérard [VerfasserIn]
Offermanns, Stefan [VerfasserIn]
Schwartz, Thue W [VerfasserIn]

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ADGRG2
Adgrg2 protein, mouse
Chemosensory cells
GPCRs
GPR64
Journal Article
Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Tuft cells

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Date Completed 07.03.2022

Date Revised 07.03.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.molmet.2021.101231

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM323867596