Tff2 defines transit-amplifying pancreatic acinar progenitors that lack regenerative potential and are protective against Kras-driven carcinogenesis

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While adult pancreatic stem cells are thought not to exist, it is now appreciated that the acinar compartment harbors progenitors, including tissue-repairing facultative progenitors (FPs). Here, we study a pancreatic acinar population marked by trefoil factor 2 (Tff2) expression. Long-term lineage tracing and single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) analysis of Tff2-DTR-CreERT2-targeted cells defines a transit-amplifying progenitor (TAP) population that contributes to normal homeostasis. Following acute and chronic injury, Tff2+ cells, distinct from FPs, undergo depopulation but are eventually replenished. At baseline, oncogenic KrasG12D-targeted Tff2+ cells are resistant to PDAC initiation. However, KrasG12D activation in Tff2+ cells leads to survival and clonal expansion following pancreatitis and a cancer stem/progenitor cell-like state. Selective ablation of Tff2+ cells prior to KrasG12D activation in Mist1+ acinar or Dclk1+ FP cells results in enhanced tumorigenesis, which can be partially rescued by adenoviral Tff2 treatment. Together, Tff2 defines a pancreatic TAP population that protects against Kras-driven carcinogenesis.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Cell Stem Cell. 2023 Aug 3;30(8):1003-1005. - PMID 37541205

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

Enthalten in:

Cell stem cell - 30(2023), 8 vom: 03. Aug., Seite 1091-1109.e7

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jiang, Zhengyu [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Feijing [VerfasserIn]
Laise, Pasquale [VerfasserIn]
Takayuki, Tanaka [VerfasserIn]
Na, Fu [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Woosook [VerfasserIn]
Kobayashi, Hiroki [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Wenju [VerfasserIn]
Takahashi, Ryota [VerfasserIn]
Valenti, Giovanni [VerfasserIn]
Sunagawa, Masaki [VerfasserIn]
White, Ruth A [VerfasserIn]
Macchini, Marina [VerfasserIn]
Renz, Bernhard W [VerfasserIn]
Middelhoff, Moritz [VerfasserIn]
Hayakawa, Yoku [VerfasserIn]
Dubeykovskaya, Zinaida A [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Xiangtian [VerfasserIn]
Chu, Timothy H [VerfasserIn]
Nagar, Karan [VerfasserIn]
Tailor, Yagnesh [VerfasserIn]
Belin, Bryana R [VerfasserIn]
Anand, Akanksha [VerfasserIn]
Asfaha, Samuel [VerfasserIn]
Finlayson, Michael O [VerfasserIn]
Iuga, Alina C [VerfasserIn]
Califano, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Timothy C [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cell ablation
Journal Article
Lineage tracing
Pancreas
Pancreatic ductal carcinoma
Progenitor cells
Regeneration
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Transit-amplifying cells
Trefoil Factor-2
Trefoil factor 2

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Date Completed 07.08.2023

Date Revised 12.08.2023

published: Print

CommentIn: Cell Stem Cell. 2023 Aug 3;30(8):1003-1005. - PMID 37541205

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.stem.2023.07.002

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM360409040