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Series GSE125688 Query DataSets for GSE125688
Status Public on May 08, 2019
Title Single-Cell Analysis of the Liver Epithelium Reveals Dynamic Heterogeneity and an Essential Role for YAP in Homeostasis and Regeneration
Organism Mus musculus
Experiment type Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing
Summary Single-Cell Analysis of the Liver Epithelium Reveals Dynamic Heterogeneity and an Essential Role for YAP in Homeostasis and Regeneration
The liver is an essential organ with compartmentalized metabolic processes and significant regenerative capabilities. Repopulation of the liver parenchyma can transpire from both main epithelial cell types, hepatocytes and biliary epithelial cells (BECs). Here, we harness high-throughput single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) to dissect the transcriptional heterogeneity and cellular diversity of these epithelial compartments in homeostasis and injury. Our data argue against the idea of a rigidly defined liver progenitor cell in BECs, finding instead that heterogeneity in homeostatic BECs is principally distinguished by a YAP-dependent program that defines a dynamic cellular state. We report that this cellular state dynamically fluctuates between BECs and can be induced in the majority of BECs in response to environmental stimuli and injury. Functional studies demonstrate that YAP is distinctly required for BEC survival in homeostasis, uncovering a tight physiological necessity for YAP signaling in BECs compared to other tissues. YAP is also essential for hepatocyte reprogramming towards a ductal progenitor fate upon injury. Finally, our data demonstrate that this YAP-driven cellular state is highly responsive to injury by physiological exposure to bile acids (BAs) via apical sodium-bile acid transporter, and that sequestration of endogenous BAs rescues the cell loss phenotype associated with homeostatic Yap deletion. Together, our findings uncover previously undescribed molecular heterogeneity within the ductal epithelium and highlight a distinct and potent role for YAP as a protective rheostat and regenerative regulator in the mammalian liver.
 
Overall design RNA sequencing data from single biliary epithelial cells isolated from mouse livers
 
Contributor(s) Pepe-Mooney BJ, Dill MT, Alemany A, Ordovas-Montanes J, Matsushita Y, Rao A, Sen A, Miyazaki M, Anakk S, Dawson P, Ono N, Shalek AK, van Oudenaarden A, Camargo FD
Citation(s) 31080134
Submission date Jan 25, 2019
Last update date Aug 13, 2019
Contact name Anna Alemany
E-mail(s) a.alemany@hubrecht.eu
Phone +31638680750
Organization name Hubrecht Institue
Lab AVO
Street address Uppsalalaan 8
City Utrecht
State/province Utrecht
ZIP/Postal code 3584 CT
Country Netherlands
 
Platforms (1)
GPL19057 Illumina NextSeq 500 (Mus musculus)
Samples (12)
GSM3580367 BEC_ctr1
GSM3580368 BEC_ctr2
GSM3580369 BEC_ctr3
Relations
BioProject PRJNA517167
SRA SRP182724

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Supplementary file Size Download File type/resource
GSE125688_RAW.tar 75.2 Mb (http)(custom) TAR (of CSV)
GSE125688_Seq2_TETO_CREYapKO_normalizedcounts.txt.gz 771.6 Kb (ftp)(http) TXT
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