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Development ; 150(4)2023 02 15.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36794954

RESUMEN

Taste buds on the tongue contain taste receptor cells (TRCs) that detect sweet, sour, salty, umami and bitter stimuli. Like non-taste lingual epithelium, TRCs are renewed from basal keratinocytes, many of which express the transcription factor SOX2. Genetic lineage tracing has shown that SOX2+ lingual progenitors give rise to both taste and non-taste lingual epithelium in the posterior circumvallate taste papilla (CVP) of mice. However, SOX2 is variably expressed among CVP epithelial cells, suggesting that their progenitor potential may vary. Using transcriptome analysis and organoid technology, we show that cells expressing SOX2 at higher levels are taste-competent progenitors that give rise to organoids comprising both TRCs and lingual epithelium. Conversely, organoids derived from progenitors that express SOX2 at lower levels are composed entirely of non-taste cells. Hedgehog and WNT/ß-catenin are required for taste homeostasis in adult mice. However, manipulation of hedgehog signaling in organoids has no impact on TRC differentiation or progenitor proliferation. By contrast, WNT/ß-catenin promotes TRC differentiation in vitro in organoids derived from higher but not low SOX2+ expressing progenitors.


Asunto(s)
Papilas Gustativas , beta Catenina , Animales , Ratones , beta Catenina/metabolismo , Células Epiteliales/metabolismo , Proteínas Hedgehog/metabolismo , Lengua/metabolismo
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Dev Dyn ; 243(10): 1286-97, 2014 Oct.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24590958

RESUMEN

BACKGROUND: Taste buds contain ∼60 elongate cells and several basal cells. Elongate cells comprise three functional taste cell types: I, glial cells; II, bitter/sweet/umami receptor cells; and III, sour detectors. Although taste cells are continuously renewed, lineage relationships among cell types are ill-defined. Basal cells have been proposed as taste bud stem cells, a subset of which express Sonic hedgehog (Shh). However, Shh+ basal cells turn over rapidly suggesting that Shh+ cells are post-mitotic precursors of some or all taste cell types. RESULTS: To fate map Shh-expressing cells, mice carrying ShhCreER(T2) and a high (CAG-CAT-EGFP) or low (R26RLacZ) efficiency reporter allele were given tamoxifen to activate Cre in Shh+ cells. Using R26RLacZ, lineage-labeled cells occur singly within buds, supporting a post-mitotic state for Shh+ cells. Using either reporter, we show that Shh+ cells differentiate into all three taste cell types, in proportions reflecting cell type ratios in taste buds (I > II > III). CONCLUSIONS: Shh+ cells are not stem cells, but are post-mitotic, immediate precursors of taste cells. Shh+ cells differentiate into each of the three taste cell types, and the choice of a specific taste cell fate is regulated to maintain the proper ratio within buds.


Asunto(s)
Células Madre Embrionarias/fisiología , Células Epiteliales/fisiología , Proteínas Hedgehog/genética , Mitosis , Células Receptoras Sensoriales/fisiología , Papilas Gustativas/embriología , Animales , Diferenciación Celular/genética , Células Cultivadas , Células Madre Embrionarias/metabolismo , Células Epiteliales/metabolismo , Femenino , Regulación del Desarrollo de la Expresión Génica , Proteínas Hedgehog/metabolismo , Masculino , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Ratones Transgénicos , Mitosis/genética , Papilas Gustativas/citología , Papilas Gustativas/metabolismo
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J Vis Exp ; (170)2021 04 05.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33871462

RESUMEN

The sense of taste is mediated by taste buds on the tongue, which are composed of rapidly renewing taste receptor cells (TRCs). This continual turnover is powered by local progenitor cells and renders taste function prone to disruption by a multitude of medical treatments, which in turn severely impacts the quality of life. Thus, studying this process in the context of drug treatment is vital to understanding if and how taste progenitor function and TRC production are affected. Given the ethical concerns and limited availability of human taste tissue, mouse models, which have a taste system similar to humans, are commonly used. Compared to in vivo methods, which are time-consuming, expensive, and not amenable to high throughput studies, murine lingual organoids can enable experiments to be run rapidly with many replicates and fewer mice. Here, previously published protocols have been adapted and a standardized method for generating taste organoids from taste progenitor cells isolated from the circumvallate papilla (CVP) of adult mice is presented. Taste progenitor cells in the CVP express LGR5 and can be isolated via EGFP fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) from mice carrying an Lgr5EGFP-IRES-CreERT2 allele. Sorted cells are plated onto a matrix gel-based 3D culture system and cultured for 12 days. Organoids expand for the first 6 days of the culture period via proliferation and then enter a differentiation phase, during which they generate all three taste cell types along with non-taste epithelial cells. Organoids can be harvested upon maturation at day 12 or at any time during the growth process for RNA expression and immunohistochemical analysis. Standardizing culture methods for production of lingual organoids from adult stem cells will improve reproducibility and advance lingual organoids as a powerful drug screening tool in the fight to help patients experiencing taste dysfunction.


Asunto(s)
Organoides , Células Madre , Gusto , Lengua , Animales , Evaluación Preclínica de Medicamentos , Ratones Transgénicos
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Elife ; 102021 05 19.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34009125

RESUMEN

Embryonic taste bud primordia are specified as taste placodes on the tongue surface and differentiate into the first taste receptor cells (TRCs) at birth. Throughout adult life, TRCs are continually regenerated from epithelial progenitors. Sonic hedgehog (SHH) signaling regulates TRC development and renewal, repressing taste fate embryonically, but promoting TRC differentiation in adults. Here, using mouse models, we show TRC renewal initiates at birth and coincides with onset of SHHs pro-taste function. Using transcriptional profiling to explore molecular regulators of renewal, we identified Foxa1 and Foxa2 as potential SHH target genes in lingual progenitors at birth and show that SHH overexpression in vivo alters FoxA1 and FoxA2 expression relevant to taste buds. We further bioinformatically identify genes relevant to cell adhesion and cell locomotion likely regulated by FOXA1;FOXA2 and show that expression of these candidates is also altered by forced SHH expression. We present a new model where SHH promotes TRC differentiation by regulating changes in epithelial cell adhesion and migration.


Asunto(s)
Diferenciación Celular , Autorrenovación de las Células , Células Epiteliales/metabolismo , Proteínas Hedgehog/metabolismo , Células Madre/metabolismo , Papilas Gustativas/metabolismo , Animales , Animales Recién Nacidos , Adhesión Celular , Linaje de la Célula , Movimiento Celular , Femenino , Regulación del Desarrollo de la Expresión Génica , Proteínas Hedgehog/genética , Factor Nuclear 3-alfa del Hepatocito/genética , Factor Nuclear 3-alfa del Hepatocito/metabolismo , Factor Nuclear 3-beta del Hepatocito/genética , Factor Nuclear 3-beta del Hepatocito/metabolismo , Queratina-14/genética , Queratina-14/metabolismo , Masculino , Transducción de Señal , Gusto , Papilas Gustativas/citología , Transcriptoma
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