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Rationale <p>Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive scarring disease marked by the accumulation of aberrant basal cells that are thought to promote disease progression. The cellular origin and disease-relevant cues that lead to aberrant basal cells remain poorly understood.</p> Objectives <p>We sought to identify the signals regulating formation and maintenance of aberrant basal cells from human alveolar type II (ATII) cells using 3D spheroids, and test whether inhibition of select pathways could reduce aberrant basal signatures in human precision-cut lung slices (PCLS) from diseased lungs.</p> Methods <p>We characterized aberrant basal cell signatures in human ATII spheroids in response to TGFβ1 and hypoxia mimic dimethyloxalylglycine (DMOG) treatment alone or in combination. We tested whether a Notch inhibitor (LY-411575) could inhibit/reverse these signatures in human ATII spheroids and IPF PCLS. Readouts included immunofluorescence analysis, western blotting, and quantitative PCR of aberrant basal signature genes.</p> Main results <p>We found that human ATII spheroids acquire aberrant basal cell signatures upon TGFβ1 and DMOG treatment, with the combination most effectively programming cells to an aberrant basal state. LY-411575 was able to significantly inhibit or reverse a subset of the aberrant basal cell signatures in 3D spheroids and IPF PCLS.</p> Conclusions <p>TGFβ1 and hypoxia are disease relevant signals capable of driving ATII cells to acquire aberrant basal cell signatures found in IPF. Notch inhibition may provide a tractable approach to normalize these programs in the fibrotic human lung.</p>

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Modulation of an aberrant basal cell program in human alveolar epithelial spheroids and lung slices

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    2025年12月12日

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  • Yong Li,
  • Jack H. Wellmerling,
  • Lorena Rosas,
  • Patrick A. Link,
  • Daniela Chow,
  • Joshua Alvarez,
  • Kyoung M. Choi,
  • Ana M. Diaz Espinosa,
  • Rachel M. Gilbert,
  • Nicholas P. Goplen,
  • Donghao Li,
  • Andrew J. Haak,
  • Y. S. Prakash,
  • Mauricio Rojas,
  • Daniel J. Tschumperlin

摘要

Rationale

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive scarring disease marked by the accumulation of aberrant basal cells that are thought to promote disease progression. The cellular origin and disease-relevant cues that lead to aberrant basal cells remain poorly understood.

Objectives

We sought to identify the signals regulating formation and maintenance of aberrant basal cells from human alveolar type II (ATII) cells using 3D spheroids, and test whether inhibition of select pathways could reduce aberrant basal signatures in human precision-cut lung slices (PCLS) from diseased lungs.

Methods

We characterized aberrant basal cell signatures in human ATII spheroids in response to TGFβ1 and hypoxia mimic dimethyloxalylglycine (DMOG) treatment alone or in combination. We tested whether a Notch inhibitor (LY-411575) could inhibit/reverse these signatures in human ATII spheroids and IPF PCLS. Readouts included immunofluorescence analysis, western blotting, and quantitative PCR of aberrant basal signature genes.

Main results

We found that human ATII spheroids acquire aberrant basal cell signatures upon TGFβ1 and DMOG treatment, with the combination most effectively programming cells to an aberrant basal state. LY-411575 was able to significantly inhibit or reverse a subset of the aberrant basal cell signatures in 3D spheroids and IPF PCLS.

Conclusions

TGFβ1 and hypoxia are disease relevant signals capable of driving ATII cells to acquire aberrant basal cell signatures found in IPF. Notch inhibition may provide a tractable approach to normalize these programs in the fibrotic human lung.