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Modeling childhood interstitial lung disease with patient-specific pluripotent stem cells carrying ABCA3 mutations

使用携带 ABCA3 突变的患者特异性多能干细胞模拟儿童间质性肺病

基本信息

批准号：
9981004
负责人：
Yuliang Sun
金额：
$ 5.05万
依托单位：
BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2018
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2018-08-12 至 2022-07-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9981004
关键词：
ATP Hydrolysis Affect Alveolar Apoptosis Apoptotic Binding Biogenesis Biological Models Biology CRISPR/Cas technology Cell Line Cell Lineage Cell model Cell physiology Cells Child Childhood Data Derivation procedure Development Disease Disease model Distal Drug Targeting Engineering Epithelial Epithelial Cells Epithelium Estrogen receptor positive Fluorochrome Foundations Functional disorder Future Genes Genetic Genetic Diseases Goals Growth Homeostasis Human Hydrolysis Image Impairment In Vitro Individual Infant Interstitial Lung Diseases Lipids Lung Lung diseases Methods Modeling Mutate Mutation Organ Organelles Pathogenesis Pathogenicity Pathologic Pathologic Processes Pathway interactions Patients Perinatal Phenotype Phospholipids Physicians Play Pluripotent Stem Cells Proteins Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein C Reporter Scientist Source Study models Technology Testing Therapeutic Tissue Sample Tissues Tomatoes Training Training Programs Transmembrane Domain Type II Epithelial Receptor Cell Up-Regulation alveolar epithelium alveolar lamellar body base biological adaptation to stress cell type disease-causing mutation drug development endoplasmic reticulum stress gain of function gene correction human pluripotent stem cell human stem cells in vitro Model induced pluripotent stem cell lipid transport loss of function mutant neonatal respiratory distress novel overexpression prevent progenitor programs protein expression protein misfolding protein transport response to injury self-renewal stem cells surfactant surfactant deficiency tissue stem cells tool trafficking transcriptomics

项目摘要

Project Summary: Childhood interstitial lung disease (chILD) is a group of genetic diseases affecting infants and children. A subset of chILD can be caused by autosomal recessive mutations in the gene encoding ATP Binding Cassette A3 (ABCA3) protein, a lamellar body associated lipid transporter expressed in alveolar epithelial type II cells (AEC2s). ABCA3 mutations leading to disruption of surfactant homeostasis in AEC2s are thought to contribute to chILD pathogenesis. However, inaccessibility to perinatal tissue samples and the inherent instability of primary AEC2s in culture has limited studies on ABCA3 mutations in the cell type it affects. An in vitro disease model derived from patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) would provide an inexhaustible supply of primary-like cells and present the first opportunity to study ABCA3 mutations and capture the inception of disease pathogenesis in its native cell type. Individuals with homozygous ABCA3 mutations are believed to develop lung disease due to two distinct pathological processes initiated in AEC2s, both of which can be mechanistically interrogated in patient specific iPSC-derived AEC2s. We hypothesize that mutation in the hydrolysis domain of the ABCA3 protein will impair surfactant lipid transport in AEC2s, resulting in surfactant deficiency, whereas mutation in the transmembrane domain of the ABCA3 protein will induce ABCA3 protein misfolding and accumulation of the mutated protein in the ER, leading to ER stress and AEC2 apoptosis. This hypothesis will be tested in two specific aims. In aim 1, we will first characterize normal ABCA3 biology in our pluripotent stem cell (PSC) derived AEC2 model by using gene editing tools to target: a) a Tomato reporter construct to the AEC2 lineage-specific surfactant protein C (SFTPC) locus, and b) a GFP fluorescent reporter fused to the endogenous ABCA3 locus in a human PSC line. Combination of this bi-fluorescent model enables identification, isolation, and characterization of ABCA3 protein expression, function and trafficking in our PSC-derived AEC2. In aim 2, we will generate ABCA3 mutant patient-derived iPSC lines corresponding to predicted hydrolysis and trafficking ABCA3 mutations and use CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing tools to correct each mutation. Parallel derivation of AEC2s from pre- and post-ABCA3 gene corrected patient iPSC and their characterization will enable identification of ABCA3 mutant-specific disease mechanisms which can potentially be used for future in vitro screens for the first mechanism-specific therapeutics for chILD patients.

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