Integrative analysis of Paneth cell proteomic and transcriptomic data from intestinal organoids reveals functional processes dependent on autophagy

Jones, Emily J, Matthews, Zoe J, Gul, Lejla, Sudhakar, Padhmanand, Treveil, Agatha, Divekar, Devina, Buck, Jasmine, Wrzesinski, Tomasz, Jefferson, Matthew, Armstrong, Stuart D, Hall, Lindsay J ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8938-5709, Watson, Alastair J M ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3326-0426, Carding, Simon R, Haerty, Wilfried, Di Palma, Federica, Mayer, Ulrike ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2328-0052, Powell, Penny P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5347-0490, Hautefort, Isabelle, Wileman, Tom and Korcsmaros, Tamas (2019) Integrative analysis of Paneth cell proteomic and transcriptomic data from intestinal organoids reveals functional processes dependent on autophagy. Disease Models & Mechanisms, 12 (3). ISSN 1754-8403

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Abstract

Paneth cells are key epithelial cells providing an antimicrobial barrier and maintaining integrity of the small intestinal stem cell niche. Paneth cell abnormalities are unfortunately detrimental to gut health and often associated with digestive pathologies such as Crohn's disease or infections. Similar alterations are observed in individuals with impaired autophagy, a process which recycles cellular components. The direct effect of autophagy-impairment on Paneth cells has not been analysed. To investigate this, we generated a mouse model lacking Atg16l1 specifically in intestinal epithelial cells making these cells impaired in autophagy. Using 3D intestinal organoids enriched for Paneth cells, we compared the proteomic profiles of wild-type (WT) and autophagy-impaired organoids. We used an integrated computational approach combining protein-protein interaction networks, autophagy targeted proteins and functional information to identify the mechanistic link between autophagy-impairment and disrupted pathways. Of the 284 altered proteins, 198 (70%) were more abundant in autophagy-impaired organoids, suggesting reduced protein degradation. Interestingly, these differentially abundant proteins comprised 116 proteins (41%), predicted targets of the selective autophagy proteins p62, LC3 and ATG16L1. Our integrative analysis revealed autophagy-mediated mechanisms degrading proteins key to Paneth cell functions, such as exocytosis, apoptosis and DNA damage repair. Transcriptomic profiling of additional organoids confirmed that 90% of the observed changes upon autophagy alteration affect protein level and not gene expression. We performed further validation experiments showing differential lysozyme secretion, confirming our computationally inferred down-regulation of exocytosis. Our observations could explain how protein level alterations affect Paneth cell homeostatic functions upon autophagy impairment.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© 2019. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd.
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Gastroenterology and Gut Biology Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Metabolic Health Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Lifespan Health
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	04 Mar 2019 15:30
Last Modified:	19 Oct 2023 02:22
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/70092
DOI:	10.1242/dmm.037069

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