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Context-Specific A-To-B-Cell Reprogramming by Forced Pdx1 Downloaded from genesdev.cshlp.org on September 30, 2021 - Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press RESEARCH COMMUNICATION from a cells via a bihormonal glucagon+insulin+ (Gcg+Ins+) Context-specific a-to-b-cell transitional state (Thorel et al. 2010). The interconversion reprogramming by forced presumably occurs in response to a combination of the physiological need to replenish b cells and regeneration- Pdx1 expression induced stress, raising questions as to the local or systemic 1 2 1 signals triggered by such lesions. Direct superimposition of Yu-Ping Yang, Fabrizio Thorel, Daniel F. Boyer, apro-b-lineage condition was reported when Pax4 expres- Pedro L. Herrera,2 and Christopher V.E. Wright1,3 sion was forced in pancreatic or endocrine progenitors or in 1 embryonic a cells to redirect endocrine differentiation or Vanderbilt University Program in Developmental Biology, coax pre-existing a cells into b cells. The converted cells Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt seemed similar to normal b cells and temporarily im- University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA; 2 proved glycemia under induced diabetes, although the Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University effect was superseded by uncontrolled a-cell neogenesis of Geneva Faculty of Medicine, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland and fatality caused by extreme hyperglycemia (Collombat et al. 2009). These studies on the ability of a single Using single transcription factors to reprogram cells could lineage-allocating transcription factor to sustain com- produce important insights into the epigenetic mechanisms plete cell fate conversion suggest that similar analyses that direct normal differentiation, or counter inappropriate for other transcription factors could be insightful. De- plasticity, or even provide new ways of manipulating nor- termining which factors induce specific types of lineage mal ontogeny in vitro to control lineage diversification reprogramming, as well as the repertoire of cellular com- and differentiation. We enforced Pdx1 expression from petence states amenable to fate switching, could lead to the Neurogenin-3-expressing endocrine commitment pharmacological intervention to activate such factors in vivo, or to improved differentiation of embryonic stem point onward and found during the embryonic period a cells to b cells. minor increased b-cell allocation with accompanying Clues to the fate-instructing capacity of Pdx1 as a reduced a-cell numbers. More surprisingly, almost all b-cell selector are inferred from its enriched expression remaining Pdx1-containing glucagon/Arx-producing cells in embryonic and mature b cells. Ectopic Pdx1 alone underwent a fairly rapid conversion at postnatal stages, can induce incomplete reprogramming of liver or pan- through glucagon–insulin double positivity, to a state indis- creatic acinar cells (e.g., Ferber et al. 2000; Heller et al. tinguishable from normal b cells, resulting in complete 2001). A synergistic effect between Pdx1, Neurog3, and a-cell absence. This a-to-b conversion was not caused MafA was observed when acinar cells were converted by activating Pdx1 in the later glucagon-expressing into b-like cells (Zhou et al. 2008), which inefficiently state. Our findings reveal that Pdx1 can work single- ameliorated hyperglycemia caused by loss of endoge- handedly as a potent context-dependent autonomous nous b cells, perhaps because the reprogrammed cells did not assemble into islet-like clusters. Rather than reprogramming agent, and suggest a postnatal differen- triggering a redirection into endocrine cells, forced tiation evaluation stage involved in normal endocrine Pdx1 expression in Ptf1a-expressing cells caused late maturation. stage acinar-to-ductal hyperplasia (Miyatsuka et al. Supplemental material is available for this article. 2006). While these studies suggest that Pdx1 alone is contextually sufficient to induce partial trans-differen- Received April 27, 2011; revised version accepted July 5, tiation or trans-determination, little is known about 2011. how different competence states affect the response to this single factor. Here, we report on the previously unknown sufficiency for Pdx1 as a potent regulator of endocrine lineage alloca- tion and maintenance of the mature state. With Pdx1 A major hurdle for cell replacement-based diabetes ther- expression enforced from the Neurog3+ endocrine pro- apy is the difficulty of supplying vast numbers of func- genitor state onward, two periods of dominant lineage tioning insulin-producing b cells. One method could be redirection occurred: (1) during early organogenesis, a mi- through the reprogramming of alternative cell types. nor reproducible reduction in cells directed to the a fate, While this process might be easier with closely lineage- and (2) a surprising peri/postnatal redirection of Pdx1- related cells, even substantially different cells may be expressing a cells, with rapid reprogramming into Ins+ susceptible (e.g., Zhou et al. 2008). b Recent studies reveal significant plasticity between cells that are indistinguishable from normal cells. pancreatic a and b cells under certain induced conditions, The delayed conversion occurred despite a cells having implying a potential route to b cells through a cells. expressed exogenous Pdx1 from their endocrine commit- In a near-total b-cell destruction and regeneration model ment point onward, suggesting the possibility of a cryptic in adult mice, a proportion of new b cells were produced chromatin-priming effect. In contrast, exogenous Pdx1 in Gcg+ embryonic or adult a cells suppressed Gcg expres- sion but did not induce a/b fate switching. Our findings [Keywords: pancreas; endocrine progenitors; a and b cells; reprogram- reveal differential a-to-b plasticity between endocrine ming; Pdx1] progenitors and hormone-secreting cells in response to 3Corresponding author. E-mail [email protected]. Pdx1. We speculate on the epigenetic ramifications of Article is online at http://www.genesdev.org/cgi/doi/10.1101/gad.16875711. these differential lineage-switching findings. 1680 GENES & DEVELOPMENT 25:1680–1685 Ó 2011 by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press ISSN 0890-9369/11; www.genesdev.org Downloaded from genesdev.cshlp.org on September 30, 2021 - Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press Pdx1 reprograms a to b cells Results and Discussion Progressive reduction of a cells in the Neurog3Cre-Pdx1OE pancreas Exogenous Pdx1 expression in endocrine progenitors Global glucose homeostasis and the overall size and outward Forced ‘‘constitutive’’ Pdx1 expression was derived from appearance of the pancreas in Neurog3Cre-Pdx1OE mice were a CAG-CAT-Pdx1 allele (Miyatsuka et al. 2006) via a similar to controls (Supplemental Fig. 2). However, a drastic BAC transgene driving Cre from Neurog3 regulatory ele- Gcg+ cell loss (>99%) was found in the adult pancreas, while ments (Neurog3TgBAC-Cre) (Schonhoff et al. 2004). Neu- other hormone-producing cell types were similar in number rog3TgBAC-Cre-mediated CAT excision led to Flag-tagged and location (Fig. 1E; Supplemental Fig. 1). The numbers of a Pdx1 (FlagPdx1) production in Neurog3+ descendants from (Gcg+)orb (Ins+) cells were quantified at key stages. At each the ubiquitously active CAG promoter (Fig. 1A). We com- stage, the combined number of a and b cells (‘‘a + b’’) was pared tissues from Neurog3TgBAC-Cre;CAG-CAT-Pdx1; similar between Neurog3Cre-Pdx1OE and control, despite a R26REYFP mice (referred to as Neurog3Cre-Pdx1OE here- significant difference in the a versus b representation (Fig. after) with those from Neurog3TgBAC-Cre;R26REYFP litter- 2I; Supplemental Fig. 3). This observation strongly suggests mate controls. a scenario of lineage diversion, wherein one cell population Two key criteria were evaluated for Neurog3-depen- expands at the expense of the other under a constant total dent activation of CAG-CAT-Pdx1.First,selective number. We identified two phases of lineage conversion that FlagPdx1 production within endocrine cells was confirmed ultimately contributed to a complete a-cell loss by the early by Flag immunostaining, with signal only in Neurog3Cre- adult stage. First, a significant decrease in Gcg+ cell number Pdx1OE pancreas, from embryonic day 16.5 (E16.5) to (control 47% representation reduced to 35%) and accom- postnatal stages (Fig. 1B–E). Second, FlagPdx1 immunode- panyingincreaseinIns+ cells was detected in the E16.5 tection with Pdx1 antibodies labeled cell types that nor- Neurog3Cre-Pdx1OE pancreas, shortly after the peak of mally do not express Pdx1 at high levels (Pdx1HI). A large Neurog3 expression at approximately E15 (Gu et al. 2002). increase occurred in the number of Pdx1HI cells in E14.5 Coexpression of Ins and a-cell-specific factors, such as Arx, Neurog3Cre-Pdx1OE pancreatic epithelium compared with suggesting an early movement toward b-cell-directed trans- equivalent control tissue (Fig. 1F,G). Ectopic Pdx1 was differentiation, was not detected at this stage (data not detected in non-b/non-d endocrine cells (i.e., in a,PP,and shown). The early phase shift in a/b representation suggests e cells). We found Pdx1HI Gcg+ a cells in postnatal day 1 (P1) that exogenous Pdx1 biases the behavior of a fraction of Neurog3Cre-Pdx1OE pancreas, while control a cells were early endocrine progenitors, increasing flux toward the b Gcg+Pdx1À (Fig. 1H,I). This evidence demonstrates a spatio- lineage, disfavoring the a lineage. The reason for only 25% temporally defined system for endocrine–progenitor-selec-
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