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Intestinal epithelial inositol polyphosphate multikinase protects mice from experimental colitis via governing colonic tuft cell homeostasis

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Dataset overview

Participants 8
Samples 1,203
Reuse readiness 6.1/10 evidence-backed score

Gut Epithelial Inositol Polyphosphate Multikinase Alleviates Experimental Colitis via Governing Tuft Cell Homeostasis.

Abstract

<h4>Background & aims</h4>Inositol polyphosphate multikinase (IPMK), an essential enzyme for inositol phosphate metabolism, has been known to mediate major biological events such as growth. Recent studies have identified single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the IPMK gene associated with inflammatory bowel disease predisposition. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the functional significance of IPMK in gut epithelium.<h4>Methods</h4>We generated intestinal epithelial cell (IEC)-specific Ipmk knockout (IPMK<sup>ΔIEC</sup>) mice, and assessed their vulnerability against dextran sulfate sodium-induced experimental colitis. Both bulk and single-cell RNA sequencing were performed to analyze IPMK-deficient colonic epithelial cells and colonic tuft cells.<h4>Results</h4>Although IPMK<sup>ΔIEC</sup> mice developed normally and showed no intestinal abnormalities during homeostasis, Ipmk deletion aggravated dextran sulfate sodium-induced colitis, with higher clinical colitis scores, and increased epithelial barrier permeability. Surprisingly, Ipmk deletion led to a significant decrease in the number of tuft cells without influencing other IECs. Single-cell RNA sequencing of mouse colonic tuft cells showed 3 distinct populations of tuft cells, and further showed that a transcriptionally inactive population was expanded markedly in IPMK<sup>ΔIEC</sup> mice, while neuronal-related cells were relatively decreased.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Cholinergic output from tuft cells is known to be critical for the restoration of intestinal architecture upon damage, supporting that tuft cell-defective IPMK<sup>ΔIEC</sup> mice are more prone to colitis. Thus, intestinal epithelial IPMK is a critical regulator of colonic integrity and tissue regeneration by determining tuft cell homeostasis and affecting cholinergic output.

Study facts

Organism
Mus musculus
Platform
Illumina NextSeq 550
Age group
paediatric
Disease groups
—
Anatomical sites
colon

Data availability

  • Processed matrix

File types CSV

Files and samples

Strengths & limitations for reuse

Strengths

  • Processed matrices are advertised
  • Participant counts are documented

Limitations

  • Not documented: raw counts are advertised
  • Not documented: cell metadata are advertised
Extraction evidence & provenance

Each extracted field is shown with the source excerpt and location used to resolve it.

Assay

FieldValueEvidence
assay.assay_type single-cell RNA sequencing
scRNA-seq libraries were prepared using the Smart-seq2 protocol

Section Single-Cell cDNA Synthesis and Sequencing Library Generation, offset —

assay.library_chemistry Smart-seq2
scRNA-seq libraries were prepared using the Smart-seq2 protocol

Section Single-Cell cDNA Synthesis and Sequencing Library Generation, offset —

assay.platform Illumina NextSeq 550
"instrument_model": {"NextSeq 550": 1203}

Section sample_values_with_sample_counts.instrument_model, offset —

assay.reference_genome mm10
aligned to the mouse reference genome (version mm10 from the University of California Santa Cruz)

Section Read alignment and gene quantification, offset —

assay.sequencing_type scrna_seq
transcriptomic single cell

Section library_source, offset —

Cohort

FieldValueEvidence
cohort.age_group paediatric from source
GEO age characteristics: 11 weeks old; 11 weeks old; 11 weeks old; 11 weeks old; 11 weeks old; 11 weeks old; 11 weeks old; 11 weeks old; 11 weeks old; 11 weeks old; 11 weeks old; 11 weeks old; 11 weeks old; 11 weeks old; 11 weeks old; 11 weeks old; 11 weeks old; 11 weeks old; 11 weeks old; 11 weeks old; 11 weeks old; 11 wee

Section GEO family SOFT, offset —

cohort.total_participants 8
For each experimental batch, 2 IPMKf/f mice and 2 IPMKΔIEC mice were used.

Section Single-Cell Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals the Heterogeneity of Colon Tuft Cells, offset —

Data_Assets

FieldValueEvidence
data_assets.open_access True
Public on Oct 26 2022

Section series_status, offset —

data_assets.processed_matrix True
GSE200284_Tuft_TPM.csv.gz

Section file_listing, offset —

Processing

FieldValueEvidence
processing.batch_correction_reported False inferred
A t-distributed stochastic neighbor embedding (t-SNE) plot showing that 2 independent experimental batches were overlaid well, indicating no batch effect.

Section Single-Cell Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals the Heterogeneity of Colon Tuft Cells, offset —

processing.cell_type_annotation_method Unsupervised hierarchical clustering using marker-gene expression
By unsupervised hierarchical clustering using Euclidean distance and Ward’s method, the tuft cell cluster was identified with higher expression of Dclk1, Siglecf, Il17rb, and Ptgs1

Section Identification of highly variable genes, cell clustering, and t-distributed stochastic neighbor embedding (t-SNE) visualization, offset —

processing.normalization_method TPM, log2(TPM + 1) transformation
Expression values of each gene were quantified as transcripts per million (TPM) using RSEM (version 1.3.3). TPMs were transformed to log 2 (TPM + 1).

Section Read alignment and gene quantification, offset —

processing.quality_control_reported True
cells with <500 detected genes and genes expressed in <5 cells were removed

Section Read alignment and gene quantification, offset —

Specimens

FieldValueEvidence
specimens.anatomical_sites ['colon']
colon

Section source_name, offset —

specimens.number_of_cells 950
After filtering out cells with bad quality (eg, number of detected genes, <500), we analyzed 950 cells

Section Single-Cell Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals the Heterogeneity of Colon Tuft Cells, offset —

specimens.number_of_samples 1203
"sample_count": 1203

Section sample_count, offset —