Epithelial Outgrowth Through Mesenchymal Rings Drives Alveologenesis
Negretti, N. M.; Son, Y.; Crooke, P.; Plosa, E. J.; Benjamin, J. T.; Jetter, C. S.; Bunn, C.; Mignemi, N.; Marini, J.; Hackett, A. N.; Ransom, M.; Nichols, D.; Guttentag, S. H.; Pua, H. H.; Blackwell, T. S.; Zacharias, W.; Frank, D. B.; Kozub, J. A.; Mahadevan-Jansen, A.; Kropski, J. A.; Wright, C. V. E.; Millis, B.; Sucre, J. M. S.
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Determining how alveoli are formed and maintained is critical to understanding lung organogenesis and regeneration after injury. While technological barriers have heretofore limited real-time observation of alveologenesis, we have now used scanned oblique plane illumination microscopy of living lung slices to observe specific cellular behaviors at high resolution over several days. Contrary to the prevailing paradigm that alveoli form by airspace subdivision via ingrowing septa, we find that alveoli form by ballooning epithelial outgrowth supported by stable mesenchymal ring structures. Our systematic analysis allowed creation of a computational model of finely-timed cellular structural changes that drive alveologenesis under normal conditions or with perturbed intercellular Wnt signaling. This new paradigm and platform can be leveraged for mechanistic studies and screening for therapies to promote lung regeneration. One-Sentence SummaryLong-term live analysis of neonatal lungs supports a dynamic epithelial outgrowth model for alveologenesis.
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