Arid1a restrains Kras-dependent changes in acinar cell identity

  1. Geulah Livshits
  2. Direna Alonso-Curbelo
  3. John P Morris IV
  4. Richard Koche
  5. Michael Saborowski
  6. John Erby Wilkinson
  7. Scott W Lowe  Is a corresponding author
  1. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States
  2. Hannover Medical School, Germany
  3. University of Michigan School of Medicine, United States
  4. Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States
7 figures, 1 table and 1 additional file

Figures

Figure 1 with 1 supplement
A mouse model for inducible and reversible Arid1a depletion in vivo.

(A) Schematic of KC-RIK model. shRNAs against Arid1a and Renilla are targeted into ES cells derived from KC-RIK mice. Experimental cohorts are generated via blastocyst injection of positive clones. …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35216.003
Figure 1—figure supplement 1
MAPK pathway activation and Arid1a depletion in KC-RIK-shArid1a mice.

(A) Immunohistochemistry staining for phospho-Erk as an indicator of LSL-KrasG12D activation in KC-RIK-shRen and shArid1a.6421 animals after 2 weeks of dox treatment. Scalebar 100 μm. (B) …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35216.004
Figure 2 with 2 supplements
Acute Arid1a knockdown induces rapid changes in acinar cell fate in the setting of KrasG12D.

(A) Kaplan-Meier curve of KC-RIK-shRen and –shArid1a cohort after dox administration. (B) H and E staining of KC-RIK-shRen and –shArid1a mice after 2 weeks on dox. Top panels, scalebar 600 μm; …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35216.005
Figure 2—source data 1

Quantification of pancreatic lesions upon acute Arid1a knockdown.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35216.008
Figure 2—figure supplement 1
Acute Arid1a knockdown impacts animal health and pancreas function in the setting of oncogenic Kras.

(A) Plot of survival versus percent chimerism of KC-RIK -shRen and -shArid1a mice placed on dox at five weeks of age. (B) Representative image of fecal samples from KC-RIK shRen and shArid1a mice. (C

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35216.006
Figure 2—figure supplement 2
Histological changes induced upon acute Arid1a knockdown are maintained after 1 year on dox.

(A) H and E staining of pancreas tissue from KC-RIK-shRen and KC-RIK-shArid1a.6421 animals after one year on dox. (B) Co-immunofluorescence of Arid1a and GFP in shRen and shArid1a animals after one …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35216.007
Figure 3 with 3 supplements
Arid1a is not required for maintenance of acinar cells in the setting of wild-type Kras.

(A) Representative gross image of pancreas from C-RIK-shRen and C-RIK-shArid1a.6421 animals on dox for 2 weeks. (B) H and E staining of pancreas tissue from C-RIK-shRen and C-RIK-shArid1a.6421 …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35216.009
Figure 3—figure supplement 1
Arid1a depletion in the setting of wild-type Kras.

(A) Western blot of pancreas lysate from C-RIK -shRen and -shArid1a mice placed on dox at five weeks of age. (B) Immunofluorescence staining of C-RIK-shRen and -shArid1a tissue for Arid1a and …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35216.010
Figure 3—figure supplement 2
Arid1a is not required for acinar regeneration after caerulein-induced pancreatitis.

(A) Quantification of inflammation (assessing edema and immune infiltration) upon caerulein treatment in C-RIK -shRen and -shArid1a mice (N = 3 mice per genotype). (B) Representative images of …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35216.011
Figure 3—figure supplement 2—source data 1

Quantification of inflammation scores in C-RIK-shRen and C-RIK-shArid1a animals upon caerulein-induced pancreatitis.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35216.012
Figure 3—figure supplement 3
Regeneration acinar cells in C-RIK-shArid1a mice re-express acinar markers and retain Arid1a silencing.

(A) Immunofluorescence staining of C-RIK-shRen and -shArid1a pancreata at 2 and 9 days post induction of pancreatitis for acinar marker Cpa1 and GFP with DAPI to mark nuclei. Scalebar 50 μm. (B) …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35216.013
Figure 4 with 1 supplement
Temporal context impacts the outcome of Arid1a depletion in the pancreas.

(A) Schematic of dox administration timepoints for Arid1a silencing cohorts. (B) Gross morphology and mKate2 fluorescence of KC-RIK-shRen and KC-RIK-shArid1a pancreata from indicated dox cohorts at …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35216.014
Figure 4—figure supplement 1
Mucinous lesions in KC-RIK-shArid1a mice placed on dox during embryonic development.

(A) Quantification of IPMN lesions vs ADM/PanIN lesions per mm2 tissue area in KC-RIK-shArid1a.6421 animals placed on dox at embryonic day 7 (E7) and after post-natal day 5 (P5). Arid1a suppression …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35216.015
Figure 4—figure supplement 1—source data 1

Quantification of lesions in KC-RIK-shArid1a and control animals placed on dox during pancreatic development.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35216.016
Perturbation of acinar cell fate is not reversed upon Arid1a restoration.

(A) Schematic of dox administration timepoints for Arid1a restoration. (B) Gross morphology and mKate2 fluorescence of KC-RIK-shRen and KC-RIK-shArid1a pancreata on dox and after 4 weeks of dox …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35216.017
Figure 6 with 1 supplement
Acute Arid1a loss results in rapid transcriptional shifts in cell identity.

(A) Principal component analysis of RNAseq data for KC-RIK-shRen, -shArid1a.6421 and –shArid1a.1803 animals after 5 days on dox. three animals per group. (B) Unsupervised clustering of samples by …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35216.018
Figure 6—source data 1

QPCR validation of transcriptional changes observed by RNAseq.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35216.020
Figure 6—figure supplement 1
Transcriptional changes induced upon Arid1a loss are reflected by histological expression changes.

(A) Immunofluorescence staining KC-RIK-shRen and -shArid1a tissue for the Arid1a and GFP at RNAseq collection timepoint (5 days dox). Nuclei are labeled with DAPI. (B) Representative …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35216.019
Figure 7 with 1 supplement
Acute Arid1a silencing decreases chromatin accessibility.

(A) Principal component analysis of ATACseq data for KC-RIK-shRen and shArid1a.6421 animals after acute silencing. (B) Relative comparison of dynamic ATACseq peaks in acute KC-RIK-shArid1a.6421 …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35216.021
Figure 7—figure supplement 1
Peaks with decreased accessibility upon Arid1a depletion are enriched for intronic/intergenic regions and acinar TF binding sites.

(A) Read count per million mapped reads for gene body, transcription factor start site and putative enhancer regions of genes. (B) Genomic annotation of dynamic peaks upon Arid1a suppression vs all …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35216.022

Tables

Key resources table
Reagent type (species)
or resource
DesignationSource or referenceIdentifiersAdditional information
Strain, strain background
(M. musculus)
KC-RIK-shArid1a.6421This paper
Strain, strain background
(M. musculus)
KC-RIK-shArid1a.1803This paper
Strain, strain background
(M. musculus)
KC-RIK-shRen.713This paper
AntibodyGFP antibody
(chicken polyclonal)
AbcamAbcam Cat# ab13970,
RRID:AB_300798
AntibodyGFP antibody
(rabbit monoclonal)
Cell Signaling TechnologyCell Signaling
Technology Cat# 2956P,
RRID:AB_10828931
AntibodymKate2
(rabbit polyclonal)
EvrogenEvrogen Cat# AB233,
RRID:AB_2571743
AntibodyArid1a
(rabbit polyclonal)
Cell Signaling TechnologyCell Signaling
Technology Cat# 12354,
RRID:AB_2637010
AntibodyArid1a
(mouse monoclonal)
Santa CruzSanta Cruz
Biotechnology Cat# sc-32761,
RRID:AB_673396
AntibodyKi67 (mouse)BD BiosciencesBD55609
AntibodyCpa1
(goat polyclonal)
R and DR and D Systems Cat# AF2765,
RRID:AB_2085841
AntibodyClusterin
(goat polyclonal)
Santa CruzSanta Cruz
Biotechnology Cat# sc-6419,
RRID:AB_673567
AntibodySox9
(rabbit polyclonal)
MilliporeMillipore Cat# AB5535,
RRID:AB_2239761
AntibodyCD19 Troma III
(rat monoclonal)
Developmental Studies
Hybridoma Bank
DSHB Cat# TROMA-III,
RRID:AB_2133570
AntibodyCleaved casp3
(rabbit monoclonal)
Cell Signaling TechnologyCell Signaling
Technology Cat# 9664,
RRID:AB_2070042
AntibodyCK8
(mouse monoclonal)
BiolegendBioLegend Cat# 904801,
RRID:AB_2565043
AntibodyCD45
(rat monoclonal)
AbcamAbcam Cat# ab25386,
RRID:AB_470499
AntibodyE cadherin
(monoclonal)
BD BiosciencesBD Biosciences Cat# 610181,
RRID:AB_397580
Antibodydonkey- anti-chicken
CF488
SigmaSigma-Aldrich Cat#
SAB4600031,
RRID:AB_2721061
Antibodygoat-anti-chicken
AF488
Life
Technologies
Molecular Probes
Cat# A-11039,
RRID:AB_142924
Antibodygoat anti-rabbit
AF594
ThermoFisherThermo Fisher
Scientific Cat# A-11037,
RRID:AB_2534095
Nextera Tn5
transposase
IlluminaFC-121–1030
Commercial assay or kitTaqman copy
number assay for GFP
Life Technologies/Thermo
Fisher
4400291
NEBNext High-Fidelity
2x PCR Master
Mix
New England BiolabsNEB M0541
Software, algorithmMSigDB databasehttp://software.broadinstitute.
org/gsea/msigdb
Software, algorithmBEDTools suitehttp://bedtools.readthedocs.io
Software, algorithmHomer v4.5http://homer.ucsd.edu/
OtherImmPress HRPVectorVector Laboratories
Cat# MP-7451,
RRID:AB_2631198
OtherSuperSignal West
Femto substrate
ThermoFisher
OtherDoxycycline diet
(625 mg/kg)
Harlan
OtherM15 + LIF mediaPMID: 24395249
OtherDNase ISigmaDN25-100MG
OtherSoybean
Trypsin Inhibitor
SigmaT9003-250mg
OtherDispaseRoche

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