A CRISPR-screen in intestinal epithelial cells identifies novel factors for polarity and apical transport
- Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
Abstract
Epithelial polarization and polarized cargo transport are highly coordinated and interdependent processes. In our search for novel regulators of epithelial polarization and protein secretion, we used a genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 screen and combined it with an assay based on fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) to measure the secretion of the apical brush border hydrolase dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP4). In this way, we performed the first CRISPR screen to date in human polarized epithelial cells. Using high-resolution microscopy, we detected polarization defects and mislocalization of DPP4 to late endosomes/lysosomes after knock-out of TM9SF4, anoctamin 8, and ARHGAP33, confirming the identification of novel factors for epithelial polarization and apical cargo secretion. Thus, we provide a powerful tool suitable for studying polarization and cargo secretion in epithelial cells. In addition, we provide a dataset that serves as a resource for the study of novel mechanisms for epithelial polarization and polarized transport and facilitates the investigation of novel congenital diseases associated with these processes.
Data availability
Next generation sequencing data was made available in Dryadhttps://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.m0cfxpp62.Source Data files have been provided for Figure 3.
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NGS raw sgRNA-countsDryad Digital Repository, doi:10.5061/dryad.m0cfxpp62.
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Funding
Austrian Science Fund (P35805-B)
- Georg F Vogel
Austrian Academy of Science (DOC-Scholarship)
- Katharina MC Klee
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.
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© 2023, Klee et al.
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A CRISPR-screen in intestinal epithelial cells identifies novel factors for polarity and apical transport
eLife 12:e80135.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.80135
