Angiogenesis-on-a-chip coupled with single-cell RNA sequencing reveals spatially differential activations of autophagy along angiogenic sproutsopen access
- Authors
- Lee, Somin; Kim, Hyunkyung; Kim, Bum Suk; Chae, Se hyun; Jung, Sangmin; Lee, Jung Seub; Yu, James; Son, Kyungmin; Chung, Minhwan; Kim, Jong Kyoung; Hwang, Daehee; Baek, Sung Hee; Jeon, Noo Li
- Issue Date
- Jan-2024
- Publisher
- Nature Research
- Citation
- Nature Communications, v.15, no.1
- Journal Title
- Nature Communications
- Volume
- 15
- Number
- 1
- URI
- http://scholarworks.bwise.kr/kbri/handle/2023.sw.kbri/1140
- ISSN
- 2041-1723
2041-1723
- Abstract
- Several functions of autophagy associated with proliferation, differentiation, and migration of endothelial cells have been reported. Due to lack of models recapitulating angiogenic sprouting, functional heterogeneity of autophagy in endothelial cells along angiogenic sprouts remains elusive. Here, we apply an angiogenesis-on-a-chip to reconstruct 3D sprouts with clear endpoints. We perform single-cell RNA sequencing of sprouting endothelial cells from our chip to reveal high activation of autophagy in two endothelial cell populations- proliferating endothelial cells in sprout basements and stalk-like endothelial cells near sprout endpoints- and further the reciprocal expression pattern of autophagy-related genes between stalk- and tip-like endothelial cells near sprout endpoints, implying an association of autophagy with tip-stalk cell specification. Our results suggest a model describing spatially differential roles of autophagy: quality control of proliferating endothelial cells in sprout basements for sprout elongation and tip-stalk cell specification near sprout endpoints, which may change strategies for developing autophagy-based anti-angiogenic therapeutics.
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