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Establishment of a fluorescent reporter of RNA-polymerase II activity to identify dormant cells

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  • Rasmus Freter

    (Leibniz-Institute on Ageing, Fritz-Lipmann-Institute (FLI)
    University of Oxford)

  • Paola Falletta

    (University of Oxford)

  • Omid Omrani

    (Leibniz-Institute on Ageing, Fritz-Lipmann-Institute (FLI))

  • Mahdi Rasa

    (Leibniz-Institute on Ageing, Fritz-Lipmann-Institute (FLI))

  • Katharine Herbert

    (University of Oxford)

  • Francesco Annunziata

    (Leibniz-Institute on Ageing, Fritz-Lipmann-Institute (FLI))

  • Alberto Minetti

    (Leibniz-Institute on Ageing, Fritz-Lipmann-Institute (FLI))

  • Anna Krepelova

    (Leibniz-Institute on Ageing, Fritz-Lipmann-Institute (FLI))

  • Lisa Adam

    (Leibniz-Institute on Ageing, Fritz-Lipmann-Institute (FLI))

  • Sandra Käppel

    (Leibniz-Institute on Ageing, Fritz-Lipmann-Institute (FLI))

  • Tina Rüdiger

    (Leibniz-Institute on Ageing, Fritz-Lipmann-Institute (FLI))

  • Zhao-Qi Wang

    (Leibniz-Institute on Ageing, Fritz-Lipmann-Institute (FLI)
    Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena)

  • Colin R. Goding

    (University of Oxford)

  • Francesco Neri

    (Leibniz-Institute on Ageing, Fritz-Lipmann-Institute (FLI))

Abstract

Dormancy, a reversible quiescent cellular state characterized by greatly reduced metabolic activity, protects from genetic damage, prolongs survival and is crucial for tissue homeostasis and cellular response to injury or transplantation. Dormant cells have been characterized in many tissues, but their identification, isolation and characterization irrespective of tissue of origin remains elusive. Here, we develop a live cell ratiometric fluorescent Optical Stem Cell Activity Reporter (OSCAR) based on the observation that phosphorylation of RNA Polymerase II (RNApII), a hallmark of active mRNA transcription elongation, is largely absent in dormant stem cells from multiple lineages. Using the small intestinal crypt as a model, OSCAR reveals in real time the dynamics of dormancy induction and cellular differentiation in vitro, and allows the identification and isolation of several populations of transcriptionally diverse OSCARhigh and OSCARlow intestinal epithelial cell states in vivo. In particular, this reporter is able to identify a dormant OSCARhigh cell population in the small intestine. OSCAR therefore provides a tool for a better understanding of dormant stem cell biology.

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  • Rasmus Freter & Paola Falletta & Omid Omrani & Mahdi Rasa & Katharine Herbert & Francesco Annunziata & Alberto Minetti & Anna Krepelova & Lisa Adam & Sandra Käppel & Tina Rüdiger & Zhao-Qi Wang & Coli, 2021. "Establishment of a fluorescent reporter of RNA-polymerase II activity to identify dormant cells," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-16, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:12:y:2021:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-021-23580-4
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23580-4
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    1. Omid Omrani & Anna Krepelova & Seyed Mohammad Mahdi Rasa & Dovydas Sirvinskas & Jing Lu & Francesco Annunziata & George Garside & Seerat Bajwa & Susanne Reinhardt & Lisa Adam & Sandra Käppel & Nadia D, 2023. "IFNγ-Stat1 axis drives aging-associated loss of intestinal tissue homeostasis and regeneration," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-19, December.

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