PMID- 22190634 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120306 LR - 20220316 IS - 1477-9129 (Electronic) IS - 0950-1991 (Print) IS - 0950-1991 (Linking) VI - 139 IP - 3 DP - 2012 Feb TI - Notch signaling modulates proliferation and differentiation of intestinal crypt base columnar stem cells. PG - 488-97 LID - 10.1242/dev.070763 [doi] AB - Notch signaling is known to regulate the proliferation and differentiation of intestinal stem and progenitor cells; however, direct cellular targets and specific functions of Notch signals had not been identified. We show here in mice that Notch directly targets the crypt base columnar (CBC) cell to maintain stem cell activity. Notch inhibition induced rapid CBC cell loss, with reduced proliferation, apoptotic cell death and reduced efficiency of organoid initiation. Furthermore, expression of the CBC stem cell-specific marker Olfm4 was directly dependent on Notch signaling, with transcription activated through RBP-Jkappa binding sites in the promoter. Notch inhibition also led to precocious differentiation of epithelial progenitors into secretory cell types, including large numbers of cells that expressed both Paneth and goblet cell markers. Analysis of Notch function in Atoh1-deficient intestine demonstrated that the cellular changes were dependent on Atoh1, whereas Notch regulation of Olfm4 gene expression was Atoh1 independent. Our findings suggest that Notch targets distinct progenitor cell populations to maintain adult intestinal stem cells and to regulate cell fate choice to control epithelial cell homeostasis. FAU - VanDussen, Kelli L AU - VanDussen KL AD - Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. FAU - Carulli, Alexis J AU - Carulli AJ FAU - Keeley, Theresa M AU - Keeley TM FAU - Patel, Sanjeevkumar R AU - Patel SR FAU - Puthoff, Brent J AU - Puthoff BJ FAU - Magness, Scott T AU - Magness ST FAU - Tran, Ivy T AU - Tran IT FAU - Maillard, Ivan AU - Maillard I FAU - Siebel, Christian AU - Siebel C FAU - Kolterud, Asa AU - Kolterud A FAU - Grosse, Ann S AU - Grosse AS FAU - Gumucio, Deborah L AU - Gumucio DL FAU - Ernst, Stephen A AU - Ernst SA FAU - Tsai, Yu-Hwai AU - Tsai YH FAU - Dempsey, Peter J AU - Dempsey PJ FAU - Samuelson, Linda C AU - Samuelson LC LA - eng GR - R01 AI091627/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK065850/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK056882/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 DK34933/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 GM007315/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01-DK56882/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 DK034933/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK078927/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01-DK78927/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20111221 PL - England TA - Development JT - Development (Cambridge, England) JID - 8701744 RN - 0 (Atoh1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (Immunoglobulin J Recombination Signal Sequence-Binding Protein) RN - 0 (Notch1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Notch2 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Receptor, Notch1) RN - 0 (Receptor, Notch2) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis/drug effects MH - Base Sequence MH - Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors/genetics MH - *Cell Differentiation MH - *Cell Proliferation MH - *Gene Expression Regulation MH - Goblet Cells/metabolism MH - Immunoglobulin J Recombination Signal Sequence-Binding Protein/metabolism MH - Intestine, Small/*cytology/drug effects/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Organ Culture Techniques MH - Paneth Cells/metabolism MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic MH - Receptor, Notch1/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - Receptor, Notch2/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction MH - Stem Cells/cytology/physiology PMC - PMC3252352 EDAT- 2011/12/23 06:00 MHDA- 2012/03/07 06:00 PMCR- 2013/02/01 CRDT- 2011/12/23 06:00 PHST- 2011/12/23 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/12/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/03/07 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/02/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - dev.070763 [pii] AID - 10.1242/dev.070763 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Development. 2012 Feb;139(3):488-97. doi: 10.1242/dev.070763. Epub 2011 Dec 21.