Human cellular reprogramming to induced pluripotency is still an inefficient process, which has hindered studying the role of critical intermediate stages. Here we take advantage of high efficiency reprogramming in microfluidics and temporal multi-omics to identify and resolve distinct sub-populations and their interactions. We perform secretome analysis and single-cell transcriptomics to show functional extrinsic pathways of protein communication between reprogramming sub-populations and the re-shaping of a permissive extracellular environment. We pinpoint the HGF/MET/STAT3 axis as a potent enhancer of reprogramming, which acts via HGF accumulation within the confined system of microfluidics, and in conventional dishes needs to be supplied exogenously to enhance efficiency. Our data suggests that human cellular reprogramming is a transcription factor-driven process that is deeply dependent on extracellular context and cell population determinants. To further investigate the relationship between the fates that characterize this process, we aim to implement the results produced herein with chromatin accessibility data from the same cells. We hypothesize that different epigenetic states of cells at early time-points may sustain or repress the ability of cells to undergo one trajectory or the other.

DISSECTING THE REGULATORY LOGIC OF CELL FATE REPROGRAMMING THROUGH A MULTI-OMIC APPROACH / F. Panariello ; internal supervisor: D. Di Bernardo ; supervisore: D. Cacchiarelli ; phd coordinator: S. Minucci. Dipartimento di Oncologia ed Emato-Oncologia, 2023 Dec 04. 35. ciclo, Anno Accademico 2023.

DISSECTING THE REGULATORY LOGIC OF CELL FATE REPROGRAMMING THROUGH A MULTI-OMIC APPROACH

F. Panariello
2023

Abstract

Human cellular reprogramming to induced pluripotency is still an inefficient process, which has hindered studying the role of critical intermediate stages. Here we take advantage of high efficiency reprogramming in microfluidics and temporal multi-omics to identify and resolve distinct sub-populations and their interactions. We perform secretome analysis and single-cell transcriptomics to show functional extrinsic pathways of protein communication between reprogramming sub-populations and the re-shaping of a permissive extracellular environment. We pinpoint the HGF/MET/STAT3 axis as a potent enhancer of reprogramming, which acts via HGF accumulation within the confined system of microfluidics, and in conventional dishes needs to be supplied exogenously to enhance efficiency. Our data suggests that human cellular reprogramming is a transcription factor-driven process that is deeply dependent on extracellular context and cell population determinants. To further investigate the relationship between the fates that characterize this process, we aim to implement the results produced herein with chromatin accessibility data from the same cells. We hypothesize that different epigenetic states of cells at early time-points may sustain or repress the ability of cells to undergo one trajectory or the other.
4-dic-2023
Settore BIO/11 - Biologia Molecolare
Computational biology; Developmental biology; Reprogramming; NGS; Molecular biology; Single-cell sequencing.
CACCHIARELLI, DAVIDE
MINUCCI, SAVERIO
Doctoral Thesis
DISSECTING THE REGULATORY LOGIC OF CELL FATE REPROGRAMMING THROUGH A MULTI-OMIC APPROACH / F. Panariello ; internal supervisor: D. Di Bernardo ; supervisore: D. Cacchiarelli ; phd coordinator: S. Minucci. Dipartimento di Oncologia ed Emato-Oncologia, 2023 Dec 04. 35. ciclo, Anno Accademico 2023.
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