Daniel T Swarr1, William H Peranteau2, Jennifer Pogoriler3, David B Frank4,5,6, N Scott Adzick2, Holly L Hedrick2, Mike Morley6, Su Zhou6, Edward E Morrisey6,7. 1. 1 Division of Neonatology and Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio. 2. 2 Department of Surgery. 3. 3 Department of Pathology, and. 4. 4 Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and. 5. 5 Department of Pediatrics. 6. 6 Penn Center for Pulmonary Biology, and. 7. 7 Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Abstract
RATIONALE: Disruption of normal pulmonary development is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in infants. Congenital lung malformations are a unique model to study the molecular pathogenesis of isolated structural birth defects, as they are often surgically resected. OBJECTIVES: To provide insight into the molecular pathogenesis of congenital lung malformations through analysis of cell-type and gene expression changes in these lesions. METHODS: Clinical data, and lung tissue for DNA, RNA, and histology, were obtained from 58 infants undergoing surgical resection of a congenital lung lesion. Transcriptome-wide gene expression analysis was performed on paired affected and unaffected samples from a subset of infants (n = 14). A three-dimensional organoid culture model was used to assess isolated congenital lung malformation epithelium (n = 3). MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Congenital lung lesions express higher levels of airway epithelial related genes, and dysregulated expression of genes related to the Ras and PI3K-AKT-mTOR (phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-AKT-mammalian target of rapamycin) signaling pathways. Immunofluorescence confirmed differentiated airway epithelial cell types throughout all major subtypes of congenital lung lesions, and three-dimensional cell culture demonstrated a cell-autonomous defect in the epithelium of these lesions. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides the first comprehensive analysis of the congenital lung malformation transcriptome and suggests that disruptions in Ras or PI3K-AKT-mTOR signaling may contribute to the pathology through an epithelial cell-autonomous defect.
RATIONALE: Disruption of normal pulmonary development is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in infants. Congenital lung malformations are a unique model to study the molecular pathogenesis of isolated structural birth defects, as they are often surgically resected. OBJECTIVES: To provide insight into the molecular pathogenesis of congenital lung malformations through analysis of cell-type and gene expression changes in these lesions. METHODS: Clinical data, and lung tissue for DNA, RNA, and histology, were obtained from 58 infants undergoing surgical resection of a congenital lung lesion. Transcriptome-wide gene expression analysis was performed on paired affected and unaffected samples from a subset of infants (n = 14). A three-dimensional organoid culture model was used to assess isolated congenital lung malformation epithelium (n = 3). MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Congenital lung lesions express higher levels of airway epithelial related genes, and dysregulated expression of genes related to the Ras and PI3K-AKT-mTOR (phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-AKT-mammalian target of rapamycin) signaling pathways. Immunofluorescence confirmed differentiated airway epithelial cell types throughout all major subtypes of congenital lung lesions, and three-dimensional cell culture demonstrated a cell-autonomous defect in the epithelium of these lesions. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides the first comprehensive analysis of the congenital lung malformation transcriptome and suggests that disruptions in Ras or PI3K-AKT-mTOR signaling may contribute to the pathology through an epithelial cell-autonomous defect.
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branching morphogenesis; congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation of the lung; congenital pulmonary airway malformation; lung development; structural birth defects
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