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Gene-edited MLE-15 Cells as a Model for the Hermansky-Pudlak Syndromes.
Authors Kook S, Qi A, Wang P, Meng S, Gulleman P, Young LR, Guttentag SH
Submitted By Submitted Externally on 5/25/2018
Status Published
Journal American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology
Year 2018
Date Published 5/1/2018
Volume : Pages 58 : 566 - 574
PubMed Reference 29190429
Abstract Defining the mechanisms of cellular pathogenesis in rare lung diseases such as
Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) is often complicated by loss of the
differentiated phenotype of cultured primary alveolar type 2 (AT2) cells, as
well as by a lack of durable cell lines that are faithful to both AT2-cell and
rare disease phenotypes. We used CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing to generate a series
of HPS-specific mutations in the MLE-15 cell line. The resulting MLE-15/HPS cell
lines exhibit preservation of AT2 cellular functions, including formation of
lamellar body-like organelles, complete processing of surfactant protein B, and
known features of HPS specific to each trafficking complex, including loss of
protein targeting to lamellar bodies. MLE-15/HPS1 and MLE-15/HPS2 (with a
mutation in Ap3ß1) express increased macrophage chemotactic protein-1, a
well-described mediator of alveolitis in patients with HPS and in mouse models.
We show that MLE-15/HPS9 and pallid AT2 cells (with a mutation in Bloc1s6) also
express increased macrophage chemotactic protein-1, suggesting that mice and
humans with BLOC-1 mutations may also be susceptible to alveolitis. In addition
to providing a flexible platform to examine the role of HPS-specific mutations
in trafficking AT2 cells, MLE-15/HPS cell lines provide a durable resource for
high-throughput screening and studies of cellular pathophysiology that are
likely to accelerate progress toward developing novel therapies for this rare
lung disease.




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