Cell competition drives bronchiolization and pulmonary fibrosis.

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Stijn (P) De Langhe, Rachel Warren, Kylie Klinkhammer, Handeng Lyu, and 2 more This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4177351/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Published Journal Publication published 05 Dec, 2024 Read the published version in Nature Communications → Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive scarring disease arising from the maladaptive differentiation of lung stem cells into bronchial epithelial cells rather than into alveolar type 1 (AT1) cells, which are responsible for gas exchange. Here, we report that healthy lungs maintain their stem cells through tonic Hippo and β-catenin signaling, which promote Yap/Taz degradation and allow for low level expression of the Wnt target gene Myc. Inactivation of upstream activators of the Hippo pathway in lung stem cells inhibits this tonic β-catenin signaling and Myc expression and promotes their Taz mediated differentiation into AT1 cells. Vice versa, increased Myc in collaboration with Yap promotes the differentiation of lung stem cells along the basal and myoepithelial like lineages allowing them to invade and bronchiolize the lung parenchyma in a process reminiscent of submucosal gland development. Our findings indicate that stem cells exhibiting the highest Myc levels become supercompetitors that drive remodeling, whereas loser cells with lower Myc levels terminally differentiate into AT1 cells. Biological sciences/Stem cells/Regeneration Health sciences/Diseases/Respiratory tract diseases Health sciences/Medical research/Stem-cell research Full Text Additional Declarations There is NO Competing Interest. 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