PUBLICATION
Multispecies RNA tomography reveals regulators of hematopoietic stem cell birth in the embryonic aorta
- Authors
- Yvernogeau, L., Klaus, A., Maas, J., Morin-Poulard, I., Weijts, B., Schulte-Merker, S., Berezikov, E., Junker, J.P., Robin, C.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-200528-9
- Date
- 2020
- Source
- Blood 136(7): 831-844 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Schulte-Merker, Stefan, Weijts, Bart
- Keywords
- none
- Datasets
- GEO:GSE128350
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Aorta/cytology
- Aorta/embryology*
- Cell Tracking/methods
- Chick Embryo
- Embryo, Mammalian
- Embryo, Nonmammalian
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Hematopoiesis/genetics
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells/cytology*
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells/metabolism
- Humans
- Mice
- RNA/analysis*
- RNA/genetics
- Sequence Analysis, RNA/methods
- Single-Cell Analysis
- Species Specificity
- Stem Cell Niche/genetics*
- Tomography*/methods
- Tomography*/veterinary
- Zebrafish/embryology
- Zebrafish/genetics
- PubMed
- 32457985 Full text @ Blood
Citation
Yvernogeau, L., Klaus, A., Maas, J., Morin-Poulard, I., Weijts, B., Schulte-Merker, S., Berezikov, E., Junker, J.P., Robin, C. (2020) Multispecies RNA tomography reveals regulators of hematopoietic stem cell birth in the embryonic aorta. Blood. 136(7):831-844.
Abstract
The defined location of a stem cell within a niche regulates its fate, behavior and molecular identity via a complex extrinsic regulation far from being fully elucidated yet. To explore the molecular characteristics and key components of the aortic microenvironment, where the first hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are generated during development, we performed genome-wide RNA tomography sequencing on zebrafish, chicken, mouse and human embryos. The resulting anterior-posterior and dorsal-ventral transcriptional maps provided a powerful resource for exploring genes and regulatory pathways active in the aortic microenvironment. By performing inter-species comparative RNA-seq analyses and functional assays, we explored the complexity of the aortic microenvironment landscape and the fine-tuning of various factors interplaying to control HSC generation both in time and space in vivo, including the ligand-receptor couple ADM-RAMP2 and SVEP1. Understanding the regulatory function of the local environment will pave the way for improved stem cell production in vitro and clinical cell therapy.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping