PUBLICATION
Single-cell transcriptomic analysis identifies the conversion of zebrafish Etv2-deficient vascular progenitors into skeletal muscle
- Authors
- Chestnut, B., Casie Chetty, S., Koenig, A.L., Sumanas, S.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-200606-5
- Date
- 2020
- Source
- Nature communications 11: 2796 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Sumanas, Saulius
- Keywords
- none
- Datasets
- GEO:GSE142484
- MeSH Terms
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- Single-Cell Analysis*
- Heat-Shock Response
- Green Fluorescent Proteins/metabolism
- Wnt Signaling Pathway
- Gene Expression Profiling*
- Models, Biological
- Muscle, Skeletal/cytology*
- Biomarkers/metabolism
- Blood Vessels/cytology*
- Animals
- Mutation/genetics
- Cell Movement
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Somites/metabolism
- Stem Cells/metabolism*
- Transcription, Genetic
- Zebrafish Proteins/deficiency*
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/metabolism
- Fibroblast Growth Factors/metabolism
- Cell Differentiation/genetics
- Zebrafish/embryology
- Zebrafish/genetics*
- PubMed
- 32493965 Full text @ Nat. Commun.
Citation
Chestnut, B., Casie Chetty, S., Koenig, A.L., Sumanas, S. (2020) Single-cell transcriptomic analysis identifies the conversion of zebrafish Etv2-deficient vascular progenitors into skeletal muscle. Nature communications. 11:2796.
Abstract
Cell fate decisions involved in vascular and hematopoietic embryonic development are still poorly understood. An ETS transcription factor Etv2 functions as an evolutionarily conserved master regulator of vasculogenesis. Here we report a single-cell transcriptomic analysis of hematovascular development in wild-type and etv2 mutant zebrafish embryos. Distinct transcriptional signatures of different types of hematopoietic and vascular progenitors are identified using an etv2ci32Gt gene trap line, in which the Gal4 transcriptional activator is integrated into the etv2 gene locus. We observe a cell population with a skeletal muscle signature in etv2-deficient embryos. We demonstrate that multiple etv2ci32Gt; UAS:GFP cells differentiate as skeletal muscle cells instead of contributing to vasculature in etv2-deficient embryos. Wnt and FGF signaling promote the differentiation of these putative multipotent etv2 progenitor cells into skeletal muscle cells. We conclude that etv2 actively represses muscle differentiation in vascular progenitors, thus restricting these cells to a vascular endothelial fate.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping