PUBLICATION
Single-Cell RNA-Sequencing Reveals a Continuous Spectrum of Differentiation in Hematopoietic Cells
- Authors
- Macaulay, I.C., Svensson, V., Labalette, C., Ferreira, L., Hamey, F., Voet, T., Teichmann, S.A., Cvejic, A.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-160126-10
- Date
- 2016
- Source
- Cell Reports 14(4): 966-77 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
-
- Animals
- Cell Lineage
- Computer Simulation
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental*
- Hematopoiesis*
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells/cytology
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells/metabolism*
- Sequence Analysis, RNA
- Single-Cell Analysis
- Transcriptome*
- Zebrafish
- PubMed
- 26804912 Full text @ Cell Rep.
Citation
Macaulay, I.C., Svensson, V., Labalette, C., Ferreira, L., Hamey, F., Voet, T., Teichmann, S.A., Cvejic, A. (2016) Single-Cell RNA-Sequencing Reveals a Continuous Spectrum of Differentiation in Hematopoietic Cells. Cell Reports. 14(4):966-77.
Abstract
The transcriptional programs that govern hematopoiesis have been investigated primarily by population-level analysis of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells, which cannot reveal the continuous nature of the differentiation process. Here we applied single-cell RNA-sequencing to a population of hematopoietic cells in zebrafish as they undergo thrombocyte lineage commitment. By reconstructing their developmental chronology computationally, we were able to place each cell along a continuum from stem cell to mature cell, refining the traditional lineage tree. The progression of cells along this continuum is characterized by a highly coordinated transcriptional program, displaying simultaneous suppression of genes involved in cell proliferation and ribosomal biogenesis as the expression of lineage specific genes increases. Within this program, there is substantial heterogeneity in the expression of the key lineage regulators. Overall, the total number of genes expressed, as well as the total mRNA content of the cell, decreases as the cells undergo lineage commitment.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping