Single-Cell RNA-Seq Analysis Maps Development of Human Germline Cells and Gonadal Niche Interactions.

Abstract:

:Human fetal germ cells (FGCs) are precursors to sperm and eggs and are crucial for maintenance of the species. However, the developmental trajectories and heterogeneity of human FGCs remain largely unknown. Here we performed single-cell RNA-seq analysis of over 2,000 FGCs and their gonadal niche cells in female and male human embryos spanning several developmental stages. We found that female FGCs undergo four distinct sequential phases characterized by mitosis, retinoic acid signaling, meiotic prophase, and oogenesis. Male FGCs develop through stages of migration, mitosis, and cell-cycle arrest. Individual embryos of both sexes simultaneously contain several subpopulations, highlighting the asynchronous and heterogeneous nature of FGC development. Moreover, we observed reciprocal signaling interactions between FGCs and their gonadal niche cells, including activation of the bone morphogenic protein (BMP) and Notch signaling pathways. Our work provides key insights into the crucial features of human FGCs during their highly ordered mitotic, meiotic, and gametogenetic processes in vivo.

journal_name

Cell Stem Cell

journal_title

Cell stem cell

authors

Li L,Dong J,Yan L,Yong J,Liu X,Hu Y,Fan X,Wu X,Guo H,Wang X,Zhu X,Li R,Yan J,Wei Y,Zhao Y,Wang W,Ren Y,Yuan P,Yan Z,Hu B,Guo F,Wen L,Tang F,Qiao J

doi

10.1016/j.stem.2017.03.007

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-06-01 00:00:00

pages

858-873.e4

issue

6

eissn

1934-5909

issn

1875-9777

pii

S1934-5909(17)30078-4

journal_volume

20

pub_type

杂志文章
  • High-Throughput Screening Enhances Kidney Organoid Differentiation from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells and Enables Automated Multidimensional Phenotyping.

    abstract::Organoids derived from human pluripotent stem cells are a potentially powerful tool for high-throughput screening (HTS), but the complexity of organoid cultures poses a significant challenge for miniaturization and automation. Here, we present a fully automated, HTS-compatible platform for enhanced differentiation and...

    journal_title:Cell stem cell

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.stem.2018.04.022

    authors: Czerniecki SM,Cruz NM,Harder JL,Menon R,Annis J,Otto EA,Gulieva RE,Islas LV,Kim YK,Tran LM,Martins TJ,Pippin JW,Fu H,Kretzler M,Shankland SJ,Himmelfarb J,Moon RT,Paragas N,Freedman BS

    更新日期:2018-06-01 00:00:00

  • Tet1 regulates adult hippocampal neurogenesis and cognition.

    abstract::DNA hydroxylation catalyzed by Tet dioxygenases occurs abundantly in embryonic stem cells and neurons in mammals. However, its biological function in vivo is largely unknown. Here, we demonstrate that Tet1 plays an important role in regulating neural progenitor cell proliferation in adult mouse brain. Mice lacking Tet...

    journal_title:Cell stem cell

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.stem.2013.05.006

    authors: Zhang RR,Cui QY,Murai K,Lim YC,Smith ZD,Jin S,Ye P,Rosa L,Lee YK,Wu HP,Liu W,Xu ZM,Yang L,Ding YQ,Tang F,Meissner A,Ding C,Shi Y,Xu GL

    更新日期:2013-08-01 00:00:00

  • Stem cell RNA epigenetics: m(6)arking your territory.

    abstract::Modifications of mRNAs can have a profound effect on cellular function and differentiation. In this issue of Cell Stem Cell, Batista et al. (2014) describe fundamental parameters of N(6)-methyl-adenosine modification of mRNAs in embryonic stem cells and provide strong evidence that modification plays a role in exit fr...

    journal_title:Cell stem cell

    pub_type: 评论,杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.stem.2014.11.011

    authors: Jalkanen AL,Wilusz J

    更新日期:2014-12-04 00:00:00

  • Hominoid-Specific Transposable Elements and KZFPs Facilitate Human Embryonic Genome Activation and Control Transcription in Naive Human ESCs.

    abstract::Expansion of transposable elements (TEs) coincides with evolutionary shifts in gene expression. TEs frequently harbor binding sites for transcriptional regulators, thus enabling coordinated genome-wide activation of species- and context-specific gene expression programs, but such regulation must be balanced against th...

    journal_title:Cell stem cell

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.stem.2019.03.012

    authors: Pontis J,Planet E,Offner S,Turelli P,Duc J,Coudray A,Theunissen TW,Jaenisch R,Trono D

    更新日期:2019-05-02 00:00:00

  • Pluripotency on Lockdown after Deletion of Three Transcription Regulators.

    abstract::Exit from the naive pluripotent state occurs through a series of changes in the gene regulatory circuitry, allowing cells to become primed for lineage commitment. In this issue of Cell Stem Cell, Kalkan et al. (2019) show that three transcription regulators are required for naive mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs) to e...

    journal_title:Cell stem cell

    pub_type: 评论,杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.stem.2019.04.008

    authors: Mitchell JA

    更新日期:2019-05-02 00:00:00

  • Division-coupled astrocytic differentiation and age-related depletion of neural stem cells in the adult hippocampus.

    abstract::Production of new neurons in the adult hippocampus decreases with age; this decline may underlie age-related cognitive impairment. Here we show that continuous depletion of the neural stem cell pool, as a consequence of their division, may contribute to the age-related decrease in hippocampal neurogenesis. Our results...

    journal_title:Cell stem cell

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.stem.2011.03.010

    authors: Encinas JM,Michurina TV,Peunova N,Park JH,Tordo J,Peterson DA,Fishell G,Koulakov A,Enikolopov G

    更新日期:2011-05-06 00:00:00

  • No monkeying around: clonal tracking of stem cells and progenitors in the macaque.

    abstract::Clonal tracking of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) has proven valuable for studying their behavior in murine recipients. Now in Cell Stem Cell, Kim et al. (2014) and Wu et al. (2014) extend these analyses to nonhuman primates, providing insights into dynamics of HSPC expansion and lineage commitment fo...

    journal_title:Cell stem cell

    pub_type: 评论,杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.stem.2014.03.006

    authors: Dykstra B,Bystrykh LV

    更新日期:2014-04-03 00:00:00

  • Generation of functional thymic epithelium from human embryonic stem cells that supports host T cell development.

    abstract::Inducing immune tolerance to prevent rejection is a key step toward successful engraftment of stem-cell-derived tissue in a clinical setting. Using human pluripotent stem cells to generate thymic epithelial cells (TECs) capable of supporting T cell development represents a promising approach to reach this goal; howeve...

    journal_title:Cell stem cell

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.stem.2013.04.004

    authors: Parent AV,Russ HA,Khan IS,LaFlam TN,Metzger TC,Anderson MS,Hebrok M

    更新日期:2013-08-01 00:00:00

  • Development of Hematopoietic Stem Cell-Engineered Invariant Natural Killer T Cell Therapy for Cancer.

    abstract::Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells are potent immune cells for targeting cancer; however, their clinical application has been hindered by their low numbers in cancer patients. Here, we developed a proof-of-concept for hematopoietic stem cell-engineered iNKT (HSC-iNKT) cell therapy with the potential to provide th...

    journal_title:Cell stem cell

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.stem.2019.08.004

    authors: Zhu Y,Smith DJ,Zhou Y,Li YR,Yu J,Lee D,Wang YC,Di Biase S,Wang X,Hardoy C,Ku J,Tsao T,Lin LJ,Pham AT,Moon H,McLaughlin J,Cheng D,Hollis RP,Campo-Fernandez B,Urbinati F,Wei L,Pang L,Rezek V,Berent-Maoz B,Ma

    更新日期:2019-10-03 00:00:00

  • Deletion of the developmentally essential gene ATR in adult mice leads to age-related phenotypes and stem cell loss.

    abstract::Developmental abnormalities, cancer, and premature aging each have been linked to defects in the DNA damage response (DDR). Mutations in the ATR checkpoint regulator cause developmental defects in mice (pregastrulation lethality) and humans (Seckel syndrome). Here we show that eliminating ATR in adult mice leads to de...

    journal_title:Cell stem cell

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.stem.2007.03.002

    authors: Ruzankina Y,Pinzon-Guzman C,Asare A,Ong T,Pontano L,Cotsarelis G,Zediak VP,Velez M,Bhandoola A,Brown EJ

    更新日期:2007-06-07 00:00:00

  • Position statement on the provision and procurement of human eggs for stem cell research.

    abstract::The nature of compensation for women who donate eggs (oocytes) for research remains a contentious issue internationally. This position paper lays out the arguments for, and discusses the arrangements in which, a modest payment might be ethically justifiable. ...

    journal_title:Cell stem cell

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.stem.2013.02.002

    authors: Haimes E,Skene L,Ballantyne AJ,Caulfield T,Goldstein LS,Hyun I,Kimmelman J,Robert JS,Roxland BE,Scott CT,Solbakk JH,Sugarman J,Taylor PL,Testa G,ISSCR.

    更新日期:2013-03-07 00:00:00

  • Complex Oscillatory Waves Emerging from Cortical Organoids Model Early Human Brain Network Development.

    abstract::Structural and transcriptional changes during early brain maturation follow fixed developmental programs defined by genetics. However, whether this is true for functional network activity remains unknown, primarily due to experimental inaccessibility of the initial stages of the living human brain. Here, we developed ...

    journal_title:Cell stem cell

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.stem.2019.08.002

    authors: Trujillo CA,Gao R,Negraes PD,Gu J,Buchanan J,Preissl S,Wang A,Wu W,Haddad GG,Chaim IA,Domissy A,Vandenberghe M,Devor A,Yeo GW,Voytek B,Muotri AR

    更新日期:2019-10-03 00:00:00

  • Single-Cell Transcriptomics Meets Lineage Tracing.

    abstract::Reconstructing lineage relationships between cells within a tissue or organism is a long-standing aim in biology. Traditionally, lineage tracing has been achieved through the (genetic) labeling of a cell followed by the tracking of its offspring. Currently, lineage trajectories can also be predicted using single-cell ...

    journal_title:Cell stem cell

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1016/j.stem.2018.04.014

    authors: Kester L,van Oudenaarden A

    更新日期:2018-08-02 00:00:00

  • Spatially Restricted Stromal Wnt Signaling Restrains Prostate Epithelial Progenitor Growth through Direct and Indirect Mechanisms.

    abstract::Cell-autonomous Wnt signaling has well-characterized functions in controlling stem cell activity, including in the prostate. While niche cells secrete Wnt ligands, the effects of Wnt signaling in niche cells per se are less understood. Here, we show that stromal cells in the proximal prostatic duct near the urethra, a...

    journal_title:Cell stem cell

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.stem.2019.03.010

    authors: Wei X,Zhang L,Zhou Z,Kwon OJ,Zhang Y,Nguyen H,Dumpit R,True L,Nelson P,Dong B,Xue W,Birchmeier W,Taketo MM,Xu F,Creighton CJ,Ittmann MM,Xin L

    更新日期:2019-05-02 00:00:00

  • iPSCs to the rescue in Alzheimer's research.

    abstract::A crucial limitation to our understanding of Alzheimer's disease has been the inability to test hypotheses on live, patient-specific neurons. A recent study in Nature by Israel et al. (2012) reports that iPSC-derived neurons from AD patients recapitulate multiple aspects of disease pathology. ...

    journal_title:Cell stem cell

    pub_type: 评论,杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.stem.2012.02.011

    authors: Choi SH,Tanzi RE

    更新日期:2012-03-02 00:00:00

  • Human Naive Pluripotent Stem Cells Model X Chromosome Dampening and X Inactivation.

    abstract::Naive human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) can be derived from primed hESCs or directly from blastocysts, but their X chromosome state has remained unresolved. Here, we show that the inactive X chromosome (Xi) of primed hESCs was reactivated in naive culture conditions. Like cells of the blastocyst, the resulting naive ...

    journal_title:Cell stem cell

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.stem.2016.10.006

    authors: Sahakyan A,Kim R,Chronis C,Sabri S,Bonora G,Theunissen TW,Kuoy E,Langerman J,Clark AT,Jaenisch R,Plath K

    更新日期:2017-01-05 00:00:00

  • Inhibition of Aberrant DNA Re-methylation Improves Post-implantation Development of Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Embryos.

    abstract::Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) enables cloning of differentiated cells by reprogramming their nuclei to a totipotent state. However, successful full-term development of SCNT embryos is a low-efficiency process and arrested embryos frequently exhibit epigenetic abnormalities. Here, we generated genome-wide DNA me...

    journal_title:Cell stem cell

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.stem.2018.07.017

    authors: Gao R,Wang C,Gao Y,Xiu W,Chen J,Kou X,Zhao Y,Liao Y,Bai D,Qiao Z,Yang L,Wang M,Zang R,Liu X,Jia Y,Li Y,Zhang Y,Yin J,Wang H,Wan X,Liu W,Zhang Y,Gao S

    更新日期:2018-09-06 00:00:00

  • Directed differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into functional retinal pigment epithelium cells.

    abstract::Dysfunction and loss of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) leads to degeneration of photoreceptors in age-related macular degeneration and subtypes of retinitis pigmentosa. Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) may serve as an unlimited source of RPE cells for transplantation in these blinding conditions. Here we show the ...

    journal_title:Cell stem cell

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.stem.2009.07.002

    authors: Idelson M,Alper R,Obolensky A,Ben-Shushan E,Hemo I,Yachimovich-Cohen N,Khaner H,Smith Y,Wiser O,Gropp M,Cohen MA,Even-Ram S,Berman-Zaken Y,Matzrafi L,Rechavi G,Banin E,Reubinoff B

    更新日期:2009-10-02 00:00:00

  • 3D Modeling of Esophageal Development using Human PSC-Derived Basal Progenitors Reveals a Critical Role for Notch Signaling.

    abstract::Pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) could provide a powerful system to model development of the human esophagus, whose distinct tissue organization compared to rodent esophagus suggests that developmental mechanisms may not be conserved between species. We therefore established an efficient protocol for generating esophagea...

    journal_title:Cell stem cell

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.stem.2018.08.009

    authors: Zhang Y,Yang Y,Jiang M,Huang SX,Zhang W,Al Alam D,Danopoulos S,Mori M,Chen YW,Balasubramanian R,Chuva de Sousa Lopes SM,Serra C,Bialecka M,Kim E,Lin S,Toste de Carvalho ALR,Riccio PN,Cardoso WV,Zhang X,Snoeck HW,Q

    更新日期:2018-10-04 00:00:00

  • This niche is a maze; an amazing niche.

    abstract::The cellular identity of niche cells that regulate hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) self-renewal and differentiation has been debated for several years. Two recent studies in Nature (Ding and Morrison, 2013; Greenbaum et al., 2013) have shed light into the bone marrow stromal subsets making CXCL12, a chemokine critical f...

    journal_title:Cell stem cell

    pub_type: 评论,杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.stem.2013.03.012

    authors: Hanoun M,Frenette PS

    更新日期:2013-04-04 00:00:00

  • Reprogramming can be a transforming experience.

    abstract::Since the inception of nuclear reprogramming, the parallels between this process and tumorigenesis have become increasingly apparent. Recent studies by Abad et al. and Ohnishi et al. have now formalized this connection by demonstrating that the same transcription factors used for reprogramming to pluripotency drive tu...

    journal_title:Cell stem cell

    pub_type: 评论,杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.stem.2014.02.003

    authors: Hobbs RM,Polo JM

    更新日期:2014-03-06 00:00:00

  • On the streets of San Francisco: highlights from the ISSCR Annual Meeting 2010.

    abstract::The 2010 Annual Meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) was held in San Francisco in June with an exciting program covering a wealth of stem cell research from basic science to clinical research. ...

    journal_title:Cell stem cell

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.stem.2010.09.002

    authors: Elefanty AG,Blelloch R,Passegué E,Wernig M,Mummery CL

    更新日期:2010-10-08 00:00:00

  • Wnt-related molecules and signaling pathway equilibrium in hematopoiesis.

    abstract::There is near consensus that Wnt family molecules establish important gradients within niches where hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) reside. We review recent papers suggesting that a delicate balance is required between competing Wnt ligands and corresponding signaling pathways to maintain HSC integrity. Some steps in t...

    journal_title:Cell stem cell

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1016/j.stem.2008.12.004

    authors: Malhotra S,Kincade PW

    更新日期:2009-01-09 00:00:00

  • DNA-damage response in tissue-specific and cancer stem cells.

    abstract::Recent studies have shown that tissue-specific stem cells (SCs) found throughout the body respond differentially to DNA damage. In this review, we will discuss how different SC populations sense and functionally respond to DNA damage, identify various common and distinct mechanisms utilized by tissue-specific SCs to a...

    journal_title:Cell stem cell

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1016/j.stem.2010.12.012

    authors: Blanpain C,Mohrin M,Sotiropoulou PA,Passegué E

    更新日期:2011-01-07 00:00:00

  • Tet3 and DNA replication mediate demethylation of both the maternal and paternal genomes in mouse zygotes.

    abstract::With the exception of imprinted genes and certain repeats, DNA methylation is globally erased during preimplantation development. Recent studies have suggested that Tet3-mediated oxidation of 5-methylcytosine (5mC) and DNA replication-dependent dilution both contribute to global paternal DNA demethylation, but demethy...

    journal_title:Cell stem cell

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.stem.2014.09.002

    authors: Shen L,Inoue A,He J,Liu Y,Lu F,Zhang Y

    更新日期:2014-10-02 00:00:00

  • Stem cells to insulin secreting cells: two steps forward and now a time to pause?

    abstract::Two groups recently reported the in vitro differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into insulin-secreting cells, achieving an elusive goal for regenerative medicine. Herein we provide a perspective regarding these developments, compare phenotypes of the insulin-containing cells to human β cells, and discuss impli...

    journal_title:Cell stem cell

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.stem.2014.10.012

    authors: Kushner JA,MacDonald PE,Atkinson MA

    更新日期:2014-11-06 00:00:00

  • The adult Drosophila malpighian tubules are maintained by multipotent stem cells.

    abstract::All animals must excrete the waste products of metabolism. Excretion is performed by the kidney in vertebrates and by the Malpighian tubules in Drosophila. The mammalian kidney has an inherent ability for recovery and regeneration after ischemic injury. Stem cells and progenitor cells have been proposed to be responsi...

    journal_title:Cell stem cell

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.stem.2007.07.003

    authors: Singh SR,Liu W,Hou SX

    更新日期:2007-08-16 00:00:00

  • KDR identifies a conserved human and murine hepatic progenitor and instructs early liver development.

    abstract::Understanding the fetal hepatic niche is essential for optimizing the generation of functional hepatocyte-like cells (hepatic cells) from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). Here, we show that KDR (VEGFR2/FLK-1), previously assumed to be mostly restricted to mesodermal lineages, marks a hESC-derived hepatic progenitor...

    journal_title:Cell stem cell

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.stem.2013.04.026

    authors: Goldman O,Han S,Sourisseau M,Dziedzic N,Hamou W,Corneo B,D'Souza S,Sato T,Kotton DN,Bissig KD,Kalir T,Jacobs A,Evans T,Evans MJ,Gouon-Evans V

    更新日期:2013-06-06 00:00:00

  • Establishment of endoderm progenitors by SOX transcription factor expression in human embryonic stem cells.

    abstract::In this study, we explore endoderm cell fate regulation through the expression of lineage-determining transcription factors. We demonstrate that stable endoderm progenitors can be established from human ES cells by constitutive expression of SOX7 or SOX17, producing extraembryonic endoderm and definitive endoderm prog...

    journal_title:Cell stem cell

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.stem.2008.06.018

    authors: Séguin CA,Draper JS,Nagy A,Rossant J

    更新日期:2008-08-07 00:00:00

  • Nodal/Activin signaling drives self-renewal and tumorigenicity of pancreatic cancer stem cells and provides a target for combined drug therapy.

    abstract::Nodal and Activin belong to the TGF-β superfamily and are important regulators of embryonic stem cell fate. Here we investigated whether Nodal and Activin regulate self-renewal of pancreatic cancer stem cells. Nodal and Activin were hardly detectable in more differentiated pancreatic cancer cells, while cancer stem ce...

    journal_title:Cell stem cell

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.stem.2011.10.001

    authors: Lonardo E,Hermann PC,Mueller MT,Huber S,Balic A,Miranda-Lorenzo I,Zagorac S,Alcala S,Rodriguez-Arabaolaza I,Ramirez JC,Torres-Ruíz R,Garcia E,Hidalgo M,Cebrián DÁ,Heuchel R,Löhr M,Berger F,Bartenstein P,Aicher A,Hee

    更新日期:2011-11-04 00:00:00