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Bump P, Lubeck L. Marine Invertebrates One Cell at A Time: Insights from Single-Cell Analysis. Integr Comp Biol 2023; 63:999-1009. [PMID: 37188638 PMCID: PMC10714908 DOI: 10.1093/icb/icad034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Revised: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 05/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023] Open
Abstract
Over the past decade, single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) has made it possible to study the cellular diversity of a broad range of organisms. Technological advances in single-cell isolation and sequencing have expanded rapidly, allowing the transcriptomic profile of individual cells to be captured. As a result, there has been an explosion of cell type atlases created for many different marine invertebrate species from across the tree of life. Our focus in this review is to synthesize current literature on marine invertebrate scRNA-seq. Specifically, we provide perspectives on key insights from scRNA-seq studies, including descriptive studies of cell type composition, how cells respond in dynamic processes such as development and regeneration, and the evolution of new cell types. Despite these tremendous advances, there also lie several challenges ahead. We discuss the important considerations that are essential when making comparisons between experiments, or between datasets from different species. Finally, we address the future of single-cell analyses in marine invertebrates, including combining scRNA-seq data with other 'omics methods to get a fuller understanding of cellular complexities. The full diversity of cell types across marine invertebrates remains unknown and understanding this diversity and evolution will provide rich areas for future study.
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- Paul Bump
- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- Department of Biology, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, USA
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Huang X, Ren Q, Wang Y, Shimeld SM, Li G. Amphioxus Gli knockout disrupts the development of left-right asymmetry but has limited impact on neural patterning. MARINE LIFE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2023; 5:492-499. [PMID: 38045549 PMCID: PMC10689630 DOI: 10.1007/s42995-023-00195-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
Abstract
The Gli transcription factors are the primary mediators of Hedgehog (Hh) signaling. Vertebrate genomes contain multiple Gli paralogues with different functions downstream of Hh signal receipt, in part explaining the complexity of cellular responses to Hh that allow concentration-dependent target gene activation. Amphioxus is a chordate that split from the vertebrate lineage early in the evolution of chordates, before the genome duplications that occurred in early vertebrate evolution. It has a single Gli gene whose transcripts can be alternately spliced to yield two protein isoforms called GliS and GliL. We generated two knockout mutations in amphioxus Gli, one that affects the whole gene and a second that only affects GliL. Both knockouts showed major morphological and molecular defects in the development of left-right asymmetry, a phenotype that is similar but not identical to that previously found in Hh mutants. Hh signaling also patterns the amphioxus neural tube. Here, however, knockout of GliL showed no identifiable phenotype, while knockout of the full gene showed only small changes to the expression of one gene family, Olig. Other genes that were prominently affected by Hh knockout were not altered in expression in either knockout. Reasons for the differences between Hh and Gli knockouts in the pharynx and neural tube are discussed in the context of the likely different functions of amphioxus Gli isoforms. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s42995-023-00195-w.
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- Xin Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005 China
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Arimoto A, Nishitsuji K, Hisata K, Satoh N, Tagawa K. Transcriptomic evidence for Brachyury expression in the caudal tip region of adult Ptychodera flava (Hemichordata). Dev Growth Differ 2023; 65:470-480. [PMID: 37483093 DOI: 10.1111/dgd.12882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Revised: 06/27/2023] [Accepted: 07/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023]
Abstract
Most metazoans have a single copy of the T-box transcription factor gene Brachyury. This gene is expressed in cells of the blastopore of late blastulae and the archenteron invagination region of gastrulae. It appears to be crucial for gastrulation and mesoderm differentiation of embryos. Although this expression pattern is shared by most deuterostomes, Brachyury expression has not been reported in adult stages. Here we show that Brachyury of an indirect developer, the hemichordate acorn worm Ptychodera flava, is expressed not only in embryonic cells, but also in cells of the caudal tip (anus) region of adults. This spatially restricted expression, shown by whole-mount in situ hybridization, was confirmed by Iso-Seq RNA sequencing and single-cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) analysis. Iso-Seq analysis showed that gene expression occurs only in the caudal region of adults, but not in anterior regions, including the stomochord. scRNA-seq analysis showed a cluster that contained Brachyury-expressing cells comprising epidermis- and mesoderm-related cells, but which is unlikely to be associated with the nervous system or muscle. Although further investigation is required to examine the roles of Brachyury in adults, this study provides important clues for extending studies on Brachyury expression involved in development of the most posterior region of deuterostomes.
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- Asuka Arimoto
- Marine Biological Laboratory, Blue Innovation Division, Seto Inland Sea Carbon-neutral Research Center, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan
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- Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan
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- Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan
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- Marine Biological Laboratory, Blue Innovation Division, Seto Inland Sea Carbon-neutral Research Center, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Maulana Malik Ibrahim State Islamic University of Malang, Kota Malang, Indonesia
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Vetrova AA, Kupaeva DM, Kizenko A, Lebedeva TS, Walentek P, Tsikolia N, Kremnyov SV. The evolutionary history of Brachyury genes in Hydrozoa involves duplications, divergence, and neofunctionalization. Sci Rep 2023; 13:9382. [PMID: 37296138 PMCID: PMC10256749 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-35979-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
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Brachyury, a member of T-box gene family, is widely known for its major role in mesoderm specification in bilaterians. It is also present in non-bilaterian metazoans, such as cnidarians, where it acts as a component of an axial patterning system. In this study, we present a phylogenetic analysis of Brachyury genes within phylum Cnidaria, investigate differential expression and address a functional framework of Brachyury paralogs in hydrozoan Dynamena pumila. Our analysis indicates two duplication events of Brachyury within the cnidarian lineage. The first duplication likely appeared in the medusozoan ancestor, resulting in two copies in medusozoans, while the second duplication arose in the hydrozoan ancestor, resulting in three copies in hydrozoans. Brachyury1 and 2 display a conservative expression pattern marking the oral pole of the body axis in D. pumila. On the contrary, Brachyury3 expression was detected in scattered presumably nerve cells of the D. pumila larva. Pharmacological modulations indicated that Brachyury3 is not under regulation of cWnt signaling in contrast to the other two Brachyury genes. Divergence in expression patterns and regulation suggest neofunctionalization of Brachyury3 in hydrozoans.
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- Alexandra A Vetrova
- Laboratory of Morphogenesis Evolution, Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology RAS, Vavilova 26, Moscow, 119334, Russia
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- Department of Embryology, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskiye Gory 1/12, Moscow, 119234, Russia
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), Am Campus 1, 3400, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Department for Molecular Evolution and Development, Centre of Organismal Systems Biology, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Renal Division, Internal Medicine IV, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, 79106, Freiburg, Germany
- CIBSS-Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy and Embryology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Kreuzbergring 36, 37085, Göttingen, Germany
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- Laboratory of Morphogenesis Evolution, Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology RAS, Vavilova 26, Moscow, 119334, Russia.
- Department of Embryology, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskiye Gory 1/12, Moscow, 119234, Russia.
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Meister L, Escriva H, Bertrand S. Functions of the FGF signalling pathway in cephalochordates provide insight into the evolution of the prechordal plate. Development 2022; 149:275365. [PMID: 35575387 PMCID: PMC9188755 DOI: 10.1242/dev.200252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2021] [Accepted: 04/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signalling pathway plays various roles during vertebrate embryogenesis, from mesoderm formation to brain patterning. This diversity of functions relies on the fact that vertebrates possess the largest FGF gene complement among metazoans. In the cephalochordate amphioxus, which belongs to the chordate clade together with vertebrates and tunicates, we have previously shown that the main role of FGF during early development is the control of rostral somite formation. Inhibition of this signalling pathway induces the loss of these structures, resulting in an embryo without anterior segmented mesoderm, as in the vertebrate head. Here, by combining several approaches, we show that the anterior presumptive paraxial mesoderm cells acquire an anterior axial fate when FGF signal is inhibited and that they are later incorporated in the anterior notochord. Our analysis of notochord formation in wild type and in embryos in which FGF signalling is inhibited also reveals that amphioxus anterior notochord presents transient prechordal plate features. Altogether, our results give insight into how changes in FGF functions during chordate evolution might have participated to the emergence of the complex vertebrate head. Summary: FGF signalling inhibition in cephalochordates induces a loss of anteriormost somites. After FGFR inhibition, the presomitic anterior region cells are incorporated in the anterior notochord which transiently present prechordal plate features.
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- Lydvina Meister
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Biologie Intégrative des Organismes Marins, BIOM, F-66650 Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Biologie Intégrative des Organismes Marins, BIOM, F-66650 Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Biologie Intégrative des Organismes Marins, BIOM, F-66650 Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
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Satoh N, Tominaga H, Kiyomoto M, Hisata K, Inoue J, Nishitsuji K. A Preliminary Single-Cell RNA-Seq Analysis of Embryonic Cells That Express Brachyury in the Amphioxus, Branchiostoma japonicum. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:696875. [PMID: 34336847 PMCID: PMC8321703 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.696875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2021] [Accepted: 06/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Among chordate taxa, the cephalochordates diverged earlier than urochordates and vertebrates; thus, they retain unique, primitive developmental features. In particular, the amphioxus notochord has muscle-like properties, a feature not seen in urochordates or vertebrates. Amphioxus contains two Brachyury genes, Bra1 and Bra2. Bra2 is reportedly expressed in the blastopore, notochord, somites, and tail bud, in contrast to a low level of Bra1 expression only in notochord. To distinguish the expression profiles of the two Brachyury genes at the single-cell level, we carried out single-cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) analysis using the amphioxus, Branchiostoma japonicum. This scRNA-seq analysis classified B. japonicum embryonic cells into 15 clusters at developmental stages from midgastrula to early swimming larva. Brachyury was expressed in cells of clusters 4, 5, 8, and 9. We first confirmed that cluster 8 comprises cells that form somites since this cluster specifically expresses four myogenic factor genes. Cluster 9 contains a larger number of cells with high levels of Bra2 expression and a smaller number of cells with Bra1 expression. Simultaneous expression in cluster 9 of tool-kit genes, including FoxA, Goosecoid, and hedgehog, showed that this cluster comprises cells that form the notochord. Expression of Bra2, but not Bra1, in cells of clusters 4 and 5 at the gastrula stage together with expression of Wnt1 and Caudal indicates that clusters 4 and 5 comprise cells of the blastopore, which contiguously form the tail bud. In addition, Hox1, Hox3, and Hox4 were highly expressed in Bra2-expressing clusters 4, 5, 8, and 9 in a temporally coordinated manner, suggesting roles of anterior Hox genes in specification of mesodermal organs, including somites, notochord, and tail bud. This scRNA-seq analysis therefore highlights differences between the two Brachyury genes in relation to embryonic regions in which they are expressed and their levels of expression. Bra2 is the ancestral Brachyury in amphioxus, since expression in the blastopore is shared with other deuterostomes. On the other hand, Bra1 is a duplicate copy and likely evolved a supplementary function in notochord and somite formation in the Branchiostoma lineage.
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- Noriyuki Satoh
- Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan
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- Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan
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- Tateyama Marine Laboratory, Marine and Coastal Research Center, Ochanomizu University, Chiba, Japan
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- Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan
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- Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Chiba, Japan
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- Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan
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