Title | Single-Cell Analysis of the Muscle Stem Cell Hierarchy Identifies Heterotypic Communication Signals Involved in Skeletal Muscle Regeneration. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2020 |
Authors | De Micheli AJ, Laurilliard EJ, Heinke CL, Ravichandran H, Fraczek P, Soueid-Baumgarten S, De Vlaminck I, Elemento O, Cosgrove BD |
Journal | Cell Rep |
Volume | 30 |
Issue | 10 |
Pagination | 3583-3595.e5 |
Date Published | 2020 Mar 10 |
ISSN | 2211-1247 |
Abstract | Muscle regeneration relies on the regulation of muscle stem cells (MuSCs) through paracrine signaling interactions. We analyzed muscle regeneration in mice using single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) and generated over 34,000 single-cell transcriptomes spanning four time-points. We identified 15 distinct cell types including heterogenous populations of muscle stem and progenitor cells. We resolved a hierarchical map of these myogenic cells by trajectory inference and observed stage-specific regulatory programs within this continuum. Through ligand-receptor interaction analysis, we identified over 100 candidate regeneration-associated paracrine communication pairs between MuSCs and non-myogenic cells. We show that myogenic stem/progenitor cells exhibit heterogeneous expression of multiple Syndecan proteins in cycling myogenic cells, suggesting that Syndecans may coordinate myogenic fate regulation. We performed ligand stimulation in vitro and confirmed that three paracrine factors (FGF2, TGFβ1, and RSPO3) regulate myogenic cell proliferation in a Syndecan-dependent manner. Our study provides a scRNA-seq reference resource to investigate cell communication interactions in muscle regeneration. |
DOI | 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.02.067 |
Alternate Journal | Cell Rep |
PubMed ID | 32160558 |
PubMed Central ID | PMC7091476 |
Grant List | DP2 AI138242 / AI / NIAID NIH HHS / United States R00 AG042491 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States R01 AG058630 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States |