Molecular architecture of the developing mouse brain.

La Manno, Gioele, Siletti, Kimberly, Furlan, Alessandro, Gyllborg, Daniel, Vinsland, Elin, Mossi Albiach, Alejandro, Mattsson Langseth, Christoffer, Khven, Irina, Lederer, Alex R, Dratva, Lisa M, Johnsson, Anna, Nilsson, Mats, Lönnerberg, Peter, Linnarsson, Sten (July 2021) Molecular architecture of the developing mouse brain. Nature. ISSN 0028-0836

Abstract

The mammalian brain develops through a complex interplay of spatial cues generated by diffusible morphogens, cell-cell interactions and intrinsic genetic programs that result in probably more than a thousand distinct cell types. A complete understanding of this process requires a systematic characterization of cell states over the entire spatiotemporal range of brain development. The ability of single-cell RNA sequencing and spatial transcriptomics to reveal the molecular heterogeneity of complex tissues has therefore been particularly powerful in the nervous system. Previous studies have explored development in specific brain regions1-8, the whole adult brain9 and even entire embryos10. Here we report a comprehensive single-cell transcriptomic atlas of the embryonic mouse brain between gastrulation and birth. We identified almost eight hundred cellular states that describe a developmental program for the functional elements of the brain and its enclosing membranes, including the early neuroepithelium, region-specific secondary organizers, and both neurogenic and gliogenic progenitors. We also used in situ mRNA sequencing to map the spatial expression patterns of key developmental genes. Integrating the in situ data with our single-cell clusters revealed the precise spatial organization of neural progenitors during the patterning of the nervous system.

Item Type: Paper
Subjects: bioinformatics
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics
organism description > animal
organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > organs types and functions > brain
organism description > animal > mammal
organism description > animal > mammal > rodent > mouse
neurobiology > neuroanatomy
neurobiology
organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > organs types and functions
organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions
organism description > animal > mammal > rodent
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > transcriptomes
CSHL Authors:
Communities: CSHL labs > Li lab
SWORD Depositor: CSHL Elements
Depositing User: CSHL Elements
Date: 28 July 2021
Date Deposited: 04 Aug 2021 13:22
Last Modified: 25 Jan 2024 14:42
URI: https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/40307

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