Project description:To investigate the influence of transcription factor knockouts in cell fate decision-making, we performed a CROP-seq screen of 20 transcription factors in brain organoids.
Project description:To investigate the heterogeneity during the neuroepithelial stage of organoid development, we performed a multiome experiment on day 15-18 old brain organoids
Project description:Here we have provided scRNAseq datasets of unguided human brain organoids. The organoids were sequenced as a 1) Timecourse, 2) With different extracellular matrix treatments, 3) chemical treatment and 4) from organoids ere generated with a gene knockout cell line. Brain organoids enable the mechanistic study of human brain development, and provide opportunities to explore self-organization in unconstrained developmental systems. We have established long-term, live light sheet microscopy on unguided brain organoids generated from fluorescently labeled human induced pluripotent stem cells, which enables tracking of tissue morphology, cell behaviors, and subcellular features over weeks of organoid development. Based on imaging and single-cell transcriptome modalities, we find that lumenal expansion and cell morphotype composition within the developing neuroepithelium are associated with modulation of gene expression programs involving extracellular matrix (ECM) pathway regulators and mechanosensing. We show that an extrinsically provided matrix enhances lumen expansion as well as telencephalon formation, and unguided organoids grown in the absence of an extrinsic matrix have altered morphologies with increased neural crest and caudalized tissue identity. Matrix induced regional guidance and lumen morphogenesis are linked to the WNT and Hippo (YAP1) signaling pathways, including spatially restricted induction of the Wnt Ligand Secretion Mediator (WLS) that marks the earliest emergence of non-telencephalic brain regions. Altogether, our work provides a new inroad into studying human brain morphodynamics, and supports a view that matrix-linked mechanosensing dynamics play a central role during brain regionalization.
Project description:Here we used human cortical brain organoids to probe the longitudinal impact of GSK3 inhibition through multiple developmental stages. Chronic GSK3 inhibition increased the proliferation of neural progenitors and caused massive derangement of cortical tissue architecture. Cortical organoids were differentiated as previously described (Paşca et al., 2015, doi: 10.1038/nmeth.3415.). Chronic GSK3 inhibition was performed by adding CHIR99021 (Merck SML1046) to the medium at day 0 (1 microM) and kept throughout the differentiation process until reaching the respective collection timepoints (day 50, day 100).
Project description:Data for reproducibility of Multiplexing cortical brain organoids for the longitudinal dissection of developmental traits at single cell resolution
Project description:In order to provide multi-omic resolution to human retinal organoid developmental dynamics, we performed scRNA-seq and scATAC-seq from the same cell suspension across a time course (6-46 weeks) of human retinal organoid development. This data set covers all the retinal organoid scRNA-seq data generated from IMR90 and409B2-iCas9 cell lines.
Project description:Human colorectal cancer organoids were treated with the TROP2-targeting antibody-drug conjugate Sacituzumab Govitecan (SG) or non-targeting control IgG1-SN-38. Samples were harvested at different time points under treatment {0h, 3h, 6h, 9h, 12h} as well as after drug washout at 12 h on the following time points {12h + 12h, 12h + 36h, 12h + 60h}. Samples were subjected to single-cell RNA-seq using sample hashtag multiplexing.
Project description:Here, we used single cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) to profile pluripotent stem cell derived human intestinal organoids (HIOs) grown in matrigel or a non-adhesive alginate hydrogel after 28 days of in vitro growth. Additionally, we used scRNA-seq to profile HIOs derived in the presence of Neuregulin 1 (NRG1) and/or EGF after 40 days of in vitro growth.
Project description:Chromodomain helicase DNA-binding 8 (CHD8) is one of the most frequently mutated genes causative of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). While its phenotypic spectrum often encompasses macrocephaly and hence implicates cortical abnormalities in this form of ASD, the neurodevelopmental impact of human CHD8 haploinsufficiency remains unexplored. Here we combined human cerebral organoids and single cell transcriptomics to define the effect of ASD-linked CHD8 mutations on human cortical development. We found that CHD8 haploinsufficiency causes a major disruption of neurodevelopmental trajectories with an accelerated generation of inhibitory neurons and a delayed production of excitatory neurons alongside the ensuing protraction of the proliferation phase. This imbalance may contribute to the significant enlargement of cerebral organoids in line with the macrocephaly observed in patients with CHD8 mutations. By adopting an isogenic design of patient-specific mutations and mosaic cerebral organoids, we define genotype-phenotype relationships and uncover their cell-autonomous nature. Finally, our results assign different CHD8-dependent molecular defects to particular cell types, pointing to an abnormal and extended program of proliferation and alternative splicing specifically affected in, respectively, the radial glial and immature neuronal compartments. By identifying temporally restricted cell-type specific effects of human CHD8 mutations, our study uncovers developmental alterations as reproducible endophenotypes for neurodevelopmental disease modelling.
Project description:Use of single-cell transcriptomics to test early HD selective vulnerability by comparing CTRL and HD telencephalic organoids at day 45 and 120 of differentiation. To test the influence and the interactions between healthy and HD cells, chimeric organoids composed of CTRL and HD cells juxtaposed within the same organoid were grown and analyzed by scRNAseq at day 120.