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Adrenergic signaling stimulates body-wide stem cell activation for limb regeneration (ATAC-Seq)

ABSTRACT: In axolotls, stem cells are systemically prompted to re-enter the cell cycle upon amputation. We sought to identify whether the proliferating cells of the systemically-activated limbs are epigenetically different from those of homeostatic limbs. identify which cells drive systemic-activation response in the limbs distant to the amputation.

ORGANISM(S): Ambystoma mexicanum

PROVIDER: GSE232080 | GEO | 2023/05/13

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:10X sequencing of immune cells and limb regeneratesImmune cells are known to be critical for successful limb regeneration in the axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum), but many details regarding their identity, behavior, and function are yet to be resolved. We isolated peripheral leukocytes from the blood of adult axolotls and then created two samples for single-cell sequencing: 1) peripheral leukocytes (N = 7,889) and 2) peripheral leukocytes with presumptive macrophages from the intraperitoneal cavity (N = 4,998). Using k-means clustering, we identified 6 cell populations from each sample that presented gene expression patterns indicative of erythrocyte, thrombocyte, neutrophil, B-cell, T-cell, and myeloid cell populations. A seventh, presumptive macrophage cell population was identified uniquely from sample 2. We then isolated cells from amputated axolotl limbs at 1 and 6 days post-amputation (DPA) and performed single cell sequencing (N = 8,272 and 9,906 cells respectively) to identify immune and non-immune cell populations. Using k-means clustering, we identified 8 cell populations overall, with the majority of cells expressing erythrocyte specific genes. Even though erythrocytes predominated, we used an unbiased approach to identify infiltrating neutrophil, macrophage, and lymphocyte populations at both time points. Additionally, populations expressing genes for epidermal cells, fibroblast-like cells, and endothelial cells were also identified. Consistent with results from previous experimental studies, neutrophils were more abundant at 1 DPA than 6 DPA, while macrophages and non-immune cells exhibited inverse abundance patterns. Of note, we identified a small population of fibroblast-like cells at 1 DPA that was represented by considerably more cells at 6 DPA. We hypothesize that these are early progenitor cells that give rise to the blastema. The enriched gene sets from our work will aid future single-cell investigations of immune cell diversity and function during axolotl limb regeneration.

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Adrenergic signaling stimulates body-wide stem cell activation for limb regeneration (ATAC-Seq)

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