Project description:In order to understand the relationship between cellular diversity and pallium regions, single-nucleus RNA-seq (snRNA-seq) was performed in 3 microdissected regions from the axolotl pallium: medial, dorsal, and lateral.
Project description:The goal of this experiment is to track cellular regeneration after a dorsal injury to the axolotl pallium. To this end, we employed Div-seq, that is, performed snRNA-seq on cells labelled with EdU, which have thus recently replicated. We performed this in a time course, in order to observed the cell populations that were generated as regeneration progressed.
Project description:In order to understand the genomic and transcriptomic variability of the axolotl pallium, as well as reconstruct their intrinsic gene regulatory networks, we performed single-nucleus multiome sequencing (RNA and open chromatin) of whole axolotl pallium.
Project description:The amniote pallium contains sensory circuits structurally and functionally equivalent, yet their evolutionary relationshipremains unresolved. Our study employs birthdating analysis, single-cell RNA and spatial transcriptomics, and mathematical modeling to compare the development and evolution of known pallial circuits across birds (chick), lizards (gecko)and mammals (mouse). Wereveal that neurons within these circuits' stations are generated at varying developmental times and brain regions across species, and foundan early developmental divergence in the transcriptomic progression of glutamatergic neurons. Together, weshow divergent developmental and evolutionary trajectories in the pallial cell types of sauropsids and mammals. Our research highlights significant differences in circuit construction rules among species and pallial regions. Interestingly, despite these developmental distinctions, the sensory circuits in birds and mammals appear functionally similar, which suggestthe convergence ofhigh-order sensoryprocessing across amniote lineages.
Project description:Humans and other tetrapods are considered to require apical-ectodermal-ridge, AER, cells for limb development, and AER-like cells are suggested to be re-formed to initiate limb regeneration. Paradoxically, the presence of AER in the axolotl, the primary regeneration model organism, remains controversial. Here, by leveraging a single-cell transcriptomics-based multi-species atlas, composed of axolotl, human, mouse, chicken, and frog cells, we first established that axolotls contain cells with AER characteristics. Surprisingly, further analyses and spatial transcriptomics revealed that axolotl limbs do not fully re-form AER cells during regeneration. Moreover, the axolotl mesoderm displays part of the AER machinery, revealing a novel program for limb (re)growth. These results clarify the debate about the axolotl AER and the extent to which the limb developmental program is recapitulated during regeneration.
Project description:To investigate spatial heterogeneities in the axolotl forebrain, a coronal section of it was obtained for spatial transcriptomics using Visium V1.