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Single-Cell RNA-Seq with Waterfall Reveals Molecular Cascades underlying Adult Neurogenesis

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Shin, Jaehoon, Berg, Daniel A., Zhu, Yunhua, Shin, Joseph Y., Song, Juan, Bonaguidi, Michael A., Enikolopov, Grigori, Nauen, David W. +3 more·2015·Cell Stem Cell

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Somatic stem cells contribute to tissue ontogenesis, homeostasis, and regeneration through sequential processes. Systematic molecular analysis of stem cell behavior is challenging because classic approaches cannot resolve cellular heterogeneity or capture developmental dynamics. Here we provide a comprehensive resource of single-cell transcriptomes of adult hippocampal quiescent neural stem cells (qNSCs) and their immediate progeny. We further developed Waterfall, a bioinformatic pipeline, to statistically quantify singe-cell gene expression along a de novo reconstructed continuous developmental trajectory. Our study reveals molecular signatures of adult qNSCs, characterized by active niche signaling integration and low protein translation capacity. Our analyses further delineate molecular cascades underlying qNSC activation and neurogenesis initiation, exemplified by decreased extrinsic signaling capacity, primed translational machinery, and regulatory switches in transcription factors, metabolism, and energy sources. Our study reveals the molecular continuum underlying adult neurogenesis and illustrates how Waterfall can be used for single-cell omics analyses of various continuous biological processes.

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  • Emerging in situ single-cell RNA methods have not yet matched established protocols in throughput and accessibility.

    “While pioneering approaches for in situ sequencing154,155, transcriptome in vivo analysis156, and multiplex FISH157–159 of single-cell RNA are emerging (see also a recent review160), their throughput and accessibility to the research community have not yet matched those of more established protocols.”
  • Single cell transcriptome analysis enables the reconstruction of gene expression dynamics along differentiation trajectories.

    “Single cell transcriptome analysis enables the reconstruction of gene expression dynamics along differentiation trajectories (Setty et al., 2016; Shin et al., 2015; Trapnell et al., 2014).”
  • Existing computational methods for predicting lineage trajectories generally rely on the presence of intermediate cell states to reconstruct the trajectory.

    “and (ii) the presence of intermediate cell states to reconstruct the trajectory (8, 9).”

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Shin, J., Berg, D. A., Zhu, Y., Shin, J. Y., Song, J., Bonaguidi, M. A., Enikolopov, G., Nauen, D. W., Christian, K. M., Ming, G.-L., & Song, H.
Affiliations
  • Johns Hopkins University (US)
  • Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (US)
Corresponding author
Song, Hongjun
Venue
Cell Stem Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-09
Volume
17
Issue
3
Pages
360-372
ISSN
  • 1875-9777 (ISSN-L)
  • 1934-5909
OpenAlex
W1874466506
Cited by
784
References
37
Citations by year
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FWCI
36.97
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell stem cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Institutional Repository (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH105128)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (K99NS080913, P01NS097206, R37NS047344)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
Keywords
adult neurogenesis, quiescent neural stem cells, hippocampus, single-cell transcriptomics, stem cell activation, niche signaling, translation machinery, transcription factors, energy metabolism, cellular heterogeneity
MeSH terms
Aging, Animals, Mice, Transgenic, Models, Biological, Transcription Factors, Reproducibility of Results, Down-Regulation, Up-Regulation, Sequence Analysis, RNA, Dentate Gyrus, Databases as Topic, Gene Expression Profiling, Neurogenesis, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Neural Stem Cells, Single-Cell Analysis, Transcriptome

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