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Public on Jun 03, 2020 |
| Title |
New insights into gonadal sex differentiation provided by single cell transcriptomics in the chicken embryo |
| Organism |
Gallus gallus |
| Experiment type |
Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing
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| Summary |
Gonadal sex differentiation – testis versus ovary formation – is a fundamental process required for reproduction and evolution. Reflecting this importance, the embryonic gonads of vertebrate species comprise the same key cell types; germ cells, supporting cells and interstitial steroidogenic cells. Remarkably, the genetic triggers for gonadal sex differentiation vary across species (the SRY gene in mammals, DMRT1 in birds and some turtles, temperature in many reptiles, AMH and various other genes in fishes). Despite this variation, the cell biology of gonadal development was long thought to be largely conserved. Here, we present a comprehensive analysis of gonadal sex differentiation, using the chicken embryo as a model and considering the entire gonad. We sampled over 30,000 cells across several developmental stages, prior, during and after the onset of gonadal sex differentiation. The data provide several new insights into cell lineage specification during vertebrate gonadogenesis. Combining lineage tracing with single cell transcriptomics, the data show that somatic supporting cells of the embryonic chicken gonad do not derive from the coelomic epithelium, in contrast to other vertebrates studied. Instead, the early somatic precursors cells of the gonads in both sexes derive from a DMRT1+/PAX2+/WNT4+/OSR1+ mesenchymal cell population. In particular, PAX2 marks immigrating mesenchymal cells that give rise to the supporting cell lineage. We find a greater complexity of gonadal cell types than previously thought, including the identification of two distinct sub-populations of Sertoli cells in developing testes, and derivation of embryonic steroidogenic cells from a differentiated supporting cell lineage. We provide significantly improved resolution of gonadal cell types and identify several new gonadal marker genes. Altogether, these results indicate that, just as the genetic trigger for sex differs across vertebrate groups, cell lineage specification in the gonad may also vary substantially.
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| Overall design |
Single cell RNAseq of whole male and female chicken gonads at 4 developmental timepoints.
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| Contributor(s) |
Estermann MA, Williams S, Major AT, Hirst CE, Roly ZY, Serralbo O, Adhikari D, Powell D, Smith CA |
| Citation(s) |
32268081 |
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| Submission date |
Jan 09, 2020 |
| Last update date |
Jun 03, 2020 |
| Contact name |
Craig Allen Smith |
| E-mail(s) |
Craig.Smith@monash.edu
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| Phone |
61399050203
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| Organization name |
Monash University
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| Department |
Anatomy and Developmental Biology
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| Lab |
Comparative Development
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| Street address |
Wellington Road
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| City |
Clayton |
| State/province |
Victoria |
| ZIP/Postal code |
3800 |
| Country |
Australia |
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| Platforms (1) |
| GPL19787 |
Illumina NextSeq 500 (Gallus gallus) |
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| Samples (8)
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| Relations |
| BioProject |
PRJNA600155 |
| SRA |
SRP240862 |
| Supplementary file |
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Download |
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| GSE143337_merged_filtered_CB_counts.tab.gz |
155.1 Mb |
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TAB |
SRA Run Selector |
| Raw data are available in SRA |
| Processed data are available on Series record |
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