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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2021

Immunologic Profiling of the Atlantic Salmon Gill by Single Nuclei Transcriptomics.

Alexander C West, Yasutaka Mizoro, Shona H Wood, Louise M Ince, Marianne Iversen, Even H Jørgensen, Torfinn Nome, Simen Rød Sandve, Samuel A M Martin, Andrew S I Loudon and 1 more

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Alexander C WestArctic seasonal timekeeping initiative (ASTI), Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
Yasutaka MizoroUnit of Animal Genomics, GIGA Institute, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
Shona H WoodArctic seasonal timekeeping initiative (ASTI), Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
Louise M InceDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Marianne IversenArctic seasonal timekeeping initiative (ASTI), Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
Even H JørgensenArctic seasonal timekeeping initiative (ASTI), Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
Torfinn NomeCentre for Integrative Genetics (CIGENE), Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences (IHA), Faculty of Life Sciences (BIOVIT), Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Ås, Norway.
Simen Rød SandveCentre for Integrative Genetics (CIGENE), Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences (IHA), Faculty of Life Sciences (BIOVIT), Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Ås, Norway.
Samuel A M MartinInstitute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom.
Andrew S I LoudonDivision of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Gastroenterology, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
David G HazleriggArctic seasonal timekeeping initiative (ASTI), Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/H008063/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anadromous salmonids begin life adapted to the freshwater environments of their natal streams before a developmental transition, known as smoltification, transforms them into marine-adapted fish. In the wild, smoltification is a photoperiod-regulated process, involving radical remodeling of gill function to cope with the profound osmotic and immunological challenges of seawater (SW) migration. While prior work has highlighted the role of specialized "mitochondrion-rich" cells (MRCs) and accessory cells (ACs) in delivering this phenotype, recent RNA profiling experiments suggest that remodeling is far more extensive than previously appreciated. Here, we use single-nuclei RNAseq to characterize the extent of cytological changes in the gill of Atlantic salmon during smoltification and SW transfer. We identify 20 distinct cell clusters, including known, but also novel gill cell types. These data allow us to isolate cluster-specific, smoltification-associated changes in gene expression and to describe how the cellular make-up of the gill changes through smoltification. As expected, we noted an increase in the proportion of seawater mitochondrion-rich cells, however, we also identify previously unknown reduction of several immune-related cell types. Overall, our results provide fresh detail of the cellular complexity in the gill and suggest that smoltification triggers unexpected immune reprogramming.

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Gene Expression ProfilingSingle-Cell AnalysisTranscriptomeAnimal MigrationAnimalsFish ProteinsGene Expression RegulationGillsRNA-SeqSalmo salarSalt ToleranceSeawaterFish ProteinsAtlantic salmon (Salmo salar)gillimmune cellsphotoperiodsingle nuclei RNA sequencingsmoltification

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PMID34017342
PMCPMC8129531

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