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ArticleNature communications2024

A spatially-resolved transcriptional atlas of the murine dorsal pons at single-cell resolution.

Stefano Nardone, Roberto De Luca, Antonino Zito, Nataliya Klymko, Dimitris Nicoloutsopoulos, Oren Amsalem, Cory Brannigan, Jon M Resch, Christopher L Jacobs, Deepti Pant and 12 more

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40 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Stefano NardoneDepartment of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Roberto De Luca *Department of Neurology, Division of Sleep Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8105-426X
Antonino Zito *Department of Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London, UK.
Nataliya Klymko *Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Dimitris NicoloutsopoulosUCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK.
Oren AmsalemDepartment of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Cory BranniganHEAVY.AI, 100 Montgomery St Fl 5, San Francisco, California, 94104, USA.
Jon M ReschDepartment of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5409-7771
Christopher L JacobsDepartment of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Deepti PantDepartment of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Molly VereggeDepartment of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Harini SrinivasanDepartment of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Ryan M GrippoDepartment of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Zongfang YangDepartment of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Mark L ZeidelDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Mark L AndermannDepartment of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9882-933X
Kenneth D HarrisUCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5930-6456
Linus T TsaiDepartment of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0134-6949
Elda ArrigoniDepartment of Neurology, Division of Sleep Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Anne M J VerstegenDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA, 02215, USA. aversteg@bidmc.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-9510-7211
Clifford B SaperDepartment of Neurology, Division of Sleep Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02215, USA. csaper@bidmc.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5788-3014
Bradford B LowellDepartment of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. blowell@bidmc.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-0436-3760
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · USBroad Institute · USNational Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery · GBHarvard University · USUniversity of Iowa · US

Funding

Transgenic CoreP30DK046200 · NIDDK · TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER · PI CORKEY, BARBARA E. · 1992 to 2021
$25.0M
Project 5: Novel strategies to prevent opioid-induced hypoventilation during sleep and identification of underlying mechanismsP01HL149630 · NHLBI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI CLIFFORD B SAPER · 2020 to 2026
$22.3M
The routing of hunger/satiety information by the parabrachial nucleus (PBN)R01DK075632 · NIDDK · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI BRADFORD B LOWELL · 2006 to 2026
$8.1M
INTEGRATED ENDOCRINE &METABOLIC RESEARCH TRAININGT32DK007516 · NIDDK · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI BARBARA B. KAHN · 1986 to 2026
$6.8M
Neuromodulatory mechanisms underlying vagus nerve stimulation therapy for Alzheimer's diseaseDP1AT010971 · NCCIH · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI ANDERMANN, MARK L · 2019 to 2023
$6.6M
P&F programP30DK135043 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Aaron S Leong · 2023 to 2026
$5.4M
Circuitry for Circadian RhythmsR01NS072337 · NINDS · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI SAPER, CLIFFORD B · 2010 to 2023
$4.8M
Mapping brainstem control of continenceR01DK113030 · NIDDK · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI ZEIDEL, MARK L. · 2017 to 2021
$1.9M
Bladder fullness signaling and the neural control of continenceR01DK125708 · NIDDK · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI VERSTEGEN, ANNE ("HANNEKE") · 2020 to 2024
$1.9M
Basal forebrain hypothalamic networks supporting wakefulnessR01NS091126 · NINDS · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI ARRIGONI, ELDA · 2015 to 2019
$1.9M
Central Regulation of Sodium Appetite via Synergistic Action of RAAS-sensitive NeuronsR00HL144923 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI RESCH, JON · 2021 to 2023
$747k
Single cell transcriptome profiling to define cell types in brain nuclei controlling bladder functionP20DK119789 · NIDDK · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI ZEIDEL, MARK L. · 2018 to 2019
$700k
NCCIH NIH HHS DP1 AT010971NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL149630NHLBI NIH HHS R00 HL144923NIDDK NIH HHS P20 DK119789NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK075632NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK113030NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK125708NIMH NIH HHS F32 MH012343NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS072337NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS091126
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The "dorsal pons", or "dorsal pontine tegmentum" (dPnTg), is part of the brainstem. It is a complex, densely packed region whose nuclei are involved in regulating many vital functions. Notable among them are the parabrachial nucleus, the Kölliker Fuse, the Barrington nucleus, the locus coeruleus, and the dorsal, laterodorsal, and ventral tegmental nuclei. In this study, we applied single-nucleus RNA-seq (snRNA-seq) to resolve neuronal subtypes based on their unique transcriptional profiles and then used multiplexed error robust fluorescence in situ hybridization (MERFISH) to map them spatially. We sampled ~1 million cells across the dPnTg and defined the spatial distribution of over 120 neuronal subtypes. Our analysis identified an unpredicted high transcriptional diversity in this region and pinpointed the unique marker genes of many neuronal subtypes. We also demonstrated that many neuronal subtypes are transcriptionally similar between humans and mice, enhancing this study's translational value. Finally, we developed a freely accessible, GPU and CPU-powered dashboard ( http://harvard.heavy.ai:6273/ ) that combines interactive visual analytics and hardware-accelerated SQL into a data science framework to allow the scientific community to query and gain insights into the data.

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AscomycotaParabrachial NucleusPontine TegmentumAnimalsBrain StemHumansIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceLocus CoeruleusMice

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