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ArticleDevelopmental cell2024

3D reconstruction of the mouse cochlea from scRNA-seq data suggests morphogen-based principles in apex-to-base specification.

Shuze Wang, Saikat Chakraborty, Yujuan Fu, Mary P Lee, Jie Liu, Joerg Waldhaus

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Article in Developmental cell, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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  5. Retinoic acid receptor assembly dynamics governs dual functions in cochlear organogenesis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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Shuze WangDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kresge Hearing Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Saikat ChakrabortyDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kresge Hearing Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Yujuan FuBiomedical Informatics and Medical Education, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Mary P LeeDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kresge Hearing Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Jie LiuDepartment of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Joerg WaldhausDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kresge Hearing Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. Electronic address: joergwal@med.umich.edu.
University of Michigan · USUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

Patterning of the Cochlear Apex-to-Base AxisR01DC021687 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Joerg Waldhaus · 2024 to 2026
$1.4M
Tonotopic cell identity in the murine organ of CortiR21DC015861 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI WALDHAUS, JOERG · 2017 to 2019
$472k
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC021687NIDCD NIH HHS R21 DC015861
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the mammalian auditory system, frequency discrimination depends on numerous morphological and physiological properties of the organ of Corti, which gradually change along the apex-to-base (tonotopic) axis of the organ. For example, the basilar membrane stiffness changes tonotopically, thus affecting the tuning properties of individual hair cells. At the molecular level, those frequency-specific characteristics are mirrored by gene expression gradients; however, the molecular mechanisms controlling tonotopic gene expression in the mouse cochlea remain elusive. Through analyzing single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data from E12.5 and E14.5 time points, we predicted that morphogens, rather than a cell division-associated mechanism, confer spatial identity in the extending cochlea. Subsequently, we reconstructed the developing cochlea in 3D space from scRNA-seq data to investigate the molecular pathways mediating positional information. The retinoic acid (RA) and hedgehog pathways were found to form opposing apex-to-base gradients, and functional interrogation using mouse cochlear explants suggested that both pathways jointly specify the longitudinal axis.

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CochleaAnimalsGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHair Cells, AuditoryHedgehog ProteinsImaging, Three-DimensionalMiceOrgan of CortiRNA-SeqSequence Analysis, RNASignal TransductionSingle-Cell AnalysisSingle-Cell Gene Expression AnalysisTretinoinHedgehog ProteinsTretinoin3D reconstructionorgan of cortiretinoic acidsonic hedgehogtonotopy

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