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ArticleDevelopment (Cambridge, England)2024

Early autonomous patterning of the anteroposterior axis in gastruloids.

Kerim Anlaş, Nicola Gritti, Fumio Nakaki, Laura Salamó Palau, Sham Leilah Tlili, David Oriola, Krisztina Arató, Jia Le Lim, James Sharpe, Vikas Trivedi

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Article in Development (Cambridge, England), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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10 authors.

Kerim AnlaşEMBL Barcelona, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-9272-8626
Nicola GrittiEMBL Barcelona, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7637-4258
Fumio NakakiEMBL Barcelona, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-4332-7735
Laura Salamó PalauEMBL Barcelona, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-4346-6989
Sham Leilah TliliAix-Marseille Univ., CNRS, UMR 7288, IBDM, Turing Center for Living Systems, 13288 Marseille, France.ORCID 0000-0001-6018-9923
David OriolaEMBL Barcelona, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8356-7832
Krisztina AratóEMBL Barcelona, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-0366-0998
Jia Le LimEMBL Barcelona, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1504-7974
James SharpeEMBL Barcelona, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1434-9743
Vikas TrivediEMBL Barcelona, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-0953-0553

Funding

European Molecular Biology LaboratoryHuman Frontier Science ProgramMinisterio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades PID2021-128269NA-I00
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Minimal in vitro systems composed of embryonic stem cells (ESCs) have been shown to recapitulate the establishment of the anteroposterior (AP) axis. In contrast to the native embryo, ESC aggregates - such as gastruloids - can break symmetry, which is demarcated by polarization of the mesodermal marker T, autonomously without any localized external cues. However, associated earliest patterning events, such as the spatial restriction of cell fates and concomitant transcriptional changes, remain poorly understood. Here, we dissect the dynamics of AP axis establishment in mouse gastruloids, particularly before external Wnt stimulation. Through single-cell RNA sequencing, we identify key cell state transitions and the molecular signatures of T+ and T- populations underpinning AP polarization. We also show that this process is robust to modifications of aggregate size. Finally, transcriptomic comparison with the mouse embryo indicates that gastruloids develop similar mesendodermal cell types, despite initial differences in their primed pluripotent populations, which adopt a more mesenchymal state in lieu of an epiblast-like transcriptome. Hence, our findings suggest the possibility of alternate ESC states in vivo and in vitro that can converge onto similar cell fates.

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Body PatterningGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalMesodermAnimalsBrachyury ProteinCell DifferentiationEmbryo, MammalianEmbryonic Stem CellsFetal ProteinsGastrulaGerm LayersMiceMouse Embryonic Stem CellsSingle-Cell AnalysisT-Box Domain ProteinsTranscriptomeBrachyury ProteinFetal ProteinsT-Box Domain ProteinsAnteroposterior axisCell statesEmbryonic patterningGastruloidsStem cell aggregatesSymmetry breaking

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PMID39552366
PMCPMC11607688

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