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Whole-body integration of gene expression and single-cell morphology

Vergara, HM; Pape, C; Meechan, KI; Zinchenko, V; Genoud, C; Wanner, AA; Mutemi, KN; ... Arendt, D; + view all (2021) Whole-body integration of gene expression and single-cell morphology. Cell , 184 (18) pp. 4819-4837. 10.1016/j.cell.2021.07.017. Green open access

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Abstract

Animal bodies are composed of cell types with unique expression programs that implement their distinct locations, shapes, structures, and functions. Based on these properties, cell types assemble into specific tissues and organs. To systematically explore the link between cell-type-specific gene expression and morphology, we registered an expression atlas to a whole-body electron microscopy volume of the nereid Platynereis dumerilii. Automated segmentation of cells and nuclei identifies major cell classes and establishes a link between gene activation, chromatin topography, and nuclear size. Clustering of segmented cells according to gene expression reveals spatially coherent tissues. In the brain, genetically defined groups of neurons match ganglionic nuclei with coherent projections. Besides interneurons, we uncover sensory-neurosecretory cells in the nereid mushroom bodies, which thus qualify as sensory organs. They furthermore resemble the vertebrate telencephalon by molecular anatomy. We provide an integrated browser as a Fiji plugin for remote exploration of all available multimodal datasets.

Type: Article
Title: Whole-body integration of gene expression and single-cell morphology
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.07.017
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2021.07.017
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. 4819 This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > The Sainsbury Wellcome Centre
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10134320
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