A comprehensive roadmap of murine spermatogenesis defined by single-cell RNA-seq

CD Green, Q Ma, GL Manske, AN Shami, X Zheng… - Developmental cell, 2018 - cell.com
CD Green, Q Ma, GL Manske, AN Shami, X Zheng, S Marini, L Moritz, C Sultan
Developmental cell, 2018cell.com
Spermatogenesis requires intricate interactions between the germline and somatic cells.
Within a given cross section of a seminiferous tubule, multiple germ and somatic cell types
co-occur. This cellular heterogeneity has made it difficult to profile distinct cell types at
different stages of development. To address this challenge, we collected single-cell RNA
sequencing data from∼ 35,000 cells from the adult mouse testis and identified all known
germ and somatic cells, as well as two unexpected somatic cell types. Our analysis revealed …
Summary
Spermatogenesis requires intricate interactions between the germline and somatic cells. Within a given cross section of a seminiferous tubule, multiple germ and somatic cell types co-occur. This cellular heterogeneity has made it difficult to profile distinct cell types at different stages of development. To address this challenge, we collected single-cell RNA sequencing data from ∼35,000 cells from the adult mouse testis and identified all known germ and somatic cells, as well as two unexpected somatic cell types. Our analysis revealed a continuous developmental trajectory of germ cells from spermatogonia to spermatids and identified candidate transcriptional regulators at several transition points during differentiation. Focused analyses delineated four subtypes of spermatogonia and nine subtypes of Sertoli cells; the latter linked to histologically defined developmental stages over the seminiferous epithelial cycle. Overall, this high-resolution cellular atlas represents a community resource and foundation of knowledge to study germ cell development and in vivo gametogenesis.
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