A Single-Cell Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals Precise Pathways and   Regulatory Mechanisms Underlying Hepatoblast Differentiation

doi:10.1002/hep.29353

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	A Single-Cell Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals Precise Pathways and Regulatory Mechanisms Underlying Hepatoblast Differentiation
	Yang, Li ; Wang, Wei-Hua ; Qiu, Wei-Lin ; Guo, Zhen ; Bi, Erfei ; Xu, Cheng-Ran
刊名	HEPATOLOGY
	2017
关键词	HEPATITIS-B SLC10A1
DOI	10.1002/hep.29353
英文摘要	How bipotential hepatoblasts differentiate into hepatocytes and cholangiocytes remains unclear. Here, using single- cell transcriptomic analysis of hepatoblasts, hepatocytes, and cholangiocytes sorted from embryonic day 10.5 ( E10.5) to E17.5 mouse embryos, we found that hepatoblast- to- hepatocyte differentiation occurred gradually and followed a linear default pathway. As more cells became fully differentiated hepatocytes, the number of proliferating cells decreased. Surprisingly, proliferating and quiescent hepatoblasts exhibited homogeneous differentiation states at a given developmental stage. This unique feature enabled us to combine single- cell and bulk- cell analyses to define the precise timing of the hepatoblast- tohepatocyte transition, which occurs between E13.5 and E15.5. In contrast to hepatocyte development at almost all levels, hepatoblast- to- cholangiocyte differentiation underwent a sharp detour from the default pathway. New cholangiocyte generation occurred continuously between E11.5 and E14.5, but their maturation states at a given developmental stage were heterogeneous. Even more surprising, the number of proliferating cells increased as more progenitor cells differentiated into mature cholangiocytes. Based on an observation from the single- cell analysis, we also discovered that the protein kinase C/ mitogen- activated protein kinase signaling pathway promoted cholangiocyte maturation. Conclusion: Our studies have defined distinct pathways for hepatocyte and cholangiocyte development in vivo, which are critically important for understanding basic liver biology and developing effective strategies to induce stem cells to differentiate toward specific hepatic cell fates in vitro.; Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China [2015CB942800]; National Natural Science Foundation of China [31521004, 31471358, 31522036]; National Institutes of Health [GM115420]; SCI(E); ARTICLE; 5; 1387-1401; 66
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.pku.edu.cn/handle/20.500.11897/484544]
专题	生命科学学院
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yang, Li,Wang, Wei-Hua,Qiu, Wei-Lin,et al. A Single-Cell Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals Precise Pathways and Regulatory Mechanisms Underlying Hepatoblast Differentiation[J]. HEPATOLOGY,2017.
APA	Yang, Li,Wang, Wei-Hua,Qiu, Wei-Lin,Guo, Zhen,Bi, Erfei,&Xu, Cheng-Ran.(2017).A Single-Cell Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals Precise Pathways and Regulatory Mechanisms Underlying Hepatoblast Differentiation.HEPATOLOGY.
MLA	Yang, Li,et al."A Single-Cell Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals Precise Pathways and Regulatory Mechanisms Underlying Hepatoblast Differentiation".HEPATOLOGY (2017).