Unique morphogenetic signatures define mammalian neck muscles and associated connective tissues

  1. Eglantine Heude
  2. Marketa Tesarova
  3. Elizabeth M Sefton
  4. Estelle Jullian
  5. Noritaka Adachi
  6. Alexandre Grimaldi
  7. Tomas Zikmund
  8. Jozef Kaiser
  9. Gabrielle Kardon
  10. Robert G Kelly
  11. Shahragim Tajbakhsh  Is a corresponding author
  1. Institut Pasteur, France
  2. Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
  3. University of Utah, United States
  4. Aix-Marseille Université, France

Abstract

In vertebrates, head and trunk muscles develop from different mesodermal populations and are regulated by distinct genetic networks. Neck muscles at the head-trunk interface remain poorly defined due to their complex morphogenesis and dual mesodermal origins. Here, we use genetically modified mice to establish a 3D model that integrates regulatory genes, cell populations and morphogenetic events that define this transition zone. We show that the evolutionary conserved cucullaris-derived muscles originate from posterior cardiopharyngeal mesoderm, not lateral plate mesoderm, and we define new boundaries for neural crest and mesodermal contributions to neck connective tissue. Furthermore, lineage studies and functional analysis of Tbx1- and Pax3-null mice reveal a unique developmental program for somitic neck muscles that is distinct from that of somitic trunk muscles. Our findings unveil the embryological and developmental requirements underlying tetrapod neck myogenesis and provide a blueprint to investigate how muscle subsets are selectively affected in some human myopathies.

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  1. Eglantine Heude

    Department of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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  2. Marketa Tesarova

    Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
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  3. Elizabeth M Sefton

    Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, United States
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  4. Estelle Jullian

    CNRS UMR 7288, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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  5. Noritaka Adachi

    CNRS UMR 7288, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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  6. Alexandre Grimaldi

    Department of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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  7. Tomas Zikmund

    Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
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  8. Jozef Kaiser

    Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
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  9. Gabrielle Kardon

    Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, United States
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  10. Robert G Kelly

    CNRS UMR 7288, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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  11. Shahragim Tajbakhsh

    Department of Developmental & Stem Cell Biology, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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    shahragim.tajbakhsh@pasteur.fr
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Funding

Institut Pasteur

  • Eglantine Heude
  • Alexandre Grimaldi
  • Shahragim Tajbakhsh

National Institutes of Health

  • Elizabeth M Sefton
  • Gabrielle Kardon

Agence Nationale de la Recherche

  • Eglantine Heude
  • Alexandre Grimaldi
  • Shahragim Tajbakhsh

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

  • Eglantine Heude
  • Estelle Jullian
  • Noritaka Adachi
  • Alexandre Grimaldi
  • Robert G Kelly
  • Shahragim Tajbakhsh

Association Française contre les Myopathies

  • Eglantine Heude
  • Alexandre Grimaldi
  • Shahragim Tajbakhsh

Central European Institute of Technology

  • Marketa Tesarova
  • Tomas Zikmund
  • Jozef Kaiser

March of Dimes Foundation

  • Elizabeth M Sefton
  • Gabrielle Kardon

Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale

  • Estelle Jullian
  • Noritaka Adachi
  • Robert G Kelly

Fondation Leducq

  • Estelle Jullian
  • Noritaka Adachi
  • Robert G Kelly

Yamada Science Foundation

  • Noritaka Adachi
  • Robert G Kelly

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Ethics

Animal experimentation: Animals were handled as per European Community guidelines and the ethics committee of the Institut Pasteur (CTEA) approved protocols. (APAFIS#6354-20160809l2028839)

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© 2018, Heude et al.

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  1. Eglantine Heude
  2. Marketa Tesarova
  3. Elizabeth M Sefton
  4. Estelle Jullian
  5. Noritaka Adachi
  6. Alexandre Grimaldi
  7. Tomas Zikmund
  8. Jozef Kaiser
  9. Gabrielle Kardon
  10. Robert G Kelly
  11. Shahragim Tajbakhsh
(2018)
Unique morphogenetic signatures define mammalian neck muscles and associated connective tissues
eLife 7:e40179.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.40179

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