Single-cell analysis of the ventricular-subventricular zone reveals signatures of dorsal & ventral adult neurogenesis

  1. Arantxa Cebrian Silla
  2. Marcos Assis Nascimento
  3. Stephanie A Redmond
  4. Benjamin Mansky
  5. David Wu
  6. Kirsten Obernier
  7. Ricardo Romero Rodriguez
  8. Susana Gonzalez Granero
  9. Jose Manuel García-Verdugo
  10. Daniel Lim
  11. Arturo Álvarez-Buylla  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of California, San Francisco, United States
  2. Instituto Cavanilles, Universidad de Valencia, y Unidad Mixta de Esclerosis Múltiple y Neurorregeneración, CIBERNED, Spain

Abstract

The ventricular-subventricular zone (V-SVZ), on the walls of the lateral ventricles, harbors the layrgest neurogenic niche in the adult mouse brain. Previous work has shown that neural steym/progenitor cells (NSPCs) in different locations within the V-SVZ produce different subtypes of new neurons for the olfactory bulb. The molecular signatures that underlie this regional heterogeneity remain largely unknown. Here we present a single-cell RNA-sequencing dataset of the adult mouse V-SVZ revealing two populations of NSPCs that reside in largely non-overlapping domains in either the dorsal or ventral V-SVZ. These regional differences in gene expression were further validated using a single-nucleus RNA-sequencing reference dataset of regionally microdissected domains of the V-SVZ and by immunocytochemistry and RNAscope localization. We also identify two subpopulations of young neurons that have gene expression profiles consistent with a dorsal or ventral origin. Interestingly, a subset of genes are dynamically expressed, but maintained, in the ventral or dorsal lineages. The study provides novel markers and territories to understand the region-specific regulation of adult neurogenesis.

Data availability

The RNA sequencing datasets generated for this manuscript are deposited in the following locations: scRNA-Seq and sNucRNA-Seq GEO Data Series: GSE165555.Processed data (CellRanger output .mtx and .tsv files, and Seurat Object .rds files) are available as supplementary files within the scRNA-Seq (GSE165554) or sNucRNA-Seq (GSE165551) data series or individual sample entries listed within each data series.Web-based, interactive versions of the scRNA-Seq and sNucRNA-Seq datasets are available from the University of California Santa Cruz Cell Browser: https://svzneurogeniclineage.cells.ucsc.eduThe code used to analyze the datasets and generate the figures are available at the following location: https://github.com/AlvarezBuyllaLab?tab=repositories

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  1. Arantxa Cebrian Silla

    Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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    No competing interests declared.
  2. Marcos Assis Nascimento

    Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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    No competing interests declared.
  3. Stephanie A Redmond

    Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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  4. Benjamin Mansky

    Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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  5. David Wu

    Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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  6. Kirsten Obernier

    Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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  7. Ricardo Romero Rodriguez

    Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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    No competing interests declared.
  8. Susana Gonzalez Granero

    Instituto Cavanilles, Universidad de Valencia, y Unidad Mixta de Esclerosis Múltiple y Neurorregeneración, CIBERNED, Valencia, Spain
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    No competing interests declared.
  9. Jose Manuel García-Verdugo

    Instituto Cavanilles, Universidad de Valencia, y Unidad Mixta de Esclerosis Múltiple y Neurorregeneración, CIBERNED, Valencia, Spain
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    No competing interests declared.
  10. Daniel Lim

    Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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    No competing interests declared.
  11. Arturo Álvarez-Buylla

    Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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    abuylla@stemcell.ucsf.edu
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    Arturo Álvarez-Buylla, Cofounder and on the Scientific Advisory Board of Neurona Therapeutics..
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Funding

Generalitat Valenciana (APOSTD2018/A113)

  • Arantxa Cebrian Silla

University of California, San Francisco (John G. Bowes Research Fund and the UCSF PBBR partially funded by the Sandler Foundation)

  • Arturo Álvarez-Buylla

National Institutes of Health (R01 NS112357)

  • Arturo Álvarez-Buylla

National Institutes of Health (F32 (NS103221))

  • Stephanie A Redmond

National Institutes of Health (K99 (NS121273))

  • Stephanie A Redmond

National Institutes of Health (F31 NS106868)

  • David Wu

National Institutes of Health (R37 HD032116)

  • Arturo Álvarez-Buylla

National Institutes of Health (R01 NS028478)

  • Arturo Álvarez-Buylla

National Institutes of Health (R01 NS113910)

  • Arturo Álvarez-Buylla

National Institutes of Health (R01 NS091544)

  • Daniel Lim

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (1I01 BX000252)

  • Daniel Lim

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

Ethics

Animal experimentation: Mice were housed on a 12h day-night cycle with free access to water and food in a specific pathogen-free facility in social cages (up to 5 mice/cage) and treated according to the guidelines from the UCSF. Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) and NIH. All mice used in this study were healthy and immuno-competent, and did not undergo previous procedures unrelated to the experiment. CD1-elite mice (Charles River Laboratories) and hGFAP::GFP (FVB/N-Tg(GFAPGFP)14Mes/J, The Jackson Laboratory (003257)) (Zhuo et al., 1997) lines were used. Sample sizes were chosen to generate sufficient numbers of high-quality single cells for RNA sequencing, including variables such as sex, and identifying potential batch effects. Biological and technical replicates for each experiment are described in the relevant subsections below.

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© 2021, Cebrian Silla et al.

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  1. Arantxa Cebrian Silla
  2. Marcos Assis Nascimento
  3. Stephanie A Redmond
  4. Benjamin Mansky
  5. David Wu
  6. Kirsten Obernier
  7. Ricardo Romero Rodriguez
  8. Susana Gonzalez Granero
  9. Jose Manuel García-Verdugo
  10. Daniel Lim
  11. Arturo Álvarez-Buylla
(2021)
Single-cell analysis of the ventricular-subventricular zone reveals signatures of dorsal & ventral adult neurogenesis
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