Single-nucleus transcriptomics reveals functional compartmentalization in syncytial skeletal muscle cells

The transcriptional programs of nuclei in the muscle syncytium were assumed to be homogenous except at the neuromuscular and myotendinous junctions. Here, using single-nucleus transcriptomics, the authors reveal a previously unrecognized diversity and dynamics of myonuclear transcriptional programs.

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Main Authors: Minchul Kim, Vedran Franke, Bettina Brandt, Elijah D. Lowenstein, Verena Schöwel, Simone Spuler, Altuna Akalin, Carmen Birchmeier
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Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20064-9
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author Minchul Kim
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description The transcriptional programs of nuclei in the muscle syncytium were assumed to be homogenous except at the neuromuscular and myotendinous junctions. Here, using single-nucleus transcriptomics, the authors reveal a previously unrecognized diversity and dynamics of myonuclear transcriptional programs.
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spelling doaj.art-0c73b2a2ed2f4892ba50a3fd0390c9f82022-12-21T21:21:36ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232020-12-0111111410.1038/s41467-020-20064-9Single-nucleus transcriptomics reveals functional compartmentalization in syncytial skeletal muscle cellsMinchul Kim0Vedran Franke1Bettina Brandt2Elijah D. Lowenstein3Verena Schöwel4Simone Spuler5Altuna Akalin6Carmen Birchmeier7Developmental Biology/Signal Transduction, Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular MedicineBerlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology, Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular MedicineDevelopmental Biology/Signal Transduction, Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular MedicineDevelopmental Biology/Signal Transduction, Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular MedicineMuscle Research Unit, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular MedicineMuscle Research Unit, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular MedicineBerlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology, Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular MedicineDevelopmental Biology/Signal Transduction, Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular MedicineThe transcriptional programs of nuclei in the muscle syncytium were assumed to be homogenous except at the neuromuscular and myotendinous junctions. Here, using single-nucleus transcriptomics, the authors reveal a previously unrecognized diversity and dynamics of myonuclear transcriptional programs.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20064-9
spellingShingle Minchul Kim
Vedran Franke
Bettina Brandt
Elijah D. Lowenstein
Verena Schöwel
Simone Spuler
Altuna Akalin
Carmen Birchmeier
Single-nucleus transcriptomics reveals functional compartmentalization in syncytial skeletal muscle cells
Nature Communications
title Single-nucleus transcriptomics reveals functional compartmentalization in syncytial skeletal muscle cells
title_full Single-nucleus transcriptomics reveals functional compartmentalization in syncytial skeletal muscle cells
title_fullStr Single-nucleus transcriptomics reveals functional compartmentalization in syncytial skeletal muscle cells
title_full_unstemmed Single-nucleus transcriptomics reveals functional compartmentalization in syncytial skeletal muscle cells
title_short Single-nucleus transcriptomics reveals functional compartmentalization in syncytial skeletal muscle cells
title_sort single nucleus transcriptomics reveals functional compartmentalization in syncytial skeletal muscle cells
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20064-9
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