PUBLICATION

Different developmental histories of beta-cells generate functional and proliferative heterogeneity during islet growth

Authors
Singh, S.P., Janjuha, S., Hartmann, T., Kayisoglu, Ö., Konantz, J., Birke, S., Murawala, P., Alfar, E.A., Murata, K., Eugster, A., Tsuji, N., Morrissey, E.R., Brand, M., Ninov, N.
ID
ZDB-PUB-170924-5
Date
2017
Source
Nature communications   8: 664 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Brand, Michael, Kayisoglu, Ozge, Ninov, Nikolay, Singh, Sumeet Pal
Keywords
Differentiation, Pancreas, Zebrafish
MeSH Terms
  • Cytological Techniques/methods
  • Tamoxifen/analogs & derivatives
  • Tamoxifen/pharmacology
  • Islets of Langerhans/cytology*
  • Islets of Langerhans/embryology
  • Urocortins/metabolism
  • Zebrafish/embryology*
  • Zebrafish/genetics
  • Insulin-Secreting Cells/cytology*
  • Insulin-Secreting Cells/drug effects
  • Insulin-Secreting Cells/physiology
  • Glucose/metabolism
  • Embryo, Nonmammalian/cytology
  • Embryo, Nonmammalian/drug effects
  • Cell Proliferation
  • Animals
  • Cell Lineage
  • Animals, Genetically Modified
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PubMed
28939870 Full text @ Nat. Commun.
Abstract
The proliferative and functional heterogeneity among seemingly uniform cells is a universal phenomenon. Identifying the underlying factors requires single-cell analysis of function and proliferation. Here we show that the pancreatic beta-cells in zebrafish exhibit different growth-promoting and functional properties, which in part reflect differences in the time elapsed since birth of the cells. Calcium imaging shows that the beta-cells in the embryonic islet become functional during early zebrafish development. At later stages, younger beta-cells join the islet following differentiation from post-embryonic progenitors. Notably, the older and younger beta-cells occupy different regions within the islet, which generates topological asymmetries in glucose responsiveness and proliferation. Specifically, the older beta-cells exhibit robust glucose responsiveness, whereas younger beta-cells are more proliferative but less functional. As the islet approaches its mature state, heterogeneity diminishes and beta-cells synchronize function and proliferation. Our work illustrates a dynamic model of heterogeneity based on evolving proliferative and functional beta-cell states.Βeta-cells have recently been shown to be heterogeneous with regard to morphology and function. Here, the authors show that β-cells in zebrafish switch from proliferative to functional states with increasing time since β-cell birth, leading to functional and proliferative heterogeneity.
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Allele Construct Type Affected Genomic Region
cz1701TgTransgenic Insertion
    gz19TgTransgenic Insertion
      s821TgTransgenic Insertion
        s892TgTransgenic Insertion
          s934TgTransgenic Insertion
            s939TgTransgenic Insertion
              s940TgTransgenic Insertion
                s946TgTransgenic Insertion
                  s948TgTransgenic Insertion
                    s951
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                      Name Type Antigen Genes Isotypes Host Organism
                      Ab1-inspolyclonalGuinea pig
                      Ab1-ucn3lpolyclonal
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                        Ab2-nkx6monoclonalIgG1Mouse
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                        Marker Marker Type Name
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                        CreEFGCre
                        DsRedEFGDsRed
                        EGFPEFGEGFP
                        EYFPEFGEYFP
                        GAL4EFGGAL4
                        GCaMPEFGGCaMP
                        GFPEFGGFP
                        LuciferaseEFGLuciferase
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