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Prummel KD, Crowell HL, Nieuwenhuize S, Brombacher EC, Daetwyler S, Soneson C, Kresoja-Rakic J, Kocere A, Ronner M, Ernst A, Labbaf Z, Clouthier DE, Firulli AB, Sánchez-Iranzo H, Naganathan SR, O'Rourke R, Raz E, Mercader N, Burger A, Felley-Bosco E, Huisken J, Robinson MD, Mosimann C. Hand2 delineates mesothelium progenitors and is reactivated in mesothelioma. Nat Commun 2022; 13:1677. [PMID: 35354817 PMCID: PMC8967825 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29311-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2020] [Accepted: 03/04/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
Abstract
The mesothelium lines body cavities and surrounds internal organs, widely contributing to homeostasis and regeneration. Mesothelium disruptions cause visceral anomalies and mesothelioma tumors. Nonetheless, the embryonic emergence of mesothelia remains incompletely understood. Here, we track mesothelial origins in the lateral plate mesoderm (LPM) using zebrafish. Single-cell transcriptomics uncovers a post-gastrulation gene expression signature centered on hand2 in distinct LPM progenitor cells. We map mesothelial progenitors to lateral-most, hand2-expressing LPM and confirm conservation in mouse. Time-lapse imaging of zebrafish hand2 reporter embryos captures mesothelium formation including pericardium, visceral, and parietal peritoneum. We find primordial germ cells migrate with the forming mesothelium as ventral migration boundary. Functionally, hand2 loss disrupts mesothelium formation with reduced progenitor cells and perturbed migration. In mouse and human mesothelioma, we document expression of LPM-associated transcription factors including Hand2, suggesting re-initiation of a developmental program. Our data connects mesothelium development to Hand2, expanding our understanding of mesothelial pathologies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Karin D Prummel
- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Developmental Biology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
- Department of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Structural and Computational Biology Unit, EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
- SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
| | - Susan Nieuwenhuize
- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Developmental Biology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
- Department of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
| | - Eline C Brombacher
- Department of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
| | - Stephan Daetwyler
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
- Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States
- Department of Cell Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States
| | - Charlotte Soneson
- Department of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
- SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
| | - Jelena Kresoja-Rakic
- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Developmental Biology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
- Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
| | - Agnese Kocere
- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Developmental Biology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
- Department of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
| | - Manuel Ronner
- Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Cell Biology, ZMBE, Muenster, Germany
| | - David E Clouthier
- Department of Craniofacial Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
| | - Anthony B Firulli
- Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Departments of Pediatrics, Anatomy and Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana Medical School, Indianapolis, IN, USA
| | - Héctor Sánchez-Iranzo
- Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC-ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- Institute of Biological and Chemical System - Biological Information Processing (IBCS-BIP), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
| | - Sundar R Naganathan
- Institute of Bioengineering, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
| | - Rebecca O'Rourke
- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Developmental Biology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
| | - Erez Raz
- Institute for Cell Biology, ZMBE, Muenster, Germany
| | - Nadia Mercader
- Institute of Anatomy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC-ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
| | - Alexa Burger
- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Developmental Biology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
| | - Emanuela Felley-Bosco
- Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
| | - Jan Huisken
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
- Morgridge Institute for Research, Madison, WI, USA
| | - Mark D Robinson
- Department of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
- SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
| | - Christian Mosimann
- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Developmental Biology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.
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