Delineating mouse β-cell identity during lifetime and in diabetes with a single cell atlas

single-cell
rna-seq
mouse
pancreas
atlas
Authors

Karin Hrovatin

Aimée Bastidas-Ponce

Mostafa Bakhti

Luke Zappia

Maren Büttner

Ciro Sallino

Michael Sterr

Anika Böttcher

Adriana Migliorini

Heiko Lickert

Fabian J Theis

Date

September 11, 2023

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Abstract

Although multiple pancreatic islet single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) datasets have been generated, a consensus on pancreatic cell states in development, homeostasis and diabetes as well as the value of preclinical animal models is missing. Here, we present an scRNA-seq cross-condition mouse islet atlas (MIA), a curated resource for interactive exploration and computational querying. We integrate over 300,000 cells from nine scRNA-seq datasets consisting of 56 samples, varying in age, sex and diabetes models, including an autoimmune type 1 diabetes model (NOD), a glucotoxicity/lipotoxicity type 2 diabetes model (db/db) and a chemical streptozotocin β-cell ablation model. The β-cell landscape of MIA reveals new cell states during disease progression and cross-publication differences between previously suggested marker genes. We show that β-cells in the streptozotocin model transcriptionally correlate with those in human type 2 diabetes and mouse db/db models, but are less similar to human type 1 diabetes and mouse NOD β-cells. We also report pathways that are shared between β-cells in immature, aged and diabetes models. MIA enables a comprehensive analysis of β-cell responses to different stressors, providing a roadmap for the understanding of β-cell plasticity, compensation and demise.

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BibTeX citation:
@article{hrovatin2023,
  author = {Hrovatin, Karin and Bastidas-Ponce, Aimée and Bakhti,
    Mostafa and Zappia, Luke and Büttner, Maren and Sallino, Ciro and
    Sterr, Michael and Böttcher, Anika and Migliorini, Adriana and
    Lickert, Heiko and J Theis, Fabian},
  title = {Delineating Mouse β-Cell Identity During Lifetime and in
    Diabetes with a Single Cell Atlas},
  journal = {Nature Metabolism},
  volume = {5},
  number = {1},
  pages = {1615-1637},
  date = {2023-09-11},
  url = {https://lazappi.id.au/publications/2023-hrovatin-MIA/},
  doi = {10.1038/s42255-023-00876-x},
  issn = {2522-5812},
  langid = {en},
  abstract = {Although multiple pancreatic islet single-cell
    RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) datasets have been generated, a consensus
    on pancreatic cell states in development, homeostasis and diabetes
    as well as the value of preclinical animal models is missing. Here,
    we present an scRNA-seq cross-condition mouse islet atlas (MIA), a
    curated resource for interactive exploration and computational
    querying. We integrate over 300,000 cells from nine scRNA-seq
    datasets consisting of 56 samples, varying in age, sex and diabetes
    models, including an autoimmune type 1 diabetes model (NOD), a
    glucotoxicity/lipotoxicity type 2 diabetes model (db/db) and a
    chemical streptozotocin β-cell ablation model. The β-cell landscape
    of MIA reveals new cell states during disease progression and
    cross-publication differences between previously suggested marker
    genes. We show that β-cells in the streptozotocin model
    transcriptionally correlate with those in human type 2 diabetes and
    mouse db/db models, but are less similar to human type 1 diabetes
    and mouse NOD β-cells. We also report pathways that are shared
    between β-cells in immature, aged and diabetes models. MIA enables a
    comprehensive analysis of β-cell responses to different stressors,
    providing a roadmap for the understanding of β-cell plasticity,
    compensation and demise.}
}
For attribution, please cite this work as:
Hrovatin, Karin, Aimée Bastidas-Ponce, Mostafa Bakhti, Luke Zappia, Maren Büttner, Ciro Sallino, Michael Sterr, et al. 2023. “Delineating Mouse β-Cell Identity During Lifetime and in Diabetes with a Single Cell Atlas.” Nature Metabolism 5 (9): 1615–37. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-023-00876-x.