TGF-β signaling and Creb5 cooperatively regulate Fgf18 to control pharyngeal muscle development

© 2022, Feng et al..

The communication between myogenic cells and their surrounding connective tissues is indispensable for muscle morphogenesis. During late embryonic development in mice, myogenic progenitors migrate to discrete sites to form individual muscles. The detailed mechanism of this process remains unclear. Using mouse levator veli palatini (LVP) development as a model, we systematically investigated how a distinct connective tissue subpopulation, perimysial fibroblasts, communicates with myogenic cells to regulate mouse pharyngeal myogenesis. Using single-cell RNAseq data analysis, we identified that TGF-β signaling is a key regulator for the perimysial fibroblasts. Loss of TGF-β signaling in the neural crest-derived palatal mesenchyme leads to defects in perimysial fibroblasts and muscle malformation in the soft palate in Osr2Cre;Tgfbr1fl/fl mice. In particular, Creb5, a transcription factor expressed in the perimysial fibroblasts, cooperates with TGF-β signaling to activate expression of Fgf18. Moreover, Fgf18 supports pharyngeal muscle development in vivo and exogenous Fgf18 can partially rescue myogenic cell numbers in Osr2Cre;Tgfbr1fl/fl samples, illustrating that TGF-β-regulated Fgf18 signaling is required for LVP development. Collectively, our findings reveal the mechanism by which TGF-β signaling achieves its functional specificity in defining the perimysial-to-myogenic signals for pharyngeal myogenesis.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

eLife - 11(2022) vom: 21. Dez.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Feng, Jifan [VerfasserIn]
Han, Xia [VerfasserIn]
Yuan, Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Cho, Courtney Kyeong [VerfasserIn]
Janečková, Eva [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Tingwei [VerfasserIn]
Pareek, Siddhika [VerfasserIn]
Rahman, Md Shaifur [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Banghong [VerfasserIn]
Bi, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Jing, Junjun [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Mingyi [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Jian [VerfasserIn]
Ho, Thach-Vu [VerfasserIn]
Chai, Yang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cell-cell interaction
Developmental biology
EC 2.7.11.30
Journal Article
Mouse
Pharyngeal muscle
Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type I
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Soft palate
TGF-β signaling
Transforming Growth Factor beta

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 23.12.2022

Date Revised 06.07.2023

published: Electronic

GEO: GSE203035, GSE155928

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.7554/eLife.80405

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM350536740