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Trajectory modeling of first trimester placenta highlight differences between cytotrophoblast progenitors and trophoblast stem cells [scRNA-seq]

GSE270170 Homo sapiens (human) Single-cell RNA-seq 13 samples Submitted 2024/08/16 Platform GPL24676
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Single-cell RNA-seq · human · 13 samples

What it is
Single-cell RNA-seqGene activity measured in thousands of individual cells, so cell types can be told apart.
Organism
Homo sapiens (human)
Samples
13 samples: 3 × TSC, patient vs 2 × Basal Plate, patient vs 2 × Chorionic Plate, patientGroups are read from the sample names, not from the paper. Check the list below.
Data you can get
A processed table (series matrix) and supplementary files from NCBI; the raw sequencing reads from ENA. Which of these hold counts depends on the study, so check the file list.
Paper
Single-cell transcriptomics reveal differences between chorionic and basal plate cytotrophoblasts and trophoblast stem cellsbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
Summary (written by the submitters)
Cytotrophoblast (CTB) are bipotent progenitor epithelial cells of the human placenta, which can differentiate into invasive extravillous trophoblast (EVT) and multinucleated syncytiotrophoblast (STB). Trophoblast stem cells (TSC) have also been shown to be bipotential. In this study, we set out to probe the transcriptional diversity of first trimester CTB and compare TSC to various subgroups of CTB.
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We performed single-cell RNA sequencing on six normal placentae, four 6-week placentae, two of which were separated into basal and chorionic fractions prior to sequencing, and two 13-week placentae. We also sequenced three TSC lines, derived from 6-8 week placentae, to evaluate similarities and differences between primary CTB and TSC. CTB clusters displayed notable distinctions based on gestational age, with 6-week placentae showing enrichment for specific CTB subtypes, further influenced by origin from the basal or chorionic plate. Differential expression analysis of CTB from basal versus chorionic plate highlighted pathways associated with proliferation, unfolded protein response, and oxidative phosphorylation. We identified trophoblast states representing initial progenitor CTB, precursor STB, precursor and mature EVT, and multiple CTB subtypes. CTB progenitors were enriched at 6-weeks, with basal plate cells biased toward EVT, and chorionic plate cells toward STB, precursors. Clustering and trajectory inference analysis indicated that TSC were most like EVT precursor cells, with only a small percentage of TSC on the pre-STB differentiation trajectory. This was confirmed by flow cytometric analysis of 6 different TSC lines, which showed uniform expression of proximal column markers ITGA2 and ITGA5. Additionally, we found that only ITGA5+ CTB could be plated in 2D, and these cells formed only EVT upon spontaneous differentiation. Our findings suggest that distinct CTB states exist in different regions of the placenta as early as six weeks gestation and that current TSC lines most closely resemble ITGA5+ CTB, biased toward the EVT lineage.
Published in
Single-cell transcriptomics reveal differences between chorionic and basal plate cytotrophoblasts and trophoblast stem cells
Morey R, Soncin F, Kallol S et al. · bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2024 · PMID 39071344 · doi:10.1101/2024.07.12.603155
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1 · Just have a look

Processed table

The series matrix: one table of values per sample as the submitters processed it. The smallest download, and it opens in Excel or R. Start here to see what the data look like.

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Supplementary files

The count tables and other files the authors uploaded. Take only the samples you need, or the whole study as GSE270170_RAW.tar (it can run to tens of gigabytes).

3 · Start from the raw reads

Raw sequencing reads

The original FASTQ files, straight from the sequencer, held at ENA. Large, and you align them yourself, so only choose this if you need to re-process the study from scratch.

What the files usually look like: Single-cell studies usually ship their counts as 10x files (matrix.mtx, barcodes.tsv, features.tsv), an .h5 file, or an .rds / .h5ad object that Seurat or Scanpy can open. Look for those among the supplementary files.

Also filed as BioProject PRJNA1125368 and SRA study SRP514630. Searching any of these in the dataset finder brings you back here.

Study design
3 × TSC, patient vs 2 × Basal Plate, patient vs 2 × Chorionic Plate, patient

Supports a between-group comparison across 7 samples.

How we read this: 3 replicated groups read from 13 sample titles; they account for 7 of them. These groups are guessed from the sample names, not taken from the paper, so check them against the sample list below before relying on them.

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