The genome of the colonial hydroidHydractiniareveals their stem cells utilize a toolkit of evolutionarily shared genes with all animals

Author:

Schnitzler Christine E.ORCID,Chang E. SallyORCID,Waletich JustinORCID,Quiroga-Artigas GonzaloORCID,Wong Wai YeeORCID,Nguyen Anh-Dao,Barreira Sofia N.,Doonan LiamORCID,Gonzalez Paul,Koren Sergey,Gahan James M.,Sanders Steven M.ORCID,Bradshaw BrianORCID,DuBuc Timothy Q.ORCID,Febrimarsa ORCID,Jong Danielle de,Nawrocki Eric P.,Larson Alexandra,Klasfeld Samantha,Gornik Sebastian G.ORCID,Moreland R. TravisORCID,Wolfsberg Tyra G.ORCID,Phillippy Adam M.ORCID,Mullikin James C.,Simakov OlegORCID,Cartwright PaulynORCID,Nicotra MatthewORCID,Frank UriORCID,Baxevanis Andreas D.ORCID

Abstract

ABSTRACTHydractiniais a colonial marine hydroid that exhibits remarkable biological properties, including the capacity to regenerate its entire body throughout its lifetime, a process made possible by its adult migratory stem cells, known as i-cells. Here, we provide an in-depth characterization of the genomic structure and gene content of twoHydractiniaspecies,H. symbiolongicarpusandH. echinata, placing them in a comparative evolutionary framework with other cnidarian genomes. We also generated and annotated a single-cell transcriptomic atlas for adult maleH. symbiolongicarpusand identified cell type markers for all major cell types, including key i-cell markers. Orthology analyses based on the markers revealed thatHydractinia’s i-cells are highly enriched in genes that are widely shared amongst animals, a striking finding given thatHydractiniahas a higher proportion of phylum-specific genes than any of the other 41 animals in our orthology analysis. These results indicate thatHydractinia’s stem cells and early progenitor cells may use a toolkit shared with all animals, making it a promising model organism for future exploration of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. The genomic and transcriptomic resources forHydractiniapresented here will enable further studies of their regenerative capacity, colonial morphology, and ability to distinguish self from non-self.

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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