{"title":"Cloche/Npas4l is a pro-regenerative platelet factor during zebrafish heart regeneration","authors":"Junjie Hou, Yabing Song, Chenglu Xiao, Yuanyuan Sun, Jie Shen, Xiaokai Ma, Qinchao Zhou, Shih-Ching Chiu, Yang Xu, Yanyi Huang, Ye-Guang Chen, Xiaojun Zhu, Jianbin Wang, Jing-Wei Xiong","doi":"10.1016/j.devcel.2025.06.015","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Zebrafish has full capacity of heart regeneration, but little is known about how blood cells, especially platelets, are involved in this regenerative process. Here, we report that <em>cloche/npas4l</em> is a pro-regenerative platelet factor for heart regeneration. We found that haploinsufficiency of <em>npas4l</em> disrupted cardiomyocyte (CM) and endothelial cell (EC) proliferation and heart regeneration after injury. A single-cell transcriptomic atlas identified that <em>npas4l</em> was dynamically expressed in platelets after heart injury and controlled robust interactions between platelet-CMs or -ECs. Decreasing platelets impaired CM/EC proliferation, and overexpression of <em>npas4l</em> in platelets sufficiently induced CM/EC proliferation in uninjured hearts, as well as rescued CM/EC proliferation defects in <em>cloche</em> mutants. Mechanistically, Npas4l positively controlled a panel of ligand expression, including <em>bmp6</em> in platelets, to fine-tune CM proliferation and heart regeneration. Therefore, this work demonstrates platelet Npas4l signaling and presents mechanisms on how platelets modulate CM/EC proliferation via ligand-receptor network during zebrafish heart regeneration.","PeriodicalId":11157,"journal":{"name":"Developmental cell","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Developmental cell","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2025.06.015","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CELL BIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Zebrafish has full capacity of heart regeneration, but little is known about how blood cells, especially platelets, are involved in this regenerative process. Here, we report that cloche/npas4l is a pro-regenerative platelet factor for heart regeneration. We found that haploinsufficiency of npas4l disrupted cardiomyocyte (CM) and endothelial cell (EC) proliferation and heart regeneration after injury. A single-cell transcriptomic atlas identified that npas4l was dynamically expressed in platelets after heart injury and controlled robust interactions between platelet-CMs or -ECs. Decreasing platelets impaired CM/EC proliferation, and overexpression of npas4l in platelets sufficiently induced CM/EC proliferation in uninjured hearts, as well as rescued CM/EC proliferation defects in cloche mutants. Mechanistically, Npas4l positively controlled a panel of ligand expression, including bmp6 in platelets, to fine-tune CM proliferation and heart regeneration. Therefore, this work demonstrates platelet Npas4l signaling and presents mechanisms on how platelets modulate CM/EC proliferation via ligand-receptor network during zebrafish heart regeneration.
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Developmental Cell, established in 2001, is a comprehensive journal that explores a wide range of topics in cell and developmental biology. Our publication encompasses work across various disciplines within biology, with a particular emphasis on investigating the intersections between cell biology, developmental biology, and other related fields. Our primary objective is to present research conducted through a cell biological perspective, addressing the essential mechanisms governing cell function, cellular interactions, and responses to the environment. Moreover, we focus on understanding the collective behavior of cells, culminating in the formation of tissues, organs, and whole organisms, while also investigating the consequences of any malfunctions in these intricate processes.