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Single-nucleus RNA and Multiomics in Situ Pairwise Sequencing Reveals Cellular Heterogeneity of the Abnormal Ligamentum Teres in Patients with Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip

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Journal Heliyon
Specialty Social Sciences
Date 2024 Mar 25
PMID 38524543
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Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) is the most common hip deformity in pediatric orthopedics. One of the common pathological changes in DDH is the thickening and hypertrophy of the ligamentum teres. However, the underlying pathogenic mechanism responsible for these changes remains unclear. This study represents the first time that the heterogeneity of cell subsets in the abnormal ligamentum teres of patients with DDH has been resolved at the single-cell and spatial levels by snRNA-Seq and MiP-Seq. Through gene set enrichment and intercellular communication network analyses, we found that receptor-like cells and ligament stem cells may play an essential role in the pathological changes resulting in ligamentum teres thickening and hypertrophy. Eight ligand-receptor pairs related to the ECM-receptor pathway were observed to be closely associated with DDH. Further, using the Monocle R package, we predicted a differentiation trajectory of pericytes into two branches, leading to junctional ligament stem cells or fibroblasts. The expression of extracellular matrix-related genes along pseudotemporal trajectories was also investigated. Using MiP-Seq, we determined the expression distribution of marker genes specific to different cell types within the ligamentum teres, as well as differentially expressed DDH-associated genes at the spatial level.

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