Identification of a hepatocyte stem cell and its niche in liver homeostasis
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ABSTRACT: Summary: RNAseq analysis of Axin2+ hepatocyte stem cells versus Axin2- mature hepatocytes shows that Axin2+ cells have a distinct gene expression profile compared to Axin2- hepatocytes. Methods: Hepatocytes were isolated from 8 week old Axin2rtTA;TetO-H2B-GFP mice (n = 3) given doxycycline in drinking water for 7 days. After removal of non-parenchymal cells, the hepatocytes were sorted into GFP+ versus GFP- populations by FACS. mRNA was isolated and RNAseq profiles were generated using Illumina HiSeq 2000. The reads were mapped to the mouse genome (mm10) using TopHat (v2.0.11) and differential gene expression analysis was performed using CuffDiff (v.2.2.2). Results: We mapped about 60 million sequence reads per sample to the mouse genome (build mm10) and identified more than 30,000 transcripts in the Axin2+ and Axin2- cell populations. Differential gene expression analysis using CuffDiff identified 96 genes with signficantly different expression levels between the two populations. Several of these were confirmed by RNA in situ and qRT-PCR analysis. mRNA profiles of Axin2+ and Axin2- cells from uninjured adult mouse liver were analysed by deep sequencing, in triplicate, using Illumina HiSeq 2000.
Project description:Summary: RNAseq analysis of Axin2+ hepatocyte stem cells versus Axin2- mature hepatocytes shows that Axin2+ cells have a distinct gene expression profile compared to Axin2- hepatocytes. Methods: Hepatocytes were isolated from 8 week old Axin2rtTA;TetO-H2B-GFP mice (n = 3) given doxycycline in drinking water for 7 days. After removal of non-parenchymal cells, the hepatocytes were sorted into GFP+ versus GFP- populations by FACS. mRNA was isolated and RNAseq profiles were generated using Illumina HiSeq 2000. The reads were mapped to the mouse genome (mm10) using TopHat (v2.0.11) and differential gene expression analysis was performed using CuffDiff (v.2.2.2). Results: We mapped about 60 million sequence reads per sample to the mouse genome (build mm10) and identified more than 30,000 transcripts in the Axin2+ and Axin2- cell populations. Differential gene expression analysis using CuffDiff identified 96 genes with signficantly different expression levels between the two populations. Several of these were confirmed by RNA in situ and qRT-PCR analysis.
Project description:Axin2-expressing calvarial suture stem cells can contribute to calvarial development, homeostatic maintenance, repair, and regeneration. We used microarray to examine the gene expression profiles of Axin2-expressing suture stem cells and Axin2-negative cells in suture mesenchyme. Three of Axin2+/GFP+ and three of Axin2-/GFP- cell samples were collected from mice carrying Axin2rtTA and TREH2BGFP transgenes. Each samples were isolated from 6-8 Axin2rtTA; TRE-H2BGFP mice and sorted by the GFP intensity.
Project description:Summary: RNAseq analysis of Axin2+ and Axin2- endometrial epithelial cells shows that Axin2+ cells have a distinct gene expression profile compared to Axin2- cells. Methods: Four-week-old Axin2rtTA; tetOH2BJGFP mice (n=3) were ovariectomized. After 2 weeks of rest, H2BJGFP was induced in Axin2+ cells by a single dose of doxycycline administered intraperitoneally and uteri were collected 4 days post-doxycycline administration. Endometrial epithelial cells were isolated, digested into single cell suspension and Axin2+ (GFPhigh) and Axin2- (GFP-) cells were FACS sorted. The respective Axin2+ and Axin2- cells from each of the three mice used in this experiment were pooled together (Axin2- cells = C1, C2, C3; Axin2+ cells = M1, M2, M3, Arabic numeral represents the mouse number). Total RNA was isolated using RNeasy Micro kit (Qiagen) as per manufacturer instructions. RNA quality and concentration were determined using Nanodrop ND-1000 Spectrophotometer. RNAseq profiles were generated using Illumina NovaSeq platform. The reads were mapped to the mouse genome (Build version mm10) using the STAR aligner (v2.5.3a) and differential gene expression analysis was performed using edgeR (version 3.22.5) tool. Results: Differential gene expression analysis using edgeR identified 4458 genes that were differentially expressed by more than twofold in the Axin2high population compared with Axin2- population. Several of these differentially expressed genes include some of the well-known stem cell markers.
Project description:Analysis of changes in gene expression following hepatocyte specific deletion of GATA4 in adult mice. Results showed that the subset of differentially expressed genes had liver specific ontologies. Total RNA isolated from hepatocytes of AAV8-Tbg-Cre injected GATA4 fl/fl mice was compared to total RNA isolated from AAV-Tbg-GFP injected GATA4 fl/fl mice.
Project description:Analysis of changes in gene expression following hepatocyte specific deletion of GATA4 and GATA6 in adult mice. Results showed that the subset of differentially expressed genes had liver specific ontologies. Total RNA isolated from hepatocytes of AAV8-Tbg-Cre injected GATA4,6 fl/fl mice was compared to total RNA isolated from AAV-Tbg-GFP injected GATA4,6 fl/fl mice.
Project description:We analyze the globel gene expression changes in the tumor initiating cells of regressing miR-125b addicted tumors after oncomiR withdrawal For Histone-H2BGFP expression in DTG tumor cells, the U6 promoter was deleted in the PLKO-PGK-H2B-GFP vector throughNdeI-AgeI digestion, Quick Blunting Kit treatment (NEB), and self-ligation. The resulting PLNA-PGK-H2BGFP plasmid was packaged into lentivirus and used to infect ~1x106freshly sorted α6hiβ1hi DTG tumor cells. After 30 min, cells were then extensively washed and immediately engrafted onto backskins of Nude mice by intradermal transplantation. GFP+α6hiβ1hicells were FACS-isolated from resulting tumors and then serially transplanted as above. For RNA seq analysis of the miR-125b addicted tumor regression process, H2BGFP labeled DTG tumor cells were intradermally engrafted onto backskins of Nude mice (1x104cells/site). Tumors were allowed to grow to ~1cm diameter. Mice were then taken Off Dox by transferring them to regular food for 0, 4, 7 days. GFP+α6hiβ1hiwere then FACS-isolated from the tumors. Two or three independent replicates were collected for each time point. Total RNAswere extracted from the FACS-sorted cells using the miRNeasy Mini Kit (Qiagen) according to the vender’s protocol. Expression of miR-125b in each sample was quantified by RT-PCR using TaqMan MicroRNA Assays (Applied Biosystems). For RNA seq, RNA samples were submitted to the Genomics Resources Core Facility of the Weill Cornell Medical College for library construction using IlluminaTruSeq Stranded mRNA Sample Prep Kit and then sequencing using Illumina HiSeq2000. Resultswere analyzed via the Galaxy web platform using TopHat for initiate mapping and Cufflinks for transcripts assembling and expression level estimation (Computing FPKM: fragments per kilobase of exon per million fragments mapped). The MM9 genome assembly (UCSC Genome Browser) was used as reference genome for all analyses. Low expression genes
Project description:Regulation of RNA processing contributes profoundly to tissue development and physiology. The serine-arginine-rich splicing factor 1 (SRSF1) is essential for hepatocyte function and survival. Although SRSF1 is mainly known for its many roles in mRNA metabolism, it is also crucial for maintaining genome stability. We show that acute liver damage in the setting of targeted SRSF1 deletion in mice is primarily mediated by the excessive formation of deleterious RNA–DNA hybrids (R-loops), which induce DNA damage. Combining hepatocyte-specific transcriptome, proteome, and RNA binding analyses, we demonstrate that widespread genotoxic stress following SRSF1 depletion results in global inhibition of mRNA transcription and protein synthesis, leading to impaired metabolism and trafficking of lipids. Accumulation of lipids in SRSF1-deficient hepatocytes is quickly followed by necroptotic cell death, inflammation, and fibrosis, resulting in NASH-like liver pathology. This pathogenesis is recapitulated in SRSF1-depleted human liver cancer cells illustrating a conserved and fundamental role for SRSF1 in preserving genome integrity and tissue homeostasis. This data set contains a proteomic comparison of hepatocytes from wild type vs. acute knockout of SRSF1. The acute knockout was generated by injecting 8-week-old SRSF1 fl/fl mice with a viral vector expressing Cre under the control of the liver-specific thyroxine binding globulin (TBG) promoter (AAV8-TBG-iCre). Controls were generated by injecting AAV8-TBG-GFP viral vector. The hepatocytes were isolated 2 weeks post injection.
Project description:Gene expression of Ethanol-treated hepatocytes from WT and transglutaminase 2 knockout mice Experiment Overall Design: Non or 100mM Ethanol-treated WT hepatocytes, Non or 100mM Ethanol-treated TG2KO hepatocytes. Experiment Overall Design: 8 of Samples were analysed (its replicates are included)
Project description:To generate an unbiased view of changes to the retinal gene network in Neurog2 retinal mutants as well as understanding the effects of Mash1 ectopic expression in a Neurog2 retinal mutant, we generated and compared the E12.5 transcriptomes from Neurog2 heterozygote, Neurog2 mutant and Neurog2 mutant;Mash1 knock-in mice. A pair of E12.5 retinas from each biologic replicate underwent FACS sorting to isolate GFP+ cells. GFP+ cells were used to produce libraries for high throughput sequencing (n = 3 biologic replicates/genotype). Reads were aligned with BWA and Bowtie programs to the mm10 genome. Aligned reads were then analyzed for differentially expressed transcripts using the CuffDiff program in the Galaxy online bioinformatics package (www.usegalaxy.org).