Project description:Bone marrow-derived MDSCs were generated from bone marrow of naive WT or Rel-/- mice. After red blood cell lysis, BM cells were cultured in complete RPMI medium containing GM-CSF (100 ng/mL) and IL-6 (100 ng/mL) for 7 days. RNAs were collected afterwards for RNA-Seq.
Project description:Fibrosarcoma cell lines were generated from wild-type and Tnfaip8 knockout mice. After stimulation with vehicle, LPA, or PDGF, RNAs were collected from the cells afterwards for RNA-Seq.
Project description:The experiment was designed to determine the gene expression changes cultured brown adipocytes in response to the inflammatory stimulus of LPS treatment. Both wild type and TLR4 knockout cells were applied to enable assessment of the contribution of TLR4 to the response.
Project description:The METTL3 methyltransferase is responsible for the deposition of N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modifications in RNA and has been identified as essential for survival and proliferation of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells in a genome-wide CRISPR screen. In our experiments involving a small-molecule METTL3 inhibitor (UZH2) in the AML cell line MOLM-13, we observed suppression of cell proliferation, induction of apoptosis and differentiation. The aim of RNA-seq experiment was to characterize the transcriptomic changes occurring in MOLM-13 cell line after treatment UZH2. Cell were treated with 10 µM of UZH2 for 16 h and compered to untreated controls (5 % DMSO).
Project description:The experiment looks for diurnal-regulated genes in Medicago truncatula plants. Medicago truncatula Jester accession plants were entrained for18 days in long days (16h light:8h dark) at 24°C constant temperature. Samples for two biological replicates per time point were collected every 4h for 24h beginning at ZT0 (subjective dawn) until ZT20. Total RNA was extracted from ground tissue using an RNeasy RNA extraction kit (Qiagen). Extracted total RNA was DNAse-treated (Invitrogen). Total RNA (2-3ug) was dried down and preserved in Sigma-Aldrich RNAstable before being couriered to BGI Tech Solutions (HONGKONG) Co., Ltd (https://www.bgi.com/global). BGI Tech prepared and processed libraries for 20M PE100 reads using their DNBseq platform - BGISEQ-500.
Project description:The experiment looks for circadian-regulated genes in Medicago truncatula plants. Medicago truncatula Jester accession plants were entrained for 3 weeks in long days (16h light:8h dark) at 24°C constant temperature. On day 20, plants were transferred to LL conditions for 3 days. Samples for three biological replicates per time point were collected every 4h for 24h beginning at CT48 (subjective dawn) until CT68. Total RNA was extracted from ground tissue using an RNeasy RNA extraction kit (Qiagen). Extracted total RNA was DNAse-treated (Invitrogen). Total RNA (2-3ug) was dried down and preserved in Sigma-Aldrich RNAstable before being couriered to BGI Tech Solutions (HONGKONG) Co., Ltd (https://www.bgi.com/global). BGI Tech prepared and processed libraries for 20M PE100 reads using their DNBseq platform - BGISEQ-500.
Project description:To analyse gene expression pattern in different disease state of COVID-19 patients. Experimental workflow: 1) rRNA was removed by using RNase H method, 2) QAIseq FastSelect RNA Removal Kit was used to remove the Globin RNA, 3) The purified fragmented cDNA was combined with End Repair Mix, then add A-Tailing Mix, mix well by pipetting, incubation, 4) PCR amplification, 5) Library quality control and pooling cyclization, 6) The RNA library was sequenced by MGI2000 PE100 platform with 100bp paired-end reads. Analysis steps: 1) RNA-seq raw sequencing reads were filtered by SOAPnuke (Li et al., 2008) to remove reads with sequencing adapter, with low-quality base ratio (base quality < 5) > 20%, and with unknown base (’N’ base) ratio > 5%. 2) Reads aligned to rRNA by Bowtie2 (v2.2.5) (Langmead and Salzberg, 2012) were removed. 3) The clean reads were mapped to the reference genome using HISAT2 (Kim et al., 2015). Bowtie2 (v2.2.5) was applied to align the clean reads to the transcriptome. 4)Then the gene expression level (FPKM) was determined by RSEM (Li and Dewey, 2011). Genes with FPKM > 0.1 in at least one sample were retained.
Project description:Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) are immature myeloid cells that accumulate in the tumor microenvironment of most cancer patients. There MDSCs suppress both adaptive and innate immune responses, hindering immunotherapies. Moreover, many cancers are accompanied by inflammation, a processes that further intensifies MDSC suppressive activity, causing aggressive tumor progression and metastasis. MDSCs collected from tumor-bearing mice profusely release nano-scale membrane-bound extracellular vesicles, called exosomes, which carry biologically active proteins between cells and contribute directly to the immune suppressive functions of MDSC. Many studies on other cell types have shown that exosomes may also carry microRNAs (miRNAs) and messenger RNAs (mRNAs) which can also be transferred to surrounding and distant cells. However, to the best of our knowledge, the miRNA and mRNA cargo of MDSC-derived exosomes has not yet been interrogated. This study aims to identify and quantify the cargo of MDSC and their immunosuppressive exosomes to gather knowledge that can offer insights on the mechanisms by which MDSCs contribute to immune suppression, focusing on the role of exosomes as intercellular communication mediators in the tumor microenvironment. In order to achieve our objective a well-established mouse model based on a conventional mammary carcinoma (4T1 cells) and heightened inflammation (4T1 transduced to express the cytokine interleukin-1b) was used. We provide evidence that MDSC-derived exosomes carry proteins, mRNAs and miRNAs. Relative quantitation demonstrated quantitative differences between the exosome cargo and the cargo of their parental cells, supporting the hypothesis that selective loading into the exosomes is possible. Additionally, quantitative and functional analyses of the exosome cargo generated under conventional and heightened inflammation conditions are consistent with clinical observations that inflammation is linked to cancer development.
Project description:Rett Syndrome (RTT) is a severe neurological disorder predominantly affecting females, caused by mutations in the methyl CpG binding protein 2 (MECP2) gene. Understanding the pathophysiology of RTT at a cellular and molecular level is crucial for the development of targeted therapies. This project aims to dissect the molecular underpinnings of RTT using a novel in vitro model system based on a commercially available human neural progenitor cell line, ReNCell. We have engineered multiple distinct ReNCell lines to mimic specific genetic alterations associated with RTT, providing a robust platform for mechanistic studies and drug screening. One cell line is a complete knockout of MECP2, serving as a model to investigate the effects of total loss of MeCP2 function. This model helps in understanding the full spectrum of MeCP2's roles in neural development and maintenance, and in identifying compensatory mechanisms that could be targeted therapeutically. The other line involves the knockdown of NEAT1, a long non-coding RNA known to be involved in the pathogenesis of several neurological disorders, including RTT. Recent studies suggest NEAT1 plays a critical role in the neuronal cellular response to MECP2 dysfunction. By reducing NEAT1 expression, we aim to elucidate its contribution to RTT pathology and explore its potential as a therapeutic target. Here we characterize the transcriptome of these cell lines, including the wild type (control), at the progenitor state and after 7 days of differentiation with three replicates each.
Project description:The study was design to compare transcriptomic profiles of whole biopsies to enteroid/colonoid lines derived from them. In the accompanying publication, we observed substantial overlap of pathways upregulated in Crohn’s disease in enteroids and ileal biopsies, as well as colonoids and rectal biopsies. Our data support the use of patient enteroids and colonoids as critical translational tools for the study of inflammatory bowel disease.