Project description:To investigate how ex vivo culture affects chromatin accessibility in cultured HSC, we performed the Assay for Transposase Accessible Chromatin with high-throughput sequencing (ATAC-Seq) on cLT (CD34+CD90+CD45RA-) and cST populations purified from 8 day cultured lineage depleted cord blood (lin- CB) cells treated with 3-Factor (4HPR+UM171+SR1), U+S or 4HPR as well as untreated and vehicle-treated (DMSO) control populations. The subsequent ATAC-seq data was compared to chromatin accessibility signatures generated from uncultured hematopoietic stem and progenitor populations (Takayama, et al.). We found that ex vivo culture shifted cLT and cST cells isolated from control or untreated samples to a chromatin accessibility profiles not found in LT-HSC, suggesting some loss of a stem-cell associated chromatin state. By contrast, 4HPR-treated, to some extent, and 3-Factor-treated HSC maintained chromatin accessibility features of uncultured LT-HSC.
Project description:To investigate the efficacy of nicotinamide treatment using our ex-vivo primary lymphocyte model, we performed high-throughput RNA sequencing on libraries generated from untreated and nicotinamide treated samples. PBMC isolated from FRDA affected individuals were cultured to prepare the primary lymphocyte cell lines. The primary cultured cells were either treated with 10mM nicotinamide or without the addition of drug during the 3-days treatment. RNA was extracted after the treatment and then RNA-seq libraries were generated by standard protocols.
Project description:The CD4+ regulatory T (Treg) cell lineage comprises thymus-derived (t)Treg cells and peripherally induced (p)Treg cells. As a model for Treg cells, studies employ TGF-β-induced (i)Treg cells generated from CD4+ conventional T (Tconv) cells in vitro. Here, we describe the relationship of iTreg cells to tTreg and Tconv cells. Proteomic analysis revealed that iTreg, tTreg and Tconv cell populations each have a unique protein expression pattern. iTreg cells had very limited overlap in protein expression with tTreg cells, regardless of cell activation status and instead shared signaling and metabolic proteins with Tconv cells. tTreg cells had a uniquely modest response to CD3/CD28-mediated stimulation. As a benchmark, we used a previously defined proteomic signature that sets ex vivo naïve and effector phenotype Treg cells apart from Tconv cells and includes unique Treg cell properties (Cuadrado et al., Immunity, 2018). This Treg cell core signature was largely absent in iTreg cells. We also used a proteomic signature that distinguishes ex vivo effector Treg cells from Tconv cells and naïve Treg cells. This effector Treg cell signature was partially present in iTreg cells. In conclusion, iTreg cells are distinct from tTreg cells and share limited features with ex vivo Treg cells at the proteomic level.
Project description:To investigate the efficacy of nicotinamide treatment using our ex-vivo primary lymphocyte model, we performed high-throughput RNA sequencing on libraries generated from untreated and nicotinamide treated samples.
Project description:Lymph node stromal cells were isolated from young C57Bl6/J mice and ex-vivo expanded and purified for gene expression analysis. The aim was to assess gene expression patterns for cultured FRCs. Two replicate samples of untreated young (4-6 weeks old) C57BL6/J mice
Project description:RNA-seq analysis was performed to compare differentially expressed genes in freshly isolated and ex-vivo cultured human cord blood CD34+ cells. Mitochondrion related genes are upregulated in CD34+ hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells upon ex vivo culture. In vivo transplantation experiments demonstrate that stemness of CD34+ cells is significantly decreased due to oxidative stress induced by ex vivo culture.
Project description:To understand the whole genome transcriptome of in vivo Treg cells and ex vivo TGF-beta induced Treg cells from WT and Aim2 knockout mice, the total RNA was extracted from indicated Treg cells using the Direct-zol miniprep kit (Zymo Research, R2060). The RNA samples were firstly enriched by Oligo(dT) magnetic beads and used to construct BGISEQ-500 libraries. RNA-seq libraries sequenced using the 50bp single-end protocol (in vivo isolated Treg cells) or 100bp paired-end protocol (TGF-β induced Treg cells) via the BGISEQ-500 sequencer per the manufacturer’s protocol. After filtering of adaptors and low quality reads, clean reads (>26 Million reads per sample for in vivo isolated Treg cells and >40 Million reads per sample for TGF-β induced Treg cells) are mapped to mouse reference genome using HISAT /Bowtie2 tool. Mapping results are stored in BAM files using SAMtools. Total read counts in gene level were summarized using featureCounts function in the Rsubread in R environment, with the R package biomaRt for gene and transcripts mapping. The differential expression (DE) genes were analyzed by DESeq2 package with default setting using total read counts as input, and the adjusted p value (padj) less than 0.05.