RNA-seq profiles of WT and Qk-KO corpus callosum and oligodendrocytes
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ABSTRACT: This study is to analyze the transcriptomic profiles of Plp-CreERT2;QKLoxP/LoxP (Qk-KO) and Plp-CreERT2;QKLoxP/+ (WT) mice and WT and Qk-KO oligodendrocytes to determine the differentially expressed genes.
Project description:This study is to analyze the transcriptomic profiles of Plp-CreERT2;QkLoxP/LoxP (Qk-Plp-iCKO) mice and littermate controls to determine the differentially expressed genes after Qk deletion.
Project description:This study is to analyze the transcriptomic profiles of 6 weeks 0.2% cuprizone treated Cx3cr1-CreER;QKLoxP/LoxP (Qk-KO) and Cx3cr1-CreER;QK LoxP/+ (WT) mice
Project description:This study is to analyze the transcriptomic profiles of Rosa26-CreERT2;QkLoxP/LoxP (Qk-Rosa26-iCKO) mice and littermate controls to determine the differentially expressed genes after Qk deletion.
Project description:In this study, we address the hypothesis that aging modifies the intrinsic properties of oligodendrocytes, the myelin-forming cells of the brain. According to our model, an "epigenetic memory" is stored in the chromatin of the oligodendrocyte lineage cells and is responsible for the maintenance of a mature phenotype, characterized by low levels of expression of transcriptional inhibitors. We report here an age-related decline of histone deacetylation and methylation, the molecular mechanisms responsible for the establishment and maintenance of this "epigenetic memory" of the differentiated state. We further show that lack of histone methylation and increased acetylation in mature oligodendrocytes are associated with global changes in gene expression, that include the re-expression of bHLH inhibitors (i.e. Hes5 and Id4) and precursor markers (i.e. Sox2). These changes characteristic of the "aging" oligodendrocytes can be recapitulated in vitro, by treating primary oligodendrocyte cultures with histone deacetylase inhibitors. Thus, we conclude that the "epigenetic memory loss" detected in white matter tracts of older mice induces global changes of gene expression that modify the intrinsic properties of aged oligodendrocytes and may functionally modulate the responsiveness of these cells to external stimuli.
Project description:During mammalian brain development, neural stem cells (NSCs) initially produce only neurons and subsequently shift to glial production, while it is still unknown what regulates this drastic fate change. Here we discovered RNA-binding protein (RBP) of quaking (Qk) is selectively expressed in NSCs and is essential for switching from neurogenesis to gliogenesis. Using CNS-specific KO mice for Qk, we found that gliogenesis, but not neurogenesis, was specifically disrupted in Qk-/- brains. In glial differentiating condition, Qk-/- NSCs failed to enter gliogenesis but caused ectopic neurogenic gene expression. Pathway analysis of Qk-/- NSCs identified endocytosis as the regulatory functional cluster of Qk which has been shown to facilitate extra-cellular signaling receptors replacement and promote NSC differentiation. Mechanistically, Qk regulates endocytosis pathway genes through stabilizing their mRNAs via Qk binding sequences in 3’UTR. These results uncovered the cell fate determination mechanism of NSCs through mRNA regulation.
Project description:During mammalian brain development, neural stem cells (NSCs) initially produce only neurons and subsequently shift to glial production, while it is still unknown what regulates this drastic fate change. Here we discovered RNA-binding protein (RBP) of quaking (Qk) is selectively expressed in NSCs and is essential for switching from neurogenesis to gliogenesis. Using CNS-specific KO mice for Qk, we found that gliogenesis, but not neurogenesis, was specifically disrupted in Qk-/- brains. In glial differentiating condition, Qk-/- NSCs failed to enter gliogenesis but caused ectopic neurogenic gene expression. Pathway analysis of Qk-/- NSCs identified endocytosis as the regulatory functional cluster of Qk which has been shown to facilitate extra-cellular signaling receptors replacement and promote NSC differentiation. Mechanistically, Qk regulates endocytosis pathway genes through stabilizing their mRNAs via Qk binding sequences in 3’UTR. These results uncovered the cell fate determination mechanism of NSCs through mRNA regulation.