Expression data from distinct populations of iMC from the small intestine of Ackr4(+/gfp) mice
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ABSTRACT: Mesenchymal cells play key roles in modulating tissue homeostasis in various organs, including the intestine. Here we show that the murine intestinal mesenchymal cells are heterogenous, comprising at least three distinct populations. In this dataset, we include the expression data obtained from sorted subsets of CD45-Ter119-EPCAM-GP38+CD31- murine intestinal mesenchymal cell (iMC) populations. The iMC populations were separated into: CD146+ cells, which expressed CD9 and CD29, but not Ackr4, SCA1, ICAM1 or PDGFRa; GFP+ fibroblasts, which expressed Ackr4, SCA1, ICAM1 and PDGFRa; and GFP- fibroblasts, which also expressed SCA1, ICAM1 and PDGFRa, but were negative for Ackr4 expression.
Project description:The atypical chemokine receptor 4 (ACKR4)-expressing spleen endothelial cells (ECs) form a three-dimensional sinusoidal network connected via shunts to the marginal sinus and tightly surrounds the outer perimeter of the marginal zone. To better define this new vascular compartment within the red pulp of the spleen, were sorted CD31+ACKR4+ and CD31+ACKR4- EC populations, routinely yielding 92-98% cell purity and analyzed their transcriptional profiles.
Project description:Purpose:Atypical classical chemokine receptor 4 (ACKR4) is a newly reported atypical classical chemokine receptor. However, its expression and role in MI are still unknown. This study aims to determine whether ACKR4 modulates cardiac remodeling following MI and to explore the specific molecular mechanism. Methods: RNA sequencing of infarcted hearts from WT and ACKR4-KO mice was performed at day 14 post-MI. Results: We generated a library of distinct transcriptome expression patterns.The consistency in the clustering suggested a homogeneous genomic activity with limited background signal and high levels of reproducibility across the three biological replicates in each group.Utilizing a P value < 0.05 and fold changes of 1.5 or greater, we identified 774 genes that are differentially expressed in ACKR4-KO mice compared to WT mice.The downregulated-genes belonged to the GO classes taxis, chemotaxis, extracellular matrix, and cytokine activity. Conclusions: These data provide the first insight into the role and mechanism of ACKR4 in MI.
Project description:Purpose: The goal of this study was to compare exome sequences of Ackr4-deficient mice with C57BL/6 wildtype sequences to understand phenotypic differences which can not be explained by Ackr4-deficiency. Methods: Tail DNA of one wild-type (WT, C57BL/6) and atypical chemokine receptor 4 knockout (Ackr4−/−) mice was sequenced by exome sequencing using an Illumina NovaSeq 6000 sequencing system (2x 100bp). After demultiplexing (Illumina bcl2fastq 2.19) and adapter trimming (Skewer, 0.2.2), the trimmed reads were aligned with to the murine genome (mm10) with Burrows-Wheeler Aligner (BWA-mem 0.7.2-cegat). Reads aligned to multiple sides with the same mapping score were discarded. Further, duplicated reads were removed with SAMtool 0.1.18. Genetic variants were identified with Verscan 2.4.2-cegat and variants with a frequency of ≥ 2% were annotated with SnpEff (version 4.2 with GRCm38.75). Results: 100,000 to 140,000 million sequence reads per mouse were mapped to the mouse genome (build mm10). Each mouse had approx. 20,000 variants (insertions, deletions, SNPs) compared to the reference genome. In Ackr4-/- mice, 3,367 variants were present in both mice analysed, yet not detected in the C57BL/6 mouse used as control. 1781 of these 'shared' variants were present on the chromosome with the targeted Ackr4 allele (Chr9) and predominantly in close proximity to the Ackr4 locus, indicating that these variants originate from the 129-genetic background which was used for targeted mutagenesis during the generation of these mice. Conclusions: Our study shows that Ackr4-/- mice in generation F12 after backcrossing to the C57BL/6 background are still congenic for 129-derived DNA around the targeted Ackr4 locus, indicating that passenger mutations can influence the phenotype of these mice.
Project description:The morphogen Indian Hedgehog is expressed by the intestinal epithelium and signals in paracrine manner to fibroblasts by activating trascription factor Gli1. ZsGreen is used to track Gli1+ cells. To describe different fibroblast subpopulations we used gp38 as a general marker and Sca1 as a marker expressed in some of gp38+ cells.
Project description:Adult mice hearts contain a population of resident mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)-like cells called cardiac colony forming units-fibroblast (cCFU-F). The cCFU-F are housed in a population of non-muscle cardiac cells that are Pdgfra+/Sca1+/Cd31- (S+P+ fraction). The goal of this experiment was to profile the heterogeneity of cell sub-types contained within the S+P+ fraction. We profiled two replicates of S+P+ single-cell transcriptomes from the cardiac ventricles of adult, male, C57BL/6J mice after FACS sorting for live Pdgfra+/Sca1+/Cd31- non-myocyte cells.
Project description:Pdgfra-expressing (Pdgfra+) cells have been implicated as progenitors in many mesenchymal tissues. To further characterize Pdgfra+ cells during alveologensis, we performed single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-Seq) analysis using fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) sorted GFP+ cells from Pdgfra-GFP lungs at P7 and P15.
Project description:To further understand differential phenotypes between C57BL/6 and Ackr4-deficient B cells, we have employed whole genome microarray expression profiling as a discovery platform to identify genes which are differentially expressed in the two genotypes. Murine B cells from spleens of C57BL/6 and Ackr4-deficient mice were purified by negative magnetic activated cell sorting (MACS) and activated in vitro with 10 µg/mL polyclonal anti-IgM and10 µg/mL anti-CD40 (clone FGK4.5) antibodies for three days in culture (96well plate, 37°C, 5%CO2). On day three, living B cells were sorted and RNA was extracted.
Project description:Group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2) are tissue-resident innate lymphocytes that are derived from common lymphoid progenitor (CLP). While specific progenitors and transcription factors essential for ILC2 differentiation have been well studied, external factors that regulate the commitment from CLP to ILC lineage, site that promote ILC2 terminal differentiation, and stromal cells that provide optimal microenvironment for ILC2 specific development are not fully understood. we demonstrated that the three key external factors such as concentration of IL-7 and the strength and duration of Notch signaling conditionally determined the fate of CLP toward T cell, B cell, or ILC lineages, which seems to be an important process from CLP to CHILP differentiation in the fetal liver. Furthermore, we identified ILC progenitors lacking the developmental potential to become T or B cells, and KLRG1- immature ILC2 that require STAT5 for functional maturation in the mesentery. We also identified PDGFRa+gp38+ mesenchymal cells in the mesentery that support ILC2 differentiation from ILC progenitors but not from CLP. Finally, single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) analysis of mesenteric cells demonstrated that PDGFRa+gp38+ cells are heterogeneous populations. Collectively, our result suggested that early differentiation of ILC2 occurs in the primary lymphoid organ with regulation of environmental factors, and final differentiation occurs in the peripheral tissues once after CHILP migrate into the periphery.