Project description:Cigarette smoke (CS)-induced airway inflammation is an important pathologic feature of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Recent studies suggest a potential role of JunD in the regulation of inflammation, but its role in CS-induced airway inflammation has not been reported. This study aimed to determine its role in CS-induced airway inflammation through bioinformatics analysis and in vitro and in vivo experiments. Data from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database (GSE37147) were analyzed using weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) and key driver analysis (KDA), and these analyses were validated using the GSE47460 dataset. The effect of CS on JunD expression was examined in lung tissues of COPD patients and CS-exposed mice and in CS extract (CSE)-exposed BEAS-2B cells. The effects of CSE on airway epithelial inflammatory injury after JunD knockdown or overexpression were also investigated. mRNA-seq and chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP)-seq were used to explore the mechanism of JunD-mediated CS-induced airway inflammation. Mice were injected with adeno-associated virus serotype 9 (AAV9)-JunD vector or control vector and then exposed to CS for 4 weeks, and lung tissue morphology and airway inflammation were evaluated. KDA of the lung function-related gene modules in GSE37147 revealed a potential role of JunD in COPD, which was validated in GSE47460. JunD was downregulated in lung tissues of COPD patients and CS-exposed mice and in BEAS-2B cells. JunD knockdown aggravated CSE-induced tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α and interleukin (IL)-1β release by BEAS-2B cells, while JunD overexpression attenuated these effects. mRNA-seq and ChIP-seq identified several JunD-regulated genes, which are involved in the immune response and TNF signaling pathway and are commonly dysregulated in cell models of airway inflammation. In vivo, JunD overexpression attenuated the CS-induced inflammatory cell infiltration and inflammatory cytokine release in mouse lungs. Thus, JunD is involved in CS-induced airway inflammation and JunD-based therapy may be useful in CS-induced airway disorders.
Project description:The goal of this experiment is to determine the effect of ATRX depletion on telomeric chromatin compaction. We adapted the ATAC-seq to quantify telomere chromatin accessibility. By scoring the ratio of sequence reads that contained 3 - 12 tandem telomeric repeats over the total number of reads in wild-type and ATRX deplted cells, our analysis revealed that CRISPR/Cas9-mediated ATRX depletion induces a progressive telomere de-compaction.
Project description:TRAP performed in GFP-RPL10A Min6 cells transfected with siRNA targeting Pdx1 or a non-targeting (NT) control. IP RNA was isolated by TRAP protocol and input lysate was used to isolate Total RNA. RNA-seq was performed on both IP and Total RNA.
Project description:To investigate the effects of the differences seen in the JUND binding patterns between LEW, WKY and WKY.LCrgn2 bone marrow derived macrophages (BMDMs), we have 1) analysed gene expression changes over a time course (4 time points: 0,2,4 and 8 hrs) of stimulation with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) using whole transcript expression microarrays, 2) knocked down JunD in WKY BMDMs and analysed gene expression by microarrays.
Project description:THC induces an activation of JunD, by upregulation and translocation to the nuclear compartment, which is accompanied by a decrease in cell proliferation Keywords: THC, JUND
Project description:PTBP1 and PTBP2 control alternative splicing programs during neuronal development, but the cellular functions of most PTBP1/2-regulated isoforms remain unknown. We show that PTBP1 guides developmental gene expression by regulating the transcription factor Pbx1. We identify exons that are differentially spliced when mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs) differentiate into neuronal progenitor cells (NPCs) and neurons, and transition from PTBP1 to PTBP2 expression. We define those exons controlled by PTBP1 in ESCs and NPCs by RNA-seq analysis after PTBP1 depletion and PTBP1 crosslinking-immunoprecipitation. We find that PTBP1 represses Pbx1 exon 7 and the expression of its neuronal isoform Pbx1a in ESC. Using CRISPR-Cas9 to delete regulatory elements for exon 7, we induce Pbx1a expression in ESCs, finding that this activates transcription of specific neuronal genes including known Pbx1 targets. Thus PTBP1 controls the activity of Pbx1 and suppresses its neuronal transcriptional program prior to differentiation. 46C mESCs were differentiated in mNPCs. The mNPCs were treated with 10 nM control, Ptbp1, Ptbp2, or Ptbp1 and Ptbp2 siRNAs for 48 hours. The knockdowns were performed using 2 independent sets of siRNAs. Poly-A RNA was isolated for RNA-sequencing and splicing analyses.
Project description:PTBP1 and PTBP2 control alternative splicing programs during neuronal development, but the cellular functions of most PTBP1/2-regulated isoforms remain unknown. We show that PTBP1 guides developmental gene expression by regulating the transcription factor Pbx1. We identify exons that are differentially spliced when mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs) differentiate into neuronal progenitor cells (NPCs) and neurons, and transition from PTBP1 to PTBP2 expression. We define those exons controlled by PTBP1 in ESCs and NPCs by RNA-seq analysis after PTBP1 depletion and PTBP1 crosslinking-immunoprecipitation. We find that PTBP1 represses Pbx1 exon 7 and the expression of its neuronal isoform Pbx1a in ESC. Using CRISPR-Cas9 to delete regulatory elements for exon 7, we induce Pbx1a expression in ESCs, finding that this activates transcription of specific neuronal genes including known Pbx1 targets. Thus PTBP1 controls the activity of Pbx1 and suppresses its neuronal transcriptional program prior to differentiation. 46C mESCs were treated with 20 nM control, Ptbp1, Ptbp2, or Ptbp1 and Ptbp2 siRNAs for 72 hours. The knockdowns were performed using 2 independent sets of siRNAs, including one biological replicate. Poly-A RNA was isolated for RNA-sequencing and splicing analyses.
Project description:Loss-of-function mutations of the multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) gene are causal to the MEN1 tumor syndrome, but they are also commonly found in sporadic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors and other types of cancers. The MEN1 gene product, menin, is involved in transcriptional and chromatin regulation, most prominently as an integral component of KMT2A/MLL1 and KMT2B/MLL2 containing COMPASS-like histone H3K4 methyltransferase complexes. In a mutually exclusive fashion, menin also interacts with the JunD subunit of the AP-1 and ATF/CREB transcription factors. After in silico screening of 253 disease-related MEN1 missense mutations, we selected a set of nine menin mutations in surface-exposed residues. The protein interactomes of these mutants were assessed by quantitative mass spectrometry, which indicated that seven of the nine mutants disrupt interactions with both MLL1/2 and JunD complexes in the nucleus. We identified three missense mutations, R52G, E255K and E359K, which display predominant reduction in interaction with MLL1 compared to JunD. This observation was supported by a pronounced loss of binding of the R52G, E255K and E359K mutant proteins at unique MLL1 genomic binding sites with less effect on unique JunD sites. These findings support the general importance of the menin-MLL1 and menin-JunD interactions in MEN1 gene-associated pathogenic conditions.