Decreased mRNA expression of malonyl-CoA decarboxylase emerges from an inborn error-like defect in the Mlycd gene of DBA/2J mice
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ABSTRACT: Mlycd encodes malonyl-CoA decarboxylase (MCD), which is an enzyme that localizes in the cytosolic, mitochondrial, and peroxisomal compartments and catalyzes the conversion of malonyl-CoA into acetyl-CoA. Malonyl-CoA can be converted into malonylcarnitine (C3DC). Patients with an autosomal recessive defect of MCD and MCD KO mice have pronounced elevations of C3DC. Analysis of plasma C3DC levels in the BxD genetic reference population revealed increased levels in BxD strains that harbor the DBA/2J haplotype at the site of the Mlycd gene. RNA sequencing was performed on two samples of DBA/2J mouse livers and two C57BL/6J mouse livers. Decreased expression of Mlycd gene as well as intronic reads in intron 2 were observed in DBA/2J livers. Long-read sequecing of DBA/2J livers in the Mlycd region confirmed an intracisternal A-particle (IAP) retrotransposon in intron 2 of the DBA/2J Mlycd sequence. To confirm the causal nature of the variant, DBA/2J mice with and without the C57BL/6J variant of Mlycd spliced in were tested for products of MCD enzymatic activity, and the C57BL/6J variant was able to rescue the phenotype seen in the DBA/2J mice.
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Project description:Regulation of the immune response to Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) infection is a complex process, influenced by the interaction between genetic and environmental factors. Different inbred strains of mice exhibit distinct levels of resistance to S. Typhimurium infection, ranging from susceptible (e.g., C57BL/6J) to resistant (e.g., DBA/2J) strains. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms contributing to the host response remain elusive. In this study, we present a comprehensive proteomics profiling of spleen tissues from C57BL/6J and DBA/2J strains with different doses of S. Typhimurium infection by tandem tag mass coupled with two-dimensional liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (TMT-LC/LC-MS/MS). We identified and quantified 3,986 proteins, resulting in 475 differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) between C57BL/6J and DBA/2J strains. Functional enrichment analysis unveiled that the mechanism of innate immune responses to S. Typhimurium infection could be associated with several signaling pathways, including the interferon signaling pathway. We experimentally validated the roles of interferon signaling pathway in innate immune response to S. Typhimurium infection using IFN-γ neutralization assay. We further illustrated the roles of macrophage cells and pro-inflammatory cytokines in the mechanisms underlying the resistance to S. Typhimurium using qRT-PCR. Taken together, our results provide new insights into the genetic regulation of the immune response to S. Typhimurium infection in mice and might provide potential protein targets for controlling the infection.
Project description:Susceptible and Resistant mouse strain, e.g. DBA/2J and C57BL/6J respectively, were inoculated with a highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza A virus (A/Hong Kong/213/2003) for 72 hours. Differences in expression were analyzed and use to identify candidate genes and pathways that contributed to the difference in H5N1 pathogenesis in these two strains. Recombinant inbred BXD strains are derived from the DBA/2J and C57BL/6 parent and were used to identify genetic loci associated with resistant to H5N1 infection. Female 6-8 weeks old animals were inoculated with H5N1 virus or not and 72 hours later the lungs were obtained and immediately homogenized in Trizol. The extracted RNA was submitted for Affymetrix Gene expression arrays. Differences in gene-expression were determined and used to identify candidate genes and pathways that are important for disease severity and susceptiblity to H5N1 virus.
Project description:Genetic variation is known to influence the amount of mRNA produced by a gene, but the effects in different tissues is unclear. We studied gene expression levels in whole brain, kidney or liver, comparing 8 week old, male C57BL/6J to DBA/2J mice. Genes differentially expressed due to genetic background in one tissue were not differentially expressed in other tissues, suggesting that genetic variation of gene expression is tissue specific in inbred mice. Data used in a comparison to the BXD panel of mice in GSE8355, GSE8356, GSE6621 and to SJL/J in GSE8358.
Project description:The tissue-specific packaging of the genome into the nucleus through chromatin is fundamentally involved in gene regulation, and aberrant modifications to chromatin are a hallmark of many diseases. We show here that a high fat (HF) diet leads to substantial chromatin remodeling in the livers of C57BL/6J mice, as compared to mice fed a control diet. Regions of the genome that display the greatest variation in chromatin accessibility between HF and control regions are targeted by transcription factors with known roles in the liver including HNF4α, CEBP/α, and FOXA1. Whereas livers of DBA/2J mice fed a HF or control diet also demonstrate diet-induced chromatin remodeling, the regions displaying the greatest variation are largely distinct from those observed in B6 livers, indicating a crosstalk between genetic and epigenetic components in determining how diet-induced chromatin remodeling is associated with metabolic disease progression. Examination of chromatin remodeling with FAIRE-seq in livers of mice (C57BL/6J and DBA/2J) fed a high fat or control diet. Complemented with gene expression and H3K4me1 analyses
Project description:Adolescent sensitivity to alcohol is predictive of later alcohol use and is influenced by genetic background. Data from our laboratory suggested that adolescent C57BL/6J and DBA/2J inbred mice differed in susceptibility to dorsal hippocampus-dependent contextual fear learning deficits after acute alcohol exposure. To investigate the biological underpinnings of this strain difference, we examined dorsal hippocampus gene expression via RNA-sequencing after alcohol and/or fear conditioning across male and female C57BL/6J and DBA/2J adolescents. Strains exhibited dramatic differences in dorsal hippocampal gene expression. Specifically, C57BL/6J and DBA/2J strains differed in 3526 transcripts in males and 2675 transcripts in females. We identified pathways likely to be involved in mediating alcohol’s effects on learning, including networks associated with Chrna7 and Fmr1. These findings provide insight into the mechanisms underlying strain differences in alcohol’s effects on learning and suggest that different biological networks are recruited for learning based on genetics, sex, and alcohol exposure.
Project description:Parental and BXD mouse lines were received from Jackson Laboratory and The Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Splenocytes were isolated and stained with anti-CD4 and anti-CD25 antibodies. CD4+ T cells were separated into CD4+CD25+ Treg and CD4+CD25- Th cells. Tregs and Th cell were collected from spleens of 31 BXD recombinant inbred strains and of the parental mouse strains DBA/2J and C57BL/6J. Gene expression was measured by microarrays. The comparative analysis of the transcriptomes from the two cell populations allowed us to identify many novel differentially expressed genes. Furthermore, the analysis of cis- and trans-expression Quantitative Trail Loci (eQTLs) showed that both common and unique regulatory mechanisms are active in the two cell types.
Project description:Expression profiling of liver tissue from 111 F2 female mice resulting from a cross between C57BL/6J and DBA/2J inbred mouse strains. Mice were feed a chow diet for 12 months followed by 4 months on an atherogenic high-fat, high-cholesterol diet. Parental and F2 mice were killed at 16 months of age. The livers were removed immediately and flash frozen for expression profiling. See Schadt, et al., Nature , Vol 422(6929):297-302 for details. Keywords = Genetics of Gene Expression Keywords = mouse Keywords = C57BL6 Keywords = DBA Keywords: repeat sample
Project description:This dataset is populated with transcriptome data across embryonic and postnatal development from two standard mouse strains, C57BL/6J and DBA/2J. Users can evaluate expression profiles across cerebellar development in a deep time series.