RNA-seq analysis of GCBC and NBC that had been stimulated for either 2h or 4h with IL-21, CD40 ligation, BCR ligation, or combinations of these.

ABSTRACT: Purpose: To gain insight into both similarities and differences in the gene expression programs induced by IL-21R, BCR and CD40 signals, we performed RNA-seq on both GCBC and NBC that had been stimulated for either 2h or 4h with IL-21, CD40 ligation, BCR ligation, or combinations of these. Methods : Purified GCBC from d14 NP-CGG immunized MEG mice and NBC from naïve MEG mice were warmed at 37C for 30 minutes and then stimulated with 10ng/mL IL-21, 20μg/ml ⍺-IgM or 2.5μg/mL ⍺-CD40 (prepared as tetramer) alone or combined IL21/⍺-CD40 or ⍺-IgM/⍺-CD40 for 2 and 4 hours. After stimulation, cells were processed for RNA isolation using QIAshredder columns (Qiagen) and the RNeasy Plus Mini Kit (Qiagen) following the manufacturer’s instructions. Samples were sequenced using Illumina NextSeq 500 with 75 bp paired-end reads and aligned to the mm10 genome using the STAR aligner (Dobin et al., 2013). Gene-level counts were determined using featureCounts (Liao et al., 2014), and raw counts were quantile normalized to each other for differential expression using the voom method (Law et al., 2014) in the Limma R package (Ritchie et al., 2015). For normalization of the datasets, the Quantile method was used. Results: Like BCR and CD40 signals, IL-21R plus CD40 signals also synergize to induce c-Myc in GCBC. However, IL-21R plus CD40 stimulation differentially affects GCBC fate compared to BCR plus CD40 ligation—engaging unique molecular mechanisms

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE197662 | GEO | 2023/02/16

REPOSITORIES: GEO