Gene expression signatures in Tif1b-deficient hematopoietic stem cell
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ABSTRACT: Gene expression analyses of Tif1b-deficient hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). Tif1b loss leads to rapid depletion of HSCs. Expression analyses provide insight into the role of Tif1b in the maitenance of HSC.
Project description:miRNA expression analyses of Tif1b-deficient hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). Tif1b loss leds to rapid depletion of HSCs. Expression analyses provide insight into the role of Tif1b in the maitenance of HSC. HSCs (c-Kit+ Sca1+ Lineage- ) are sorted from adult bone marrow and are subjected into microarray analyses.
Project description:Gene expression analyses of Tif1b-deficient hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). Tif1b loss leads to rapid depletion of HSCs. Expression analyses provide insight into the role of Tif1b in the maitenance of HSC. HSCs (c-Kit+ Sca1+ Lineage- ) are sorted from fetal liver or adult bone marrow and are subjected into microarray analyses.
Project description:miRNA expression analyses of Tif1b-deficient hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). Tif1b loss leds to rapid depletion of HSCs. Expression analyses provide insight into the role of Tif1b in the maitenance of HSC.
Project description:Increasing evidence links metabolic activity and cell growth to decline in hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) function during aging. The Lin28b/Hmga2 pathway controls tissue development and in the hematopoietic system the postnatal downregulation of this pathway causes a decrease in self renewal of adult HSCs compared to fetal HSCs. Igf2bp2 is an RNA binding protein and a mediator of the Lin28b/Hmga2 pathway, which regulates metabolism and growth signaling by influencing RNA stability and translation of its target genes. It is currently unknown whether Lin28/Hmga2/Igf2bp2 signaling impacts on aging-associated impairments in HSC function and hematopoiesis. Here, we analyzed homozygous Igf2bp2 germline knockout mice and wildtype control animals to address this question. The study shows that Igf2bp2 deletion rescues aging phenotypes of the hematopoietic system, such as the expansion of HSC numbers in bone marrow and the biased increase of myeloid cells in peripheral blood. This rescue of hematopoietic aging coincides with reduced mitochondrial metabolism and glycolysis in Igf2bp2-/- HSCs compared to Igf2bp2+/+ HSCs. Conversely, Igf2bp2 overexpression activates protein synthesis pathways in HSCs and leads to a rapid loss of self renewal by enhancing myeloid skewed differentiation in an mTOR/PI3K-dependent manner. Together, these results show that Igf2bp2 regulates energy metabolism and growth signaling in HSCs and that the activity of this pathways influences self renewal, differentiation, and aging of HSCs.
Project description:Adult and fetal hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) display a glycolytic phenotype, which is required for maintenance of stemness; however, whether mitochondrial respiration is required to maintain HSC function is not known. Here we report that loss of the mitochondrial complex III subunit Rieske iron sulfur protein (RISP) in fetal mouse HSCs allows them to proliferate but impairs their differentiation, resulting in anemia and prenatal death. RISP null fetal HSCs displayed impaired respiration resulting in a decreased NAD+/NADH ratio. RISP null fetal HSCs and progenitors exhibited an increase in both DNA and histone methylation concomitant with increases in 2-hydroxyglutarate (2-HG), a metabolite known to inhibit DNA and histone demethylases. RISP inactivation in adult HSCs also impaired respiration resulting in loss of quiescence resulting in severe pancytopenia and lethality. Thus, respiration is dispensable for adult or fetal HSC proliferation, but essential for fetal HSC differentiation and maintenance of adult HSC quiescence.
Project description:Ribosomopathies constitute a range of disabling conditions associated with defective protein synthesis mainly affecting hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and erythroid development. Here we demonstrate that deletion of Polypyrimidine Tract Binding Protein 1 (PTBP1) in the hematopoietic compartment led to the development of a ribosomopathy-like condition. Specifically, loss of PTBP1 was associated with a decrease in HSC self-renewal, erythroid differentiation and protein synthesis. Consistent with its function as a splicing regulator, PTBP1 deficiency led to splicing defects in hundreds of genes and we demonstrate that the up-regulation of a specific isoform of CDC42 could partly mimic the protein synthesis defect associated with loss of PTBP1. Furthermore, PTBP1 deficiency was associated with a marked defect in ribosome biogenesis and a selective reduction in the translation of mRNAs encoding ribosomal proteins. Collectively, this work identifies PTBP1 as a key integrator of ribosomal functions and highlights the broad functional repertoire of RNA binding proteins.
Project description:Gene expression analyses of Tif1b, Hp1a or Hp1g knockdown hematopoietic progenitors. Growth of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are significantly impaired upon knockdown of Hp1a and Hp1g. Results provide insight into the role of these factors in hematopoiesis. HSCs (CD34- c-Kit+ Sca1+ Lineage- ) were transduced with lentivirus expressing shRNA against Tif1b, Hp1a or Hp1g, and cultured for 14 days. Then, GFP+ c-Kit+ Lineage- hematopoietic progenitors were sorted and subjected into microarray analysis
Project description:Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is successfully applied since the late 1950s, however, its efficacy still needs to be improved. A promising strategy is to transplant high numbers of pluripotent hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). Therefore, an advanced ex vivo culture system is needed that supports the proliferation and maintains the pluripotency of HSC to override possible limitations in cell numbers gained from donors. To model the natural HSC niche in vitro and thus, to amplify high numbers of undifferentiated HSCs, we used an optimized HSC cell culture medium in combination with artificial 3D bone marrow-like scaffolds made of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). After 14 days in vitro (DIV) cell culture, we performed transcriptome and proteome analysis of the whole cell populations. Ingenuity pathway analysis (IPA) indicated that our 3D PDMS cell culture scaffolds activated interleukin, SREBP, mTOR and FOXO signaling pathways as well as the HSC metabolism, which we confirmed by ELISA, Western blot and metabolic flux analysis. These molecular signaling pathways and HSC metabolism are well known to promote the expansion HSCs and are involved in their pluripotency maintenance. After selection and enrichment of immature CD34-positive/CD38-negative HSCs using FACS sorting, we could confirm our findings by another proteome analysis followed by IPA. Thus, we could show that our 3D bone marrow-like PDMS scaffolds activate key molecular signaling pathways to amplify the numbers of undifferentiated HSC efficiently ex vivo.
Project description:Gene expression analyses of Tif1b, Hp1a or Hp1g knockdown hematopoietic progenitors. Growth of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are significantly impaired upon knockdown of Hp1a and Hp1g. Results provide insight into the role of these factors in hematopoiesis.
Project description:Aged hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) exhibit compromised reconstitution capacity. In this study, we observed that the expression of FUS is increased in aged HSCs. We aimed to analysis the changes of chromatin structure and gene expression signatures in FUS low and FUS high expressed hematopoietic stem cell (lineage-, c-kit+ Sca-1+ CD34-) using tagHi-C and RNA-seq .We also conducted CTCF CUT&RUN experiment in Young(2 months) and Aged(30 months) hematopoietic stem cell (lineage-, c-kit+ Sca-1+ CD34-) to analysis CTCF signal changes. These hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) were purified from the bone marrow of mice with fus-gtp or different ages. Results provide insight how aberrant FUS mobility effects chromatin structure and promotes HSC aging .