Project description:AML1-ETO expression in normal human umbilical cord blood CD34+ cells leads to long-term proliferation of an early self-renewing primitive progenitor cell with multilineage potential and stem cell ability, but these cells do not induce leukemia in immunodeficient mice. This comparative microarray study was initiated to determine the differences in the transcriptome of AML-ETO-expressing CD34+ cells after extended culture in vitro, using normal cord blood cells expanded for 6-8 weeks in vitro and subsequently purified for the CD34+ population as the control comparison. Experiment Overall Design: We have established a culture system whereby we retrovirally transduce human CD34+ cells, obtained from cord blood, with the leukemia fusion gene AML1-ETO. Cells expressing this fusion protein are able to proliferate long-term in vitro in a cytokine dependent manner. AML1-ETO-expressing cord blood cells have a large population of primitive self-renewing CD34+ cells with continued abnormal differentiation. We grow these cells in serum-free conditions using the BIT supplement from Stem Cell Technologies. For the current experiments we used cell cultures that had been proliferating in vitro for 8-12 weeks, in a cytokine cocktail of SCF, TPO, FLT3L, IL-6 all at 20 ng/mL and IL-3 at 10 ng/mL. Control cord blood samples that were CD34 purified were expanded for 5-8 weeks in the same culture media as used for AML1-ETO cells. All samples were magnetically selected for the CD34+ population, returned to culture, and one week later again selected for CD34+ cells and then lysed for RNA isolation.
Project description:AML1-ETO expression in normal human umbilical cord blood CD34+ cells leads to long-term proliferation of an early self-renewing primitive progenitor cell with multilineage potential and stem cell ability, but these cells do not induce leukemia in immunodeficient mice. This comparative microarray study was initiated to determine the differences in the transcriptome of AML-ETO-expressing CD34+ cells after extended culture in vitro, using normal cord blood cells expanded for 6-8 weeks in vitro and subsequently purified for the CD34+ population as the control comparison. Keywords: Disease state analysis; comparison of changes in transcriptome due to long-term AML1-ETO expression in normal human hematopoietic CD34+ progenitor cells
Project description:Compare the gene expression profile among human CD34+ cord blood cells infected with MIGR1, MIGR1-AML1-ETO or MIGR1-AML1-ETO∆NHR1 AML1-ETO promotes the self-renewal of human hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs). We found deletion of NHR1 domain abrogates AML1-ETO induced expasion of HSPCs. GFP+CD34+ human cord blood cells were sorted by FACS 72 hours after the infection for RNA extraction and hybridyzation for Affymetrix microarrays.
Project description:Compare the gene expression profile among human CD34+ cord blood cells infected with MIGR1, MIGR1-AML1-ETO or MIGR1-AML1-ETO∆NHR1 AML1-ETO promotes the self-renewal of human hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs). We found deletion of NHR1 domain abrogates AML1-ETO induced expasion of HSPCs.
Project description:Transcriptome analysis by RNAseq of human CD34+ hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells transduced with empty vector control(MIT), AML1-ETO (AE), wildtype FOXO1 (F WT) or FOXO1 DNA binding deficient mutant (F DB). We find wildtype FOXO1 partially recapitulates gene signature of AML1-ETO
Project description:Transcription factors regulate gene networks controlling normal hematopoiesis and are frequently deregulated in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Critical to our understanding of the mechanism of cellular transformation by oncogenic transcription factors is the ability to define their direct gene targets. However, gene network cascades can change within minutes to hours, making it difficult to distinguish direct from secondary or compensatory transcriptional changes by traditional methodologies. Utilizing CRISPR-based genome editing, we inserted a degron tag into the endogenous AML1-ETO locus of Kasumi-1 cells, as well as overexpressed a degradable AML1-ETO protein in CD34+ human cord blood cells. This allowed rapid AML1-ETO protein degradation upon addition of a proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC). Furthermore, by combining rapid degradation with nascent transcript analysis (PRO-seq), RNA-seq and Cut&Run, we have defined the core AML1-ETO regulatory network. De-repression of this small set of genes set off a cascade of transcriptional events resulting in myeloid differentiation.
Project description:Transcription factors regulate gene networks controlling normal hematopoiesis and are frequently deregulated in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Critical to our understanding of the mechanism of cellular transformation by oncogenic transcription factors is the ability to define their direct gene targets. However, gene network cascades can change within minutes to hours, making it difficult to distinguish direct from secondary or compensatory transcriptional changes by traditional methodologies. Utilizing CRISPR-based genome editing, we inserted a degron tag into the endogenous AML1-ETO locus of Kasumi-1 cells, as well as overexpressed a degradable AML1-ETO protein in CD34+ human cord blood cells. This allowed rapid AML1-ETO protein degradation upon addition of a proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC). Furthermore, by combining rapid degradation with nascent transcript analysis (PRO-seq), RNA-seq and Cut&Run, we have defined the core AML1-ETO regulatory network. De-repression of this small set of genes set off a cascade of transcriptional events resulting in myeloid differentiation.