Project description:Expression profiling of WT and E2A-KO LSK FLT3- and LMPP protenitor cells. Experiment Overall Design: LSK FLT3- and LMPP stem/progenitor cells from WT and E2A-KO mice were FACS sorted. Subsequently RNA was extracted, labelled and hybridized to Affymetrix microarrays. Goal of experiment was to investigate expression changes between WT and KO LMPP cells.
Project description:High ploidy large cytoplasmic megakaryocytes (LCM) are critical negative regulators of hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) and are responsible for platelet formation. Using a mouse knockout model with normal megakaryocyte numbers but essentially devoid of LCM (MK-LCM KO), we demonstrated a pronounced increase in bone marrow HSC concurrent with endogenous mobilization and extramedullary hematopoiesis. When HSC isolated from a MK-LCM KO microenvironment were transplanted in lethally irradiated mice, the absence of LCM increased HSC in BM, blood and spleen. Severe thrombocytopenia was observed in animals with diminished LCM, although there was no change in megakaryocyte ploidy distribution. In contrast, WT HSC-generated LCM regulated a normal HSC pool and prevented thrombocytopenia. The present label-free quantitative LC-MSMS data was used to determine proteins that are differentially expressed in bone marrow cells of MK-LCM WT versus MK-LCM KO mice.
Project description:We cultured bone marrow derived dendritic cells from WT and CD11c KO mice. Then, a group of bone marrow dendritic cells were stimulated with LPS overnight. We obtained bone marrow derived dendritic cells with or without LPS stimulation and analyzed proteomics profiles.
Project description:Loss of Tet1 expression causes global 5mC and 5hmC changes in stem and progenitor cells in mice and causes enhanced Pro-B cell self-renewal, increased DNA damage and B-lymphomageneis. In this study we performed microarray analysis of total LSK cells from WT and Tet1 KO mice. These results revealed that genes regulated byTet1 in LSKs included Histones, DNA repair enzymes and B-lineage specific factors. LSK cells were purified from the bone marrow of 6-month old WT and Tet1 KO mice . RNA was extracted using RNeasy kit (Qiagen) and hybridized on Affymetrix microarrays. Microarray profiling of LSK cells in WT and Tet1 KO mice.