Project description:We report the gene expreesion changes that occur in regulatory T cells (Tregs) isolated from the spleen and visceral adipose tissue of mice that were either WT orI d2-deficient
Project description:We identified Pparg as a major orchestrator of the phenotype of adipose-tissue resident regulatory T cells (VAT Tregs). To establish the role of Pparg in shaping the VAT Tregs gene profile and cell dynamics, Tregs from lymph nodes and visceral adipose tissue of mice sufficient and deficient of Pparg expression in Tregs were double sorted for microarray analysis. All gene expression profiles were obtained from highly purified (double-sorted) T cell populations sorted by flow cytometry. To reduce variability, cells from multiple mice were pooled. Triplicates were generated for all groups. Raw data were preprocessed with the RMA algorithm in GenePattern and averaged expression values were used for analysis.
Project description:Tregs from spleen and thymus of naive Wild-type mice and mice lacking Dendritic Cells (deltaDC) were analyzed. Thymus derived Tregs of both strains show similar expression patterns, peripheral splenic Tregs from deltaDC mice differ from Tregs of WT mice.
Project description:We identified Pparg as a major orchestrator of the phenotype of adipose-tissue resident regulatory T cells (VAT Tregs). To establish the role of Pparg in shaping the VAT Tregs gene profile and cell dynamics, Tregs from lymph nodes and visceral adipose tissue of mice sufficient and deficient of Pparg expression in Tregs were double sorted for microarray analysis.
Project description:Donminant negative transform growth factor receptor II (DNR) mice were served as a murine primary biliary cirrhrosis model. CD4+Foxp3+ Regulatory T cells (Tregs) play a critical role in self-tolerance and in regulating PBC. In order to determine whether DNR mice derived Tregs processed defective function compared with WT Tregs, CD4+Foxp3+ Treg cells were sorted from DNR and WT mice, respectively, then gene expression analysis was performed by using the Affymetrix GeneChip Mouse Genome 430 2.0 arrays CD4+Foxp3+ Tregs were sorted from the spleen of 10-week-old DNR mice and B6 wild-type mice, respectively. RNA of each sample was then extracted and hybridized on Affymetrix microarrays to detail differences between DNR Tregs and WT Tregs in gene expression.
Project description:To test whether Tregs that were newly recruited to tumor-bearing omentum had similar properties to those of adipose resident Tregs, we surgically joined tumor-bearing mice with congenic naive mice, sorted partner-derived Tregs from the omenta and spleens of tumor-bearing (CD45.1+) parabionts on day 14 and performed RNAseq analysis
Project description:We studied the impact of mammary tumorigenesis on Tregs in tumors and distant organs (CD3+CD4+CD25+). Here we generated RNAseq data from sorted Tregs (CD3+CD4+CD25+) from WT and K14cre;Cdh1F/F;Trp53F/F mice bearing 225mm2 mammary tumors from blood, spleen, lungs, TDLNs, tumor and healthy mammary gland
Project description:Transcriptomic profile of recovered exogenous Tregs from injured bone, muscle, and skin of mice that were locally treated with Tregs, as well as heart, mediastinal lymph nodes (MLN) and spleen from mice with myocardial infarcts (MI) that were systemically treated with Tregs. Mice with tissue injuries were treated with exogenous Tregs that were sorted from spleens of Foxp3(IRES-mRFP) mice - C57BL6/J mice with bone, muscle and skin injuries were treated via hydrogel-mediated local delivery of Tregs soon after injury, while mice with myocardial infarcts (MI) were treated with systemic (intravenous) delivery of Tregs one day post-MI. Three days after Treg-delivery, the injured bone, muscle, and skin tissues, as well as heart, mediastinal lymph nodes and spleens from mice with MI were harvested, and the exogenous (delivered) Tregs were recovered by FACS sorting. These sorted exogenous Tregs recovered at day 3 post-Treg delivery (Day 3 recovered Tregs) were then used for mini-bulk RNA sequencing along with spleen Tregs before delivery as a control (Day 0 Spleen Tregs).
Project description:Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) are critical mediators of peripheral tolerance and immune homeostasis. Tregs that express the IL-33 receptor ST2 are enriched in peripheral nonlymphoid tissues and can exert a variety of tissue-specific functions from metabolic regulation within adipose tissue to skeletal muscle repair. However, the relationship between ST2+ and ST2- Tregs within and across different tissues remains unclear. To compare murine ST2- and ST2+ Tregs within and across tissues, we performed RNA sequencing (RNAseq) of ST2-CD44hi and ST2+CD44hi Tregs from blood, spleen, lungs, visceral adipose tissue (VAT), colon, and skin. RNAseq was also performed on ST2- CD44lo CD62L+ Tregs from the spleen and lungs. We found that the tissue microenvironment was the major factor shaping the transcriptome of Tregs across tissues. Across the tissues studied, Treg transcriptomes displayed an ordered hierarchy that may represent graded levels of activation or differentiation across tissues. We also identified a core signature that distinguished ST2+ Tregs from ST2- Tregs across tissues and a large number of differentially expressed genes between ST2- and ST2+ Tregs within individual tissues that could support the tissue-specific adaptation and function of ST2+ Tregs. In summary, our work highlights the unique, tissue-specific phenotype of ST2+ Tregs and reveals a core ST2+ Treg transcriptional signature shared across tissues.