Project description:Binary Fate Choice Between Closely Related Interneuronal Types is Determined by a Fezf1-Dependent Postmitotic Transcriptional Switch
Project description:The goal of this experiment was to define genes differentially expressed between E17.5 Fezf1Hete and Fezf1KO SAC cells, which were isolated by FACS from mice retinae.
Project description:Establishment and maintenance of CNS glial cell identity ensures proper brain development and function, yet the epigenetic mechanisms underlying glial fate control remain poorly understood. Here we show that the histone deacetylase Hdac3 controls oligodendrocyte-specification gene Olig2 expression, and functions as a molecular switch for oligodendrocyte and astrocyte lineage determination. Our data suggest that Hdac3 cooperates with p300 to prime and maintain oligodendrogenic programs while inhibiting Stat3-mediated astrogliogenesis, and thereby regulate phenotypic commitment at the point of oligodendrocyte-astrocytic fate decision. Examination of Hdac3 and p300 genomewide occupancy in differentiating oligodendrocytes
Project description:Autosomal Recessive Spastic Ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS) is caused by mutations in SACS gene encoding sacsin. ARSACS patients and mouse models display early degeneration of cerebellum in agreement with high sacsin expression in this organ. We performed unbiased transcriptomic of cerebella from Sacs KO mice versus controls to dissect the mechanisms underlying cerebellar degeneration in ARSACS.
Project description:Establishment and maintenance of CNS glial cell identity ensures proper brain development and function, yet the epigenetic mechanisms underlying glial fate control remain poorly understood. Here we show that the histone deacetylase Hdac3 controls oligodendrocyte-specification gene Olig2 expression, and functions as a molecular switch for oligodendrocyte and astrocyte lineage determination. Our data suggest that Hdac3 cooperates with p300 to prime and maintain oligodendrogenic programs while inhibiting Stat3-mediated astrogliogenesis, and thereby regulate phenotypic commitment at the point of oligodendrocyte-astrocytic fate decision. Gene expression profiling of optic nerve from P12 control and Hdac3 cKO mice
Project description:Purpose: To gain futher insight into how endothelial UCP2 regulates the neurogenic-to-astrogenic fate switch ,RNA-seq was used to analyze the genome-wide changes resulting from isolated endothelial cells of E14.5 and E17.5 UCP2 endothelial conditional knock out mice and littermate wild-type. Methods: mRNA from E15 and E18 isolated endothelial cells of wild-type(WT) and UCP2f/f;Tie2-cre mice was extracted. Specifically, Agilent 2100 Bioanalyze was used to quality controlled and quantified. then, mRNA was converted to cDNA and bound the library. RNA-sequencing analysis was used by the Illumina HiSeq 2500 platform in Annoroad Genomics Results: Approximately one thousand transcripts showed differential expression between the wild-type(WT) and UCP2ECKO mice brain cortex, with a fold change ≥2 and p value <0.05.Geneontology analysis of the up-regulated genes showed obvious enrichment of biological processes related to development process and regulation of cell communication.The down-regulated genes exhibited enrichment of biological processes related to cell fate commitment. These results reflected endothelial UCP2 plays roles in cortex development. Conclusions: Endothelial UCP2 RNA-seq would provide a overall understanding how endothelial UCP2 regulates the neurogenic-to-astrogenic fate switch during brain development
Project description:Many neuronal types occur as pairs that are similar in most respects but differ in a key feature. In some pairs of retinal neurons, called paramorphic, one member responds to increases and the other to decreases in luminance (ON and OFF responses). Here, we focused on one such pair, starburst amacrine cells (SACs), to explore how closely related neuronal types diversify. We find that ON and OFF SACs are transcriptionally distinct prior to their segregation, dendritic outgrowth, and synapse formation. The transcriptional repressor Fezf1 is selectively expressed by postmitotic ON SACs and promotes the ON fate and gene expression program while repressing the OFF fate and program. The atypical Rho GTPase Rnd3 is selectively expressed by OFF SACs and regulates their migration but is repressed by Fezf1 in ON SACs, enabling differential positioning of the two types. These results define a transcriptional program that controls diversification of a paramorphic pair.
Project description:E9.5 yolk sacs were collected from wild type (CD1) and Cdx-mutant (DKO) embryos and processed for RNA-sequencing to identify Cdx-dependent changes in gene expression