Project description:We report the single cell transcriptome of CD45+ cells from the livers of bone marrow chimeric wildtype mice with NASH that had previously been transplanted with bone marrow from TREM2-deficient or wildtype littermate mice. We show that hematopoietic TREM2 deficiency is associated with alterations in the hepatic immune cell composition in the context of NASH.
Project description:Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) encompasses a spectrum of disease that ranges from simple steatosis, to inflammatory form non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), cirrhosis, and up to hepatocellular carcinoma. While NASH usually takes decades to develop at a rate of one stage per seven years, in the case of post-trasplant NASH (pt-NASH) develops fibrosis much more rapidly, with almost 50% of liver transplant recipients presenting stage 3 fibrosis by 5 years post-transplant. Archived fresh-frozen transplanted liver biopsy samples from four liver biopsy samples with evidence of NASH (2 recurrent and 2 de novo), two with simple steatosis (both de novo), and five with normal histology as controls had their transcriptome sequenced in two batches for deeper coverage.
Project description:Macrophages are exquisitely capable of sensing danger-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) and orchestrating inflammatory response during tissue injury. Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) represents an advanced stage of metabolic fatty liver disease that increases the risk for cirrhosis and liver cancer. Pathogenic mechanisms of NASH center on hepatocyte injury and the ensuing immune response within the liver microenvironment. However, the nature of DAMPs released by injured hepatocytes and how they shape the liver immune milieu remain largely unknown. Here we show that lipid droplets (LDs) released by injured fatty hepatocytes provide a potent signal that triggers monocyte infiltration and maturation into Trem2+ macrophages, recently described as NASH-associated macrophages (NAMs) or lipid- associated macrophages. LD treatment exacerbated liver injury in mice with diet-induced NASH. We identified Membrane spanning 4-domains a7 (Ms4a7) as a NAM-specific pathogenic factor that was strongly induced in mouse and human NASH. Ms4a7 inactivation ameliorated key aspects of diet-induced NASH pathologies in mice. At the mechanistic level, Ms4a7 physically interacts with NLR family pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) and is required for endosomal NLRP3 inflammasome activation. These findings illustrate a crucial role of Ms4a7 in driving pro-inflammatory signaling in NASH liver. Surprisingly, LD treatments attenuated Ms4a7 expression and NLRP3 inflammasome activation in cultured macrophages. As such, LDs serve as a DAMP signal that balances the induction of Trem2+ macrophages and NLRP3 inflammasome activation in NASH liver
Project description:We used single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) to analyze the diversity of bone marrow-derived CD45+CD11b+ microglia-like cells (MGLCs) engrafted in the brain of recipient mice that were conditioned using Busulfan and PLX3397 and transplanted with total bone marrow. We compared the gene expression of MGLCs to that of developmentally-derived CD45+ CD11b+ microglia/myeloid cells isolated from the brain of recipient mice (host microglia) and untreated mice (naive microglia). We also compared the gene expression of MGLCs to that of transplant-derived CD45+ CD11b+ cells engrafted in the bone marrow (abbreviated as BM-CD11b+)
Project description:Exploration of proteome differences between CD45+ and CD45- cell types in renal cell carcinoma tumors and normal adjacent tissue patient samples.
Project description:Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is characterized by a series of pathological changes that can progress from simple fatty liver disease to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). The objective of this study is to describe changes in global gene expression associated with the progression of NAFLD. This study is focused on the expression levels of genes responsible for the absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion (ADME) of drugs. Differential gene expression between three clinically defined pathological groups; normal, steatosis and NASH was analyzed. The samples were diagnosed as normal, steatotic, NASH with fatty liver (NASH fatty) and NASH without fatty liver (NASH NF). Genome-wide mRNA levels in samples of human liver tissue were assayed with Affymetrix GeneChipM-. Human 1.0ST arrays
Project description:The BM-derived CD45+/Sca1+ cells are haematopoietic stem/progenitor cells that have the ability to circulate and migrate and engraft to the muscle tissue, and therefore they are of particular interest. Notably, these cells retain their haematopoietic potential, as revealed both by in vitro and in vivo assays; but they also acquire myogenic potential, as shown by their ability to participate in muscle regeneration. Whether, this latter remarkable ability is the result of the reprogramming of the BM-CD45+/Sca1+ cells and the activation of a myogenic molecular program within these cells, remains controversial. This study aims to clarify this aspect of the process, investigating the role of the muscle microenviroment and key myogenic transcription factors. Keywords: CD45+/Sca1+ cells, BM, muscle CD45+/Sca1+ cells isolated from the BM or the muscle were processed fresh and their RNA was extracted. Moreover, CD45+/Sca1+ cells isolated from the muscle of BM transplanted or untransplanted mice after injury with Cardiotoxin were processed fresh and their RNA was extracted.