Project description:Atglflox/flox (B6N.129S-Pnpla2tm1Eek/J), S100A8-cre+/- (B6.Cg-Tg(S100A8-cre,-EGFP)1Ilw/J) mice were obtained from The Jackson Laboratory. Atglflox/flox mice were bred to S100A8-cre+/- mice to generate Atglflox/WTS100A8-cre+/- mice, which were backcrossed onto Atglflox/flox mice to generate Atglflox/floxS100A8-cre+/- mice (Atgl neutrophils-specific knock out, Atgl-cKO). Age-matched littermate Atglflox/flox mice were used as wild-type (WT) controls. To compare of the gene expression of the lung-infiltrating neutrophils isolated from Atgl-cKO mice and their WT littermates, AT3-g-csf cells were injected into the fourth mammary fat pads of female WT and Atgl-cKO mice (10-week-old, n = 4/group). The AT3-g-csf cell line is based on a murine breast cancer cell line (AT3) derived from MMTV-PyMT tumors in the C57BL/6 background, and further constructed to overexpress granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) for induction of the host inflammatory condition. At day 10 (pre-metastatic stage), the mice were euthanized and then Ly6G+ neutrophils were isolated from lung by using anti-Ly6G MicroBead Kit (Miltenyi Biotec) following manufacturer’s instructions. The isolated neutrophils were analyzed by flow cytometry and the cells with a > 95% purity were used for the next procedure. Total RNA was isolated from neutrophils using the miRNeasy Mini kit (Qiagen) and the transcriptional profiles of neutrophils were analyzed by RNA sequencing.
Project description:ATGL= the rate-limiting enzyme for intracellular lipolysis. Atgl KO/cTg = Mice lacking Atgl except for cardiac transgenic overexpression of Atgl (Atgl -/- ,Myh6Atgl+/+) to rescue early age death deu to cardiomyopathy. wt/cTg = respective control. The airways of the lung are constantly exposed to inhaled toxic substances, resulting in cellular damage. Within bronchii, club cells make up majority of the cell population in the terminal bronchiolar epithelia. Club cells are known for their ability to metabolize environmental toxins and constantly repairing small impacts in the epithelial layer. Considering the importance of club cells in maintaining bronchiolar epithelial integrity, we porformed gene expression data analysis to decipher the possible dysregulated gene expression thereby corresponding molecular pathways in our mice lacking ATGL.
Project description:Functional analysis demonstrates that neutrophils deficient in Per2 have reduced bactericidal activity when compared WT neutrophils.
Project description:We report that tumor-infiltrating neutrophils are significantly different from their bone marrow and circulating neutrophils counterparts. We generated a heatmap clustering of the differentially expressed genes between the neutrophils from the three compartments, and identified four distinct gene clusters. Notably, genes in cluster 1 were down-regulated in tumor neutrophils, and comprised of genes involved in the adaptive immune response (GO:0002250). By contrast, genes in cluster 4 were up-regulated in tumor neutrophils, and consisted of genes involved in chemokine-mediated signalling pathway (GO:0070098) and positive regulation of cellular metabolic process (GO:0031325). We observed several cellular metabolic processes were up-regulated, suggesting a change in the metabolic signature of neutrophils that infiltrate the tumor. In conclusion, the distinct metabolic signature led us to hypothesize that the pronounced glycolytic profile of tumor-infiltrating neutrophils mediates pro-tumoral activity and PDAC progression.
Project description:CCP1 is a deglutamylase responsible for protranslational modification of proteins. CCP1 cKO interneurons show impaired acto-myosin contraction and increased invasion of the cortex. Transcriptome analysis of Wt and cKO interneurones aimes at uncovering secondary disregulation of gene expression.
Project description:We isolated and cultured BMDC from WT and FAM21 cKO mice and analyzed transcriptional profiling of the cellular genes between WT and FAM21 cKO mice.