Project description:Splenocytes were separated from Lrrc8af/f and Lrrc8af/f Cd4-Cre;OT-I mice. The splenocytes were stimulated with indicated peptides (unstime/ SIINFEKL-10pM(NL)/ SIINFEKL-1000pM(NH)/ SIIGFEKL-1000nM(G4)) for 6 hours. The OT-I CD8+ T cells were labeled with Va2-PE/CD8-A700 and sorted for the sequencing.
Project description:We analyzed transcriptome differences of antigen-specific pre-GC B cells. We transferred wildtype (CD4-Cre) or BCL6-insufficient (CD4-CrexBcl6fl/+) OT-II T cells into SAP-deficient mice and immunized these mice with NP-OVA. By day 3 post immunization, we sort-purified NP-binding B cells that were developing into GCs and conducted RNA-seq analyses of their transcriptome. NP+IgDlowB220+ pre-GC B cells from recipients of the same group were pooled to sort-purify 4 200-cell repeats. Using a gene expression signature induced by CD40 signaling in B cells for enrichment analysis, we found such CD40-induced gene set expression was significantly deprived in those NP-binding B cells helped by CD4-Cre´Bcl6fl/+ T cells. These data suggest BCL6 insufficiency in T cells leads to impaired CD40L signaling to B cells.
Project description:We analyzed the transcriptome differences of BCL6-sufficient (CD4-Cre) and -insufficient (CD4-CrexBcl6fl/+) OT-II TFH cells. CD4-CrexBcl6fl/+ or control CD4-Cre OT-II T cells were transferred into CD45.1 Sap-/- mice. At day 3 post NP-OVA immunization, CXCR5hiPD-1hi TFH cells were sort-purified from the draining lymph node and prepared for RNA-seq analysis. Two technical repeats of ~200 cells per sample from each of 3 mice were included. BCL6-insufficient TFH cells differentially expressed many genes; among those downregulated were Stim1 and Plcg1, which code for STIM1 and PLCg1, respectively, that both impinge on calcium signaling downstream of TCR activation. Moreover, KEGG pathway analyses revealed that the calcium signaling-related pathway was generally upregulated in wildtype as compared to BCL6-insufficient TFH cells. These data support the notion that BCL6 control follicular T-B interactions by regulating multiple target genes involved in antigen-triggered calcium signaling in T cells.
Project description:The biological functions of histone demethylases Jmjd3 and Utx remain poorly understood. We assessed such functions in developing T cells, using conditional (CD4-Cre-mediated) gene disruption, by inactivating Kdm6a and Kdm6b, respectively encoding Utx and Jmjd3, in immature CD4+CD8+ thymocytes. We compared microarray gene expression in mature (Va2hi CD24lo) mutant and wild-type CD4+CD8- thymocytes carrying the OT-II TCR transgene. We show that Jmjd3 and Utx redundantly promote H3K27Me3 removal at, and expression of, a specific subset of genes involved in terminal thymocyte differentiation, especially S1pr1, encoding a sphingosine-phosphate receptor required for thymocyte egress. Mature (Va2hi CD24lo) CD4 thymocytes were sorted from freshly prepared single-cell suspensions OT-II TCR transgenic thymocytes deficient for Utx and Jmjd3 (dKO, CD4-Cre conditional deletion of floxed Kdm6a and Kdm6b alleles), and from Cre-negative controls (wild-type). Total RNA was extracted from sorted thymocytes using the RNeasy Plus Mini Kit (Qiagen) and processed for microarray analyses (Affymetrix Mouse Exon 1.0 ST array) at the NCI microarray facility, following the manufacturer’s recommendation. Data is generated from 3 replicates from each experiment.
Project description:To investigate if CD11b+ DCs contribute to OT-1 priming, genome transcriptome analysis was performed to compare the quality of OT-1 activation in WT or Batf3KO mice.
Project description:Double positive thymocytes (CD4+CD8+CD3lo) were sorted from 3-4-week old mice from Ikf/f CD4-Cre+ or Ikf/f CD4-Cre- mice (2 mice per genotype) and their transcriptome analyzed. 4 samples
Project description:Double positive thymocytes (CD4+CD8+CD3lo) were sorted from 3-4-week old mice from Ikf/f CD4-Cre+ or Ikf/f CD4-Cre- mice (2 mice per genotype) and their transcriptome analyzed.
Project description:The biological functions of histone demethylases Jmjd3 and Utx remain poorly understood. We assessed such functions in developing T cells, using conditional (CD4-Cre-mediated) gene disruption, by inactivating Kdm6a and Kdm6b, respectively encoding Utx and Jmjd3, in immature CD4+CD8+ thymocytes. We compared microarray gene expression in mature (Va2hi CD24lo) mutant and wild-type CD4+CD8- thymocytes carrying the OT-II TCR transgene. We show that Jmjd3 and Utx redundantly promote H3K27Me3 removal at, and expression of, a specific subset of genes involved in terminal thymocyte differentiation, especially S1pr1, encoding a sphingosine-phosphate receptor required for thymocyte egress.