Project description:In this study we use massively parallel combinatorial mutagenesis, a kinetic selection assay, and machine learning to better understand the nucleation reaction of amyloid beta (Aꞵ42), the protein that aggregates as a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and is mutated to cause familial AD.
Project description:The Polycomb group gene BMI1 is essential for efficient muscle regeneration in a mouse model of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and its enhanced expression in adult skeletal muscle satellite cells ameliorates the muscle strength in this model. In this experiment, we investigated the impact of mild BMI1 overexpression in human cells. We showed translation between observed mouse and human phenotypes. In human myoblasts, BMI1 overexpression increases mitochondrial activity leading to an enhanced energetic state with increased ATP production and concomitant protection against DNA damage both in vitro and upon xenografting in a severe dystrophic mouse model. These preclinical data in mouse models and in human cells provide a strong rationale for the development of pharmacological approaches to target BMI1-mediated mitochondrial regulation and protection from DNA damage to sustain the regenerative potential of the skeletal muscle in conditions of chronic muscle wasting. <br<</br>This ArrayExpress record is for the RNA-seq data from three independently prepared normal and DMD myoblasts cell cultures infected with GFP and BMI1Over lentiviral particles and induced to differentiate for 2 days.<br></br>Please note that each biological sample has one library, and each library is sequenced with two NextSeq runs, each run on identical 4 lane configurations. Hence for each biological sample, there are 16 raw fastq files. The run and lane information has been captured in the “run batch” and “lane batch” attributes respectively in the samples table, and should be used for bath corrections during analysis.
Project description:Impairment of microglial clearance activity contributes to beta-amyloid (Aβ) pathology in Alzheimer disease (AD). While the transcriptome profile of microglia directs microglial functions, how the microglial transcriptome can be regulated to alleviate AD pathology is largely unknown. Here, we show that injection of interleukin (IL)-33 in an AD transgenic mouse model ameliorates Aβ pathology by reprogramming microglial epigenetic and transcriptomic profiles to induce a microglial subpopulation with enhanced phagocytic activity. These IL-33–responsive microglia (IL-33RM) express distinct transcriptome signature, highlighted by major histocompatibility complex class II genes, and restored homeostatic signature genes. IL-33–induced remodeling of chromatin accessibility and PU.1 transcription factor binding at the signature genes of IL-33RM control their transcriptome reprogramming. Specifically, disrupting PU.1–DNA interaction abolishes the microglial state transition and Aβ clearance induced by IL-33. Thus, we define a PU.1-dependent transcriptional pathway that drives the IL-33–induced functional state transition of microglia, resulting in enhanced Aβ clearance.
Project description:In mouse embryonic stem cell (ESC) culture, a small proportion of cells display totipotent features by expressing a set of genes that are only active in 2-cell-stage embryos. These 2-cell-like (2C-like) cells spontaneously transit back into pluripotent state. We previously dissected the transcriptional dynamics of pluripotent to 2C-like transition and identified factors that modulate the transition. However, how 2C-like cells transits back to the pluripotent state and what factors drive this process remains largely unknown. To address these questions, we examined the transcriptional dynamics during the reverse transition from the 2C-like state to ESCs and identified an intermediate state involved in the transition. Interestingly, we found that mESCs exit from the 2C-like state through a molecular path characterized by a two-wave upregulation of pluripotent genes different from the one observed during the 2C-like entry transition. We also showed that nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) targets Dux mRNA and affects 2C-like state maintenance, suggesting that Dux degradation contributes to the reversal of 2C-like state.
Project description:In mouse embryonic stem cell (ESC) culture, a small proportion of cells display totipotent features by expressing a set of genes that are only active in 2-cell-stage embryos. These 2-cell-like (2C-like) cells spontaneously transit back into pluripotent state. We previously dissected the transcriptional dynamics of pluripotent to 2C-like transition and identified factors that modulate the transition. However, how 2C-like cells transits back to the pluripotent state and what factors drive this process remains largely unknown. To address these questions, we examined the transcriptional dynamics during the reverse transition from the 2C-like state to ESCs and identified an intermediate state involved in the transition. Interestingly, we found that mESCs exit from the 2C-like state through a molecular path characterized by a two-wave upregulation of pluripotent genes different from the one observed during the 2C-like entry transition. We also showed that nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) targets Dux mRNA and affects 2C-like state maintenance, suggesting that Dux degradation contributes to the reversal of 2C-like state.
Project description:bra-inra09-01_bioen - abi4 - Diversification of the Molecular Mechanisms Involved in the Control of the Energetic Balance in Angiosperms - Abi4 is regulator pleotropic that interview in the metabolism glucose 12 dye-swap - wt vs mutant comparison
Project description:bra-inra09-01_bioen - abi4 - Diversification of the Molecular Mechanisms Involved in the Control of the Energetic Balance in Angiosperms - Abi4 is regulator pleotropic that interview in the metabolism glucose