Project description:Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an incurable neuromuscular degenerative disease, caused by a mutation in the dystrophin gene. Mdx mice recapitulate DMD features. Here we show that injection of wild-type (WT) embryonic stem cells (ESCs) into mdx blastocysts produces mice with improved pathology. A small fraction of WT ESCs incorporates into the mdx mouse nonuniformly to upregulate protein levels of dystrophin in the skeletal muscle. The chimeric muscle shows reduced regeneration and restores dystrobrevin, a dystrophin-related protein, in areas with high and with low dystrophin content. WT ESC injection also normalizes the amount of fat, a tissue that does not express dystrophin. ESC injection without dystrophin does not prevent the appearance of phenotypes in the skeletal muscle or in the fat. Thus, dystrophin supplied by the ESCs reverses disease in mdx mice globally.
Project description:Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an incurable neuromuscular degenerative disease, caused by a mutation in the dystrophin gene. Mdx mice recapitulate DMD features. Here we show that injection of wild-type (WT) embryonic stem cells (ESCs) into mdx blastocysts produces mice with improved pathology. A small fraction of WT ESCs incorporates into the mdx mouse nonuniformly to upregulate protein levels of dystrophin in the skeletal muscle. The chimeric muscle shows reduced regeneration and restores dystrobrevin, a dystrophin-related protein, in areas with high and with low dystrophin content. WT ESC injection also normalizes the amount of fat, a tissue that does not express dystrophin. ESC injection without dystrophin does not prevent the appearance of phenotypes in the skeletal muscle or in the fat. Thus, dystrophin supplied by the ESCs reverses disease in mdx mice globally. Experiment Overall Design: 3-week old mdx (C57BL/10ScSn-Dmdmdx/J, Jax labs) females were superovulated and mated with mdx males (Jax labs). Blastocysts were collected at 3.5 days afer mating, injected with 15 WT or mdx R26 ES cells. Injected blastocysts were then transferred into the uteri of pseudopregnant females and allowed to develop to term. Skeletal muscle from 4 month old chimeric male mice was collected, RNA was isolated and microarray analysis were performed.
Project description:Chimeric embryos were generated to investigate the effect of T knockout in mouse embryos by single-cell RNA-sequencing. T is an essential transcription factor for axial embryonic patterning. Chimeric embryos contain tissue that is T+/+, which prevents global developmental failures. Embryos were generated by blastocyst injection of tdTomato-labelled, Tal1-/- mouse embryonic stem cells into wild type embryos. After blastocyst harvest, cells were flow-sorted before 10X Genomics library preparation and single-cell RNA-sequencing.
Project description:Chimeric embryos were generated to investigate the effect of Tal1 knockout in mouse embryos by single-cell RNA-sequencing. Tal1 is an essential transcription factor for the formation of the embryonic blood. Embryo chimerism permits the analysis of the effects of Tal1 knockout without the confounding effects of the absence of embryonic blood, which results in global developmental failures. Embryos were generated by blastocyst injection of tdTomato-labelled, Tal1-/- mouse embryonic stem cells into wild type embryos. After blastocyst harvest, cells were flow-sorted before 10X Genomics library preparation and single-cell RNA-sequencing.
Project description:Chimeric embryos were generated to investigate the effect of Tal1 knockout in mouse embryos by single-cell RNA-sequencing. Tal1 is an essential transcription factor for the formation of the embryonic blood. Embryo chimerism permits the analysis of the effects of Tal1 knockout without the confounding effects of the absence of embryonic blood, which results in global developmental failures. Embryos were generated by blastocyst injection of tdTomato-labelled, Tal1-/- mouse embryonic stem cells into wild type embryos. After blastocyst harvest, cells were flow-sorted before 10X Genomics library preparation and single-cell RNA-sequencing.
Project description:Chimeric embryos were generated to investigate the effect of Mixl1 knockout in mouse embryos by single-cell RNA-sequencing. Mixl1 is an essential transcription factor for mesendoderm development. Chimeric embryos contain tissue that is Mixl1+/+, which prevents global developmental failures. Embryos were generated by blastocyst injection of tdTomato-labelled, Mixl1-/- mouse embryonic stem cells into wild type embryos. After blastocyst harvest, cells were flow-sorted before 10X Genomics library preparation and single-cell RNA-sequencing.
Project description:Chimeric mouse embryos were generated as a control experiment to understand the contribution of host vs. injected cells to the developing embryo. Embryos were generated by blastocyst injection of tdTomato-labelled mouse embryonic stem cells into wild type embryos. After blastocyst harvest, cells were flow-sorted before 10X Genomics library preparation and single-cell RNA-sequencing.
Project description:This dataset contains additional data performed as in the experiment stored at accession E-MTAB-7324. Chimeric mouse embryos were generated as a control experiment to understand the contribution of host vs. injected cells to the developing embryo. Embryos were generated by blastocyst injection of tdTomato-labelled mouse embryonic stem cells into wild type embryos. After blastocyst harvest, cells were flow-sorted before 10X Genomics library preparation and single-cell RNA-sequencing.
Project description:We investigated the ability of transferrin receptor1 (TfRc) knockout cells to populate different domains of the developing kidney by using a chimeric approach. The TfRc cells developed into all segments of the developing nephron, but there was a relative exclusion from the ureteric bud and a positive bias towards the stromal compartment. Here we conducted a microarray analysis of differential gene expression between TfRc deficient and wild type (wt) cells in chimeric embryonic kidneys derived from embryos created by blastocyst injection of wt blastocysts with TfRc-/- green fluorescent protein-expressing (GFP+) embryonic stem cells. Experiment Overall Design: Following blastocyst injection of 3-5 TfRc-/- GFP+ embryonic stem cells in wt blstocysts, we harvested the chimeric kidney at day E15.5 and separated the TfRc-/- GFP+ cell population from wt GFP- cell population by using fluorescence activated cell sorting. Biotinlyated cRNA was prepared from the isolated cells and hybridized to Mouse Genome 430 2.0 Arrays (Affymetrix) according to standard protocols.
Project description:CD4+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) accumulate in skeletal muscle from dystrophin-deficient mdx mice. Analysis of global gene expression in muscles from mdx mice treated with anti-CD25 compared with muscles from mdx mice treated with control antibody revealed that Tregs partially protect mdx mice from muscle pathology and promote muscle repair/regeneration. Mdx mice received 2 ip injections of 100 mg of anti-CD25 mAb (clone PC61) or rat IgG (Jackson Immunoresearch) at days 17 and 20 of age. Muscles were dissected 7 days after the last injection.