Project description:Purpose: The goal of this study is to compare transcriptome profilings of liver from Mettl3 flox/flox and hepatocyte-specific Mettl3 knockout (HKO) mice. Methods: Total RNA was extracted using Tripure Isolation Reagent (Roche, Mannheim, Germany) from livers of Mettl3 flox/flox and HKO mice at 8 weeks old. mRNA profiles were generated by deep sequencing using an Illumina HiSeq X Ten platform. Paired-end clean reads were aligned to the mouse reference genome(Ensemble_GRCm38.90) with Hisat2 (version 2.0.4), and the aligned reads were used to quantify mRNA expression by using HTSeq (version 0.9.1). Conclusion: The hepatic mRNA profiles in Mettl3 flox/flox and HKO mice were characterized.
Project description:We report ChIP-Seq data for C/EBPa in livers of mice with liver-specific KO (LSKO) of Trib1 as compared to WT controls, or in livers of mice overexpressing C/EBPa via adeno-associated virus (AAV) as compared to controls. 8-10 week old Trib1 flox/flox mice treated with AAV_Null (WT) or AAV_Cre (LSKO); 8-10 week old C57B/6 WT mice treated with AAV_Null or AAV_Cebpa.
Project description:For the genome-wide analysis using ChIP-Seq on mouse liver cells, a full accounting of all RXRα binding sites and of RXRa related gene regulations is expected to address the main knowledge gap around RXRα. Liver tissue of wild type and hs-RXRa-del-exon4-/- mice, male and female for each genotype have been ChIP-Seq'ed for RXRa and Pol2.
Project description:The cJun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling pathway in the liver promotes systemic changes in metabolism by regulating PPARa-dependent expression of the hepatokine FGF21. Hepatocyte-specific gene ablation studies demonstrated that the Mapk9 gene (encodes JNK2) plays a key mechanistic role. Mutually exclusive inclusion of exons 7a and 7b yields expression of the isoforms JNK2a and JNK2b. Here we demonstrate that Fgf21 gene expression and metabolic regulation is primarily regulated by the JNK2a isoform. To identify relevant substrates of JNK2a, we performed a quantitative phosphoproteomic study of livers isolated from control mice, mice with JNK-deficiency in hepatocytes, and mice that express only JNK2a or JNK2b in hepatocytes. We identified the JNK substrate RXRa as a protein that exhibited JNK2a-promoted phosphorylation in vivo. RXRa functions as a heterodimeric partner of PPARa and may therefore mediate the effects of JNK2a signaling on Fgf21 expression. To test this hypothesis, we established mice with hepatocyte-specific expression of wild-type or mutated RXRa proteins. We found that the RXRa phosphorylation site Ser260 was required for suppression of Fgf21 gene expression. Collectively, these data establish a JNK-mediated signaling pathway that regulates hepatic Fgf21 expression.
Project description:MacroH2As core histone variants have a unique structure that includes C-terminal nonhistone domain. MacroH2As are highly conserved in vertebrates, and are thought to regulate gene expression. However the nature of genes regulated by macroH2As and the biological significance of macroH2As for the organism remain unclear. Our gene expression studies indicate that macroH2A.1 and macroH2A.2 work together to regulate specific genes. In these studies we examine the distributions of macroH2A.1 and macroH2A.2 nucleosomes to determine if they are localized to the genes that show altered expression in macroH2A knockout mouse liver. MacroH2A.1 and macroH2A.2 nucleosomes prepared from ~ 50 fetal mouse livers were purified by thio-affinity chromatography. Five samples were sequenced: Thiopropyl Sepharose, Normal Liver - contains mononucleosomal DNA from macroH2A.1-containing nucleosomes; Activate Thiol Sepharose, Normal Liver - contains mononucleosomal DNA primarily from macroH2A.2-containing nucleosomes. Starting Material, Normal Liver - this is a reference samplefor the first two samples. It contains mononucleosomal DNA from bulk fetal liver chromatin. Activated Thiol Sepharose, Knockout Livers - this is a control sample that contains mononucleosomal DNA from non-macroH2A nucleosomes that contaminate the macroH2A.2 nucleosomes. This fraction was prepared from macroH2A1/2 double knockout fetal livers; Starting Material, Knockout Liver - this is a reference sample for the fourth sample. It contains mononucleosomal DNA from bulk chromatin prepared from macroH2A1/2 double knockout fetal livers.
Project description:Chromatin immunoprecipitation and sequencing for three transcription factors (RXRa, CEBPa, CEBPb) was performed on livers of male mice treated with vehicle or with TCPOBOP for either 3 h or 27 h. This dataset is part of a larger study, entitled “Widespread epigenetic changes to the enhancer landscape of mouse liver induced by a specific xenobiotic agonist ligand of the nuclear receptor CAR”, which found that active enhancer and promoter histone marks induced by TCPOBOP were enriched at opening DNase hypersensitive sites (DHS) and TCPOBOP-inducible genes. Enrichment of CAR binding and CAR motifs was seen at opening DHS and their inducible drug/lipid metabolism gene targets, and at many constitutively open DHS located nearby. TCPOBOP-responsive cell cycle and DNA replication genes co-dependent on MET/EGFR signaling for induction were also enriched for CAR binding. A subset of opening DHS and many closing DHS mapping to TCPOBOP-responsive target genes did not bind CAR, indicating an indirect mechanism for their changes in chromatin accessibility. TCPOBOP-responsive DHS were also enriched for induced binding of RXRA, CEBPA and CEBPB, and for motifs for liver-enriched factors that may contribute to liver-specific transcriptional responses to TCPOBOP exposure. These studies elucidate the enhancer landscape of TCPOBOP-exposed liver and the widespread epigenetic changes that are induced by both direct and indirect mechanisms linked to CAR activation.
Project description:The liver has an exceptional capacity for regeneration which is crucial for maintaining liver function. Since transcriptional regulation of genes controlling metabolism and cell division is a hallmark of liver regeneration (LR), we investigated the role of Zinc-finger and homeboxes 2 (ZHX2), a transcription factor critical for regulating liver postnatal gene expression and hepatic lipid hemostasis, in LR. Our results show that hepatocyte-specific Zhx2 knockout (Zhx2-KOhep) enhances LR after 2/3 partial hepatectomy in mice. Proteomics assays revealed higher mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) in Zhx2-KOhep mouse livers. Oxygen consumption rate (OCR) and ATP generation assays confirmed the enhanced OXPHOS in Zhx2-KOhep mouse livers and human hepatocytes with ZHX2 knockdown.
Project description:To investigate the role of DDX20 in spermatogenesis, we generated Ddx20 flox/flox Ddx4-Cre mice to make a germ cell-specific Ddx20 knockout, and isolated spermatogonia from four-day-old mouse testes by THY1 magnetic beads. We then performed proteomic analysis using protein lysates obtained from THY1 + spermatogonia.