Project description:Analysis of gene expression in LKB1(Stk11)-depleted sciatic nerves (LKB1-SCKO) vs control nerves from age-matched mice. Gene expression profiles are predominantly derived from Schwann cell glia and provide important information about the response of peripheral nerve Schwann cells to inactivation of the metabolic regulator protein LKB1(aka Stk11). Total RNA obtained from sciatic nerve segments from 6 LKB1-SCKO mutant mice compared to RNA from nerve segments from 6 control mice (floxed LKB1 mutant mice that do not express Cre recombinase).
Project description:The goals of this study is to compare blood-nerve-barrier transcriptome profiling (RNAseq) of wildtype; P2RY14-/-; Nf1fl/f Dhh Cre and P2RY14-/- Nf1fl/f Dhh Cre mouse sciatic nerves (n=2) per genotype.
Project description:RNA sequencing was performed comparing sciatic nerves of Schwann cell specific DICER mutants with SC-specific DGCR8 and DROSHA mutants.
Project description:We have generated mouse models of real CMT1B mutations in the gene encoding for myelin protein zero (P0). One of these mutants, P0S63del is retained in the ER where it elicits an unfolded protein response (UPR). Genetic ablation of the UPR factor CHOP restores the motor capacity in S63del mice. We used microarray to decipher the molecular mechanism undelying the P0S63del neuropathy and the rescue in S63del/Chop null nerves. Sciatic nerves were dissected from WT, S63del, Chop null and S63del/Chop null mice at three different time points: (i) postnatal day 5 (P5) when myelination has just started and only the primary effects of the presence of the mutant protein should be detected; (ii) P28, around the peak of myelination, when all the downstream targets of CHOP should be activated; and (iii) 4 months, to check for secondary effects of the disease and because this was the time-point when the motor and morphological rescue due to the ablation of CHOP were clearly detectable.
Project description:In this study, we analyzed the transcriptome profiles of mouse sciatic nerves after developmental (P1 and P5) or inducible (4 weeks post Tamoxifen) deletion of Dnm2 conditionally in Schwann cells (using a P0Cre-driven or a P0CreERT2-driven recombination of floxed alleles, respectively) as compared to controls (floxed Dnm2 homozygous, Cre-negative).
Project description:Introgressed variants from other species can be an important source of genetic variation because they may arise rapidly, can include multiple mutations on a single haplotype, and have often been pretested by selection in the species of origin. Although introgressed alleles are generally deleterious, several studies have reported introgression as the source of adaptive alleles-including the rodenticide-resistant variant of Vkorc1 that introgressed from Mus spretus into European populations of Mus musculus domesticus. Here, we conducted bidirectional genome scans to characterize introgressed regions into one wild population of M. spretus from Spain and three wild populations of M. m. domesticus from France, Germany, and Iran. Despite the fact that these species show considerable intrinsic postzygotic reproductive isolation, introgression was observed in all individuals, including in the M. musculus reference genome (GRCm38). Mus spretus individuals had a greater proportion of introgression compared with M. m. domesticus, and within M. m. domesticus, the proportion of introgression decreased with geographic distance from the area of sympatry. Introgression was observed on all autosomes for both species, but not on the X-chromosome in M. m. domesticus, consistent with known X-linked hybrid sterility and inviability genes that have been mapped to the M. spretus X-chromosome. Tract lengths were generally short with a few outliers of up to 2.7 Mb. Interestingly, the longest introgressed tracts were in olfactory receptor regions, and introgressed tracts were significantly enriched for olfactory receptor genes in both species, suggesting that introgression may be a source of functional novelty even between species with high barriers to gene flow.