Project description:Divergence has occured between the B10.BR-H2k H2-T18a/SgSnJJrep and B10.BR-H2k H2-T18a/SgSnJ (drifted) mouse strains, resulting in altered antigenic recognition and differential bone marrow engraftment capability. The microarray data demonstrate that the transcriptional profile of genes associated with hematopoiesis differs between lineage negative (as a marker for hematopoietic stem cells) bone marrow cells isolated from the B10.BR-H2k H2-T18a/SgSnJJrep and B10.BR-H2k H2-T18a/SgSnJ (drifted) mouse strains.
Project description:Divergence has occured between the B10.BR-H2k H2-T18a/SgSnJJrep and B10.BR-H2k H2-T18a/SgSnJ (drifted) mouse strains, resulting in altered antigenic recognition and differential bone marrow engraftment capability. The microarray data demonstrate that the transcriptional profile of genes associated with hematopoiesis differs between lineage negative (as a marker for hematopoietic stem cells) bone marrow cells isolated from the B10.BR-H2k H2-T18a/SgSnJJrep and B10.BR-H2k H2-T18a/SgSnJ (drifted) mouse strains. Bone marrow cells from ten male mice of each strain, aged 10-12 weeks, were harvested. One pooled sample was analyzed for each strain.
Project description:The transcriptome of Ctrl and Vitamin A-deficient longterm hematopoietic stem cells (LT-HSC) and multipotant progenitors (MPP3/4) was assessed by RNAseq.
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.
Project description:To identify novel mechanisms regulating allogeneic hematopoietic cell engraftment, we previously used a forward genetic approach and described identification, in mice, of the Bmgr5 bone marrow (BM) engraftment quantitative trait locus (QTL). This QTL confers dominant and large allele effects for engraftment susceptibility. It was localized to chromosome 16 by classical quantitative genetic techniques in a segregating backcross bred from susceptible BALB.K and resistant B10.BR mice. We now report verification of the Bmgr5 QTL using reciprocal chromosome 16 consomic strains. The BM engraftment phenotype in these consomic mice shows that Bmgr5 susceptibility alleles are not only sufficient but also indispensable for conferring permissiveness for allogeneic BM engraftment. Using panels of congenic mice, we resolved the Bmgr5 QTL into two separate subloci, termed Bmgr5a and Bmgr5b, each conferring permissiveness for the engraftment phenotype and both fine mapped to an interval amenable to positional cloning. Candidate Bmgr5 genes were then prioritized using whole exome DNA sequencing and microarray gene expression profiling. Further studies are needed to elucidate the genetic interaction between Bmgr5a and Bmgr5b and identify causative genes and underlying gene variants. This may lead to new approaches for overcoming the problem of graft rejection in clinical hematopoietic cell transplantation. B10.BALBChr16 and BALB.B10Chr16 consomic strain mice were constructed in our laboratory for validation of bone marrow engraftment and graft-vs-host diseaes QTLs. The parental strains for consomic line construction were B10.BR (B10.BR-H2k H2-T18a/SgSnJJrep) and BALB.K (C.C3-H2k/LilMcdJ). The JAX Mouse Diveristy 620K SNP Array was used to verify adequate removal of residual background heterozygosity. Liver DNA was delivered to JAX Mouse Diversity Genotyping Array Service (Jackson Laboratory) for the SNP Array genotyping.
Project description:We collected whole genome testis expression data from hybrid zone mice. We integrated GWAS mapping of testis expression traits and low testis weight to gain insight into the genetic basis of hybrid male sterility.
Project description:Transcriptional response of murine allogeneic T cells (B10.BR) after stimulation with different organ-derived (spleen, liver, peripheral and mesenteric lymph nodes) dendritic cells (C57BL/6) in vitro Keywords: gene expression array-based, count
Project description:A transcriptome study in mouse hematopoietic stem cells was performed using a sensitive SAGE method, in an attempt to detect medium and low abundant transcripts expressed in these cells. Among a total of 31,380 unique transcript, 17,326 (55%) known genes were detected, 14,054 (45%) low-copy transcripts that have no matches to currently known genes. 3,899 (23%) were alternatively spliced transcripts of the known genes and 3,754 (22%) represent anti-sense transcripts from known genes.