Project description:We used microarrays to look at overall gene expression differences between miR-155-/- and WT dendritic cells under inflammatory conditions. Bone marrow from either wild type or miR-155-/- C57Bl/6 mice was differentiated into dendritic cells by incubating with GM-CSF. These cells were then stimulated with LPS, and gene expression was performed.
Project description:Mammalian microRNAs (miRNAs) are emerging as key regulators of the development and function of the immune system. Here, we report a strong but transient induction of miR-155 in mouse bone marrow after injection of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) correlated with granulocyte/monocyte (GM) expansion. Demonstrating the sufficiency of miR-155 to drive GM expansion, enforced expression in mouse bone marrow cells caused GM proliferation in a manner reminiscent of LPS treatment. However, the mir-155-induced GM populations displayed pathological features characteristic of myeloid neoplasia. Extending possible relevance to human disease, miR-155 was overexpressed in the bone marrow of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Furthermore, miR-155 repressed a subset of genes implicated in hematopoietic development and disease. These data implicate miR-155 as a contributor to physiological GM expansion during inflammation and to certain pathological features associated with AML, emphasizing the importance of proper miR-155 regulation in developing myeloid cells during times of inflammatory stress. Keywords: genetic modification
Project description:Mammalian microRNAs (miRNAs) are emerging as key regulators of the development and function of the immune system. Here, we report a strong but transient induction of miR-155 in mouse bone marrow after injection of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) correlated with granulocyte/monocyte (GM) expansion. Demonstrating the sufficiency of miR-155 to drive GM expansion, enforced expression in mouse bone marrow cells caused GM proliferation in a manner reminiscent of LPS treatment. However, the mir-155-induced GM populations displayed pathological features characteristic of myeloid neoplasia. Extending possible relevance to human disease, miR-155 was overexpressed in the bone marrow of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Furthermore, miR-155 repressed a subset of genes implicated in hematopoietic development and disease. These data implicate miR-155 as a contributor to physiological GM expansion during inflammation and to certain pathological features associated with AML, emphasizing the importance of proper miR-155 regulation in developing myeloid cells during times of inflammatory stress. Experiment Overall Design: Construct stable RAW264.7 mouse macrophage cell lines expressing mir-155 or empty vector. RNA is extracted and global gene expression analysis performed to identify mir-155 regulated mRNAs.
Project description:small RNAseq was preformed on Wt bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (BMDC) and miR-155 and miR-146a double knockout (DKO) BMDCs that received Wt exosomes to investigate the differences in transferred miRNA
Project description:Identification of newer compounds to modulate dendritic cell functions. Total RNA obtained from bone marrow-derived dendritic cells treated for 6 hours with small chemical compounds or vehicle alone in the presence or absence of lipopolysaccharide (LPS).
Project description:ATAC-seq profiling of Nfat5 KO and wild type macrophages derived from bone marrow (primary cells), treated or not with Lipopolysaccharide (LPS).
Project description:small RNAseq was preformed on Wt bone marrow-derived dendritic cells (BMDC) and miR-155 and miR-146a double knockout (DKO) BMDCs that received Wt exosomes to investigate the differences in transferred miRNA Small RNA profiles were generated from Wt donor BMDCs and DKO BMDCs given Wt exosomes 3 replicates in each group
Project description:We cultured bone marrow derived dendritic cells from WT and CD11c KO mice. Then, a group of bone marrow dendritic cells were stimulated with LPS overnight. We obtained bone marrow derived dendritic cells with or without LPS stimulation and analyzed proteomics profiles.
Project description:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small RNAs that play important regulatory roles in many cellular pathways. MiRNAs associate with members of the Argonaute (Ago) protein family and bind to partially complementary sequences on mRNAs and induce translational repression or mRNA decay. MiRNA expression can be controlled by transcription factors and can therefore be cell type- or tissue-specific. Here we have analyzed miRNA expression profiles in murine monocyte-derived dendritic cells (DCs) and macrophages upon stimulation with LPS, LDL, eLDL and oxLDL to identify not only stimuli-specific miRNA, but also to identify a hierarchical miRNA system involving miR-155. For this, miR-155 knockout dendritic cells and macrophages were also sequenced using the same stimuli. Sequencing of murine monocyte-derived dendritic cells and macrophages (each wild type and miR-155 knock out cells) matured and stimulated, respectively, by LPS, oxLDL, eLDL or LDL.
Project description:Wild-type bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) were treated with vehicle (0.1% EtOH/D-PBS), 6h 100 ng/ml lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or 16h 1uM dexamethasone (Dex) and 6h 100 ng/ml LPS (Dex+LPS) and mRNA expression analysed by RNA-Seq.
