Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE25079: Epistasis analysis of Runx1 and Gata1 over HoxA3 in hemogenic endothelium GSE25080: Genes regulated by HoxA3 in endothelial and hematopoietic progenitors Refer to individual Series
Project description:We observe that HoxA3 represses hematopoieis by the repression of several transcription factors including Runx1 and Gata1. Up regulation of either Runx1 or Gata1 in the presence of HoxA3 reverted the hematopoietic repression. We have performed full genome analysis to determine the molecular signature of hematopoietic development in response to upregulation of Runx1 and Gata1. Endothelial progenitors were sorted from HoxA3 induced EBs, transduced with either control vector (control), Runx1 vector or Gata1 vector. Cells were co-cultured on Op9 for 5 days: in the following conditions: Control, HoxA3 upregulation, HoxA3 + Runx1 upregulation, HoxA3 + Gata1 upregulation in triplicate. After 5 days of culture,transduced cells were sorted (5000 cells) and prepared for microarray.
Project description:We observe that HoxA3 represses hematopoieis by the repression of several transcription factors including Runx1 and Gata1. Up regulation of either Runx1 or Gata1 in the presence of HoxA3 reverted the hematopoietic repression. We have performed full genome analysis to determine the molecular signature of hematopoietic development in response to upregulation of Runx1 and Gata1.
2010-12-20 | GSE25079 | GEO
Project description:HoxA3 is an apical regulator of hemogenic endothelium
Project description:Cellular binary fate decisions require the progeny to silence genes associated with the alternative fate. The major subsets of alpha:beta T cells have been extensively studied as a model system for fate decisions. While the transcription factor RUNX3 is required for the initiation of Cd4 silencing in CD8 T cell progenitors, it is not required to maintain the silencing of Cd4 and other helper T lineage genes. The other runt domain containing protein, RUNX1, silences Cd4 in an earlier T cell progenitor, but this silencing is reversed whereas the gene silencing after RUNX3 expression is not reverse. Therefore, we hypothesized that RUNX3 and not RUNX1 recruits other factors that maintains the silencing of helper T lineage genes in CD8 T cells. To this end, we performed a proteomics screen of RUNX1 and RUNX3 to determine candidate silencing factors.
Project description:To characterize the genetic basis of hybrid male sterility in detail, we used a systems genetics approach, integrating mapping of gene expression traits with sterility phenotypes and QTL. We measured genome-wide testis expression in 305 male F2s from a cross between wild-derived inbred strains of M. musculus musculus and M. m. domesticus. We identified several thousand cis- and trans-acting QTL contributing to expression variation (eQTL). Many trans eQTL cluster into eleven ‘hotspots,’ seven of which co-localize with QTL for sterility phenotypes identified in the cross. The number and clustering of trans eQTL - but not cis eQTL - were substantially lower when mapping was restricted to a ‘fertile’ subset of mice, providing evidence that trans eQTL hotspots are related to sterility. Functional annotation of transcripts with eQTL provides insights into the biological processes disrupted by sterility loci and guides prioritization of candidate genes. Using a conditional mapping approach, we identified eQTL dependent on interactions between loci, revealing a complex system of epistasis. Our results illuminate established patterns, including the role of the X chromosome in hybrid sterility.
Project description:The transcription factor RUNX1 is required in the embryo for formation of the adult hematopoietic system. Here we describe the seminal findings that led to the discovery of RUNX1 and of its critical role in blood cell formation in the embryo from hemogenic endothelium. We also present RNA-Seq data demonstrating that hemogenic endothelial cells in different anatomic sites, which produce hematopoietic progenitors with dissimilar differentiation potentials, are molecularly distinct. Hemogenic endothelial cells and non-hemogenic endothelial cells in the yolk sac are more closely related to each other than either are to hemogenic or non-hemogenic endothelial cells in the major arteries. Thus, a major driver of the different lineage potentials of the committed erythro-myeloid progenitors that emerge in the yolk sac, versus hematopoietic stem cells that originate in the major arteries, is likely to be the distinct molecular properties of the hemogenic endothelial cells from which they are derived. We use bioinformatics analyses to predict signaling pathways active in arterial hemogenic endothelium, several of which are functionally validated pathways including Notch, Wnt, and Hedgehog. We also use a novel bioinformatics approach to assemble transcriptional regulatory networks and predict transcription factors that may be specifically involved in hematopoietic cell formation from arterial hemogenic endothelium, which is the origin of the adult hematopoietic system.
Project description:Cell fate decisions during hematopoiesis are governed by lineage-specific transcription factors, such as RUNX1, SCL/TAL1, FLI1 and C/EBP family members. In order to gain insight about how these transcription factors regulate the activation of hematopoietic genes during embryonic development, we measured the genome-wide dynamics of transcription factor assembly on their target genes during the RUNX1-dependent transition from hemogenic endothelium to hematopoietic progenitors. Using a RUNX1-/- embryonic stem cell differentiation model expressing an inducible RUNX1 gene, we show that in the absence of RUNX1, SCL/TAL1, FLI1 and C/EBP-beta prime hematopoietic genes and that this early priming is required for correct temporal expression of the myeloid master regulator PU.1 and its downstream targets. After induction, RUNX1 binds to numerous new sites, initiating a local increase of histone acetylation and rapid global alterations in the binding patterns of SCL/TAL1 and FLI1. The acquisition of hematopoietic fate controlled by RUNX1 therefore does not represent the establishment of a new regulatory layer on top of a pre-existing hemogenic endothelium program but instead entails global reorganization of lineage-specific transcription factor assemblies. Microarray expression data obtained from differentiating murine hematopoietic cells, 3 independent biological replicates (measured twice) from iRUNX1 culture -/+DOX induction
Project description:Cell fate decisions during hematopoiesis are governed by lineage-specific transcription factors, such as RUNX1, SCL/TAL1, FLI1 and C/EBP family members. In order to gain insight about how these transcription factors regulate the activation of hematopoietic genes during embryonic development, we measured the genome-wide dynamics of transcription factor assembly on their target genes during the RUNX1-dependent transition from hemogenic endothelium to hematopoietic progenitors. Using a RUNX1-/- embryonic stem cell differentiation model expressing an inducible RUNX1 gene, we show that in the absence of RUNX1, SCL/TAL1, FLI1 and C/EBPM-NM-2 prime hematopoietic genes and that this early priming is required for correct temporal expression of the myeloid master regulator PU.1 and its downstream targets. After induction, RUNX1 binds to numerous new sites, initiating a local increase of histone acetylation and rapid global alterations in the binding patterns of SCL/TAL1 and FLI1. The acquisition of hematopoietic fate controlled by RUNX1 therefore does not represent the establishment of a new regulatory layer on top of a pre-existing hemogenic endothelium program but instead entails global reorganization of lineage-specific transcription factor assemblies. ChIPseq data from transcription factors Runx1, Fli-1, Scl/Tal1 and C/EBPM-NM-2, histone modification H3K9Ac as well as RNA Pol II obtained from differentiating murine hematopoietic cells
Project description:RUNX1 positively regulates a cell adhesion and migration program in murine hemogenic endothelium prior to blood emergence (DamID-seq)