Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE37028: Microarray analysis of Zbtb46 KO CD4+ Splenic DCs and bone marrow erythroid progenitors GSE37029: Microarray analysis of WT bone marrow myeloid progenitors, BM cultured with GM-CSF and M-CSF, and monocytes treated with GM-CSF Refer to individual Series
Project description:Zbtb46 represses G-CSFR and LifR in cDCs Zbtb46 does not significantly affect gene expression in erythroid progenitors WT, Het, and KO cells were sorted from BM or spleen and analyzed. Pre MegE cells were sorted as CD117+ CD150+ CD105-CD41-CD16/32-. Pre CFU-E cells were sorted as CD117+ CD150+ CD105lo CD41- CD16/32-. CFU-E cells were sorted as CD117+ CD150- CD105+ Cd41- CD16/32-. Splenic CD4+ DCs were sorted as B220- CD11c+ MHCII+ CD8- CD172+ CD11b+ CD4+.
Project description:Tumor-angiogenesis and -immunity play critical roles in cancer progression and outcome. An inverse correlation of these two1 hints at common regulatory mechanism(s). Here, we report that Zbtb46, a repressive transcription factor and a widely accepted marker for classical dendritic cells (DCs)2,3, constitutes one such regulatory mechanism. Zbtb46 was downregulated in both DCs and endothelial cells (ECs) by tumor-derived factors to facilitate robust tumor growth. Zbtb46 downregulation led to a hallmark pro-tumor microenvironment (TME), including dysfunctional vasculature and immunosuppressive cell accumulation. Analysis of cancer patient data revealed a similar association of low ZBTB46 expression with an immunosuppressive TME and a worse prognosis. In contrast, enforced Zbtb46 expression brought dynamic changes in the TME landscape to mitigate the pro-tumor features and to enhance anti-tumor immune components, restricting tumor growth. Mechanistically, Zbtb46-deficient ECs were highly angiogenic, and Zbtb46-deficient bone-marrow progenitors upregulated Cebpb and diverted the DC program to myeloid lineage output, potentially explaining the myeloid lineage skewing phenomenon in cancer4. Conversely, enforced Zbtb46 expression normalized tumor vessels and, by suppressing Cebpb, skewed bone-marrow precursors towards more DC generation over macrophages, leading to an immune-hot TME. Remarkably, Zbtb46 mRNA treatment synergized with anti-PD1 immunotherapy to improve tumor management in pre-clinical models. These findings identify Zbtb46 as a common regulatory mechanism for angiogenesis and for myeloid lineage skewing in cancer and suggest that maintaining its expression could have therapeutic benefits.
Project description:2 types of dendritic cells (DCs) can be generated in vitro in the presence of Flt3-L: CD4+ equivalent CD24- DCs and CD8+ equivalent CD24+ DCs. miR-142-/- mice show a severe defect in the generation of CD4+ equivalent CD24- DCs. To understand the underlying mechanism, RNA expression was analyzed by Affymetrix microarray from the 2 in vitro subtypes of DCs derived from miR-142+/+ and miR-142-/- bone marrow cells. We used microarrays to detail the global programme of gene expression in the presence or absence of miR-142 in in vitro derived DCs. Bone marrow cells from miR-142+/+ and miR-142-/- C57Bl/6 mice were isolated and incubated in the presence of Flt3-L for 8 days. in vitro derived wt and ko dendritic cells were devided into CD4+ and CD8+ equivalent DCs by FACS and sorted with a FACS-Aria. RNA was isolated and gene expression was investigated
Project description:Tumor-angiogenesis and -immunity play critical roles in cancer progression and outcome. The existence of an inverse correlation hints at common regulatory mechanism(s) controlling these two processes. Here, we report that Zbtb46, a repressive transcription factor and widely accepted marker for classical dendritic cells (DCs), constitutes one such regulatory mechanism in the tumor microenvironment (TME) and is downregulated in both DCs and endothelial cells (ECs) by tumor-derived factors to facilitate robust tumor growth. This downregulation leads to the development of hallmark features of a pro-tumor environment, including dysfunctional vasculature and immunosuppressive cell accumulation. Analysis of cancer patient data revealed a similar association of a low ZBTB46 expression with an immunosuppressive TME and a worse prognosis. In contrast, upon enforced Zbtb46 expression, the hallmark TME features are mitigated, and tumor growth is restricted. Mechanistically, Zbtb46-deficient ECs were highly angiogenic, and Zbtb46-deficient bone-marrow precursors upregulated Cebpb and showed enhanced myeloid lineage output. Conversely, Zbtb46-maintenance normalizes ECs and, by suppressing Cebpb, skews the polarization of bone-marrow precursors towards more DCs and fewer macrophages, leading to an immune-hot TME. Remarkably, Zbtb46 mRNA treatment synergized with anti-PD1 immunotherapy to improve tumor management in pre-clinical models. These findings identify Zbtb46 as a common regulatory mechanism for angiogenesis and for non-hematopoietic-stem-cell-mediated myeloid lineage skewing in cancer and suggest that maintaining its expression could have therapeutic benefits.
Project description:The gene expression profiles of steady-state bone marrow erythroid cells and UVB/tumor-induced splenic erythroid cells are compared by RNA-Seq analysis.
Project description:While most blood lineages are assumed to mature through a single cellular and developmental route downstream of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), dendritic cells (DCs) can be derived from both myeloid and lymphoid progenitors in vivo. To determine how distinct progenitors can generate similar downstream lineages, we examined the transcriptional changes that accompany loss of in vivo myeloid potential as common myeloid progenitors (CMPs) differentiate into common dendritic cell progenitors (CDPs), and as lymphoid-primed multipotent progenitors (LMPPs) differentiate into all lymphoid progenitors (ALPs). Microarray studies revealed that Interferon regulatory factor 8 (IRF-8) expression increased during each of these transitions. Competitive reconstitutions using Irf8-/- bone marrow demonstrated cell-intrinsic defects in the formation of CDPs and all splenic dendritic cell subsets. Irf8-/- CMPs and, unexpectedly, Irf8-/- ALPs produced more neutrophils in vivo than their wild type counterparts at the expense of DCs. Retroviral expression of IRF-8 in multiple progenitors led to reduced neutrophil production and increased numbers of DCs, even in the granulocyte-macrophage progenitor (GMP), which does not normally possess conventional DC potential. These data suggest that IRF-8 represses a neutrophil module of development and promotes convergent DC development from multiple lymphoid and myeloid progenitors autonomously of cellular context. CMP (Lineage-c-kithiSca-1-CD11c- CD34+ Flk2+CD16/32-CD115- ) or CDP (Lin-c-kitintSca-1-CD34+Flk2+CD16/32-CD115+) were double sorted from the bone marrow of wild type C57BL/6 mice. RNA was extracted from 10,000-30,000 sorted cells using Trizol (Invitrogen) and linear acrylamide (Ambion), amplified using Affymetrix Two-Cycle Amplification and IVT kits (Affymetrix), and hybridized to Affymetrix Mouse Genome 430 2.0 chips.
Project description:While most blood lineages are assumed to mature through a single cellular and developmental route downstream of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), dendritic cells (DCs) can be derived from both myeloid and lymphoid progenitors in vivo. To determine how distinct progenitors can generate similar downstream lineages, we examined the transcriptional changes that accompany loss of in vivo myeloid potential as common myeloid progenitors (CMPs) differentiate into common dendritic cell progenitors (CDPs), and as lymphoid-primed multipotent progenitors (LMPPs) differentiate into all lymphoid progenitors (ALPs). Microarray studies revealed that Interferon regulatory factor 8 (IRF-8) expression increased during each of these transitions. Competitive reconstitutions using Irf8-/- bone marrow demonstrated cell-intrinsic defects in the formation of CDPs and all splenic dendritic cell subsets. Irf8-/- CMPs and, unexpectedly, Irf8-/- ALPs produced more neutrophils in vivo than their wild type counterparts at the expense of DCs. Retroviral expression of IRF-8 in multiple progenitors led to reduced neutrophil production and increased numbers of DCs, even in the granulocyte-macrophage progenitor (GMP), which does not normally possess conventional DC potential. These data suggest that IRF-8 represses a neutrophil module of development and promotes convergent DC development from multiple lymphoid and myeloid progenitors autonomously of cellular context. CMP (Lineage-c-kithiSca-1-CD11c- CD34+ Flk2+CD16/32-CD115- ) or ALP (Lin-Ly6D-B220-c-kit+Flk2+IL7R?+) were double sorted from the bone marrow of wild type C57BL/6 mice. RNA was extracted from 2,000-15,000 sorted cells using Qiagen RNeasy Mini kit, amplified using Nugen pico-amplification kit , and 750 ng of aRNA was hybridized to Illumina MouseRef-8 v 2.0 bead chips Amy,M,Becker