Project description:Gene expression profiling of mouse cerebellum in which the experimental strain conditionally lack the Smarca5 gene that encodes for the catalytic subunit of multiple chromatin remodeling complexes. Deletion of Smarca5 was restricted to those cells expressing Cre-recombinase driven by the Nestin promoter. Comparison of gene expression in P10 cerebella of Smarca5 cKO mice versus wild type controls. Three samples of each strain were used in a total of 3 replicates.
Project description:Gene expression profiling of mouse cerebellum in which the experimental strain conditionally lack the Smarca5 gene that encodes for the catalytic subunit of multiple chromatin remodeling complexes. Deletion of Smarca5 was restricted to those cells expressing Cre-recombinase driven by the Nestin promoter. Comparison of gene expression in P0 cerebella of Smarca5 cKO mice versus wild type controls. Three samples of each strain were used in a total of 4 replicates.
Project description:Astrotactin 2 (ASTN2) is a transmembrane neuronal protein highly expressed in the cerebellum that functions in receptor trafficking and modulates cerebellar Purkinje cell (PC) synaptic activity. Individuals with ASTN2 mutations exhibit neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD), ADHD, learning difficulties and language delay. To provide a genetic model for the role of the cerebellum in ASD-related behaviors and study the role of ASTN2 in cerebellar circuit function, we generated global and PC-specific conditional Astn2 knockout (KO and cKO, respectively) mouse lines. Astn2 KO mice exhibited strong ASD-related behavioral phenotypes, including a marked decrease in separation-induced pup ultrasonic vocalization calls, hyperactivity, and repetitive behaviors, altered behavior in the three-chamber test, and impaired cerebellar-dependent eyeblink conditioning. Hyperactivity and repetitive behaviors were also prominent in Astn2 cKO animals but they did not show altered behavior in the three-chamber test. By Golgi staining, Astn2 KO PCs had region-specific changes in dendritic spine density and filopodia numbers. Proteomic analysis of Astn2 KO cerebellum revealed a marked upregulation of ASTN2 family member, ASTN1, a neuron-glial adhesion protein. Immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy demonstrated a significant increase in Bergmann glia volume in the molecular layer of Astn2 KO animals. Electrophysiological experiments indicated a reduced frequency of spontaneous excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs), as well as increased amplitudes of both spontaneous EPSCs and inhibitory postsynaptic currents (IPSCs) in the Astn2 KO animals, suggesting that pre- and postsynaptic components of synaptic transmission were altered. Thus, ASTN2 regulates ASD-like behaviors and cerebellar circuit properties.
Project description:Here we utilized a conditional knock-out mouse model to investigate the role of Smarca5, an ISWI subfamily chromatin remodeling ATPase, during thymocyte development using hCD2-iCre transgene. We did transcriptional profiling of FACS-sorted CD4/CD8 double-positive thymocytes as this thymic population was persistent yet strongly underrepresented in adult 6-week mutant thymi. Controls included age-matched CD4/CD8 double-positive thymocytes from wild-type and tumor suppressor protein Trp53-null mice. For comparison, the Smarca5/Trp53-double-deficient thymocytes included in the experiment were partially rescued upon loss of Trp53.
Project description:We designed a large scale gene expression study in Ts1Cje mice between P0 and P10 in order to measure the effects of trisomy 21 on a large number of samples (56 in total) in a tissue that is affected in Down syndrome (the cerebellum) and to quantify the defect during development in order to correlate gene expression changes to the phenotype observed. Keywords: Down syndrome, Ts1Cje, cerebellum, development, hypoplasia We analyzed gene expression in the cerebellum of Ts1Cje and euploid mice at P0, P3, P7 and P10 using pangenomic two colors microarrays containing 25 344 probes representing approximately 15 574 mouse genes. 56 samples from individual cerebellum were hybridized on 28 microarrays. On each microarray we hybridized a Ts1Cje sample versus an euploid sample and always a male versus a female. In addition on the same microarray we always compared samples from mice of the same age or with a maximum difference of 4 days (P0 versus P3, P3 versus P7 or P7 versus P10).
Project description:A microarray study was performed in unstimulated and TCR-stimulated CD4 + T cells and Treg in wild type and conditional Trim28 KO mice to identify genes that are regulated by Trim28. These experiments constitute a portion of the study described below: Paper Abstract: Peripheral T cell activation and differentiation into specialized effectors are regulated by TCR- and cytokine-mediated signals that induce clonal expansion and unique transcriptional factors. These processes may include active chromatin modification by nuclear factors. In search of such molecules, we found Trim28, a component of large nuclear chromatin-regulatory complex is tightly controlled upon TCR stimulation at the level of phosphorylation, and examined global impact of Trim28 loss in especially CD4+ T cells, by generating T cell-specific conditional Trim28 KO mice (CKO). CD4+ T cells from CKO mice showed defective IL-2 production and T cell proliferation associated with defective upregulation of cell-cycle associated proteins. Accordingly, young CKO showed T-lymphopenia. Surprisingly, Trim28 CKO mice eventually accumulated auto-reactive memory-phenotype T cells that produced inflammatory IL-17. CKO mice are also susceptible to induced auto-inflammatory disease with TH-17 dominant immune response. Loss of Trim28 showed aberrant accumulation of TH-17 and FoxP3+ T cells, two key T cells in inflammation vs. tolerance. We found CKO T cells showed a cell-extrinsic promotion of TH-17 and FoxP3+ T cell development by a mechanism involving overproduction of TGF-beta. Our study revealed unexpected roles of Trim28, a global chromatin regulator in both T cell activation and tolerance. Trim28 conditional KO mice and age-matched control mice were sacrificed, and neive CD4+ T cells (CD4+CD62+CD25-) and Treg (CD4+CD62+CD25+) were sorted. Stimulation of naive T cells was done with anti-CD3 and anti-CD28 for 13 hours. We collected quadruplicates for each group.
Project description:The miR-183/96/182 cluster (miR-183C) is specifically expressed in sensory neurons and immune cells and modulates corneal immune/inflammatory response to bacterial infection. To uncover the roles of miR-183C in corneal homeostasis through its regulation of sensory neurons of the trigeminal ganglia (TG) and innate myeloid cells, we created miR-183C conventional knockout (KO), and sensory nerve-specific (SNS-CKO) and myeloid cell-specific conditional knockout (MS-CKO) mice. We performed 3'RNA sequencing in the TG and corneas of these knockout mice and their wild type (WT)-control littermates. To study specific functions of miR-183C in corneal resident myeloid cells (CRMCs), we isolated Csf1r-EGFP+ CRMCs from conventional KO and MS-CKO and their WT control mice. By comparison of the gene expression profiles of the KO or CKO vs their corresponding WT mice, we identified a series of differentially expressed genes. Bioinformatic analyses uncovered tissue- and/or cell-type-specific target genes of miR-183C. Functional annotation of the target genes revealed functions of miR-183C in TG and CRMCs.