Project description:We used whole genome transcriptome as gene discovery to further understand the differential behaviour of the first (embryonic) and second waves of thymic settling progenitors in the murine embryo.
Project description:We used whole genome transcriptome as gene discovery to further understand the differential behaviour of the first (embryonic) and second waves of thymic settling progenitors in the murine embryo. Mouse embryos at days 13 and 18 of gestation were isolated and the thymic lobes were dissected. Single cell suspension was prepared and treated with biotinilated antibodies to CD3, CD4, CD8, TER119, Gr1, CD25, CD19, NK1.1 and CD11c. Cell suspensions were then incubated with streptavidin Miltenyi Macs beads. Lineage negative thymocytes were recovered in Macs columns. Cell suspensions were then incubated with antibodies against CD135, CD117, CD44, CD24 and Streptavidin bound to PECy7. Lin-, CD117+, CD44+, CD24low, CD135+ cells were then isolated by cell sorting. 3 biological replicates of each sample were isolated with 104-3x104 cells
Project description:Here we compared the expression of an engineered kidney tissue, created by recombining an in vitro budded Wolffian duct with fresh E13 metanephric mesenchyme, with that of three in vivo rat embryonic kidney timepoints (E13, E18, and week 4) Keywords: time course
Project description:Here we compared the expression of an engineered kidney tissue, created by recombining an in vitro budded Wolffian duct with fresh E13 metanephric mesenchyme, with that of three in vivo rat embryonic kidney timepoints (E13, E18, and week 4) Experiment Overall Design: The global gene expression of recombined tissue (non-branched in vitro-formed UBs and MM) was analyzed and compared to the gene expression of early, late, and post developmental kidneys in order to determine whether normal developmental pathways were being followed. Genes with at least a 3-fold difference in expression between any of the 4 conditions (E13, E18, Wk4, recombined tissue) were analyzed and grouped into one of ten expression patterns. The expression of each group of genes was analyzed in the recombined tissue to compare the recombined tissue gene expression levels to the three in vivo time points.
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: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.