Project description:Gene expression profiles of ZHBTc4 ES cells expressing EGFP, Oct4-EGFP, Nr5a2-EGFP under CAG promoter. Monoclonal cell lines selected by Puromycin were used for analysis. Each of the cell lines was cultured in doxycycline containing media for endogenous Oct4 knock-down. Pupose of this experiment is to investigate the possibility that forced expression of Nr5a2 can replace Oct4 function in the self-renewal of ES cells. Monoclonal ZHBTc4 ES cells expressing EGFP vs Nr5a2-EGFP, Oct4-EGFP vs Nr5a2-EGFP, no replication
Project description:Gene expression profiles of ZHBTc4 ES cells expressing EGFP, Oct4-EGFP, Nr5a2-EGFP under CAG promoter. Monoclonal cell lines selected by Puromycin were used for analysis. Each of the cell lines was cultured in doxycycline containing media for endogenous Oct4 knock-down. Pupose of this experiment is to investigate the possibility that forced expression of Nr5a2 can replace Oct4 function in the self-renewal of ES cells.
Project description:Nr5a2 (also known as liver receptor homolog-1, Lrh-1) has been shown to bind both the proximal enhancer and proximal promoter regions of Pou5f1 and regulate Pou5f1 in the epiblast stage of mouse embryonic development (Gu et al., 2005). Nr5a2-null embryos display a loss of Oct4 expression in the epiblasts (Gu et al., 2005) and die between E6.5 and E7.5 (Gu et al., 2005; Pare et al., 2004). To identify the targets of Nr5a2, we generated a stable ES cell-line that expresses HA-tagged Nr5a2. Anti-HA antibody was used to immunoprecipitate HA-Nr5a2 for ChIP-seq analysis. Keywords: Transcription factor binding sites To identify the binding sites of Nr5a2, we generated a stable ES cell-line that expresses HA-tagged Nr5a2. Anti-HA antibody was used to immunoprecipitate HA-Nr5a2.
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:ChIP-seq using anti-GFP antibody to map genomic binding of Prdm4-EGFP in stably transfected mouse embryonic stem cells Two independent ChIP-seq replicates for each of two independent Prdm4-EGFP expressing ES cell clones resulting in four anti-GFP ChIP-seq experiments. These samples have paired mouse IgG control.
Project description:Nr5a2 (also known as liver receptor homolog-1, Lrh-1) has been shown to bind both the proximal enhancer and proximal promoter regions of Pou5f1 and regulate Pou5f1 in the epiblast stage of mouse embryonic development (Gu et al., 2005). Nr5a2-null embryos display a loss of Oct4 expression in the epiblasts (Gu et al., 2005) and die between E6.5 and E7.5 (Gu et al., 2005; Pare et al., 2004). To identify the targets of Nr5a2, we generated a stable ES cell-line that expresses HA-tagged Nr5a2. Anti-HA antibody was used to immunoprecipitate HA-Nr5a2 for ChIP-seq analysis. Keywords: Transcription factor binding sites