Project description:To further identify gene expression signatures in the niche cells (CD45 negative) during proliferation of Hematopoietic stem cells (LSK), we employed mice whole genome (60K) microarray expression profiling as a discovery platform to identify the up-regulated and down-regulated genes of the niche.
Project description:To further identify gene expression signatures in the niche cells (CD45 negative) during proliferation of Hematopoietic stem cells (LSK), we employed mice whole genome (60K) microarray expression profiling as a discovery platform to identify the up-regulated and down-regulated genes of the niche. [Samples A-D] In this experiment a physiological stress model was created where the recipient mice were subjected to sub lethal radiation (700 CGy) following a transplantation of 30,000 LSK cells (HSCs). Bone marrow cells were isolated on day 0 (before transplantation) and day 10 (post transplantation of 30,000 LSK cells when maximum proliferation of HSCs was observed). Donor HSCs was sorted by FACS following RNA isolation and cDNA synthesis followed by single color global gene expression analysis. Agilent one-color experiment,Organism:Mouse, Agilent Whole Genome Mouse 8x60k (AMADID: 26986) , Labeling kit: Agilent Quick-Amp labeling Kit (p/n5190-0442)
Project description:To investigate the role of IL1 signaling in hematopoietic aging, we performed droplet-based scRNAseq (10X Genomics) of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (LK/LSK) and unfractionated endosteal and central marrow stromal cells (Ter119-/CD45-) from young wild type and young and old wild type and IL1R1-/- C57BL/6 mice.
Project description:We performed RNA sequencing analyses of adult mouse bone marrow lineage-negative, Sca-1-positive, and c-kit-positive (LSK) hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell population. Especially, we investigated gene expression profiling of LSK cells before and after haloperidol treatment.
Project description:Maintenance of hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) function in the niche is an orchestrated event. Osteomacs (OM), are key cellular components of the niche. Previously, we documented that osteoblasts, OM, and megakaryocytes interact to promote hematopoiesis. Here, we further characterize OM and identify megakaryocyte-induced mediators that augment the role of OM in the niche. Single cell mRNAseq, mass spectrometry, and CyTOF examination of megakaryocyte-stimulated OM suggested that upregulation of CD166 and Embigin on OM augment their hematopoiesis maintenance function. CD166 knockout OM or shRNA-Embigin knockdown OM, confirmed that loss of these molecules significantly reduced OM ability to augment the osteoblast-mediated hematopoietic enhancing activity. Recombinant CD166 and Embigin partially substituted for OM function, characterizing both proteins as critical mediators of OM hematopoietic function. Our data identify Embigin and CD166 as OM-regulated critical components of HSC function in the niche and potential participants in various in vitro manipulations of stem cells.
Project description:Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) must ensure adequate blood cell production following distinct external stressors. A comprehensive understanding of in vivo heterogeneity and specificity of HSC responses to external stimuli is currently lacking. We performed single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-Seq) on functionally validated mouse HSCs and LSK (Lin-, c-Kit+,Sca1+) progenitors after in vivo pharmacological perturbation of niche signals interferon, granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF), and prostaglandin. We identified six HSC states that are characterized by enrichment but not exclusive expression of marker genes. External signals induced rapid transitions between HSC states but transcriptional response varied both between external stimulants and within the HSC population for a given perturbation. In contrast to LSK progenitors, HSCs were characterized by a greater link between molecular signatures at baseline and in response to external stressors. Chromatin analysis of unperturbed HSCs and LSKs by scATAC-Seq suggested some HSC-specific, cell intrinsic predispositions to niche signals. We compiled a comprehensive resource of HSC- and LSK progenitor-specific chromatin and transcriptional features that represent determinants of signal receptiveness and regenerative potential during stress hematopoiesis.
Project description:Background: To define changes in gene expression from stem cells and early progenitor cells lacking histone deacetylase 3 (Hdac3), we purified bone marrow Lineage Negative, Sca1/cKit positive and Flt3 negative cells from wild type and Vav-Cre/Hdac3Flox/- mice. These lineage-specific knock out mice lack Hdac3 throughout the hematopoietic system. To ensure that only cells lacking Hdac3 were measured, we used a Lox-STOP-Lox-ROSA26-GFP transgene such that any cell containing active Cre also expresses GFP. Methods: Bone marrow cells were harvested from 10-30 mice and the lineage negative fraction was separated using the Lineage Cell Depletion Kit and MACS columns (Miltenyi Biotec). The lineage negative fraction was then stained with antibodies for flow cytometry and the GFP positive fraction of the LSK/Flt3 cells were sorted on a Becton Dickinson FACSAria. Total RNA was isolated from the sorted bone marrow cells using a PerfectPure RNA extraction kit (5 Prime). LSK/Flt3- cells pooled from 2 groups of 5 null mice were compared to LSK/Flt3- or LSK/Flt3+ cells pooled from 30 wild type mice. The expression of individual genes was verified using reverse transcriptase (RT) PCR. Conclusion: Hematopoietic stem and early progenitor cells fail to express gene that are typically turned on early during lymphoid development.
Project description:Upon systemic bacterial infection, hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) migrate to the periphery in order to supply a sufficient number of immune cells. Although pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) reportedly mediate HSPC activation, how HSPCs detect pathogen invasion in vivo remains elusive. Bacteria use the second messenger bis-(3’-5’)-cyclic dimeric guanosine monophosphate (c-di-GMP) for a variety of activities. Here we report that c-di-GMP comprehensively regulates both HSPCs and their niche cells through an innate immune sensor, STING, thereby inducing entry into the cell cycle and mobilization of HSPCs, while decreasing the number and repopulation capacity of long-term hematopoietic stem cells (LT-HSCs). Furthermore, we show that type I IFN acts as a downstream target of c-di-GMP to inhibit HSPC expansion in the spleen, while TGF-β1 is required for c-di-GMP-dependent splenic HSPC expansion. Our results define novel machinery underlying dynamic regulation of HSPCs and their niches during bacterial infection through c-di-GMP/STING signaling. Ten-week-old mice were intraperitoneally administered PBS or 200 nmol c-di-GMP, and CD150+ CD41- CD48- CD34- Flt3- LSK cells of pooled bone marrow from 10 mice per group were sorted 3 days later. mRNA was then extracted using RNeasy micro (Qiagen). Likewise, CD45- Ter-119- CD31- CD140a+ CD51+ MSCs and CD45- Ter119- CD31+ endothelial cells from c-di-GMP-treated or untreated mice were sorted and mRNA was extracted. cDNA was synthesized from mRNA and hybridized to gene chip Mouse60k (Agilent Technologies) and expression levels analyzed.
Project description:During granulocyte-macrophage colony-stmulating factor (GM-CSF) driven ex vivo myeloid differentiation of mouse hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells defined as Lineage negative cKit positive Sca-1 postive (LSK) cells, LSK cells after Cxxc5 knockdown makes more granulocytic cells than monocytic cells. To study this effect of Cxxc5 knockdown during myeloid cell differentiation, we performed a single-cell RNA sequencing of differentiating myeloid cells and analyzed the transcriptome of these cells.
Project description:This is a mathematical model describing the hematopoietic lineages with leukemia lineages, as controlled by end-product negative feedback inhibition. Variables include hematopoietic stem cells, progenitor cells, terminally differentiated HSCs, leukemia stem cells, and terminally differentiated leukemia stem cells.