Project description:Transcriptome profile of highly purified multipotential (P), erythroid (E), and myeloid (M) bone marrow progenitors from three RPS19 mutated Diamond-Blackfan anemia and six control human subjects. Two group comparison of sex and age matched subjects. Bone marrow progenitors, gene expression profiling, Diamond-Blackfan anemia, RPS19
Project description:This RNA sequencing experiment is part of the study "Preclinical animal model of Diamond-Blackfan anemia with single amino acid mutation of ribosomal protein Rps19". A mouse model with arginine 67 mutation of ribosomal protein Rps19 develops features characteristic of human Diamond-Blackfan anemia, a rare bone marrow failure syndrome. These include hematologic dysfunctions, early onset growth delay, intrinsic anemia, severe craniofacial, skeletal, urogenital, cardiovascular, and cerebral abnormalities leading to premature lethality during the adolescence of the mouse. This model exhibits cell intrinsic activation of the Trp53 signaling pathway in hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) leading to reduced erythroid lineage development that may be rescued after inactivation of the tumor suppressor Trp53. Using preliminary RNA sequencing study we identify a set of non-canonical components of the p53 signaling pathway which with high likelihood mediate the wide range of pathologies associated with DBA, the experiment if followed up by single cell transcriptome analysis of bone marrow hematopoietic progenitors and RNA sequencing of E14.5 fetal liver from wild-type control and Rps19R67∆/R67∆, Rps19R67∆/R67∆ Trp53−/− and Trp53−/− mutant embryos.
Project description:Transcriptome profile of highly purified multipotential (P), erythroid (E), and myeloid (M) bone marrow progenitors from three RPS19 mutated Diamond-Blackfan anemia and six control human subjects.
Project description:Gene expression analysis from erythroid progenitors (CD34+/CD71(high)/CD45- mononuclear cells from the bone marrow) of patients with Diamond-Blackfan anemia (due to RPS19 mutations) and control individuals.
Project description:This RNA sequencing experiment is part of the study \\"Preclinical animal model of Diamond-Blackfan anemia with single amino acid mutation of ribosomal protein Rps19\\". A mouse model with conserved arginine 67 deletion of ribosomal protein Rps19 mutation develops features characteristic of human Diamond-Blackfan anemia, a rare bone marrow failure syndrome, including hematologic dysfunctions, early onset growth delay, intrinsic anemia, severe craniofacial, skeletal, urogenital, cardiovascular, and cerebral abnormalities leading to premature lethality during the adolescence of the mouse. This DBA mouse model exhibits cell intrinsic activation of the Trp53 signaling pathway in hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) leading to reduced erythroid lineage development that may be rescued after inactivation of the tumor suppressor Trp53. The E14.5 fetal liver transcriptome analysis study confirms the involvement of non-canonical components of the p53 signaling pathway in the etiopathogenesis of DBA, manifested already during fetal development, consistent with the early onset of DBA-like phenotypes in mouse embryos as well as development of the disease in neonatal human patients. These results confirm our previous findings in adult hematopoietic progenitors as well as indicate that the development of DBA occurs well into the fetal development in both humans and our mouse model.
Project description:Gene expression analysis from erythroid progenitors (CD34+/CD71(high)/CD45- mononuclear cells from the bone marrow) of patients with Diamond-Blackfan anemia (due to RPS19 mutations) and control individuals. Case-control microarray gene expression analysis
Project description:Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) is a congenital disorder characterized by the failure of erythroid progenitor differentiation, severely curtailing red blood cell production. Because many DBA patients fail to respond to corticosteroid therapy, there is considerable need for therapeutics for this disorder. Identifying therapeutics for DBA requires circumventing the paucity of primary patient blood stem and progenitor cells. To this end, we adopted a reprogramming strategy to generate expandable hematopoietic progenitor cells from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from DBA patients. Reprogrammed DBA progenitors recapitulate defects in erythroid differentiation which were rescued by gene complementation. Unbiased chemical screens identified SMER28, a small molecule inducer of autophagy, which enhanced erythropoiesis in a range of in vitro and in vivo models of DBA. SMER28 acted through autophagy factor ATG5 to stimulate erythropoiesis and upregulate expression of globin genes. These findings present an unbiased drug screen for hematological disease using iPSCs and identify autophagy as a therapeutic pathway in DBA.
Project description:Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) is characterized by anemia and cancer susceptibility, and is caused by mutations in ribosomal genes, including Rpl11. Here, we report that Rpl11-heterozygous embryos are not viable, and homozygous deletion of Rpl11 in adult mice results in death within a few weeks, accompanied by bone marrow aplasia and intestinal atrophy. Importantly, deletion of a single Rpl11 allele in adult mice results in anemia associated to decreased erythroid progenitors and defective erythroid maturation. These phenotypes are also present in mice transplanted with inducible heterozygous Rpl11 bone marrow, indicating a cell-autonomous role of RPL11 in erythropoiesis. Additionally, fibroblasts lacking one or both Rpl11 alleles show defective p53 activation upon ribosomal stress or DNA damage. Furthermore, fibroblasts and hematopoietic tissues from heterozygous Rpl11 mice present higher basal cMYC levels. Accordingly, heterozygous Rpl11 mice are highly susceptible to radiation-induced lymphomagenesis. We conclude that Rpl11-deficient mice recapitulate DBA disorder, including cancer predisposition. RNAseq profiles of bone marrow hematopoietic progenitors cells from WT (Rpl11+/+:: Tg.UbC-CreERT2) and LOX (Rpl11+/lox::Tb.Ub-CreERT2) mice, n=4 independent animals per genotype
Project description:RPS19 mutations are the most common cause of the human disorder Diamond Blackfan Anemia. The R62W mutation was hypothesized to act in a dominant negative fashion and mice expressing RPS19R62W have many of the characteristics of Diamond Blackfan Anemia. Diamond-Blackfan Anemia (DBA), is an inherited erythroblastopenia associated with mutations in at least 8 different ribosomal protein genes. Mutations in the gene encoding Ribosomal Protein S19 (RPS19) have been identified in ~25% of DBA families. Most of these mutations disrupt either the translation or stability of the RPS19 protein and are predicted to cause DBA by haploinsufficiency. However, approximately ~30% of RPS19 mutations are missense mutations that do not alter the stability of the RPS19 protein and are hypothesized to act by a dominant negative mechanism. To formally test this hypothesis, we generated a transgenic mouse model expressing an RPS19 mutation in which an Arginine residue is replaced with a Tryptophan residue at codon 62 (RPS19R62W). Constitutive expression of RPS19R62W in developing mice was lethal. Conditional expression of RPS19R62W resulted in growth retardation, a mild anemia with reduced numbers of erythroid progenitors and significant inhibition of terminal erythroid maturation, similar to DBA. RNA profiling demonstrated over 700 dysregulated genes belonging to the same pathways that are disrupted in RNA profiles of DBA patient cells. The samples compared are RNA extracted from CD71 positive erythroblasts sorted from the bone marrow of wild type mice and mice expressing a mutant RPS19 (RPS19R62W) transgene