Project description:We found that CD4+ T cells require Ikaros to promote IL-17 production when cultured in Th17 conditions. To understand why Ikaros null T cells do not produce IL-17, we analyzed the transcriptome of WT vs. Ikaros null naive CD4+ T cells both resting (day 0) or activated with anti-CD3 plus anti-CD28 antibodies, IL-6, TGFb1 and neutralizing anti-IFNg and anti-IL-4 antibodies (Th17 condition) for 1 or 2 days. Samples from 3 independent experiments were analyzed.
Project description:The aim of this study is to investigate a role of glycolysis in transcriptional programing of Th17 cells during differentiation. Naïve CD4 T cells were differentiated towards Th17 cells with or without a mild inhibition of glycolysis, and transcriptome signature was analyzed. We found about 200 transcripts were differentially regulated. Further pathway analysis suggested that glycolysis controls genes associated with IL-2/STAT5 signaling during Th17 differentiation. Inhibition of glycolysis resulted in enrichment of genes associated with translational processes and Th17 signature genes.
Project description:The transcription factor IKZF1/Ikaros is essential for B cell development, and recurrently mutated in human B-ALL. Ikaros has been ascribed both activating and repressive functions via interactions with coactivator and corepressor complexes, but the relative abundance of Ikaros-associated coregulatory complexes and their contribution to Ikaros-mediated gene regulation are not well understood. To address this issue, we performed an unbiased identification of Ikaros-interacting proteins in pre-B cells, and found that Ikaros interacts overwhelmingly with corepressors and heterochromatin-associated proteins. Time-resolved analysis of transcription and chromatin state identified transcriptional repression as the immediate response to Ikaros induction. Transcriptional repression preceded transcriptional activation by several hours, and was accompanied by a rapid loss of chromatin accessibility and reduced levels of H3K27ac particularly at enhancers. Functional characterisation of intrinsically disordered regions in the Ikaros protein identified highly conserved helical motifs that mediate Ikaros association with the NuRD corepressor complex and contribute to the silencing of target genes in pre-B cells and antiproliferative functions of Ikaros in human B-ALL
Project description:The transcription factor IKZF1/Ikaros is essential for B cell development, and recurrently mutated in human B-ALL. Ikaros has been ascribed both activating and repressive functions via interactions with coactivator and corepressor complexes, but the relative abundance of Ikaros-associated coregulatory complexes and their contribution to Ikaros-mediated gene regulation are not well understood. To address this issue, we performed an unbiased identification of Ikaros-interacting proteins in pre-B cells, and found that Ikaros interacts overwhelmingly with corepressors and heterochromatin-associated proteins. Time-resolved analysis of transcription and chromatin state identified transcriptional repression as the immediate response to Ikaros induction. Transcriptional repression preceded transcriptional activation by several hours, and was accompanied by a rapid loss of chromatin accessibility and reduced levels of H3K27ac particularly at enhancers. Functional characterisation of intrinsically disordered regions in the Ikaros protein identified highly conserved helical motifs that mediate Ikaros association with the NuRD corepressor complex and contribute to the silencing of target genes in pre-B cells and antiproliferative functions of Ikaros in human B-ALL
Project description:We found by microarray analysis that Ikaros is critical to limit the expression of several pro-inflammatory genes during Th17 cell polarization. To unravel the role of Ikaros in the expression of pro-inflammatory genes without Th17 polarizing cytokines, we performed an RNA-seq analysis in naive CD4+ T cells and CD4+ T cells activated with anti-CD3+anti-CD28 antibodies (Th0 condition), from WT (Ikaros f/f CD4-Cre-) and Ikaros TKO mice (Ikaros f/f CD4-Cre+).
Project description:Human peripheral blood IFN-γ+IL-17+ (TH1/17) and IFN-γ–IL-17+ (TH17) CD4+ T cells display distinct transcriptional profiles in high-throughput transcription analyses. Compared to TH17 cells, TH1/17 cells have similar gene signatures to mouse pathogenic TH17 cells.