Project description:B2 cells were purified from spleen by CD19 Microbeads. B1 cells were purified from peritoneal cavity lavage by CD19 microbeads, followed by a depletion of CD23+ cells. RNA was prepared and differential gene expression analysis performed.
Project description:The experiment aimed at determining the genes that are under the control of the Ikaros transcription factor in mouse splenic B1 and B2 B lymphocyte subsets. To this aim, we used Ikf/f R26-CreERT2+ (Cre+) or Ikf/f R26-CreERT2- (Cre-) mice, which correspond to mice with floxed null alleles for Ikzf1 (Heizmann et al., JEM 210:2823-32, 2013) that were crossed with the R26-CreERT2 mice, which harbor a knock-in of the cDNA encoding the tamoxifen (TAM) inducible CreERT2 recombinase in the Rosa26 gene (Badea et al, J. Neurosci 23:2314-22, 2003). 6-8 week-old mice were injected daily with TAM for 3d (50mg/kg). Mice were sacrificed 10d after the first injection, and splenic B1 and B2 B cell populations sorted by flow cytometry. Splenic B1 and B2 cells from mice with induced deletion of Ikaros
Project description:We have comprehensively interrogated wild type B1 and B2 B lineage cells and their progenitors. In mice bearing a conditional deletion of Dnmt3a in the B lineage, we integrated a variety of whole-genome profiling approaches including WGBS, TAB-Seq, RNA-seq, ATAC-Seq and CUT&RUN. The results reveal a stable “foundational methylome” in all B cells that establishes lymphocyte lineage identity. Superimposed on this foundational methylome is a “dynamic methylome” which is differentially modulated in B1 and B2 B cells by the coincident activity/recruitment of DNMT3A and TET enzymes.
Project description:We have comprehensively interrogated wild type B1 and B2 B lineage cells and their progenitors. In mice bearing a conditional deletion of Dnmt3a in the B lineage, we integrated a variety of whole-genome profiling approaches including WGBS, TAB-Seq, RNA-seq, ATAC-Seq and CUT&RUN. The results reveal a stable “foundational methylome” in all B cells that establishes lymphocyte lineage identity. Superimposed on this foundational methylome is a “dynamic methylome” which is differentially modulated in B1 and B2 B cells by the coincident activity/recruitment of DNMT3A and TET enzymes.
Project description:We have comprehensively interrogated wild type B1 and B2 B lineage cells and their progenitors. In mice bearing a conditional deletion of Dnmt3a in the B lineage, we integrated a variety of whole-genome profiling approaches including WGBS, TAB-Seq, RNA-seq, ATAC-Seq and CUT&RUN. The results reveal a stable “foundational methylome” in all B cells that establishes lymphocyte lineage identity. Superimposed on this foundational methylome is a “dynamic methylome” which is differentially modulated in B1 and B2 B cells by the coincident activity/recruitment of DNMT3A and TET enzymes.