Project description:Peripheral nerves contain axons and their enwrapping glia cells named Schwann cells (SC) that are either myelinating or non-myelinating (nmSC). Our understanding of other cells in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) remains limited. Here, we provide an unbiased single-cell transcriptomic characterization of the non-diseased rodent PNS. We identified and independently confirmed novel markers of previously underappreciated nmSC and nerve-associated fibroblasts. We also found and characterized two distinct populations of nerve-resident homeostatic myeloid cells that transcriptionally differed from central nervous system microglia. In a model of chronic autoimmune neuritis, homeostatic myeloid cells were outnumbered by infiltrating lymphocytes which modulated the local cell-cell interactome and induced a specific transcriptional response in glia cells. This response was partially shared between the peripheral and central nervous system glia identifying common immunological features across different parts of the nervous system. Our study thus identifies novel subtypes and cell-type markers of PNS cells and a partially conserved autoimmunity module induced in glia cells.
Project description:Peripheral nerves contain axons and their enwrapping glia cells named Schwann cells (SCs) that are either myelinating (mySCs) or nonmyelinating (nmSCs). Our understanding of other cells in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) remains limited. Here, we provide an unbiased single cell transcriptomic characterization of the nondiseased rodent PNS. We identified and independently confirmed markers of previously underappreciated nmSCs and nerve-associated fibroblasts. We also found and characterized two distinct populations of nerve-resident homeostatic myeloid cells that transcriptionally differed from central nervous system microglia. In a model of chronic autoimmune neuritis, homeostatic myeloid cells were outnumbered by infiltrating lymphocytes which modulated the local cell-cell interactome and induced a specific transcriptional response in glia cells. This response was partially shared between the peripheral and central nervous system glia, indicating common immunological features across different parts of the nervous system. Our study thus identifies subtypes and cell-type markers of PNS cells and a partially conserved autoimmunity module induced in glia cells.
Project description:ChIP-seq of H3K4me3 in rat peripheral nerve was used to identify transcription start sites associated with Schwann cell-expressed genes. The analysis was performed in injured and control nerve to identify injury-responsive changes in Schwann cells. H3K4me3 ChIP samples were prepared from rat sciatic nerve at 1 day post-transection using both the distal stump of the injured nerve and the contralateral (sham) nerve.
Project description:ChIP-seq of H3K27acetylation in sham and injured nerve. Schwann cells play an important role in the response of peripheral nerve to injury. This study was designed to identify enhancers that are altered in sciatic nerve at 3 days post-injury to help identify pathways that mediate the gene expression reprogramming that occurs in Schwann cells after nerve injury. We employed ChIP-seq analysis of H3K27 acetylation as a mark of actively engaged enhancers, and compared enhancers in the distal stump of transected sciatic nerve compared to contralateral (sham) condition.
Project description:ChIP-seq of H3K27me3 in rat peripheral nerve was used to identify sites of polycomb repression associated with genes in Schwann cells, which constitute the majority of cells in peripheral nerve. H3K27me3 ChIP samples were prepared from rat sciatic nerve and then sequenced. Inputs for these ChIP samples have previously been submitted as samples GSM1541282 and GSM1541283 in Series GSE63103
Project description:Foreign body reaction is one of the most important limiting factors to the clinical translation of implantable bioelectronics. The experiment compares the process of foreign body reaction, following the implantation of a silicon device in a mouse peripheral nerve, to that of peripheral nerve injury, following nerve crushing. Both processes are also compared to a naïve peripheral nerve from an uninjured mouse. The endpoints are day 1, 4, 7, 14 and 28 days.
Project description:Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) is an aggressive sarcoma. Comprehensive proteomic profiles of 23 MPNST tumor specimens were obtained using LC-MS/MS. Among 23 tumor specimens, 13 patients showed favorable prognosis and 10 did local recurrence/distant metastasis.
Project description:ChIP-seq of H3K27acetylation in sham and injured nerve 2 independent ChIP samples each for Sham and Injury conditions, with respective inputs
Project description:ChIP-seq of H3K27me3 in rat peripheral nerve was used to identify sites of polycomb repression associated with genes in Schwann cells, which constitute the majority of cells in peripheral nerve.