Project description:Single cell RNA sequencing was performed on CD45+Ly6G-CD64+MerTK+ macrophages isolated from the lungs of mice 5 weeks after transplantation of 4T1-Luc mammary gland tumors. The purpose of this study was to determine the unique macrophage subsets present in the lungs of mice bearing mammary tumor metastases.
Project description:While macrophages are among the most abundant immune cell type found within primary and metastatic mammary tumors, how their complexity and heterogeneity change with metastatic progression remains unknown. Here, macrophages were isolated from the lungs of mice bearing orthotopic mammary tumors for single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq). Seven distinct macrophage clusters were identified, including populations exhibiting enhanced differential expression of genes related to antigen presentation (H2-Aa, Cd74), cell cycle (Stmn1, Cdk1), and interferon signaling (Isg15, Ifitm3). Interestingly, one cluster demonstrated a profile concordant with lipid-associated macrophages (Lgals3, Trem2). Compared with nontumor-bearing controls, the number of these cells per gram of tissue was significantly increased in lungs from tumor-bearing mice, with the vast majority costaining positively with the alveolar macrophage marker Siglec-F. Enrichment of genes implicated in pathways related to lipid metabolism as well extracellular matrix remodeling and immunosuppression was observed. In addition, these cells displayed reduced capacity for phagocytosis. Collectively, these findings highlight the diversity of macrophages present within metastatic lesions and characterize a lipid-associated macrophage subset previously unidentified in lung metastases. SIGNIFICANCE: scRNA-seq of macrophages isolated from lung metastases reveals extensive macrophage heterogeneity and identifies a novel subpopulation enriched for genes involved in lipid metabolism, extracellular matrix remodeling, and immunosuppression.
Project description:Primary objectives: Characterization of the macrophage population subset that is modulated by enteric neurons
Primary endpoints: Characterization of the macrophage population subset that is modulated by enteric neurons via RNA sequencing
Project description:The goal of this study was to identify mechanism of suppression of cDC1 in a model of genetically driven lung adenocarcinoma (KP). As part of the study we analyzed the transcriptional differences between cDC1 cell-sorted from healthy lung and those cell-sorted from KP bearing lungs.
Project description:mRNA transcriptome sequencing of tumor bearing lungs from KrasLSL-G12D/+Lkb1fl/fl, KrasLSL-G12D/+Lkb1fl/flIl1f9-/-(KL9) and KrasLSL-G12D/+Lkb1fl/flIl1f5-/-(KL5) or KrasLSL-G12D/+Tp53fl/fl, KrasLSL-G12D/+Tp53fl/flIl1f9-/-(KP9) and KrasLSL-G12D/+Tp53fl/flIl1f5-/-(KP5) after 10 weeks Ad-cre injection Tumor-burdened lungs from KL/KL5/KL9 mice and KP/KP5/KP9 mice were perfused through alveolar lavage and cardiac lavage with PBS, dry it quickly, and then homogenized in 2 ml of TRIzol (Invitrogen). Total RNAs were prepared and the quality of RNAs was determined by agarose gel electrophoresis and spectrophotometer analysis. Poly(A) mRNA was subsequently purified from 10μg total RNA using NEBNext Oligo d(T)25 Magnetic Beads Isolation Module. First-strand complementary DNA was synthesized with NEBNext RNA First-Strand Synthesis Module. NEBNext Ultra II Non-Directional RNA Second Strand Synthesis Module was used for the synthesis of the complementary strand of first-strand cDNA. The resulting double-stranded DNA was purified and Vazyme TruePrep DNA Library Prep kit V2 was used to prepare libraries followed by sequencing on an Illumina Hiseq X Ten platform with 150-bp paired-end reads strategy (Novogene). Quality control of mRNA-seq data was performed by using Fatsqc (v0.11.9) and low-quality bases were trimmed by Trim_galore (0.6.4_dev). All RNA-seq data were mapped to the mouse genome (Mus_musculus_Ensemble_94) by Hisat2 (v.2.0.5) and allowed a maximum of two mismatches per read. Gene expression level was calculated by FeatureCounts (v.2.0.0) with default parameters and normalized by FPKM (Fragments Per Kilobase of exon model per Million mapped fragments).
Project description:We studied the impact of DT treatment (Treg depletion) on NK cells (CD3-, NKp46+, DX5+) in axillary TDLNs and lungs of tumor bearing Foxp3GFP-DTR mice . Here we generated RNAseq data from sorted NK cells from DT or PBS treated Foxp3GFP-DTR mice bearing 100mm2 mammary tumors from lungs, axillary TDLNs
Project description:C3heB/FeJ mice were infected with M. tuberculosis to form necrotic granulomatous lesions. FFPE samples of infected lungs with granulomas were microdissected into three distinct regions, Caseum, foamy macrophage, and Cell. Proteins were extracted from microdissected samples, followed by LC-MS/MS.