Project description:To study immune influence on brain functions, we performed RNA-seq with brain septal tissues from stressed wild-type and TCRb-/- mice.
Project description:To reveal functional diversity of neurons in the septal area of the forebrain, we isolated neuron nuclei from septal tissues of wild-type mice by FACS sorting and subjected them to single nucleus (sn)RNA sequencing with the 10x platform.
Project description:To examine the microbiota abundance difference, we performed fecal 16s sequencing of wild type, TCRb-/-, TCRb-/- co-housed with WT and TCRb-/- receiving WT T cells.
Project description:We report the changes in Tcrb interactome upon transitioning from DN to DP stage of thymocyte development Examination of the interactomes of Eb and Trbv5 viewpoints in RAG-deficient DN and DP thymocytes
Project description:To investigate the gene expression in brain tissues of Pla2g2e-deficient and wild-type mice, we performed gene expression profiling analysis using data obtained from Microarray of brain tissues collected from neuron-specific Pla2g2e-deficient and wild-type mice.
Project description:Tcrb locus V(D)J recombination is regulated by positioning at the nuclear periphery. Here we used DamID to profile Tcrb locus interactions with the nuclear lamina at high-resolution. We identified a lamina-associated domain (LAD) border composed of several CTCF binding elements that segregates active non-LAD from inactive LAD regions of the locus. Deletion of the LAD border caused an enhancer-dependent spread of H3K27ac from the active recombination center into recombination center-proximal LAD chromatin. This was associated with a disruption to LAD organization, increased chromatin looping to the recombination center, and increased transcription and recombination of recombination center-proximal gene segments. Our results show that a Tcrb locus LAD and LAD border are critical components of Tcrb locus gene regulation and suggest that LAD borders may generally function to constrain the activity of nearby enhancers.
Project description:Tcrb locus V(D)J recombination is regulated by positioning at the nuclear periphery. Here we used DamID to profile Tcrb locus interactions with the nuclear lamina at high-resolution. We identified a lamina-associated domain (LAD) border composed of several CTCF binding elements that segregates active non-LAD from inactive LAD regions of the locus. Deletion of the LAD border caused an enhancer-dependent spread of H3K27ac from the active recombination center into recombination center-proximal LAD chromatin. This was associated with a disruption to LAD organization, increased chromatin looping to the recombination center, and increased transcription and recombination of recombination center-proximal gene segments. Our results show that a Tcrb locus LAD and LAD border are critical components of Tcrb locus gene regulation and suggest that LAD borders may generally function to constrain the activity of nearby enhancers.
Project description:Quantitative proteomics of cryptococcal meningitis brain tissues and control brain tissues was carried out to study the host factors that are activated and differentially regulated in response to infection. Proteins isolated from infected brain tissues were subjected to trypsin digestion and then labeled using 4-plex iTRAQ labels. iTRAQ labeled peptides were subjected to fractionation by SCX. All the fractions were analyzed on the high resolution Orbitrap Velos mass spectrometer.