Project description:This study investigates transcriptomic changes occurring in PDPN+PDGFRa+ stromal cells from murine B16-OVA melanomas (MO5) when ADAM12+ mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are depleted.
Project description:To compare the proteins secreted by human primary cultured MSCs and human iPSC-derived MSCs in the medium, each MSCs and human dermal fibroblasts were cultured in PRIME-XV MSC Expansion XSFM medium for 48 hours, and the cultured media were collected. Albumin and immunoglobulin were removed from the cultured media using High select top14 abundant protein depletion mini spin columns. The depleted media were precipitated by acetone and subjected to trypsin digestion followed by desalting. Samples were labeled with mTRAQ reagent. Tryptic peptides were fractionated through SCX-HILIC mix mode and analyzed by nLC-Orbitrap in DDA mode. MS data were searched against UniProt using Mascot.
Project description:Mesenchyal Stem Cells (MSCs) differentiation into multiple lineages, such as osteocytes and adipocytes, has been shown to be regulated by mechanical signals. The Linker of the Nucleoskeleton and Cytoskeleton (LINC) complex has been shown to be required for mechanical signal transduction, regulation of MSCs differentiation, and nuclear integrity. The LINC complex is made of Nesprins and Sun proteins. Nesprin proteins associate with the cytoskeleton on the outer nuclear membrane and Sun proteins are bound to the inner nuclear membrane where they bind to inner nuclear proteins and chromatin. We investigated the role of the Sun1/2 in regulating the inner nuclear functions of chromatin organization and adipogenic differentiation independently of the LINC complex function. We show that depletion of Sun1/2 increased nuclear area and perimeter, and decreased circularity. Expression of a dominant-negative KASH (dnKASH) domain targeting the SUN domain on Sun proteins inhibiting Nesprin-SUN association resulting a loss of Nesprin localization to the nuclear envelope decreased nuclear area and circularity. Adipogenesis was inhibited during Sun1/2 depletion while dnKASH expression accelerated adipgoenesis. RNA-seq data showed decreased adipogensis and increased immune response during Sun1/2 depletion. dnKASH responded oppositely with increased adipogenic gene expression and decreased immune response. We also observed increased H3K9me3 levels, increased H3K9me3 foci count, and enrichment on Adipoq during Sun1/2 depletion. No increase of H3K9me3 levels, foci count, or increased H3K9me3 enrichment on Adipoq was found during dnKASH expression. We conclude that physically decoupling of the LINC complex via dnKASH accelerates adipogenesis and that Sun1/2 regulates chromatin organization and adipogenesis independently of the LINC complex function.
Project description:DNA methylation is a fundamental epigenetic modification regulating gene expression. Aberrant DNA methylation may be involved in the transcriptionally/functionally altered CMML-MSCs. However, understanding the overall DNA methylation profile in MSCs and its changes after the intervention of demethylating drugs such as AZA is still lacking. In this present study, In vitro expanded MSCs from CMML patients (n=10) and healthy individuals (n=5) were treated with AZA or DMSO, and then used for DNA methylation profiling (EPIC) respectively. A total of 30 MSC samples were included. MSCs. Our study reveals that MSCs from different individual cohorts (healthy vs. CMML) exhibit significantly different sensitivity and reactivity to AZA. AZA treatment in vitro modulates aberrant DNA methylation profiles in CMML-MSCs and restores their impaired support for healthy hematopoiesis. Our study shows that the therapeutic effect of AZA on CMML patients is not limited to its inhibitory effect on malignant clones, but also manifested in its regulatory effect on the damaged bone marrow stromal microenvironment. Targeted improvement of bone marrow microenvironment may be a potential way to improve and restore normal hematopoiesis in patients with CMML.
Project description:To characterize and compare XF-iMSC (XenoFree-induced Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells) and various types of MSCs (Adipose-, Bone marrow-, Unbilical cord-derived), we performed a transcriptome analysis of these MSCs
Project description:BRD4, a member of the BET family of histone readers, binds to acetylated lysine of histone H3 and promotes assembly of super-enhancer complexes that drive expression of key oncogenes in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and other cancers. ARV-825 is a proteolysis-targeting chimera (PROTAC) that targets BRD4 for CRBN-mediated ubiquitination and degradation. BM-MSCs are an important element of the bone marrow microenvironment of AML. To understand how targeting BRD4 in BM-MSCs may contribute to the overall effect on AML of targeting BRD4, we treated BM-MSCs from two normal donors with ARV-825 in vitro. Treatment of BM-MSC monocultures with ARV-825 for 24 hr caused extensive changes in gene expression, highly uniform between triplicates. Although the cultures from the two normal donors showed different profiles, their changes with ARV-825 were highly similar. These changes implicated effects on oxidative stress, osteogenic differentiation, retinoid metabolism, F-actin polymerization, CXCL12, and proliferation.
Project description:Cells sense the biophysical properties of the surrounding microenvironment. In particular, the stiffness of the extracellular milieu can be interrogated by cells and integrated through mechanotransduction. Many cellular processes (like proliferation, migration, or differentiation) depend on the mechanical status of the cell (being largely dictated by actomyosin-dependent intracellular contractility), which in turn is influenced by the mechanical properties of the microenvironment. In this study, we explored the influence of substrate stiffness on the proteome of undifferentiated human umbilical cord matrix mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (hUCM-MSCs). The relative abundance of several identified proteins suffered significant changes when comparing between substrates. Interestingly, many of such proteins are related to the regulation of the actin cytoskeleton, a main player of mechanotransduction and cell physiology in response to mechanical cues.