Project description:A novel Myb-68 enhancer is predominant in basohil and mast cell lineages. To analyze their differentiation trajectories, we conducted scRNA-seq of Myb-68 GFP+ bone marrow cells.
Project description:A novel Myb-68 enhancer is predominant in basohil and mast cell lineages. To analyze their differentiation trajectories, we conducted scRNA-seq of Myb-68 GFP+ bone marrow cells.
Project description:Earlier we have shown important roles of MYB in pancreatic tumor pathobiology. To better understand the role of MYB in the tumor microenvironment and identify MYB-associated secreted biomarker proteins, we conducted mass spectrometry analysis of the secretome from MYB-modulated and control pancreatic cancer cell lines. We also performed in silico analyses to determine MYB-associated biofunctions, gene networks and altered biological pathways. We further investigated the secreted proteins for their potential biomarker properties.
Project description:Most E2F-binding sites repress transcription through the recruitment of Retinoblasoma (RB) family members until the end of the G1 cell-cycle phase. Although the MYB promoter contains an E2F-binding site, its transcription is activated shortly after the exit from quiescence, before RB family members inactivation, by unknown mechanisms. We had previously uncovered a nuclear factor distinct from E2F, Myb-sp, whose DNA-binding site overlapped the E2F element and had hypothesized that this factor might overcome the transcriptional repression of MYB by E2F-RB family members. We have purified Myb-sp and discovered that Myc-associated zinc finger proteins (MAZ) are major components. We show that various MAZ isoforms are present in Myb-sp and activate transcription via the MYB-E2F element. Moreover, while forced RB or p130 expression repressed the activity of a luciferase reporter driven by the MYB-E2F element, co-expression of MAZ proteins not only reverted repression, but also activated transcription. Finally, we show that MAZ binds the MYB promoter in vivo, that its binding site is critical for MYB transactivation, and that MAZ knockdown inhibits MYB expression during the exit from quiescence. Together, these data indicate that MAZ is essential to bypass MYB promoter repression by RB family members and to induce MYB expression.
Project description:The transcriptional activities of c-Myb and its oncogenic variant v-Myb were compared by expressing them in primary human monocytes using recombinant adenovirus vectors. All the samples were compared to cells infected with a control adenovirus expressing only GFP. The results showed that v-Myb, which differs from c-Myb only by N- and C-terminal deletions and eleven amino acid substitutions, has a qualitatively different transcriptional activity. Experiment Overall Design: 2 replicates of each type were analyzed. Replicates were performed independently, more than a week apart.
Project description:Transcription profiling by array of wild type and p300 KIX/KIX; CBP +/KIX primary mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) transduced with either MSCV-c-Myb_IRES-GFP or MSCV-IRES-GFP retrovirus to determine the effect of mutating the KIX domain of CBP and p300 on c-Myb regulated gene expression. CBP KIX mutation (MGI:3578129) and p300 KIX mutation (MGI:3578128).
Project description:Gamma-delta (gd) T cells from pooled mouse lymph nodes and spleens were isolated and FACS-sorted for Vg1+Ly6C-, Vg1+Ly6C+, Vg4+Ly6C- and Vg4+Ly6C+ subsets of bulk CD27+ gdT cells.