Project description:To create a transcriptomic library that spans multiple stages and sites of megakaryocyte development, scRNA-Seq was performed on cells isolated from embryonic day 13 fetal liver and lung, as well as week 10 adult bone marrow and lung. Enrichment of megakaryocytes in all tissues was accomplished using flow cytometry to sort for live-CD41+ cells. Only the top 1% of CD41+ events were captured in order to further enhance enrichment of megakaryocyte-lineage cells.
Project description:The transcription factor Growth Factor Independence 1B (GFI1B) recruits Lysine Specific Demethylase 1A (LSD1/KDM1A) to stimulate gene programs relevant for megakaryocyte and platelet biology. Inherited pathogenic GFI1B variants result in thrombocytopenia and bleeding propensities with varying intensity. Whether these affect similar gene programs is unknow. Here we studied transcriptomic effects of four patient-derived GFI1B variants (GFI1BT174N,H181Y,R184P,Q287*) in MEG01 megakaryoblasts. Compared to normal GFI1B, each variant affected different gene programs with GFI1BQ287* uniquely failing to repress myeloid traits. In line with this, single cell RNA-sequencing of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived megakaryocytes revealed a 4.5-fold decrease in the megakaryocyte/myeloid cell ratio in GFI1BQ287* versus normal conditions. Inhibiting the GFI1B-LSD1 interaction with small molecule GSK-LSD1 resulted in activation of myeloid genes in normal iPSC-derived megakaryocytes similar as observed for GFI1BQ287* iPSC-derived megakaryocytes. Thus, GFI1B and LSD1 facilitate gene programs relevant for megakaryopoiesis while simultaneously repressing programs that induce myeloid differentiation.
2024-03-28 | PXD050401 | Pride
Project description:Sequencing of lung megakaryocytes exposed to carbon black
Project description:Hematopoietic progenitor cells were isolated from 13.5 day mouse fetal livers by lineage depletion and expanded for three days. Fetal livers were isolated from both wild type and Gata-1 knock embryos. Gata-1 knock embryos contain a deletion of the Gata-1 promoter sequence that results in undetectable levels of Gata-1 protein specifically in the megakaryocyte lineage. Following progenitor outgrowth megakaryocytes were enriched in a differentiation media for three days and isolated on a discontinuous BSA gradient. The resulting megakaryocytes were >90% pure as determined by acetylcholinesterase staining. These cells were lysed in Trizol and the resulting RNA was used for hybridization. Keywords = Gata-1 Keywords = Megakaryocytes Keywords: other
Project description:Adult and fetal megakaryocytes are morphologically different. These differences contribute to neonatal thrombocytopenia in premature neonates and in neonates after infection and also contribute to poor megakaryocytes engraftment after umbilical cord blood transplant. We found that Dyrk1a kinase inhibition shift the fetal megakaryocytes phenotype toward adult phenotype. This effect is mediated by MKL1 the master regulator of megakaryocytes morphogenesis. To identify differences between adult and fetal megakaryocytes we performed RNA seq of adult derived megakaryocytes and fetal derived megakaryocytes treated and untreated with Dyrk inhibitors. Through this approach we identified cohorts of genes co-regulated in adult megakaryocytes and fetal megakaryocytes treated with the dyrk inhibitors. More importantly, we found that the dyrk inhibition in fetal megakaryocytes leads to upregulation of a significant number of MKL1 target genes.
Project description:Adult and fetal megakaryocytes are morphologically different. These differences contribute to neonatal thrombocytopenia in premature neonates and in neonates after infection and also contribute to poor megakaryocytes engrafment after umbilical cord blood transplant. We found that Dyrk1a kinase inhibition shift the fetal megakaryocytes phenotype toward adult phenotype. This effect is mediated by MKL1 the master regulator of megakaryocytes morphogenesis. To identify deferences between adult and fetal megakaryocytes we performed RNA seq of adult derived megakaryocytes and fetal derived megakaryocytes treated and untreated with Dyrk inhibitors. Through this approach we identified cohorts of genes co-regulated in adult megakaryocytes and fetal megakaryoctes treated with the dyrk inhibitors. More importantly, we found that the dyrk inhibition in fetal megakaryocytes leads to upregulation of a significant number of MKL1 target genes.
Project description:We have mapped the binding sites for the five key regulators GATA1, GATA2, RUNX1, FLI1 and TAL1/SCL in primary human megakaryocytes. Statistical analysis identified subsets of enriched as well as depleted combinatorial binding patterns. In particular simultaneous binding by all 5 factors was highly enriched and occurred in the vicinity of many genes known to be involved in blood and megakaryocyte development. Knock down in zebrafish of 8 of these genes with no previously known role in hematopoiesis, revealed all to be essential for thrombocyte and/or erythroid development. Combinatorial analysis of multi-factor ChIP-Seq datasets coupled with a high-throughput in vivo screen therefore offers a powerful strategy to identify novel essential regulators of complex mammalian differentiation processes. 5 transcription factors and rabbit-IgG in megakaryocytes.
Project description:To understand the impact of aging on lung tumor progression, we isolated lung tumor cells from Kras LSL-G12D/+; Trp53 fl/fl (KP) mouse models at different stage of tumor progression and performed single-cell sequencing on them.