Project description:Platelets are anucleated blood cells that are produced by their progenitor cell, the megakaryocyte (MK). Platelets are centrally positioned in hemostasis and thrombosis and, according to the recent findings, play key roles in innate immunity, inflammation, atherogenesis, and cancer metastasis. The quantitative and qualitative properties of platelets are crucial determinants of their hemostatic function. While the regulatory mechanisms of platelet number and size have been studied separately, critical questions remain regarding the interplay of platelet number and size in hemostasis. In this study, using a mouse model of irradiation (IR)-induced thrombocytopenia, we show that mature MKs (mMKs) are resistant to IR and maintain the nadir platelet levels post IR. To identify the phenotype switching and function variation in BM MKs post IR, we performed microarray expression profiling of MKs from the bone marrow of mice at 1- or 3-days post IR and control mice (Ctrl).
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of human lymphoblastoid cell lines with different ATM genotypes 6h post sham- or 1.5 Gy IR-treatmentl was compared to extract IR-related gene expression signatures that can identify ataxia telangiectasia (AT) carries from non AT carries and AT patients.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of human lymphoblastoid cell lines with different ATM genotypes 6h post sham- or 1.5 Gy IR-treatmentl was compared to extract IR-related gene expression signatures that can identify ataxia telangiectasia (AT) carries from non AT carries and AT patients. Biological replicates: 6 or 4; Technical replicates: 2 with C3 and C5 dye swap.
Project description:Cells obtained from adipose tissue are able to differentiate into megakaryocytes. We compared the gene expression profile of human adipose tissue derived megakaryocytes with that of megakaryocytes differentiated from human CD34 positive cord blood hematopoietic stem cells.
Project description:Cardiac resident MerTK+ macrophages exert multiple protective roles post-ischemic injury. To determine the potential reason for the protective role of MerTK+ cardiac macrophages, microarray was performed to identify gene expression profiles on isolated Trem2+, MHCII+, Lyve1+, and MerTK- macrophages from the heart tissue of WT mice post-IR. We investigated the potential reason for the protective role of MerTK+ cardiac macrophages in myocardial Ischemia reperfusion injuryby microarray.
Project description:To clarify the machinery how lenalidomide inhibit proplatelet formation of megakaryocytes, we performed transcriptome analysis of megakaryocytes derived from human hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells in the liquid culture system with or without lenalidomide. Differentially expressed genes were comprehensively evaluated by gene set enrichment analysis. Untreated megakaryocytes showed the estradiol-responded gene expression signatures, whereas the lenalidomide-treated megakaryocytes did not. Furthermore, we performed a rescue strategy with exogenous estradiol, confirming that lenalidomide-induced inhibition of proplatelet formation should be due to the deficiency of endogenous estradiol action in megakaryocytes.
Project description:Whole livers were collected from mouse fetuses at embryonic day 13.5 (E13.5), and single-cell suspensions were prepared by successive passage through 25-gauge needles. Fetal liver cells were maintained in RPMI1640 (Wako, Osaka, Japan) supplemented with 20% charcoal-stripped fetal bovine serum (FBS), 100 U/ml penicillin, 100µg/ml streptomycin, and 50ng/ml recombinant human thrombopoietin (TPO) (generously provided by Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co. Ltd.). Megakaryocytes were harvested for RNA purification from a day-3 culture. CD41+ cells were enriched using biotinylated anti-CD41 antibody (Serotec; clone MWReg30) and streptavidin-coupled Dynabeads (Dynal Biotech ASA) from a culture of E13.5 fetal liver cells of WT and p45–/– mice. Total RNA was purified from the sorted CD41+ cells. Gene expression was measured in primary megakaryocytes cultured from p45-/- fetal livers and wild type fetal livers at E13.5. Three independent experiments were performed.
Project description:N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) are glutamate-gated cation channels with high calcium permeability. Their activity supports megakaryocytes proliferation and maturation, however their downstream effects on the megakaryocyte transcriptome remain poorly elucidated. We used Clariom S Pico Arrays to profile the transcriptome changes caused by loss of Grin1 in mouse bone marrow megakaryocytes.