Project description:The immune system of SPF mice is dominated by naïve phenotype immune cells, especially within the T cell compartment, and resembles that of neonatal humans (Beura et al., 2016; Reese et al., 2016). Sequential infection of SPF-housed laboratory mice with common experimental pathogens, such as MHV, MCMV, Listeria monocytogenes, LCMV, and influenza A virus (Berton et al., 2022; Reese et al., 2016), or cohousing (CoH) SPF mice with pet store mice carrying multiple pathogenic and commensal bacteria, viruses, and/or fungi (Beura et al., 2016) induces immune system alterations and maturations that more closely resemble the adult human immune system. Such microbial exposure drastically alters the composition and function of the immune system of laboratory mice, which can significantly influence the overall outcome (and survival) to subsequent infection. Here we report CD11b+ CD115+ monocytes sorted from female specific pathogen-free (SPF) C57BL/6N (B6) mice co-housed with petstore mice for 60 days are transcriptionally different than SPF CD11b+ CD115+ monocytes
Project description:Purpose: The goals of this study are to compare CD115- monocytes to CD115+ monocytes from naïve and tumor-bearing mice (EL4) with high-throughput data analysis. Methods: CD115- monocytes and CD115+ monocytes were sorted by flow cytomentry separatly. Total RNA was extracted from cells using the RNeasy Mini Kit (QIAGEN, Hilden, Germany) and residual DNA was removed with a DNA-free Kit (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA) according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Samples were loaded onto a 1% agarose gel before electrophoresis. DNA-free conditions were confirmed by SYBR Gold staining (Invitrogen). The quantity and the quality of RNA was evaluated by Nanodrop 2000 spectrophotometer (Thermo Fisher Scientific) and bioanalyzer (Agilent 2100; Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA, USA). RNA-Seq libraries were prepared with 1 μg of total RNA from two biological replicates of each group using TruSeq Stranded mRNA LT Sample Prep Kit and analyzed by Illumina Sequencer (both from Illumina, San Diego, CA, USA). Results: We found 1,723 differetially expressed genes (DEGs) between CD115- monocytes and CD115+ monocytes (cutoff value was set at 2-fold). DEGs of interest are invoved in granulocyte, transcription factors, mononuclear phagocytes, and angiogenesis. Conclusions: Our study represents the first detailed DEGs analysis of CD115- monocytes and CD115+ monocytes from naïve and tumor-bearing mice. Our results show that CD115- monocytes may have a closer relationship with neutrophils or PMN-MDSCs than the CD115+ monocytes. Also, our overall transcriptomic analysis further suggests that CD115- M-MDSCs and monocytes are separate subsets of monocytic cells.
Project description:The peritoneal cavity is home to various immune cells. Previous studies have investigated the heterogenous nature of peritoneal myeloid mononuclear cells. However, up to this date, there are no clear criteria to distinguish peritoneal macrophages and dendritic cells (DCs). In the present study, we delineate the subsets of myeloid mononuclear cells in the mouse peritoneal cavity. Considering phenotypical, functional, and ontogenic features, peritoneal myeloid mononuclear cells are divided into 5 subsets: large peritoneal macrophages (LPMs), small peritoneal macrophages (SPMs), DCs, and 2 MHCII+CD11c+CD115+ subpopulations (i.e., MHCII+CD11c+CD115+CD14-CD206- and MHCII+CD11c+CD115+CD14+CD206+). Among them, 2 subsets of competent antigen presenting cells are demonstrated with distinct functional characteristics, one being DCs and the other being MHCII+CD11c+CD115+CD14-CD206- cells. DCs are able to promote fully activated T cells and superior in expanding cytokine producing inflammatory T cells, whereas MHCII+CD11c+CD115+CD14-CD206- cells generate partially activated T cells and possess a greater ability to induce regulatory T cells under TGF-β and retinoic acid conditions. While the development of DCs and MHCII+CD11c+CD115+CD14-CD206- cells are responsive to the treatment of FLT3L and GM-CSF, the numbers of LPMs, SPMs, and MHCII+CD11c+CD115+CD14+CD206+ cells are only influenced by the injection of GM-CSF. In addition, the analysis of transcriptomes reveals that the gene expression profile of MHCII+CD11c+CD115+CD14+CD206+ cells share high similarity with that of SPMs. Collectively, our study identifies 2 distinct subpopulations of MHCII+CD11c+CD115+ cells, (i) MHCII+CD11c+CD115+CD14-CD206- cells closely related to DCs and (ii) MHCII+CD11c+CD115+CD14+CD206+ cells to SPMs.
Project description:Social experience influences multiple behaviors of many animal species, including aggression. Social isolation often increases aggressiveness. To investigater the molecular basis of social influences on aggressiveness, we performed comparative gene expression profiling on heads from 6-day-old, single-housed, more aggressive and group-housed, less aggressive male flies. Keywords: social experience
Project description:Transcriptomic Profiling of Ly6G− IA/IE− CD45+ CD11b+ CD115+ Mouse Monocytes: Impact of In Vivo Platelet Depletion and LPS Challenge
Project description:Administration of G-CSF mobilizes a unique population of CD11b+Ly6C+CD34+mature monocytes that can inhibit GVHD in murine models of BMT via an iNOS-dependent mechanism. The transcriptional profiles of flow sorted lineage-CD11b+CD34+ cells from G-CSF treated mice were compared with conventional splenic Ly6C+ and Ly6C- monocytes, progenitor cells and cultured myeloid-derived suppressor cells. Further comparisons were made with lineage-CD11b+CD34+ cells from G-CSF treated mice that had been grown in culture or that were derived from iNOS ko mice. We used microarrays to detail the global programme of gene expression underlying diffrenetiation of each of these cell types Lin-CD11b+CD34+ populations were isolated directly from the spleens of G-CSF-treated C57BL/6 mice or iNOS ko mice. In untreated C57BL/6 mice, Lin-CD11b+CD115+Ly6C+ and Lin-CD11b+CD115+Ly6C- monocytes were isolated from the spleen and Lin-CD117+CD115+CD135-Ly6C+CD11b- common monocyte progenitors were isolated from the bone marrow. Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (Ly6C+CD11b+ cells derived from G-CSF, GM-CSF and IL-13 cultured C57BL/6 bone marrow) were also isolated and compared with the above populations. Lin-CD11b+CD34+ spleen cells derived from G-CSF-treated C57BL/6 mice were cultured for 3 days in Flt3 ligand and SCF and then compared to the original input population.
Project description:To examine the role of platelets in mouse monocyte function, we administered anti-GPIba antibody to deplete platelets or IgG as a control to 48 mice. After 12 hours, mice were either exposed to LPS or PBS (as a sham control) for 3 hours. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were collected, and monocytes were sorted into QIAzol lysis buffer. The experimental setup included 4 conditions, with each condition repeated 3 times. In each experiment, the blood from 4 mice was pooled to generate biological replicates of 12 mice, distributed into 4 groups: Sham mice (IgG) treated with PBS (n = 3) Sham mice (IgG) treated with LPS (n = 3) Platelet-depleted mice (anti-GPIba) treated with PBS (n = 3) Platelet-depleted mice (anti-GPIba) treated with LPS (n = 3) After these treatments, mouse Ly6G− IA/IE− CD45+ CD11b+ CD115+ monocytes were FACS-sorted directly into Quiazol for RNA extraction. The lysed samples were sent to GENEWIZ for RNA isolation and bulk RNA-seq analysis. RNA extraction and library preparation were conducted according to the GENEWIZ (Azenta Life Sciences) pipeline. Ultra-low input RNA-Seq was performed on Illumina HiSeq PE 2x150 bp with approximately 350M reads. Subsequently, reads were mapped to the Mus musculus GRCm38 reference genome (ENSEMBL) using the STAR aligner v.2.5.2b, and unique gene hit counts were generated with featureCounts from the Subread package v.1.5.2. Standard analysis was performed by GENEWIZ, including differential gene expression analysis using DESeq2. p-values and log2 fold changes were calculated using the Wald test, with genes meeting criteria of adjusted p-value < 0.05 and absolute fold change > 2 considered significantly differentially expressed genes (DEGs). Gene ontology (GO) analysis of significant DEGs was conducted by GENEWIZ (Azenta Life Sciences) using the Fisher exact test.\\" *Our goal is to assess the alternations on transcription levels (mRNA-Seq) between the different groups. Twelve samples contain 500 - 10000 mouse monocytes that were directly sorted into 1 ml QIAzol. **Experimental setting: samples were generated from three independent experiments (biological replicates N1, N2 and N3), each on a different day. Each experiment consisted of 4 different groups: Group 1: treated with IgG + PBS Group 2: treated with IgG + LPS challenge Group 3: treated with AntiGPIb + PBS Group 4: treated with AntiGPIb + LPS challenge First run with biological replicates Nr. 1 (indicated as \\"N1\\") contained samples 1 - 4. Second run with biological replicates Nr. 2 (indicated as \\"N2\\") contained samples 5 - 8. Third run with biological replicates Nr. 3 (indicated as \\"N3\\") contained samples 9 - 12. Experimental questions/analysis: 1) what is the effect of AntiGPIb treatment w.o LPS challenge? i.e. \\"Group 3 (Treatment) vs. Group 1(Ctrl)\\" 2) what is the effect of LPS in \\"Group 2 (Treatment) vs. Group 1 (Ctrl)\\" as well as \\"Group 4 (Treatment) vs. Group 3 (Ctrl)\".
Project description:We performed a single-cell transcriptomic analysis of monocyte and monocyte progenitors by single-cell mRNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) using the C1 Fluidigm platform. We sorted BM cMoPs (Lin−CD117+CD115+CD135−Ly6C+), BM Ly6C+ monocytes (Lin−CD117-CD115+CD135−Ly6C+) and blood Ly6Chi monocytes (CD115+CD11b+Ly6Chi) from wild-type (WT) C57BL/6 mice by fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) and generated transcriptional profiles for each individual cell (n = 38 for blood Ly6Chi monocytes, n = 66 for BM cMoPs, n = 57 for BM Ly6C+ monocytes).
Project description:Active suppression of tumor-specific T lymphocytes can limit the immune-surveillance and immunotherapy efficacy. While tumor-recruited CD11b+ myeloid cells are known mediators of tumor-associated immune dysfunction, the true nature of these suppressive cells and the fine biochemical pathways governing their immunosuppressive activity remain elusive. Here we describe a population of circulating CD11b+/IL-4Rα+, inflammatory-type monocytes that is elicited by growing tumors and activated by IFN-γ released from T lymphocytes. CD11b+/IL-4Rα+ cells produce IL-13 and IFN-γ and integrate the downstream signals of these cytokines to trigger the molecular pathways suppressing antigen-activated CD8+ T lymphocytes. Analogous immunosuppressive circuits are active in CD11b+ cells present within the tumor microenvironment. These suppressor cells challenge the current idea that tumor-conditioned immunosuppressive monocytes/macrophages are alternatively activated. Moreover, our data show how the inflammatory response elicited by tumors has detrimental effects on the adaptive immune system and suggest novel approaches for the treatment of tumorinduced immune dysfunctions. Keywords: Analysis of Cd11b cells from tumor-free and tumor-bearing mice