Project description:Recently, we identified a population of Oct4+Sca-1+Lin-CD45- very small embryonic-like stem-cells (VSELs) in adult tissues. Open chromatin structure of pluripotency genes and genomic imprinting-related epigenetic mechanisms maintain pluripotency and quiescence of VSELs, respectively. However, global transcriptome signature of this rare stem-cell population remains elusive. Here, we demonstrate by genomewide gene-expression analysis with a small number of highly purified murine bone-marrow (BM)-derived VSELs, that Oct4+ VSELs i) express a similar, yet nonidentical, transcriptome as embryonic stem-cells (ESCs), ii) up-regulate cell-cycle checkpoint genes, iii) down-regulate genes involved in protein turnover and mitogenic pathways, and iv) highly express Ezh2, a polycomb group protein. Furthermore, as a result of Ezh2 overexpression, VSELs, like ESCs, exhibit bivalently modified nucleosomes (trimethylated H3K27 and H3K4) at promoters of important homeodomain-containing developmental transcription factors, thus preventing their premature transcription. Notably, spontaneous or RNA interference-enforced down-regulation of Ezh2 during VSEL differentiation removes the bivalent-domain (BD) structure, which leads to de-repression of several BD-regulated genes. Therefore, we suggest that VSELs, like other pluripotent stem-cells, maintain their pluripotent state through an Ezh2-dependent BD-mediated epigenetic mechanism.
Project description:Recently, we identified a population of Oct4+Sca-1+Lin-CD45- very small embryonic-like stem-cells (VSELs) in adult tissues. Open chromatin structure of pluripotency genes and genomic imprinting-related epigenetic mechanisms maintain pluripotency and quiescence of VSELs, respectively. However, global transcriptome signature of this rare stem-cell population remains elusive. Here, we demonstrate by genomewide gene-expression analysis with a small number of highly purified murine bone-marrow (BM)-derived VSELs, that Oct4+ VSELs i) express a similar, yet nonidentical, transcriptome as embryonic stem-cells (ESCs), ii) up-regulate cell-cycle checkpoint genes, iii) down-regulate genes involved in protein turnover and mitogenic pathways, and iv) highly express Ezh2, a polycomb group protein. Furthermore, as a result of Ezh2 overexpression, VSELs, like ESCs, exhibit bivalently modified nucleosomes (trimethylated H3K27 and H3K4) at promoters of important homeodomain-containing developmental transcription factors, thus preventing their premature transcription. Notably, spontaneous or RNA interference-enforced down-regulation of Ezh2 during VSEL differentiation removes the bivalent-domain (BD) structure, which leads to de-repression of several BD-regulated genes. Therefore, we suggest that VSELs, like other pluripotent stem-cells, maintain their pluripotent state through an Ezh2-dependent BD-mediated epigenetic mechanism. T7-primed cDNA libraries was synthesized using FACS sorted twenty cells. T7-primed libraries were biotin-labeled using the GeneChip 3’ in vitro transcription (IVT) kit (Affymetrix), starting from ‘‘In vitro Transcription to Synthesize Labeled aRNA. Nine Samples (3 VSELs, 3 HSC, and 3 ESC-D3) are analyzed using GeneChip 3’ Mouse Genome 430 2.0 array (Affymetrix), according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
Project description:The origin of bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) is not completely understood. We have identified a rare population of cells with a transcriptional profile consistent with endothelial to mesenchymal transition (Endo-MT) in human fetal development. Therefore, we hypothesized that Endo-MT contributes to bone marrow niche formation in mammals. Here, we sought to determine whether Endo-MT cells could be identified in murine bone marrow during embryonic development. We isolated bone marrow and collagenased bone fraction from long bones of 9 fetuses at embryonic day 17 (E17) and FACS purified endothelial cells and BMSCs for single cell RNA sequencing.
Project description:We cultured bone marrow derived dendritic cells from WT and CD11c KO mice. Then, a group of bone marrow dendritic cells were stimulated with LPS overnight. We obtained bone marrow derived dendritic cells with or without LPS stimulation and analyzed proteomics profiles.
Project description:Background and methods: Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) are immature myeloid cells which originate in the bone marrow (BM) and have immunoregulatory functions. MDSCs have been implicated in the pathogenesis of several autoimmune diseases but not in immune aplastic anemia (AA). We examined the roles of granulocytic-MDSCs (G-MDSCs) in murine models of human AA and bone marrow failure (BMF). To perform Totalseq, bone marrow mononuclear cells were FACS sorted to obtain alive cells based on FSC and SSC from five bone marrow failure control mice and five G-MDSC-treated mice, mRNA profiles of single cells were generated and sequenced on an Illumina Novaseq System. Results: As both prophylaxis and therapy, BM-derived G-MDSCs improved pancytopenia and BM cellularity and decreased BM T cell infiltration in major histocompatibility (MHC)-matched CB10 BMF mice. Single cell RNA sequencing demonstrated that G-MDSCs downregulated cell cycle related pathways in BM infiltrated T cells, consistent with suppression of T cell proliferation by G-MDSCs. Conclusion: Our results demonstrate that BM-derived G-MDSCs improved pancytopenia and BM cellularity and decreased BM T cell infiltration in major histocompatibility (MHC)-matched CB10 BMF mice, but not in MHC-mismatched CByB6F1 BMF model. Therapeutic efficacy of G-MDSCs are immune context-dependent. Bone marrow mononuclear cells were FACS sorted to obtain alive cells based on FSC and SSC from five bone marrow failure control mice and five G-MDSC-treated mice.
Project description:Murine neutrophils derived from bone marrow of wild-type and cPLA2alpha-knockin mice (with the C1P interaction site of cPLA2alpha ablated) proteomes were compared
Project description:We profiled changes in the macrophage proteome during a time-course of primary murine bone marrow-derived macrophages infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We measured changes in global protein abundance, phosphorylation, and ubiquitylation.
Project description:Intestinal mucosal mast cells are critically involved in the development of food-induced allergic disorders. However, factors that induce differentiation of mucosal mast cells in the intestinal mucosa are largely unknown. To identify factors involved in mucosal mast cell differentiation, we compared the gene expression profiles between mucosal mast cells isolated from the small intestine and bone marrow-derived mast cells cultured in the presence of TGF-β or Notch ligand. Mucosal mast cells were isolated from the small intestine of naïve BALB/c mice by flow cytometry. Bone marrow-derived mast cells (BMMCs) were generated by culturing BALB/c bone marrow cells with murine interleukin-3 and stem cell factor for 3-4 weeks, and then cells were cultured for 6 days in the presence or absence of TGF-β or Delta-like 1 (Dll1), which is a Notch ligand. Total RNAs extracted from these cells were processed and hybridized to Affymetrix GeneChips.