Comparison of CD4+ T cells from human fetal and adult donors
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ABSTRACT: This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE25085: Comparison of gene expression profiles by CD3+CD4+ thymocytes derived from fetal and adult hematopoietic stem cells GSE25087: Human Fetal and Adult Peripheral Naïve CD4+ T cells and CD4+CD25+ Treg cells Refer to individual Series
Project description:We compared differences in fetal and adult T cells by performing whole genome profiling on sort-purified T cells (naïve CD4+ and Treg cells) from human fetal specimens (18-22 gestational weeks) and adult specimens (age 25-40 years old). Fetal and Adult Naïve CD4+ T cells phenotype: CD3+CD4+CD45RA+CCR7+CD27+, Fetal and Adult CD4+CD25+ Treg phenotype: CD3+CD4+CD25bright Four different groups were analyzed: Fetal Naïve CD4+ T cells, Adult Naïve CD4+ T cells, Fetal Treg cells, Adult Treg cells. For each group three independent donors were analyzed.
Project description:Human fetal and adult hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) were obtained from fetal liver, fetal bone marrow (BM), and adult BM. These were injected into human fetal thymic implants in SCID-hu Thy/Liv mice (4-6 separate mice per HSC donor) and allowed to mature into single positive CD4+ (SP4) thymocytes over the course of 7-8 weeks. SP4 thymocytes from injected stem cells were subsequently sort-purified from thymic implants and gene expression was performed. HSC from fetal (age 18-22 gestational weeks) and adult (age: 19-43 year old) HLA-A2+ donors were obtained from different tissues. After injection into human fetal thymic implants (SCID-hu Thy/Liv HLA-A2-) the cells were allowed to mature into thymocytes and sorted on the basis of HLA-A2+ expression and CD3+CD4+ (SP4) expression. 3 separate thymic implants were analyzed for each group.
Project description:We found that a number of Tfh cells downmodulated BCL6 protein after their development, and we sought to compare the gene expression between BCL6-hi Tfh cells and BCL6-low Tfh cells. CD4+ T cells were sorted from immunized and non-immunized mice for RNA extraction and hybridization on Affymetrix microarrays. Bcl6yfp/+ OT-II cells were transferred to congenic recipient mice, and immunized with NP-OVA in CFA subcutaneously. Seven or ten days after immunization, cells were collected from draining lymph nodes, and sorted on FACSAria by the expression of CXCR5, PD-1 and BCL6-YFP. Naive CD4+ T cells were CD4+ CD44lo CD62Lhi cells from unimmunized mice.
Project description:The transcription factor SOX17 is expressed by fetal, but not adult hematoipoietic stem cells (HSCs), and is required for the maintenance of fetal and neonatal, but not adult, HSCs. In the current study we show that ectopic expression of Sox17 in adult HSCs and transiently reconstituting multipotent progenitors was sufficient to confer increased self-renewal potential and the expression of fetal HSC genes including fetal HSC surface markers. To assess the mechanisms by which ectopic Sox17 expression in adult hematopoietic progenitors increased self-renewal potential and conferred fetal HSC properties, we compared the gene expression profiles of E16.5 fetal liver HSCs, young adult bone marrow HSCs, young adult bone marrow CD48+LSK cells, and Sox17-expressing CD48+LSK cells isolated from mice that had been transplanted with MSCV-Sox17-infected bone marrow cells 12 weeks earlier. Total RNA (~5ng) was isolated from 3 independent, freshly isolated aliquots of 10,000 E16.5 fetal liver HSCs, 10,000 fetal liver CD48+LSK cells, 10,000 adult bone marrow HSCs, 10,000 adult bone marrow CD48+LSK cells, 10,000 Sox17-expressing CD48+LSK cells isolated from primary recipients 12 weeks after transplantation of MSCV-Sox17-infected bone marrow cells. Purified RNA was reverse transcribed and amplified using the WT-Ovation™ Pico RNA Amplification system (NuGEN Technologies) following the manufacturer’s instructions. Sense strand cDNA was generated using WT-Ovation™ Exon Module (NuGEN), then fragmented and labeled using the FL-Ovation™ cDNA Biotin Module V2 (NuGEN). 2.5µg of labeled cDNA were hybridized to Affymetrix Mouse Gene ST 1.0 microarrays.
Project description:The (pro)renin receptor (PRR) was originally thought to be important in regulating blood pressure via the renin-angiotensin system (RAS), however it is emerging that PRR is instead generally essential for cellular development via its involvement in Wnt signalling. Here, we have specifically deleted PRR from T cells, which require Wnt for their development. T cell-specific PRR-knockout (cKO) mice (ATP6AP2flox/y;Lck-CRE) had a significant decrease in thymic cellularity, corresponding with a 100-fold decrease in the number of CD4+ and CD8+ thymocytes, and a large increase in double negative (DN) precursors. Further characterisation of DN T cell progenitors revealed that deletion of PRR impaired T cell development at multiple stages; including transition from DN3(CD25+CD44-) - DN4(CD25-CD44-), DN4-CD4+ CD8+ double positive (DP), DP-intermediate single positive (CD3-CD8+ ISP) cells. We performed gene expression analysis on sorted DN3 T cells, which indicated that PRR cKO T cells have perturbations in key cellular pathways essential at the DN3 stage, such as RNA processing and translation. Our study identifies a new role for PRR in multiple facets of T cell development, and gives further support to the notion that PRR is generally essential for cellular development.
Project description:The transcription factor SOX17 is expressed by fetal, but not adult hematoipoietic stem cells (HSCs), and is required for the maintenance of fetal and neonatal, but not adult, HSCs. In the current study we show that ectopic expression of Sox17 in adult HSCs and transiently reconstituting multipotent progenitors was sufficient to confer increased self-renewal potential and the expression of fetal HSC genes including fetal HSC surface markers. To assess the acute effects of ectopic Sox17 expression on global gene expression in adult HSCs, we performed microarray analysis to compare the gene expression profile of adult Sox17-trangenic and control HSCs after short induction of Sox17-transgene expression. Total RNA were isolated from 5 independent, freshly isolated aliquots of 10,000 HSCs isolated from 8-week old Sox17-transgenic ((tetO)7CMVSox17-IRES-NucEGFP;B6.Cg-Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(rtTA*M2)Jae/J double transgenic) or littermate control mice that were treated with doxycycline for 5 days to induce transgene expression. Purified RNA was reverse transcribed and amplified using the WT-Ovation™ Pico RNA Amplification system (NuGEN Technologies) following the manufacturer’s instructions. Sense strand cDNA was generated using WT-Ovation™ Exon Module (NuGEN), then fragmented and labeled using the FL-Ovation™ cDNA Biotin Module V2 (NuGEN). 2.5µg of labeled cDNA were hybridized to Affymetrix Mouse Gene ST 1.0 microarrays.
Project description:Mouse haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) undergo a post-natal transition in several properties, including a marked reduction in their self-renewal activity. We now show that the developmentally timed change in this key function of HSCs is associated with their decreased expression of Lin28b and an accompanying increase in their let-7 microRNA levels. Lentivirus(LV)-mediated overexpression of Lin28 in adult HSCs elevates their self-renewal activity in transplanted irradiated hosts, as does overexpression of Hmga2, a well-established let-7 target that is upregulated in fetal HSCs. Conversely, HSCs from fetal Hmga2-/- mice do not display the heightened self-renewal activity that is characteristic of wild-type fetal HSCs. Interestingly, overexpression of Hmga2 in adult HSCs does not mimic the ability of elevated Lin28 to activate a fetal lymphoid differentiation program. Thus Lin28b may act as a master regulator of developmentally timed changes in HSC programs with Hmga2 serving as its specific downstream modulator of HSC self-renewal potential. Lin-Sca1+cKit+ cells were isolated from E14.5 fetal livers (of wild-type of Hmga2-/- embryos) or the bone marrow of 8-12 week old mice by fluorescence activated cell sorting. The RNA was extracted and hybridized on Affymetrix mpuse gene 1.0 ST microarrays.
Project description:In blood, the transcription factor C/EBPa is essential for myeloid differentiation and has been implicated in regulating self-renewal of fetal liver hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). However, its function in adult HSCs is unknown. Here, using an inducible knockout model, we found that C/EBPa deficient adult HSCs underwent a pronounced expansion with enhanced proliferation, characteristics resembling fetal liver HSCs. Consistently, transcription profiling of C/EBPa deficient HSCs revealed a gene expression program similar to fetal liver HSCs. Moreover we observed that age-specific C/EBPa expression correlated with its inhibitory effect on the HSC cell cycle. Mechanistically, we identified N-Myc as a C/EBPa downstream target. C/EBPa upregulation during HSC transition from an active fetal state to a quiescent adult state was accompanied by down-regulation of N-Myc, and loss of C/EBPa resulted in de-repression of NMyc. Our data establish that C/EBPa acts as a molecular switch between fetal and adult states of HSC in part via transcriptional repression of the proto-oncogene N-Myc. HSCs of Pu.1 knock-in (PU.1ki/ki) mice were used for RNA extraction and hybridization on Affymetrix microarrays. We compared these microarray samples with the corresponding wild type.
Project description:Astrocytes were purified from fetal and adult human brain tissue using an immunopanning method with the HepaCAM antibody. Samples were taken from otherwise 'healthy' pieces of tissue, unless otherwise specified. 6 fetal astrocyte samples, 12 adult astrocyte samples, 8 GBM or sclerotic hippocampal samples, 4 whole human cortex samples, 4 adult mouse astrocyte samples, and 11 human samples of other purified CNS cell types
Project description:Tumors express a wide variety of both mutated and non-mutated antigens. Whether these tumor antigens are broadly recognized as âselfâ or âforeignâ by the immune system is currently unclear. Using an autochthonous prostate cancer model in which hemagglutinin (HA) is specifically expressed in the tumor (ProHA x TRAMP mice), as well as an analogous model wherein HA is expressed in normal tissues as a model self-antigen (C3HAHigh), we examined the transcriptional profile of CD4 T cells undergoing antigen-specific division. Consistent with our previous data, transfer of antigen-specific CD4 T cells into C3HAHigh resulted in a functionally inactivated CD4 T cell profile. Conversely, adoptive transfer of an identical CD4 T cell population into ProHA x TRAMP resulted in the induction of a regulatory phenotype (Treg) both at the transcriptional and functional level. Interestingly, this Treg skewing was a property of even early-stage tumors, suggesting Treg induction as an important tolerance mechanism during tumor development. The goal of this microarray is to detail the transcriptional profile differences between CD4 T cells that recognize their cognate antigen in the context of tumor (ProHA x TRAMP model) or self-antigen recognition (C3HA) or viral-antigen recognition (VaccHA) models or unprimed naïve state (Nontransgenic). The comparison contains both upregulated and downregulated transcripts. Experiment Overall Design: TCR transgenic CD4 T cells specific for hemagglutinin (HA) were adoptively transferred into tumor-antigen recognition model (ProHA x TRAMP), Self-antigen recognition model (C3HA), viral-antigen recognition model (VaccHA), and naïve control (Nontrangenic). Divided (CFSE diluted) CD4 T cells were sorted by FACS, RNA was extracted, and biological replicated were hybridized to an Affymetrix Mouse 430 Plus 2 expression array, followed by interrogation with an Affymetrix GeneChip Scanner 3000. RMA normalization was employed to identify differentially expressed transcripts.