Metabolomics,Unknown,Transcriptomics,Genomics,Proteomics

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Mouse lymphocyte study

ABSTRACT: Dr. Paulson's group investigates the roles of carbohydrate-binding proteins involved in immune regulation and human disease, through their interaction with carbohydrate groups expressed on cell surface glycoconjugates. This laboratory is currently focused on how sialoside ligands modulate Siglec functions and on understanding the molecular basis of glycosylation changes following differentiation and activation of leukocytes. Evaluation of Glycosyltransferases and CBP expression in B cells, CD4+ and CD8+ T cells following activation. The overall goal of this study is to understand the molecular regulation of cell surface glycosylation in mouse lymphocytes before and after activation. Initial studies using lectins and antibodies showed differences in glycan expression following activation, which included a marked increase in PNA binding. Interestingly, this increase was observed in B, CD4+ and CD8+ cells after 72h of activation. Our aim is to elucidate the molecular basis for such changes in B and T lymphocytes (CD4+ and CD8+), focusing on the mRNA expression of glycogenes before and after activation of mixed spleenocytes. In brief, the experimental protocol is as follows: splenocytes are isolated from C57Bl/6 mice (6-10 wks old) and cultured for 0, 24, 48 and 72 hrs. Cultures containe either anti-CD3/IL2/IL4 or anti-IgM/IL4 to activate T cells and B cells respectively. At each time point, B, CD4+ and CD8+ cells are purified by positive selection using magnetic beads and total RNA is prepared from each cell type.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

SUBMITTER: Steven Head

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-26478 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Project description:Activation of peripheral T lymphocytes in the absence of pathogen induced inflammation or costimulatory signals results in tolerance. Two different tolerance mechanisms have been described, deletion and anergy. We recently demonstrated that an important variable which is responsible for the decision between anergy and deletion for CD8 T cells is the strength of signaling through the T cell receptor(Redmond and Sherman, Immunity 22:275,2005). However, it is not know what the downstream signals are that result in death(deletion) vs. survival(anergy)of the activated cells. Marth and co-workers have previously shown that CD8 T cell apoptosis under conditions similar to those that occur during tolerance in vivo may involve a change in protein glycosylation (Van Dyken et.al., Mol.Cell.Bio.27:1096,2007).In order to assess the role of protein glycosylation in the decision between deletion vs.anergy in immune tolerance, we have prepared purified TCR transgenic CD8 T cells stimulated in vivo using a strong antigenic signal (anergy conditions) or a weak antigenic signal (deletion conditions) with cognate antigen. We wish to assess transcriptional differences in genes involved in protein glycosylation in these 2 cell populations. The control population will be naive trangenic CD8 cells. Dr. Sherman's lab aims to assess the role of protein glycosylation in the decision between deletion vs. anergy in immune tolerance, they have prepared purified TCR transgenic CD8 T cells stimulated in vivo using a strong antigenic signal (anergy conditions) or a weak antigenic signal (deletion conditions) with cognate antigen. Dr. Sherman's lab wishes to assess transcriptional differences in genes involved in protein glycosylation in these 2 cell populations. Then control population will be naïve transgenic CD8 cells. RNA preparations of mouse CD8 T cells from the B10D2 strain with three different conditions (Naïve, Deleted, and Anergic) were sent to the Microarray Core (E). The RNA was amplified, labeled, and hybridized to both the GLYCOv3 and Mouse 430A_2.0 microarrays.

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