Gene expression profiling of murine WT and DNR Tregs
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ABSTRACT: Donminant negative transform growth factor receptor II (DNR) mice were served as a murine primary biliary cirrhrosis model. CD4+Foxp3+ Regulatory T cells (Tregs) play a critical role in self-tolerance and in regulating PBC. In order to determine whether DNR mice derived Tregs processed defective function compared with WT Tregs, CD4+Foxp3+ Treg cells were sorted from DNR and WT mice, respectively, then gene expression analysis was performed by using the Affymetrix GeneChip Mouse Genome 430 2.0 arrays CD4+Foxp3+ Tregs were sorted from the spleen of 10-week-old DNR mice and B6 wild-type mice, respectively. RNA of each sample was then extracted and hybridized on Affymetrix microarrays to detail differences between DNR Tregs and WT Tregs in gene expression.
Project description:Donminant negative transform growth factor receptor II (DNR) mice were served as a murine primary biliary cirrhrosis model. CD4+Foxp3+ Regulatory T cells (Tregs) play a critical role in self-tolerance and in regulating PBC. In order to determine whether DNR mice derived Tregs processed defective function compared with WT Tregs, CD4+Foxp3+ Treg cells were sorted from DNR and WT mice, respectively, then gene expression analysis was performed by using the Affymetrix GeneChip Mouse Genome 430 2.0 arrays
Project description:We performed RNA-seq analysis of Tregs isolated from Foxp3RFP/∆2Foxp3∆CNS1-cre-Thy1.1Rosa26LSL-YFP female mice. CD4+YFP+RFP+ (WT Tregs) and CD4+YFP+RFP- (Foxp3∆2 Tregs) cells were sorted from lymph nodes and spleen to a typical purity of >95% We detected 638 differentially expressed genes (DEGs, FDR < 0.05) between Foxp3∆2 and WT Tregs
Project description:We performed RNA-seq analysis of Tregs isolated from Foxp3RFP/∆2Foxp3GFP-cre female mice. CD4+GFP+RFP+ (WT Tregs) and CD4+GFP+RFP- (Foxp3∆2 Tregs) cells were sorted from colon lamina propria to a typical purity of >95%. In order to obtain enough RNA for sequencing, we combined the cells sortd from the cLP of three mice for library construction. Genes that were upregulated (532 genes) and downregulated (497 genes) in Foxp3∆2 Tregs
Project description:The colonic lamina propria contains a distinct population of Foxp3+ T regulatory cells (Tregs) that modulate responses to commensal microbes. Analysis of gene expression revealed that the transcriptome of colonic Tregs is distinct from splenic and other tissue Tregs. Rorγ and Helios in colonic Tregs mark distinct populations: Rorγ+Helios- or Rorγ-Helios+ Tregs. We uncovered an unanticipated role for Rorγ, a transcription factor generally considered to be antagonistic to Foxp3. Rorγ in colonic Tregs accounts for a small but specific part of the colon-specific Treg signature. Nrp1- Tregs were sorted from Foxp3-cre.Rorcfl/fl mice, which have a Treg-selective deletion of Rorc, or paired WT littermates. For low-input RNAseq, 1,000 TCRb+CD4+YFP(Foxp3)+Nrp1- cells were double-sorted into Trizol, RNA extracted and reverse-transcribed using ArrayScript (Ambion). To reduce variability at least three replicates were generated.
Project description:The colonic lamina propria contains a distinct population of Foxp3+ T regulatory cells (Tregs) that modulate responses to commensal microbes. Analysis of gene expression revealed that the transcriptome of colonic Tregs is distinct from splenic and other tissue Tregs. Rorγ and Helios in colonic Tregs mark distinct populations: Rorγ+Helios- or Rorγ-Helios+ Tregs. We uncovered an unanticipated role for Rorγ, a transcription factor generally considered to be antagonistic to Foxp3. Rorγ in colonic Tregs accounts for a small but specific part of the colon-specific Treg signature. (1) Total colonic and splenic Foxp3+ Treg comparison: Lymphocytes were isolated from colonic lamina propria and spleens of Foxp3-ires-GFP mice, where GFP reports Foxp3 expression. TCRb+CD4+GFP+ cells were double sorted into Trizol. (2) Colonic Rorγ+ and Rorγ- Treg comparison: Foxp3-ires-Thy1.1 reporter mice were crossed to Rorc-GFP reporter mice to generate mice that report both Foxp3 and Rorγ expression. Rorγ+Foxp3+ Tregs (TCRb+CD4+Thy1.1+GFP+) and Rorγ-Foxp3+ Tregs (TCRb+CD4+Thy1.1+GFP-) from colonic lamina propria were double sorted into Trizol.To reduce variability and increase cell number, cells from multiple mice were pooled for sorting and at least three replicates were generated for all groups. RNA from 1.5-3.0 x104 cells was amplified, labeled and hybridized to Affymetrix Mouse Gene 1.0 ST Arrays.
Project description:The objective of the present study was to characterize the phenotype of CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) in the course of parasitic Plasmodium yoelii (P .yoelii) infection of BALB/c mice. Therefore we performed microarray expression analysis of CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ Tregs isolated by FACS from spleens of non-infected mice and from spleens of mice infected with P. yoelii 3 days and 5 days post infection. By comparing the gene expression profiles, we were able to identify molecules which were differentially expressed by Tregs during parasitic infection and thereby might be involved in their immune-suppressive function. Moreover, we included CD4+CD25-Foxp3- T cells from spleens of non-infected and P. yoelii-infected mice in our analysis. It was proposed that immune-suppressive CD4+CD25-Foxp3- T cells might be induced during Plasmodium infection of mice. Thus, detailed gene expression data of these cells in comparison to CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ Tregs would contribute a better understanding in the phenotype. FACS sorted CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ Tregs and CD4+CD25-Foxp3- T cells from pooled spleens of non-infected Foxp3/ eGFP mice (served as reference) and from pooled spleens of P. yoelii infected Foxp3/ eGFP mice 3 days and 5 days post infection were analyzed as single probes.
Project description:A phenotypically and functionally distinct population of CD4+ Foxp3+ T cells (Tregs) rapidly accumulates in acutely injured skeletal muscle of mice, just as invading myeloid-lineage cells switch from a pro-inflammatory to a pro-regenerative state. Analysis of gene expression of Tregs and CD4+Foxp3- T cells (Tconvs) from injured muscle and spleen revealed that the transcriptome of muscle Treg cells is distinct from that of splenic Tregs. A set of genes is uniquely expressed by muscle Tregs, while another set is over-expressed by the two muscle populations vis-à-vis their two spleen counterparts. 6 wk-old Foxp3-ires-GFP mice were injured in skeletal muscles with cardiotoxin. Four and fourteen days later, Tregs and Tconvs from spleen and muscle were double-sorted into Trizol. To reduce variability, cells from multiple mice were pooled for sorting, and three replicates were generated for all groups. RNA from 1.5-2.5 x 104 cells was amplified, labeled, and hybridized to Affymetrix Mouse Gene 1.0 ST Arrays.
Project description:To understand the differentiation of effector Tregs in more detail, we have performed transcriptional profiling of central Tregs and effector Tregs, based on Blimp1 expression. We performed RNA-sequencing of Foxp3+ regulatory T cells, comparing Blimp1/GFP+ and Blimp1/GFP- cells Three biologically independent samples for each condition were sequenced (condition 1: CD4+ CD25high Blimp1/GFP+; condition 2: CD4+ CD25high Blimp1/GFP-); cells were sorted from pooled spleens and lymphnodes of Blimp1/GFP reporter mice
Project description:Daunorubicin (DNR) and Cytarabin (Ara-C) are the main chemotherapeutic drugs used for Acute Myeloid Leukemias (AML) treatment. However, their mode of action is not well understood. To decipher if these drug would induce rapid transcriptional reprogramming, we treated HL-60 AML cell line with DNR or Ara-C for 3 hours and carried out a transcriptomic analyses. In addition, we had shown that Reactive Oxigen Species (ROS) produced by NADPH oxidases (NOX) are involved in DNR-induced gene expression. We therefore also performed a transcriptomic analyses in HL-60 cells treated with DNR and VAS2870, an NADPH oxidase inhibitor. HL-60 cells were treated or not for 3 hours with 2 µM Ara-C, 1 µM DNR or 1 µM DNR + 20µM VAS 2870. RNAs were purified from 3 independent experiments and used to probe Affymetrix Human Gene 2.0 ST Genechips
Project description:iTreg cells from Tbmc mLN mice treated with one week of 1% Oral Ova were compared to Total Treg from WT mice. Tbmc mice were treated with 1% Oral Ova and Foxp3 GFP+ CD4+ cells were sorted from mLN. CD4+ Foxp3+ cells were also sorted from WT Foxp3 GFP Balb/c mice.