Gene expression profiling from cohesin knockdown cells obtained grown in methylcellulose
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ABSTRACT: We performed RNA-sequencing in c-Kit+ cells that were infected with retroviruses expressing shRNAs for Renilla, Rad21, Smc1a, Smc3 or Stag2. These cells were grown in methylcellulose (M3434) for either one passage (P1) or replated for five passages (P5). RNA-sequencing control (Ren) and cohesin (Rad21, Smc1a, Smc3 and Stag2) knockdown cells.
Project description:We performed RNA-sequencing in c-Kit+ cells that were infected with retroviruses expressing shRNAs for Renilla, Rad21, Smc1a, Smc3 or Stag2. These cells were grown in methylcellulose (M3434) for either one passage (P1) or replated for five passages (P5).
Project description:We performed RNA-sequencing in LSK cells (Lin(neg)/c-Kit(+)/Sca-1(+)) from shRNA mice carrying an shRNA for Renilla, Smc1a or Stag2. RNA-sequencing control (Renilla) and cohesin (Smc1a and Stag2) knockdown cells.
Project description:We performed RNA-sequencing in LSK cells (Lin(neg)/c-Kit(+)/Sca-1(+)) from shRNA mice carrying an shRNA for Renilla, Smc1a or Stag2.
Project description:Cohesin, a chromatin-associated protein complex with four core subunits (Smc1a, Smc3, Rad21 and either Stag1 or 2), has a central role in cell proliferation and gene expression in metazoans. Human developmental disorders termed “cohesinopathies” are characterised by germline mutations in cohesin or its regulators that do not entirely eliminate cohesin function. However, it is not clear if mutations in individual cohesin subunits have independent developmental consequences. Using zebrafish rad21 or stag2 mutants to change cohesin complex quantity or composition, we show that these parameters independently influence embryonic tailbud development. Both mutants have altered mesoderm induction, but only homozygous or heterozygous rad21 mutation affects cell cycle gene expression. stag2 mutants have slimmer notochords and reduced Wnt signaling in neuromesodermal progenitors as revealed by single cell RNA-sequencing. Stimulation of Wnt signaling rescues transcription and morphology in stag2, but not rad21 mutants, implying that individual cohesin mutations respond independently to cell signaling. Our results have implications for the understanding and management of cohesinopathies.
Project description:Cohesin, a chromatin-associated protein complex with four core subunits (Smc1a, Smc3, Rad21 and either Stag1 or 2), has a central role in cell proliferation and gene expression in metazoans. Human developmental disorders termed “cohesinopathies” are characterised by germline mutations in cohesin or its regulators that do not entirely eliminate cohesin function. However, it is not clear if mutations in individual cohesin subunits have independent developmental consequences. Using zebrafish rad21 or stag2 mutants to change cohesin complex quantity or composition, we show that these parameters independently influence embryonic tailbud development. Both mutants have altered mesoderm induction, but only homozygous or heterozygous rad21 mutation affects cell cycle gene expression. stag2 mutants have slimmer notochords and reduced Wnt signaling in neuromesodermal progenitors as revealed by single cell RNA-sequencing. Stimulation of Wnt signaling rescues transcription and morphology in stag2, but not rad21 mutants, implying that individual cohesin mutations respond independently to cell signaling. Our results have implications for the understanding and management of cohesinopathies.
Project description:Cohesin is a ring-shaped multiprotein complex that is crucial for 3D genome organization and transcriptional regulation during differentiation and development. It also confers sister chromatid cohesion and facilitates DNA damage repair. Besides its core subunits SMC3, SMC1A and RAD21, cohesin contains in somatic cells one of two orthologous STAG subunits, STAG1 or STAG2. How these variable subunits affect the function of the cohesin complex is still unclear. STAG1- and STAG2-cohesin were initially proposed to organize cohesion at telomeres and centromeres, respectively. Here, we uncover redundant and specific roles of STAG1 and STAG2 in gene regulation and chromatin looping using HCT116 cells with an auxin-inducible degron (AID) tag fused to either STAG1 or STAG2. Following rapid depletion of either subunit, we perform high resolution Hi-C, RNA-sequencing and sequential ChIP studies to show that STAG1 and STAG2 do not co-occupy individual binding sites and have distinct ways how they affect looping and gene expression. These findings are supported at the single cell level by single-molecule localizations via dSTORM super-resolution imaging. Since somatic and congenital mutations of the STAG subunits are associated with cancer (STAG2) and intellectual disability syndromes with congenital abnormalities (STAG1 and STAG2), we verified STAG1-/STAG2-dependencies using human neural stem cells, hence highlighting their importance for understanding particular disease contexts.
Project description:We performed ATAC-sequencing in LSK cells (Lin(neg)/c-Kit(+)/Sca-1(+)) from shRNA mice carrying an shRNA for either Renilla or Stag2. ATAC-sequencing control (Renilla) and Stag2 knockdown cells.
Project description:MCF10A cells were CRISPR-Cas9 edited to create heterozygous deletion in RAD21 and SMC3 subunits of cohesin. STAG2 is on the X chromosome, hence CRISPR-Cas9 editing resulted in complete loss of STAG2. Total RNA was sequenced from the MCF10A parental and cohesin mutant MCF10A lines. The acute megakaryoblastic leukaemia cell line CMK was CRISPR-Cas9 edited to cotain STAG2 R614* mutation. CRISPR-Cas9 edited STAG2 mutant line showed complete loss of STAG2. CMK parental and the STAG2 mutant line were treated with Wnt3a for 4 hours and total RNA was sequenced at in the control or non-treated (con) and following 4 hours of Wnt3a treatment (Wnt3a4hr).
Project description:Cohesin folds chromosomes via DNA loop extrusion. Cohesin-mediated chromosome loops regulate transcription by shaping long-range enhancer-promoter interactions, among other mechanisms. Mutations of cohesin subunits and regulators cause human developmental diseases termed cohesinopathy. Vertebrate cohesin consists of SMC1, SMC3, RAD21, and either STAG1 or STAG2. To probe the physiological functions of cohesin, we created conditional knockout (cKO) mice with Stag2 deleted in the nervous system. Stag2 cKO mice exhibit growth retardation, neurological defects, and premature death, in part due to insufficient myelination of nerve fibers. Stag2 cKO oligodendrocytes exhibit delayed maturation and downregulation of myelinationrelated genes. Stag2 loss reduces promoter-anchored loops at downregulated genes in oligodendrocytes. Thus, STAG2-cohesin generates promoter-anchored loops at myelinationpromoting genes to facilitate their transcription. Our study implicates defective myelination as a contributing factor to cohesinopathy and establishes oligodendrocytes as a relevant cell type to explore the mechanisms by which cohesin regulates transcription.