Interferon gene therapy reprograms the leukemia microenvironment inducing protective immunity to multiple tumor antigens
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ABSTRACT: Single-cell transcriptome profiling using a 3' droplet-based platform (Chromium,10x Genomics) of CD11b+ cells isolated from the spleen of control and tumor-bearing mice, treated or not with IFN gene therapy.
Project description:Bulk transcriptome profiling of macrophages isolated from the spleen of control and tumor-bearing mice, treated or not with IFN gene therapy.
Project description:MicroRNA (miRNA)-126 is a known regulator of hematopoietic stem cell quiescence. We engineered murine hematopoiesis to express miRNA-126 across all differentiation stages. Thirty percent of mice developed monoclonal B cell leukemia, which was prevented or regressed when a tetracycline-repressible miRNA-126 cassette was switched off. Regression was accompanied by upregulation of cell-cycle regulators and B cell differentiation genes, and downregulation of oncogenic signaling pathways. Expression of dominant-negative p53 delayed blast clearance upon miRNA-126 switch-off, highlighting the relevance of p53 inhibition in miRNA-126 addiction. Forced miRNA-126 expression in mouse and human progenitors reduced p53 transcriptional activity through regulation of multiple p53-related targets. miRNA-126 is highly expressed in a subset of human B-ALL, and antagonizing miRNA-126 in ALL xenograft models triggered apoptosis and reduced disease burden. Study 1: Turning off miR-126 expression from an experimental murine B-ALL in vivo; Study 2: Modulation of miR-126 expression in human cord blood stem and progenitor cell populations in vitro.
Project description:Background and Purpose: Cardiotoxicity is a well-known adverse effect of radiation therapy. Measurable abnormalities in the heart function indicate advanced and often irreversible heart damage. Therefore, early detection of cardiac toxicity is necessary to delay and alleviate the development of the disease. The present study investigated long-term serum proteome alterations following local heart irradiation using a mouse model with the aim to detect biomarkers of radiation-induced cardiac toxicity. Materials and Methods: Serum samples from C57BL/6J mice were collected 20 weeks after local heart irradiation with 8 Gy or 16 Gy X-ray; the controls were sham-irradiated. The samples were analyzed by quantitative proteomics based on data-independent acquisition mass spectrometry. The proteomics data were further investigated using bioinformatics and ELISA. Results: The analysis showed radiation-induced changes in the level of several serum proteins involved in the acute phase response, inflammation and cholesterol metabolism. We found significantly enhanced expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines (TNF-, TGF-, IL-1 and IL-6) in the serum of the irradiated mice. The level of free fatty acids, total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein (LDL) and oxidized LDL was increased whereas that of high density lipoprotein was decreased by irradiation. Conclusions: This study provides information on systemic effects of heart irradiation. It elucidates a radiation fingerprint in the serum that may be used to elucidate adverse cardiac effects after radiation therapy.
Project description:C57Bl/6 Ly5.1 male mice lethally irradiated have been transplanted at 8 weeks of age with bone marrow from Hbb(th3/+)/Tfr2(+/+) or Hbb(th3/+)/Tfr2(-/-) mice (Bone marrow in a mixed genetic background C57BL6/129Sv). After transplantation, the mice have been maintained in a standard diet for 22 weeks and euthanised for organs extraction and analysis.
Project description:Given T-bet is a master regulator for Th1 differentiation that produce IFN-gamma, underlining mechanisms accounted for the distinct GVHD outcomes caused by T-bet- versus IFN-gamma-deficient donor T cells are unclear. We hypothesize that GVHD is regulated by T-bet-dependent but IFN-gamma-independent molecules. To identify these molecules, we isolated donor T cells from spleen cells of the recipients that were transplanted with WT, T-bet-/- or IFN-gamma-/- CD4 T cells for 7 days. The gene profile of isolated T cells was measured by microarray analysis using GeneChip Mouse Genome 430 2.0 arrays (Affymetrix) according to the manufacturerM-^Rs instructions. Array images were analyzed and processed by robust multi-array average (RMA) procedure.
Project description:Microarray analysis was performed to examine potential differences in target gene expression of AE9a expressing low cells compared to AE9a expressing high cells. Potential contributing factors to AE9a induced leukemia were investigated. Embryonic day 13.5 to 14.5 fetal liver cells were harvested from C57Bl6 females. Cells were cultured in StemSpan media with 50ng/ml rat recombinant SCF, 10ng/ml human IL-6, and 10ng/ml murine IL-3. After overnight stimulation, cells were collected and transduced with two rounds of retrovirus (MIG-AE9a). Post transduction, cells were collected, counted and transplanted into lethally irradiated BoyJ recipient mice. Cells were expanded two to three weeks in vivo, mice were sacrificed, and bone marrow (BM) harvested. c-Kit+ cells were sorted (BD FACS Aria) for 30% low and 30% high GFP-expressing populations. Six AE9a low and six AE9a high samples were compared. RNA was isolated via the Qiagen RNeasy RNA isolation kit and submitted to the CCHMC Microarray Core. Samples were hybridized to an Affymetrix Mouse Gene 1.0 ST chip. Data was normalized using Expression Console and was analyzed using Qlucore Omics Explorer software.
Project description:YTHDF2 is overexpressed in a broad spectrum of human acute myeloid leukemias (AML). To study the role of YTHDF2 in leukemia, total RNA from Ythdf2CKO (n=4) and Ythdf2CTL (n=4) leukemic stem cells were used for Affymetrix global gene expression analysis.
Project description:The BCR-ABL1 translocation product is the cause of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) and of a significant fraction of adult-onset B-Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (B-ALL) cases. Here we identify an essential role for gamma-catenin (junction plakoglobin) in B lineage restricted cells for the progression of B-ALL in a mouse model. The array analysis of preleukemic B cells aimed at identifying genes that explain the deficient B-ALL progression in the absence gamma-catenin. Total bone marrow cells from chimeric mice expressing or lacking gamma-catenin in the hematopoietic compartment were transduced with BCR-ABL1+ IRES GFP retrovirus before transplantation into lethally irradiated wild type recipients. Three weeks later, GFP+ (BCR-ABL1+) B220+ BP-1+ B cells were flow sorted from the bone marrow of preleukemic recipient mice. The analysis includes 3 replicates for gamma-catenin WT and 3 replicates for gamma-catenin KO BCR-ABL1+ BP1+ B cells.
Project description:MEIS2 collaborates with AML1-ETO in inducing acute myeloid leukemia in a murine bone marrow transplantation model We employed RNA-seq to assess similarities/differences among murine leukemic bone marrow samples transduced with either AML1-ETO/Meis2, AML1-ETO9a/Meis2, or AML1-ETO9a
Project description:Murine WBP1L-deficient (Wbp1l-/-) hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells engraft significantly better than wild-type (WT) cells in competitive transplantation assays. To analyze the mechanism, Wbp1l-/- or WT bone marrow cells (both Ly5.2+Ly5.1-) were each mixed 1:1 with WT competitor cells (Ly5.2+Ly5.1+) and the mixture was transplanted into the lethally irradiated recipient mice. 22 weeks after the transplantation the donor Ly5.2+Ly5.1- LSK cells (Wbp1l-/- or WT) were purified from the bone marrow of recipient mice, RNA was extracted and subjected to RNA sequencing.