Project description:Transcription profiling was performed of second branchial arches of E11.5 embryos from Hoxa2+/- intercrosses. After genotyping the embryos, wild type and Hoxa2-/- were profiled by microarray.
Project description:We have undertaken a screen of mouse limb tendon cells in order to identify molecular pathways involved in tendon development. Mouse limb tendon cells were isolated based on Scleraxis (Scx) expression at different stages of development: E11.5, E12.5 and E14.5 Microarray comparisons were carried out between tendon progenitor and differentiated stages. Forelimbs from E11.5, E12.5 and E14.5 Scx-GFP embryos were collected and dissociated with trypsin to obtain cell suspensions. Scx-positive tendon cells were isolated by FACS. RNA was extracted and Fragmented biotin-labelled cRNA samples were hybridized on Affymetrix Gene Chip Mouse Genome 430 2.0 arrays.
Project description:We have undertaken a screen of mouse limb tendon cells in order to identify molecular pathways involved in tendon development. Mouse limb tendon cells were isolated based on Scleraxis (Scx) expression at different stages of development: E11.5, E12.5 and E14.5 Microarray comparisons were carried out between tendon progenitor and differentiated stages.
Project description:Spatiotemporal gene expression programs are orchestrated by transcriptional enhancers which interact with target-gene promoters to regulate gene expression. The BMP antagonist Gremlin1 (Grem1) is an important node in the gene regulatory network that controls vertebrate limb development. In this study, we used a combination of open chromatin profiling (ATAC-seq) and chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing (ChIP-seq) in mouse and chick to identify putative cis-regulatory modules (CRMs) that regulate Grem1 in limb buds. Using CRISPR/Cas genome editing we generated different Grem1 regulatory alleles lacking either individual CRMs, combinations or entire enhancer clusters. To study potential interactions of these CRMs with the Grem1 promoter, we generated 4C-seq profiles of specific regulatory alleles. Taken together our results revealed that the spatio-temporal changes in Grem1 expression are caused by cis-regulatory alterations due to the deletions of enhancer clusters rather than global changes in chromatin architecture.
Project description:Pbx ChIP-seq on mouse second branchial arches, and posterior branchial arches connected to outflow tract of the heart (PBA/OFT) at embryonic day (E) 11.5.
