Project description:Using RNA interference to identify IRF4 target genes. Keywords: time series design Gene expression was analyzed using Lymphochip cDNA spotted arrays. Myeloma cell lines were infected with control (shluc, Cy3) or shIRF4 (Cy5) constructs, and changes in gene expression were monitored over time after induction of the shRNA with doxycyclin.
Project description:The goal of this gene expression study was to identify genes whose expression depends on the transription factor IRF4 by knocking down it's expression using shRNA in two IRF4+ myeloma cell lines. Keywords: time series design
Project description:The goal of this gene expression study was to identify genes whose expression depends on the transription factor IRF4 by knocking down it's expression using shRNA in two IRF4+ myeloma cell lines. Keywords: time series design Two myeloma lines were analyzed over a time course of IRF4-targeted shRNA induction. There are 3 time courses: two using KMS12 (biological replicates) and one with SKMM1. Within each time course there are technical replicates.
Project description:To identify IRF4 transcription factor binding on chromatin at 5' regulatory regions of genes in myeloma cell line models. Keywords: binding site identification design
Project description:To identify IRF4 transcription factor binding on chromatin at 5' regulatory regions of genes in myeloma cell line models. Keywords: binding site identification design Formaldehyde cross-linked, sonicated chromatin is prepared from cell lines Kms12 (test) and Ly19 (control). Chromatin immunoprecipated with anti-IRF4 antibody is labeled with Cy5 and co-hybridized on Agilent Human Promoter Set arrays with chromatin immunoprecipated with normal sera labeled with Cy3 . Two biological replicates were performed for the Kms12 and Ly19 experiments.
Project description:Determine irf4 target genes in mouse B cells undergoing LPS differentiation to plasma cells in vitro. Determine targets of IRF4 by overexpression in a human GCB cell line. Keywords: cell type comparison design
Project description:RNA interference screens identified the transcription factor IRF4 as essential for the survival of the activated B-cell-like subtype of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (ABC-DLBCL). Analysis of IRF4 genomic targets in ABC-DLBCL and Multiple Myeloma (MM) revealed that IRF4 regulates distinct networks in these cancers. IRF4 peaks in ABC-DLBCL, but not MM, were enriched for a composite ETS-IRF DNA motif that can be bound by heterodimers of IRF4 and the ETS-family transcription factor SPIB, whose expression is also essential for ABC-DLBCL survival. Gene expression and ChIP-Seq analysis identified essential genes co-regulated by IRF4 and SPIB. Together, these factors regulate a critical oncogenic loop by activating CARD11, which controls ABC-DLBCL survival via the NF-kB pathway. The interaction between IRF4 and SPIB presents an attractive therapeutic target in this aggressive lymphoma.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of T-cells isolated from spleen of IRF4 -/- mice and cultured under Th17 polarizing conditions for 42 hrs compared to cells similarly isolated and cultured from spleen of IRF4 +/- mice. The aim of the study was to identify global misexpression of genes in IRF4 -/- cells and hence identify key pathways regulated by IRF4 during Th17 differentiation. Two-condition experiment, IRF4 -/- vs IRF4 +/- Th17 cells at 42hrs. Biological replicates: 3 for each condition
Project description:Interferon regulatory factor 4 (IRF4) is a transcriptional regulator with critical roles in the normal development and malignant transformation of lymphocytes. Recently we have shown that plasma cell cancers (multiple myeloma, MM) are addicted to an aberrant gene expression program ochestrated by wild-type IRF4 for their survival. Here we show that an aggressive malignancy of mature B cells, the activated B cell for of Diffuse Large B Cell lymphoma (ABC-DLBC), also depends on IRF4 for survival. With genome-wide expression profiling and localization (ChIP-Seq) assays, we identified IRF4 target genes in ABC-DLBCL as members of diverse pathways related to B cell biology and malignant behavior, distinct from IRF4 targets in MM. For example, we find the gene encoding the NFkB signal transduction adapter protein CARD11 is a target of IRF4 activation, driving the critical NFkB pathway in ABC-DLBCL. Further, we find enrichment of DNA binding motifs for ETS-IRF factors in regions of IRF4 binding in ABC-DLBCL suggesting cooperative activity between IRF4 and an ETS family transcription factor. Through complementation assays we show that IRF4 and the critical ABC-DLBCL ETS factor SPIB interact with one another and are key to ABC-DLBCL survival. Together our data show that ABC-DLBCL is addicted to the interaction between IRF4 and SPIB, in part through a positive feedback loop invovling CARD11 and the activation of the NFkB pathway. These data suggest theraepeutic potential in targeting the IRF4:SPIB interface in ABC-DLBCL. Gene expression was analyzed using Agilent human 4X44K oligo gene expression arrays. Cell lines (HBL1, OCILY3, TMD8-ABC-DLBCL; KMS12-MM) were infected with control (shControl, Cy3) or shIRF4_3'UTR (Cy5) constructs, and changes in gene expression were monitored over time after induction of the shRNA with doxycyclin. For each of the three ABC-DLBCL cell line a four timepoint series (24, 48, 72, 96 hrs) of shRNA induction was analyzed, for a total of 12 arrays. In HBL-1 a second shRNA targeting the IRF4 cds (shIRF4_cds) was used in a similar time course of shRNA induction (4 arrays). For the KMS12 MM cell line a three point time course was analyzed using the shIRF4_3'UTR with one technical (using the same RNA sample) duplicate time point measurement (4 arrays). ChIP-Seq data not provided.