Project description:H3K27me3 demethylases UTX and JMJD3 play vital roles in development and disease, including cancer. Therefore, we systematically investigated the impact of inhibition of these two demethylases using a small molecule inhibitor in colon cancer cells.
Project description:To understand the role of the H3K27me3 demethylases, UTX and JMJD3, in B cell differentiation. Naïve B cells were cultures ex vivo with LPS, IL-2,IL-5 in the presence of DMSO or GSK-J4, UTX/JMJD3 inhibitor. Plasmablasts and activated B cells were magnetically enriched after 3 days of culture.
Project description:To determine the contribution of H3K27me3 demethylases to intestinal homeostasis, an inducible mouse model was used to simultaneously ablate Kdm6a and Kdm6b expression from the intestinal epithelium. We then performed RNA-Seq gene expression analysis at two timepoints (7 days and 5 months) following induction of Kdm6a and Kdm6b ablation. Differential H3K27me3 regions were also identified using ChIP-Seq at one time point (7 days) following gene ablation.
Project description:While histone H3 lysine 27 trimethylation (H3K27Me3) is associated with gene silencing, whether H3K27Me3 demethylation affects transcription and cell differentiation in vivo has remained elusive. To investigate this, we conditionally inactivated the two H3K27Me3 demethylases, Jmjd3 and Utx, in non-dividing intrathymic CD4+ T cell precursors. We show that both enzymes redundantly promote H3K27Me3 removal at, and expression of, a specific subset of genes involved in terminal thymocyte differentiation, especially S1pr1, encoding a sphingosine-phosphate receptor required for thymocyte egress. Floxed alleles of the genes encoding Utx and Jmjd3 (Kdm6a and Kdm6b, respectively) were deleted in double positive (DP) thymocytes carrying a CD4 Cre transgene. Genome-wide H3K27Me3 ChipSeq was performed on (i) pre-selection (CD69lo) DP thymocytes from wild-type mice carrying an endogenous polyclonal TCR repertoire, (ii) mature (TCRhi CD24lo) CD4 SP thymocytes from wild type (Wt), Jmjd3KO, UtxKO and dKO mice carrying an endogenous polyclonal TCR repertoire and (iii) mature (Va2hi CD24lo) CD4 SP thymocytes from wild type and dKO mice carrying the OTII TCR transgene.
Project description:H3K27me3 demethylases UTX and JMJD3 play vital roles in development and disease, including cancer. Therefore, we systematically investigated the impact of inhibition of these two demethylases using a small molecule inhibitor in colon cancer cells.
Project description:While histone H3 lysine 27 trimethylation (H3K27Me3) is associated with gene silencing, whether H3K27Me3 demethylation affects transcription and cell differentiation in vivo has remained elusive. To investigate this, we conditionally inactivated the two H3K27Me3 demethylases, Jmjd3 and Utx, in non-dividing intrathymic CD4+ T cell precursors. We show that both enzymes redundantly promote H3K27Me3 removal at, and expression of, a specific subset of genes involved in terminal thymocyte differentiation, especially S1pr1, encoding a sphingosine-phosphate receptor required for thymocyte egress.
Project description:To determine the contribution of H3K27me3 demethylases to intestinal homeostasis, an inducible mouse model was used to simultaneously ablate Kdm6a and Kdm6b expression from the intestinal epithelium. We then performed RNA-Seq gene expression analysis at two timepoints (7 days and 5 months) following induction of Kdm6a and Kdm6b ablation. Differential H3K27me3 regions were also identified using ChIP-Seq at one time point (7 days) following gene ablation.
Project description:To evalute how deletion of H3K27me3 demethylases, UTX and JMJD3, affect H3K27me3 enrichment in plasma cells. ChIP-seq for H3K27me3 was performed on CreCtrl and dKO (UTX and JMJD3-deficient) PC at day three post in vivo stimulation with LPS.
Project description:Epigenetic inheritance is the transmission of altered gene expression states across dividing cells without DNA sequence variation. Induced epigenetic changes (epimutations) have been extensively studied, but importantly, epimutations also occur spontaneously in a manner reminiscent of DNA sequence change. Small RNAs are established as a source of spontaneous epimutations which transmit gene expression changes over multiple generations in C.elegans. These changes are generally short lived, but rarely long-lived changes occur. Given that chromatin state is a critical regulator of gene expression, we explored whether chromatin states also undergo spontaneous change and whether this could be a potential alternative mechanism for transgenerational epigenetic inheritance. We compared the chromatin profiles and gene expression profiles at matched time points from a twenty generation bottlenecked lineage of C.elegans. We found that heritable changes in gene expression arose at a higher rate than the estimate for DNA sequence variation, indicating that these were true epigenetic events. In addition to recapitulating the known role for small RNAs, we provide evidence for chromatin mediated epimutations as an alternative mechanism driving epigenetic inheritance. Chromatin epimutations were heritable, enriched in the germline and synchronised with inherited gene expression changes. As with small RNA mediated epimutations, they were generally short lived with a tendency to resolve to baseline after 2-3 generations. A subset of chromatin epimutations however were long lasting, and these were uniquely enriched in piRNA clusters. Genes with long lived epimutations were implicated in multiple components of xenobiotic response pathways. This points to a mechanism for epigenetic ‘anticipation’ of environmental stressors. Adaptive traits driven by epimutations may be selected for under adverse conditions and lost on return to normal conditions, enabling soft adaptation in the absence of genetic sequence change.