Project description:Study designed to determine the immediate effects of supplementing OSK reprogramming with miR-294 or miR-181. MEFs were infected on day 0, and transfected with miR-294, miR-181 or control mimic on day 1. On day 3 RNA was extracted. OSK infected MEFs samples were compared to non-infected MEFs and to fully reprogrammed iPSCs.
Project description:Study designed to determine the immediate effects of supplementing OSK reprogramming with miR-294 or miR-181. MEFs were infected on day 0, and transfected with miR-294, miR-181 or control mimic on day 1. On day 3 RNA was extracted. OSK infected MEFs samples were compared to non-infected MEFs and to fully reprogrammed iPSCs. Performed in biological triplicate, with each sample containing different OSK viral stocks, different preparations of MEFs and independent transfections. Biological triplicate iPSCs represent three independent and clonally expanded iPSC lines. Total RNA collected with Trizol. All processing conducted at the UCLA Neuroscience Genomics Core. MouseRef-8 v2.0 Expression BeadChips.
Project description:MEFs were infected with Oct4, Sox2, Klf4 (+/- Sall4), sorted for miR-290/302 reporter expression at day 9 (OSK) or 12 (Sall4+OSK), and then profiled. Resulting iPSCs were also profiled. Mouse ES cells were differentiated and sorted for miR-290/302 reporter expression during Fgf/Activin differentiation (day 4 or day 7).
Project description:MEFs were infected with Oct4, Sox2, Klf4 (+/- Sall4), sorted for miR-290/302 reporter expression at day 9 (OSK) or 12 (Sall4+OSK), and then profiled. Resulting iPSCs were also profiled. Mouse ES cells were differentiated and sorted for miR-290/302 reporter expression during Fgf/Activin differentiation (day 4 or day 7). Performed in biological triplicate. Biological triplicate samples represent three independent lines. Total RNA collected with Trizol. All processing conducted at the UCLA Neuroscience Genomics Core. MouseRef-8 v2.0 Expression BeadChips.
Project description:To characterize the genetic basis of hybrid male sterility in detail, we used a systems genetics approach, integrating mapping of gene expression traits with sterility phenotypes and QTL. We measured genome-wide testis expression in 305 male F2s from a cross between wild-derived inbred strains of M. musculus musculus and M. m. domesticus. We identified several thousand cis- and trans-acting QTL contributing to expression variation (eQTL). Many trans eQTL cluster into eleven M-bM-^@M-^Xhotspots,M-bM-^@M-^Y seven of which co-localize with QTL for sterility phenotypes identified in the cross. The number and clustering of trans eQTL - but not cis eQTL - were substantially lower when mapping was restricted to a M-bM-^@M-^XfertileM-bM-^@M-^Y subset of mice, providing evidence that trans eQTL hotspots are related to sterility. Functional annotation of transcripts with eQTL provides insights into the biological processes disrupted by sterility loci and guides prioritization of candidate genes. Using a conditional mapping approach, we identified eQTL dependent on interactions between loci, revealing a complex system of epistasis. Our results illuminate established patterns, including the role of the X chromosome in hybrid sterility. Gene expression was measured in whole testis in males aged 70(M-BM-15) days. Samples include 294 WSB/EiJ x PWD/PhJ F2s, 11 PWD/PhJ x WSB/EiJ F2s, 8 WSB/EiJ, 8 PWD/PhJ, 6 PWD/PhJ x WSB/EiJ F1s and 4 WSB/EiJ x PWD/PhJ F1s.
Project description:To identify genes altered upon LIN-41 expression during reprogramming to induced pluripotent stem cells, human dermal fibroblasts were infected with combinations of GFP alone, OSK, OSKM, OSK+LIN-41, or OSK+let-7 inhibitor (transfected on days 1 and 6). After 11 days, TRA-1-60+ reprogramming cells were isolated as described in Tanabe et al 2013 or in the case of GFP-infected fibroblasts, GFP+ cells were collected. Total RNA was used for gene expression analysis. After 11 days of reprogramming with OSK, OSK+let-7inh, OSKM, or OSK+LIN-41, TRA-1-60+ cells were isolated and total RNA was isolated.
Project description:Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells can be obtained through the introduction of defined factors into somatic cells. The combination of Oct4, Sox2 and Klf4 (OSK) constitutes the minimal requirement for generating iPS cells from mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs). Through the genomic analyses of ESC genes that have roles in pluripotency and fusion-mediated somatic cell reprogramming, we identified Tbx3 as a transcription factor that significantly improves the quality of iPS cells. Induced-PS cells generated with OSK + Tbx3 (OSKT) are superior in both germ cell contribution to the gonads and germ-line transmission frequency. However, global gene expression profiling could not distinguish between OSK and OSKT iPS cells. Genome-wide ChIP-sequencing analysis of Tbx3 binding sites in ESCs suggests that Tbx3 regulates pluripotency-associated and reprogramming factors, in addition to sharing many common downstream regulatory targets with Oct4, Sox2, Nanog and Smad1. ChIP-seq of Tbx3 binding in mouse ESCs