Project description:We analyzed the transcriptome (RNA-seq) of glomeruli in a mouse model of light chain deposition disease (LCDD) as compared to control mice (WT and DH-LMP2A, the latter producing no complete immunoglobulins, only free Ig light chains). Kidney lesions in LCDD are due to the deposition of an abnormal monoclonal free Ig light chain and comprise progressive thickening of basement membranes (tubular and glomerular) and nodular glomerulosclerosis resembling the lesions observed in diabetic nephropathy. The aim of the present study is to analyse the transcriptomic changes at early steps of glomerulosclerosis.
Project description:We analyzed the transcriptome (RNA-seq) of mouse plasma cells (PC) expressing a human Ig light chain from a patient suffering light chain deposition disease (LCDD) as compared to control plasma cells (WT and DH-LMP2A, the latter producing no complete immunoglobulins, only free Ig light chains). Ig light chains causing LCDD present structural peculiarities leading to their aggregation and deposition into tissues and organs, mainly the kidney. We sought to determine if plasma cells producing these abnormal Ig could present specific phenotypes. The aim of the present study is to analyse the transcriptomic signature of plasma cells producing abnormal Ig free light chains.
Project description:Chip-chip from pro-B cells from Rag1KO mice for H3K27ac and RNA Pol II Identification of novel enhancers from Ig heavy and light chain loci Rag1KO pro-B epigenetic landscape at Ig heavy and light chain loci
Project description:We performed RNA-seq to examine the differences in GC B cells that were either infected with MHV68 or uninfected and between B cells that expressed IgL or IgK B cell receptor light chains.
Project description:Chip-chip from pro-B cells from Rag1KO mice for H3K27ac and RNA Pol II Identification of novel enhancers from Ig heavy and light chain loci
Project description:Recent advancements in microfluidics and high-throughput sequencing technologies have enabled recovery of paired heavy- and light- chain of immunoglobulins (Ig) and VDJ- and VJ- chains of T cell receptors (TCR) from thousands of single cells simultaneously. Due to the complexity of these polyclonal receptors, for many species single-cell immune repertoire sequencing assays are not yet commercially available. Rhesus macaques are one of the most well-studied model organisms of the human adaptive immune response; application of these new immune repertoire sequencing assays is highly relevant to vaccine and infectious disease studies. Here we use custom designed primers to target and enrich for every known Ig and TCR chain and isotype in the rhesus macaque animal model. We sequenced more than 110,000 cell barcodes from rhesus macaque repertoires using PBMC, splenocyte, and FACS-sorted T and B cell. We were able to recover every Ig and TCR isotype, measure clonal expansion in proliferating T cells, and pair repertoires with gene expression profiles of single cells. Our results establish the ability to perform single-cell based immune repertoire analysis in rhesus macaque.