Project description:We have identified a MORC3-regulated DNA element (MRE) that regulates the activation of IFNB1 upon loss of MORC3. To study the global transcriptional effects of the MRE, we deleted the MRE in STAT1–/– STAT2–/– and STAT1–/– STAT2–/– MORC3–/– BLaER1 monocytes and performed RNA-seq.
Project description:We have identified MORC3 as a negative regulator of Type I Interferon (IFN), whose absence induces IFN and interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs). To study the global transcriptional effects of loss of MORC3, we deleted MORC3 in WT, IFNAR1–/– IFNAR2–/– and IFNB1–/– BLaER1 monocytes and performed RNA-seq.
Project description:We have identified MORC3 as a negative regulator of Type I Interferon (IFN), whose absence induces IFN and interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs). To study the global effects of MORC3 on DNA accessibility, we deleted MORC3 in IFNAR1-/- IFNAR2-/- BLaER1 monocytes and performed ATAC-seq.
Project description:We have identified that the viral virulence factors ICP0 from HSV-1 and E4ORF3 from Adenovirus5 can activate the MORC3 pathway of innate immune sensing. To study the global transcriptional effects of virulence factor sensing, we overexpressed mCherry or these virulence factors from a doxycycline-inducible lentiviral construct in BLaER1 monocytes of various genotypes and performed RNA-seq.
Project description:We show that the human monocyte model BLaER1 contains GPI-anchor-deficient cells, which lack CD14 surface expression when differentiated to monocytes, resulting in diminished LPS/TLR4 responsiveness. We found that this GPI anchor defect is caused by epigenetic silencing of the PIGH gene, leading to a random distribution of intact and PIGH-deficient clones after single-cell cloning.