Project description:Activating mutations in PTPN11 gene are the most frequent in JMML patients. Here we explore the transcriptome of HSPC (hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells) sorted from sporadic JMML patients with PTPN11 mutation and from healthy age matched donnors. Bulk transcriptome of sorted HSPC reveals an inflammatory gene expression signature which may represent a future target for JMML therapy.
Project description:JMML (Juvenile myelomonocytic leukaemia) is a leukaemia hat only develops in young children and is thought to have a prenatal initiation. To study the relationship between JMML and normal ontogeny we studied the transcriptome of HSPC (hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells) sorted from sporadic JMML patients, healthy prenatal samples and from healthy age matched donors. Bulk transcriptome of sorted HSPC reveals that some JMML samples cluster with prenatal samples whereas other from a distinct cluster apart from any healthy samples. Methylation profile on bulk mononucleated cell on theses JMML patients, 2 healthy postnatal and 2 healthy prenatal samples is also investigated. The results show a global hypermethylation in JMML samples compared to healthy samples and a specific JMML group with a hypermethylated profile compared to all JMML samples.
Project description:ETS Variant 6 (ETV6) encodes an essential transcriptional repressor abundantly expressed in hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs), where it is required for adult hematopoiesis. Heterozygous pathogenic germline ETV6 variants are associated with Thrombocytopenia 5 (T5), a poorly-understood genetic condition predisposing to thrombocytopenia and hematologic malignancies. To elucidate how germline ETV6 variants impact the HSPC compartment and contribute to disease, we generated a knock-in mouse harboring an Etv6R355X loss-of-function variant, which represents the mouse equivalent to the T5-associated variant ETV6R359X. All HSPC subpopulations are present in the bone marrow (BM) of Etv6R355X/+ mice under homeostatic conditions; however, these animals exhibit subtle shifts in the proportions and/or numbers of specific progenitor subtypes. To examine whether the Etv6R355X/+ mutation impacts HSPC function, we carried out serial competitive transplantation and observed that Etv6R355X/+ lineagesca1+cKit+ (LSK) cells exhibit significantly impaired reconstitution, with near complete failure to repopulate irradiated-recipients by the tertiary transplant. Mechanistic studies incorporating CUT&RUN, ATAC-Seq and Hi-C identify ETV6 binding at inflammatory gene loci, including those within the TNF pathway in Etv6+/+ HSPCs, the mouse BM-progenitor derived HPC5 cell line, and G-CSF-mobilized human CD34+ cells. Further, single-cell RNA sequencing of mouse LSK cells isolated six-weeks post-competitive transplantation reveals upregulation of inflammatory gene pathways. Corroborating these findings, we observe significantly increased production of TNF by Etv6R355X/+ versus Etv6+/+ HSPCs post-transplantation. From these studies, we conclude that ETV6 represses inflammatory response genes within HSPCs under conditions of hematopoietic stress, and that this mechanism may be critical to sustain HSPC function.
Project description:ETS Variant 6 (ETV6) encodes an essential transcriptional repressor abundantly expressed in hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs), where it is required for adult hematopoiesis. Heterozygous pathogenic germline ETV6 variants are associated with Thrombocytopenia 5 (T5), a poorly-understood genetic condition predisposing to thrombocytopenia and hematologic malignancies. To elucidate how germline ETV6 variants impact the HSPC compartment and contribute to disease, we generated a knock-in mouse harboring an Etv6R355X loss-of-function variant, which represents the mouse equivalent to the T5-associated variant ETV6R359X. All HSPC subpopulations are present in the bone marrow (BM) of Etv6R355X/+ mice under homeostatic conditions; however, these animals exhibit subtle shifts in the proportions and/or numbers of specific progenitor subtypes. To examine whether the Etv6R355X/+ mutation impacts HSPC function, we carried out serial competitive transplantation and observed that Etv6R355X/+ lineagesca1+cKit+ (LSK) cells exhibit significantly impaired reconstitution, with near complete failure to repopulate irradiated-recipients by the tertiary transplant. Mechanistic studies incorporating CUT&RUN, ATAC-Seq and Hi-C identify ETV6 binding at inflammatory gene loci, including those within the TNF pathway in Etv6+/+ HSPCs, the mouse BM-progenitor derived HPC5 cell line, and G-CSF-mobilized human CD34+ cells. Further, single-cell RNA sequencing of mouse LSK cells isolated six-weeks post-competitive transplantation reveals upregulation of inflammatory gene pathways. Corroborating these findings, we observe significantly increased production of TNF by Etv6R355X/+ versus Etv6+/+ HSPCs post-transplantation. From these studies, we conclude that ETV6 represses inflammatory response genes within HSPCs under conditions of hematopoietic stress, and that this mechanism may be critical to sustain HSPC function.
Project description:ETS Variant 6 (ETV6) encodes an essential transcriptional repressor abundantly expressed in hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs), where it is required for adult hematopoiesis. Heterozygous pathogenic germline ETV6 variants are associated with Thrombocytopenia 5 (T5), a poorly-understood genetic condition predisposing to thrombocytopenia and hematologic malignancies. To elucidate how germline ETV6 variants impact the HSPC compartment and contribute to disease, we generated a knock-in mouse harboring an Etv6R355X loss-of-function variant, which represents the mouse equivalent to the T5-associated variant ETV6R359X. All HSPC subpopulations are present in the bone marrow (BM) of Etv6R355X/+ mice under homeostatic conditions; however, these animals exhibit subtle shifts in the proportions and/or numbers of specific progenitor subtypes. To examine whether the Etv6R355X/+ mutation impacts HSPC function, we carried out serial competitive transplantation and observed that Etv6R355X/+ lineagesca1+cKit+ (LSK) cells exhibit significantly impaired reconstitution, with near complete failure to repopulate irradiated-recipients by the tertiary transplant. Mechanistic studies incorporating CUT&RUN, ATAC-Seq and Hi-C identify ETV6 binding at inflammatory gene loci, including those within the TNF pathway in Etv6+/+ HSPCs, the mouse BM-progenitor derived HPC5 cell line, and G-CSF-mobilized human CD34+ cells. Further, single-cell RNA sequencing of mouse LSK cells isolated six-weeks post-competitive transplantation reveals upregulation of inflammatory gene pathways. Corroborating these findings, we observe significantly increased production of TNF by Etv6R355X/+ versus Etv6+/+ HSPCs post-transplantation. From these studies, we conclude that ETV6 represses inflammatory response genes within HSPCs under conditions of hematopoietic stress, and that this mechanism may be critical to sustain HSPC function.
Project description:ETS Variant 6 (ETV6) encodes an essential transcriptional repressor abundantly expressed in hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs), where it is required for adult hematopoiesis. Heterozygous pathogenic germline ETV6 variants are associated with Thrombocytopenia 5 (T5), a poorly-understood genetic condition predisposing to thrombocytopenia and hematologic malignancies. To elucidate how germline ETV6 variants impact the HSPC compartment and contribute to disease, we generated a knock-in mouse harboring an Etv6R355X loss-of-function variant, which represents the mouse equivalent to the T5-associated variant ETV6R359X. All HSPC subpopulations are present in the bone marrow (BM) of Etv6R355X/+ mice under homeostatic conditions; however, these animals exhibit subtle shifts in the proportions and/or numbers of specific progenitor subtypes. To examine whether the Etv6R355X/+ mutation impacts HSPC function, we carried out serial competitive transplantation and observed that Etv6R355X/+ lineagesca1+cKit+ (LSK) cells exhibit significantly impaired reconstitution, with near complete failure to repopulate irradiated-recipients by the tertiary transplant. Mechanistic studies incorporating CUT&RUN, ATAC-Seq and Hi-C identify ETV6 binding at inflammatory gene loci, including those within the TNF pathway in Etv6+/+ HSPCs, the mouse BM-progenitor derived HPC5 cell line, and G-CSF-mobilized human CD34+ cells. Further, single-cell RNA sequencing of mouse LSK cells isolated six-weeks post-competitive transplantation reveals upregulation of inflammatory gene pathways. Corroborating these findings, we observe significantly increased production of TNF by Etv6R355X/+ versus Etv6+/+ HSPCs post-transplantation. From these studies, we conclude that ETV6 represses inflammatory response genes within HSPCs under conditions of hematopoietic stress, and that this mechanism may be critical to sustain HSPC function.
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the SubSeries listed below. ETS Variant 6 (ETV6) encodes an essential transcriptional repressor abundantly expressed in hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs), where it is required for adult hematopoiesis. Heterozygous pathogenic germline ETV6 variants are associated with Thrombocytopenia 5 (T5), a poorly understood genetic condition predisposing to thrombocytopenia and hematologic malignancies. To elucidate how germline ETV6 variants impact the HSPC compartment and contribute to disease, we generated a knock-in mouse model harboring an Etv6R355X loss-of-function variant, which is equivalent to the T5-associated variant ETV6R359X. Under homeostatic conditions, all HSPC subpopulations are present in the bone marrow (BM) of Etv6R355X/+ mice; however, these animals display subtle shifts in the proportions and/or numbers of specific progenitor subtypes. To examine whether the Etv6R355X/+ mutation impacts HSPC function, we carried out serial competitive transplantation and observed that Etv6R355X/+ lineage-sca1+cKit+ (LSK) cells exhibit significantly impaired reconstitution compared to Etv6+/+ LSK cells with near complete failure to repopulate irradiated-recipients by the tertiary transplant. Mechanistic studies incorporating CUT&RUN, ATAC-Seq and Hi-C identify ETV6 binding at inflammatory gene loci, including those within the TNF signaling pathway, in Etv6+/+ HSPCs, mouse BM-progenitor-derived HPC5 cells, and human CD34+ cells. Further, single-cell RNA-Seq of BM cells isolated post-competitive transplantation reveals upregulation of inflammatory genes in Etv6R355X/+ compared to Etv6+/+ progenitors. Corroborating these findings, Etv6R355X/+ HSPCs produce significantly more TNF than Etv6+/+ cells post-transplantation. From these studies, we conclude that ETV6 is required to repress inflammatory gene expression in HSPCs under conditions of hematopoietic stress and this mechanism may be critical to sustain HSPC function.
Project description:ETS Variant 6 (ETV6) encodes an essential transcriptional repressor abundantly expressed in hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs), where it is required for adult hematopoiesis. Heterozygous pathogenic germline ETV6 variants are associated with Thrombocytopenia 5 (T5), a poorly-understood genetic condition predisposing to thrombocytopenia and hematologic malignancies. To elucidate how germline ETV6 variants impact the HSPC compartment and contribute to disease, we generated a knock-in mouse harboring an Etv6R355X loss-of-function variant, which represents the mouse equivalent to the T5-associated variant ETV6R359X. All HSPC subpopulations are present in the bone marrow (BM) of Etv6R355X/+ mice under homeostatic conditions; however, these animals exhibit subtle shifts in the proportions and/or numbers of specific progenitor subtypes. To examine whether the Etv6R355X/+ mutation impacts HSPC function, we carried out serial competitive transplantation and observed that Etv6R355X/+ lineagesca1+cKit+ (LSK) cells exhibit significantly impaired reconstitution, with near complete failure to repopulate irradiated-recipients by the tertiary transplant. Mechanistic studies incorporating CUT&RUN, ATAC-Seq and Hi-C identify ETV6 binding at inflammatory gene loci, including those within the TNF pathway in Etv6+/+ HSPCs, the mouse BM-progenitor derived HPC5 cell line, and G-CSF-mobilized human CD34+ cells. Further, single-cell RNA sequencing of mouse LSK cells isolated six-weeks post-competitive transplantation reveals upregulation of inflammatory gene pathways. Corroborating these findings, we observe significantly increased production of TNF by Etv6R355X/+ versus Etv6+/+ HSPCs post-transplantation. From these studies, we conclude that ETV6 represses inflammatory response genes within HSPCs under conditions of hematopoietic stress, and that this mechanism may be critical to sustain HSPC function. Functionally, Etv6R355X/+ bone marrow (BM) cells exhibited reduced colony formation in later rounds of serial replating, while Etv6R355X/+ LSKs exhibited significantly impaired engraftment in serial competitive transplantation. RNA-seq of Etv6R355X/+ LSKs and/or sort-purified HSPCs revealed upregulation of genes associated with an active stem cell phenotype and pro-inflammatory signaling, including increased expression of the cytokine Tnf. CUT&RUN of Etv6+/+ LSKs and HPC5 hematopoietic progenitors showed that ETV6 binds to the Tnf locus at regions of open chromatin, while CUT&RUN of human CD34+ cells identified ETV6 targets enriched in TNF signaling. In line with these findings, Etv6R355X/+ HSPCs exhibited increased cell-cycling and TNF expression post-transplantation. Finally, genetic deletion of Tnf restored the serial replating capacity of Etv6R355X/+ BM cells.
Project description:JMML (Juvenile myelomonocytic leukaemia) is a leukaemia that only develops in young children and is thought to have a prenatal initiation. To study the relationship between JMML and normal ontogeny we studied the transcriptome of HPC (hematopoietic progenitor cells) sorted from sporadic JMML patients, healthy prenatal samples and from healthy age matched donors. Bulk transcriptome of sorted HPC reveals that some JMML samples cluster with prenatal samples whereas other from a distinct cluster apart from any healthy samples.
Project description:Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML) is a rare stem cell disorder occurring in early childhood and characterized by RAS pathway hyperactivation in 95% of patients. JMML is identified by a hyperproliferation of granulocyte and monocyte, and little is known about the heterogeneous nature of leukemia initiating cells as well as the cellular hierarchy of the JMML bone marrow (BM). In this study, we reported the generation and characterization of a novel patient-derived 3D in vitro JMML model (pd-JAO) sustaining long-term proliferation of JMML cells with stem cell features and patient specific hallmarks. JMML cells brewed in the 3D model under different microenvironmental conditions acquired a proliferative and survival advantage when placed at low oxygen tensions. Transcriptomic and microscopic analysis revealed the activation of specific metabolic energy pathways and the inactivation of processes leading to cell death. Furthermore, we demonstrated pd-JAO derived cells’ migratory, propagation and self-renewal capacities both in in vitro and in vivo mouse model. Our study contributed to the development of a robust JMML 3D in vitro model to study and comprehend the impact of microenvironment stimuli on JMML disease and the molecular mechanisms regulating JMML initiating and propagating cells. Pd-JAO may become a promising model for compound tests focusing on new therapeutic intervention aiming to eradicate JMML progenitors and control JMML disease. We defined a 3D in vitro model that under hypoxic conditions is able to sustain long-term propagation of JMML-patients cells with specific hallmarks. Different oxygen level enviroment drive specific metabolic switch that prompts JMML cells to self-renewal.