Project description:Natural Killer (NK) cells at different developmental stages (common lymphoid progenitor (CLP), innate lymphoid cell progenitors (ILCP), and refined NK progenitor (NKP)) were collected from Vav1+iCre FOXO1,3flox/flox mice (C57BL/6 background). Total RNA was harvested and sequenced with a strand-specific paired-end RNA-seq protocol.
Project description:Early innate lymphoid progenitors (EILP) have recently been identified in the mouse adult bone marrow as a multipotential progenitor population committed to ILC lineages, but their relationship with other described ILC progenitors is still unclear. In this study, we examine the progenitor-successor relationships between EILP, IL-7R+ common lymphoid progenitors (ALP), and ILC precursors (ILCp). Bioinformatic, phenotypical, functional, and genetic approaches collectively establish EILP as an intermediate progenitor between ALP and ILCp. Our work additionally provides new candidate regulators of ILC development and clearly defines the stage of requirement of transcription factors key for early ILC development.
Project description:We identified a new type of bone marrow progenitors termed early innate lymphoid cell progenitor (EILP) using TCF-1 GFP reporter mice. We compared the transcriptomes of early innate lymphoid cell progenitors (EILP) with other early progenitors, including HSC, LMPP, CMP, CLP, ETP and DN3.
Project description:Foxo1 and Ebf1 deficiency leads to a similar disruption of normal B-cell development at the level of the common lymphoid progenitor (CLP). Both mouse strains display the existance of LY6D+ CLPs but a marked/complete lack of proB cells. To investigate similarities of the developmental defects observed we generated gene expression profiles from both genotypes (with corresponding WT controls). This illustrated a shared gene expression signature in Ebf1/Foxo1 deficient CLPs. Gene expression profiling was done using highly purified (FACS sorted) progenitor cells. Cells were purified from bone marrow of wild-type, Foxo1 deficient and Ebf1 deficient mice. Ebf1 deficient bone marrow was aquired by transplantation of Ebf1 deficient progenitors into irradiated hosts. Populations analysed were CLP LY6D-, CLP LY6D+ and proB cells.
Project description:Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) were generated in vitro from CD34+ hematopoietic progenitors derived from umbilical cord blood, and RNA sequencing was performed on CD45+ LineageLD- cells to assess transcriptional identities of lineages generated
Project description:Purpose: Deficiency of Zbtb1 leads to the generation of myeloid cells from lymphoid progenitors when cultured in conditions that do not support myeloid development. We therefore analyzed how was the transcriptional signature altered by Zbtb1 deficiency in lymphoid progenitors ex vivo and after induction of a T-cell developmental program by co-culture with OP9-DL1 stroma cells.
Project description:To explore the role of circular RNA,circTmem241, on ILC3 commitment, we isolated ILCPs from wild-type or circTmem241-deficient mice.
Project description:Hematopoietic stem cell (HSC)-independent lymphopoiesis has been elucidated in murine embryos. However, our understanding regarding human embryonic counterparts remains limited. Here, we unveiled the presence of human yolk sac-derived lymphoid-biased progenitors (YSLPs) expressing CD34, IL7R, LTB and IRF8 at Carnegie Stage 10, much earlier than the first HSCs emergence. The number and lymphopoietic potential of these progenitors were both significantly higher in yolk sac than embryo proper at this early stage. Importantly, single-cell/bulk culture and CITE-seq have elucidated the tendency of YSLP differentiating into innate lymphoid cells and dendritic cells. Notably, lymphoid progenitors in fetal liver before and after HSCs seeding displayed distinct transcriptional features, with the former closely resembling those of YSLPs.