Project description:We sequenced embryoid bodies at two time points (18h, 96h) following a differentiation protocol to induce Primordial Germ Cell-like Cells (PGCLC) in a TFAP2A KO line and parental line
Project description:We sequenced embryoid bodies at various time points following induction of pre-mesendoderm cells (PreME) towards primordial germ cell-like cell (PGCLC) fate
Project description:The trivalent adenoviral vector Im02 encodes the cDNAs for human 4-1BBL, IL-12 and IL-2. This vector was designed to change the immune tumor microenvironment. In this study we investigated the immune stimulating effect of Im02 on human primary urothelial cancer specimens or normal urothelium by microarray RNA expression analysis. The tissues were transduced with Im02 or an adenoviral vector without expression cassette and were further cultivated for six days. Samples without transduction and cultivation were analysed to determine the status of the microenvironment.
Project description:scRNA-seq procedure and analysis. ScRNA-seq was performed using the Massively Parallel Single-Cell RNA-sequencing technology (MARS-seq) as described by Jaitin et al., 2014 (PMID: 24531970) EpiSCs were seeded at ~6 x 103 cells/cm2 in 6-well cell-culture plates pre-coated with 15 µg/ml human Fibronectin, and differentiated to APSD. At desired time-points, cells were dissociated using Accutase (Thermo Fisher Scientific, 00-4555-56) for 3 min at 37°C and counted. 500,000 cells per condition were washed with ice-cold FACS buffer (10% (v/v) FBS in PBS) and resuspended into 1 ml ice-cold FACS buffer containing 1 µg/ml DAPI. For in vivo experiments, E6.5/E7.0/E7.75 Tg(Eomes::GFP) BAC transgenic embryos were individually dissociated into 300 μl warmed Trypsin 0.05% (w/v) EDTA for 10 min at 37°C. Digestion was stopped by addition of 600 μl ice-cold FACS buffer followed by centrifugation at 350 x g for 3 min. Cells were washed with 500 μl ice-cold FACS buffer, centrifuged again at 350 x g for 3 min and resuspended into 250 μl ice-cold FACS buffer containing 1 µg/ml DAPI. Single-cells from either in vitro-differentiated cells or transgenic embryos were sorted into Eppendorf Polypropylene U-shaped 384-well Twin Tec PCR Microplates (Thermo Fisher Scientific, 10573035), containing 2 μl of lysis solution (0.2% (v/v) Triton X-100) supplemented with 0.4 U/μl RNasin Ribonuclease Inhibitor (Promega, N2515) and 400 nM indexed RT primer from group 1 (1-96 barcodes) or group 2 (97-192 barcodes), as described in Jaitin et al., 2014. Additionally, 71 WT EpiSCs were sorted into each plate, as spike-in control for batch-effect correction. Capture plates were prepared on the Bravo automated liquid handling robot station (Agilent) using 384-filtered tips (Axygen, 302-82-101). Index sorting was performed using either a FACS Aria III cell sorter (BD Biosciences) or a SONY SH800S cell sorter (Sony Biotechnology) at the DanStem/reNEW Flow Cytometry Platform (University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark), gating in SSC-A versus FSC-A to collect live cells, and then in FSC-W versus FSC-A to sort only singlets. For in vivo experiments, only GFPpos cells were sorted to capture Eomes-expressing cell types. Immediately after sorting, plates were spun down, snap-frozen on dry ice, and stored at -80°C until further processing. Semi-automated library preparation was performed as described by Jaitin et al., 2014, using 10-12 cycles of PCR amplification and AMPure XP beads (Agencourt) for purification. DNA concentration was measured with a Qubit Fluorometer (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Q32854), and fragment size was determined with a Fragment analyzer (Advanced Analytical). Libraries were paired-end sequenced on a Next-Seq 500 Sequencer (Illumina) at the DanStem/reNEW Genomics Platform (University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark). Between 1,146 and 1,528 cells were sequenced per lane. R1 and R2 fastq files were generated using bcl2fastq (v2.19.1), and the pooling and well information were extracted from the sequence using umis (v1.0.3) [https://github.com/vals/umis] into a unique fastq file. The reads were then filtered based on the pooling barcodes with 1 mismatch allowed. The poly-Ts at the end of the reads were trimmed using Cutadapt (v1.18). The reads were mapped to the mouse genome (GRCm38/mm10 together with ERCC92) using HISAT2 (v2.1.0), the alignments were processed with Samtools (v1.7)118, and the reads were counted with featureCounts (Subread (v1.5.3)) using Ensembl v93, and the UMIs using UMI_tools (v1.0.0). Expression data were analyzed using Seurat (v3.1). Data filtering, normalization, and scaling were performed using the standard pre-processing workflow. Integration of different datasets was performed as described (PMID: 31178118). Spiked-in EpiSCs were used as a reference to correct the batch effect between integrated datasets. Marker genes of each cell cluster were outputted for GO-term analysis to define the cell type. The Monocle package (v2.16.0) was used to perform pseudotime analyses.
Project description:We sequenced human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), pre-mesendoderm cells (PreME) that acquire transient competence for PGCLC specification and cells at the mesendoderm (ME) stage when they are not longer PGC-competent.
Project description:Brain organoids (BO) enabled the investigation of human corticogenesis in-vitro with an increasing range of protocols achieving its remarkable recapitulation. However, we lack a resource gathering fetal cortex-specific gene co-expression patterns and their behavior in BO. We complement the current knowledge with a benchmarking of BO versus human corticogenesis, integrating: transcriptomes from in-house differentiated cortical BO (CBO), in-house processed human fetal brain samples, analysis of transcriptomes from different BO systems and of pre-natal cortical samples from the BrainSpan Atlas.
Project description:Mouse 129-B13 ESCs were genetically modified using CRISPR-Cas9 with two guides to remove exon 5 of Phf14, single-cell sorted and expanded to establish modified cell lines (2). Samples were differentiated from mouse ESCs (Day 0) to embryoid bodies (Day 4), neural progenitor cells (Day 8) and glutamatergic neurons (Day 12). Additionally, the parental 129-B13 ESC wild-type cells were split into two and differentiated separately as controls. NEBNext Poly(A) mRNA Magnetic Isolation Module was used to enrich mRNA. Nonsense-mediated decay was observed in Phf14 ex 5 KOs and no Phf14 protein expression was detected by western blot in these cells.
Project description:We have been performing single-cell RNAseq profiling for the entire adult Drosophila. Here we are providing raw data generated from the Smart-seq2 platform. They are from 37 384-well plates.
Project description:A comprehensive proteome map is essential to elucidate molecular pathways and protein functions. Although great improvements in sample preparation, instrumentation and data analysis already yielded impressive results, current studies suffer from a limited proteomic depth and dynamic range therefore lacking low abundant or highly hydrophobic proteins. Here, we combine and benchmark advanced micro pillar array columns (µPAC™) operated at nanoflow with Wide Window Acquisition (WWA) and the AI-based CHIMERYS™ search engine for data analysis to maximize chromatographic separation power, sensitivity and proteome coverage. Using this optimized workflow on immunoprecipitation samples of Smarca5/SNF2H, we found 32 additional interaction partners compared to the original workflow utilizing a packed bed column. These additional interaction partners include previously described interaction partners of Smarca5 like Baz2b as well as undescribed interactors including Arid1a, which is also involved in chromatin remodeling and has been described as key player in neurodevelopmental and malignant disorders.