Project description:Lung mesenchymal knockout of Bmpr1a will lead to lung malformation, including impaired lung branching and cystic lesion. In order to understand the underlying mechanisms, total RNA of wild type and mesenchymal Bmpr1a knockout lungs were isolated and sequenced using the next-generation RNA sequencing technique.
Project description:Lung mesenchymal knockout of transforming growth factor, beta receptor II (Tgfbr2) will lead to lung malformation, including impaired lung branching and cystic lesion. In order to understand the underlying mechanisms, total RNA of wild type and mesenchymal Tgfbr2 knockout lungs were isolated and sequenced using the next-generation RNA sequencing technique.
Project description:Lung fibroblasts include several subpopulations. We used single cell RNA sequencing (scRNAseq) to analyze the heterogeneity of lung fibroblasts.
Project description:Purpose: The goals of this study are to compare wild type (WT) and ColcreER; Tbx4flox/flox whole lung to lung mesenchymal extracellular vesicle (EV) trasncriptome profilling by RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) and to analyze the differentiated genes. Methods: Total RNA was isolated from WT and ColcreER; Tbx4flox/flox whole lung and cultured lung mesenchymal extracellular vesicle. mRNA profiles were generated by deep sequencing, using Illumina HiSeq 3000. The sequence reads that passed quality filters were analyzed at the transcript isoform level with two methods: Burrows–Wheeler Aligner (BWA) followed by ANOVA (ANOVA) and TopHat followed by Cufflinks. Results: Using an optimized data analysis workflow, we mapped about 30 million sequence reads per sample to the mouse genome (build mm9) and identified 16,014 transcripts in the retinas of WT and Nrl−/− mice with BWA workflow and 34,115 transcripts with TopHat workflow. RNA-seq data confirmed stable expression of 25 known housekeeping genes, and 12 of these were validated with qRT–PCR. RNA-seq data had a linear relationship with qRT–PCR for more than four orders of magnitude and a goodness of fit (R2) of 0.8798. Approximately 10% of the transcripts showed differential expression between the WT and Nrl−/− retina, with a fold change ≥1.5 and p value <0.05. Altered expression of 25 genes was confirmed with qRT–PCR, demonstrating the high degree of sensitivity of the RNA-seq method. Hierarchical clustering of differentially expressed genes uncovered several as yet uncharacterized genes that may contribute to retinal function. Data analysis with BWA and TopHat workflows revealed a significant overlap yet provided complementary insights in transcriptome profiling. Conclusions: Our study analyzed transcriptomes of WT and ColcreER; Tbx4flox/flox whole lungs and cultured lung mesenchymal extracellular vesicle, with biologic replicates, generated by RNA-seq technology. This study provides a framework for the application of transcriptome profiling towards characterization of differentiated genes in whole lung and mesenchymal extracellular vesicle of WT and Tbx4creER; Ghrflox/flox mice .
Project description:Insight into the role of Insulin-like Growth Factor (IGF) in development of lungs has come from the study of genetically modified mice. IGF1 is a key factor during lung development. IGF1 deficiency in the neonatal mouse causes respiratory failure collapsed alveoli and altered alveolar septa. To further characterize IGF1 function during lung development we analyzed Igf1-/- mouse prenatal lungs in a C57Bl/6 genetic background. Mutant lungs showed disproportional hypoplasia, disorganized extracellular matrix and dilated alveolar capillaries. IGF1 target genes during lung maturation were identified by analyzing RNA differential expression in Igf1-/- lungs using microarrays. Lungs from E18.5 were isolated from both Igf1+/+ wild type and Igf1-/- null mice and pooled to obtain RNA. Heterozygous male and female with a genetic background C57BL/6J were mated to obtain embryos at embrionic (E) stage 18.5 days post coitum (E18.5). 3 biological replicates per genotype.