Project description:Expression profiling of Rag2-deficient Ets1++ and Rag2-deficient Ets1-- mature NK cells and WT bone marrow progenitors, WT T cells, and WT Pro B cells
Project description:Expression profiling of Rag2-deficient Ets1++ and Rag2-deficient Ets1-- mature NK cells and WT bone marrow progenitors, WT T cells, and WT Pro B cells WT Hematopoietic progenitors, CD4 T cells, Pro B cells, and WT and Ets1-deficient NK cells were FACs sorted. RNA was subsequently extracted, labelled, and hybridized to Affymetrix microarrays. The goal if this experiment was to identify Ets1 dependent genes in NK cells
Project description:Using scRNAseq, we identified five distinct NK cell clusters and define their relative developmental maturity in the murine bone marrow of WT mice. Transcriptome-based machine-learning classifiers revealed that half of the mTORC2-deficient NK cells belongs to the least mature NK cluster. Mechanistically, loss of mTORC2 results in an increased expression of signature genes representing immature NK cells. We further characterized the T-bet-deficient NK cells and found an augmented immature transcriptomic signature. Moreover, deletion of Foxo1 restores the expression of T-bet and corrects the abnormal expression of immature NK genes in Rictor-deficient NK cells.
Project description:We identified that synergistic and inducible expression of Runx1 and Hoxa9 in pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) gave rise to engraftable iHPC capable of developing into common helper innate lymphoid progenitors (CHILPs) in the Rag2-/-Il2rg-/- recipients. To assess the gene-expression pattern of the PSC-derived R9-iCHILPs, we performed single-cell RNA-seq on the regenerative CD45.2+GFP+Lin-CD127+CD135-α4β7+Sca1mid/-CD25- R9-iCHILPs from the bone marrow of Rag2-/-Il2rg-/- recipient mice and the CD45.2+Lin-CD127+CD135-α4β7+Sca1mid/-CD25- WT-CHILPs from the bone marrow of wild type mice (C57BL/6, CD45.2).
Project description:A large gap in our understanding of infant immunity is why natural killer (NK) cell responses are deficient, which makes infants more prone to viral infection. Here we demonstrate that transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) was responsible for NK cell immaturity during infancy. We found more fully mature NK cells in CD11cdnR mice, whose NK cells lack TGF-beta receptor (TGF-beta R) signaling. Ontogenic maturation of NK cells progressed faster in the absence of TGF-beta signaling, which results in the formation of a mature NK cell pool early in life. As a consequence, infant CD11cdnR mice efficiently controlled viral infections. These data thus demonstrate an unprecedented role for TGF-beta in ontogeny that can explain why NK cell responses are deficient early in life. Bone marrow cells were isolated from CD11cdnR (TG) and wild-type (WT) mice, and NK cells were sorted at different stages of development (stages D, E, and F) using BD Biosciences FACSAria. mNK cells from stages D, E, and F were obtained from three cell sorting analyses with samples pooled from n = 12 CD11cdnR and 25 WT mice. Equal amounts of total RNA from each stage was pooled prior to gene expression analysis. RNA was prepared using the RNeasy Micro kit (Qiagen), and cDNA was obtained using the standard protocol of reverse transcription. A customized StellARay cell cycle qPCR array (Lonza) was used. Quantitative gene expression analysis (quantitative PCR) was conducted on an ABI Prism 7900 instrument (Applied Biosystems).
Project description:The development of innate lymphoid cell (ILC) transcription factor reporter mice has shown a previously unexpected complexity in ILC haematopoiesis. Using novel polychromic mice to achieve higher phenotypic resolution we have characterised bone marrow progenitors that are committed to the group 1 ILC lineage. These common ILC1/NK progenitors, which we call ‘aceNKPs’, are defined as lineage–Id2+IL-7Ra+CD25–a4b7–NKG2A/C/E+Bcl11b–. In vitro, aceNKPs differentiate into group 1 ILCs, including NK-like cells that express Eomes without the requirement for IL-15, and produce IFN-g and perforin upon IL-15 stimulation. Following reconstitution of Rag2–/–Il2rg–/– hosts, aceNKPs give rise to a spectrum of mature ILC1/NK cells (regardless of their tissue location) that cannot be clearly segregated into the traditional ILC1 and NK subsets, suggesting that group 1 ILCs constitute a dynamic continuum of ILCs that can develop from a common progenitor. In addition, aceNKP-derived ILC1/NK cells effectively ameliorate tumour burden in a model of lung metastasis where they acquired a cytotoxic NK cell phenotype. Our results identify the primary ILC1/NK progenitor that lacks ILC2 or ILC3 potential and is strictly committed to ILC1/NK cell production irrespective of tissue homing.
Project description:Transcription profiling by array of bone marrow cells from wild type, Fancc-deficient, Fancg-deficient, and doubly deficient (Fancc/Fancg) mice
