Project description:To understand the mechanism by which IRF8 inhibits neutrophil differentiation Murine bone marrow MDPs and cMoPs were isolated by cell sorting from wild-type or Irf8 deficient mice. 32Dcl.3 cells were transduced with retroviruses carrying murine C/EBPalpha cDNA and/or murine Irf8 cDNA. Two independent experiments were performed.
Project description:Granulocyte-monocyte progenitors (GMPs) and monocyte-dendritic cell progenitors (MDPs) produce monocytes during homeostasis and in response to increased demand during infection. Both progenitor populations are thought to derive from common myeloid progenitors (CMPs), and a hierarchical relationship (CMP-GMP-MDP-monocyte) is presumed to underlie monocyte differentiation. Here, however, we demonstrate that mouse MDPs arose from CMPs independently of GMPs, and that GMPs and MDPs produced monocytes via similar, but distinct, monocyte-committed progenitors. GMPs and MDPs yielded classical (Ly6Chi) monocytes with gene expression signatures that were defined by their origins and impacted their function. GMPs produced a subset of “neutrophil-like” monocytes, whereas MDPs gave rise to a subset of monocytes that yielded monocyte-derived dendritic cells. GMPs and MDPs were also independently mobilized to produce specific combinations of myeloid cell types following the injection of microbial components. Thus, the balance of GMP and MDP differentiation shapes the myeloid cell repertoire during homeostasis and following infection.
Project description:Granulocyte-monocyte progenitors (GMPs) and monocyte-dendritic cell progenitors (MDPs) produce monocytes during homeostasis and in response to increased demand during infection. Both progenitor populations are thought to derive from common myeloid progenitors (CMPs), and a hierarchical relationship (CMP-GMP-MDP-monocyte) is presumed to underlie monocyte differentiation. Here, however, we demonstrate that mouse MDPs arose from CMPs independently of GMPs, and that GMPs and MDPs produced monocytes via similar, but distinct, monocyte-committed progenitors. GMPs and MDPs yielded classical (Ly6Chi) monocytes with gene expression signatures that were defined by their origins and impacted their function. GMPs produced a subset of “neutrophil-like” monocytes, whereas MDPs gave rise to a subset of monocytes that yielded monocyte-derived dendritic cells. GMPs and MDPs were also independently mobilized to produce specific combinations of myeloid cell types following the injection of microbial components. Thus, the balance of GMP and MDP differentiation shapes the myeloid cell repertoire during homeostasis and following infection.
Project description:To compare the gene expression profiles of Macrophage & Dendritic cell Progenitors (MDPs), Common Dendritic cell Progenitors (CDPs), committed dendritic cell precursors (pre-DCs), and Ly6Chi monocytes from mouse bone marrow Four samples (MDPs, CDPs, pre-DCs, and monocytes) were collected in triplicate
Project description:To understand the mechanism underlying monocyte and dendritic cell development through the regulation of Irf8 expression by the 56 kb downstream (+56 kb) Irf8 enhancer, we performed transcriptome analysis of bone marrow cells and splenocytes from wild-type, the Irf8 +56 kb enhancer-deficient, and IRF8-deficient mice. Taken together with the epigenetic profiling of mononuclear phagocyte lineage cells in these mice, the Irf8 +56 kb enhancer-mediated high Irf8 expression in hematopoietic progenitor cells promote type 1 classical dendritic cell (cDC1) differentiation, while low Irf8 expression in progenitors led to Ly6C+ monocyte development.
Project description:To understand the mechanism underlying monocyte and dendritic cell development through the regulation of Irf8 expression by the 56 kb downstream (+56 kb) Irf8 enhancer, we performed epigenetic profiling of bone marrow cells and splenocytes from wild-type, the Irf8 +56 kb enhancer-deficient, and IRF8-deficient mice. Taken together with the transcriptome analysis of mononuclear phagocyte lineage cells in these mice, the Irf8 +56 kb enhancer-mediated high Irf8 expression in hematopoietic progenitor cells promote type 1 classical dendritic cell (cDC1) differentiation, while low Irf8 expression in progenitors led to Ly6C+ monocyte development. In addition, IRF8 ChIP-seq of mature cDC1s and monocytes suggested that IRF8 regulates enhancers in cooperation with different transcription factors in each lineage in its expression level.
Project description:Aging is associated with increased monocyte production and altered monocyte function. Classical monocytes are heterogenous and a shift in their subset composition may underlie some of their apparent functional changes during aging. We have previously shown that mouse granulocyte-monocyte progenitors (GMPs) produce “neutrophil-like” monocytes (NeuMo), whereas monocyte-dendritic cell progenitors (MDPs) produce monocyte-derived dendritic cell (moDC)-producing monocytes (DCMo). Here, we demonstrate that classical monocytes from the bone marrow of old male and female mice have higher expression of DCMo signature genes (H2-Aa, H2-Ab1, H2-Eb1, Cd74), and that more classical monocytes express MHCII and CD74 protein. Moreover, we show that bone marrow MDPs and classical monocytes from old mice yield more moDC. We also demonstrate higher expression of Aw112010 in old monocytes and that Aw112010 lncRNA activity regulates MHCII induction in macrophages, which suggests that elevated Aw112010 levels may underlie increased MHCII expression during monocyte aging. Finally, we show that classical monocyte expression of MHCII is also elevated during healthy aging in humans. Thus, aging-associated changes in monocyte production may underlie altered monocyte function and have implications for aging-associated disorders.
Project description:To understand the effect of BCR-ABL and IRF8 on gene expression pattern during in vitro dendritic cell differentiation, microarry analysis was performed. Murine bone marrow Lin- cells were transduced with retroviruses carrying human BCR-ABL cDNA and/or mouse Irf8 cDNA, and then cultured with Flt3L for 5 days. Two independent experiments were performed.
Project description:Methylomes of macrophage-DC progenitors (MDPs), monocytes, common monocyte progenitors (cMoPs), common dendritic cell progenitors (CDPs), plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs), and cDC CD8a+ as well as cDC CD11b+ dendritic cells
