Project description:We collected whole genome testis expression data from hybrid zone mice. We integrated GWAS mapping of testis expression traits and low testis weight to gain insight into the genetic basis of hybrid male sterility.
Project description:In absence of selenium, proerythroblasts exhibited delay in differentation into basophilic erythroblasts during phenylhydrazine induced stress erythropoiesis. This microarray project was aiming to explore gene expression patterns in erythroblasts in the function of selenium status.
Project description:Erythropoietic homeostasis is coordinated by erythroblast development and challenged by a number of genetic diseases including polycythemia vera. Erythroblasts and central macrophages form erythroblastic islands to provide a specific environment for erythropoiesis. However, how central macrophages interplay with erythroblasts during erythropoiesis remains to be further clarified. In this study, we found that erythroid-specific TFPI knockout decreased the number of erythroblasts under both steady-state and stress conditions, and the function of TFPI in erythropoiesis was mediated by macrophages. TFPI affects the downstream heme synthesis pathway of central macrophages, as shown by RNA sequencing analysis, and the deletion of TFPI reduced the heme content of macrophages by inhibiting ferrochelatase (Fech) expression. Our results show that TFPI plays an important role in the regulation of erythropoiesis and reveal a new mechanism of interplay between erythroblasts and macrophages. TFPI will also provide a new potential treatment strategy for polycythemia vera.
Project description:<p>Methionine cycle plays critical roles in cell fate determination by shaping epigenetic landscape, yet its function in human erythropoiesis remains undefined. Here, we show that disruption of methionine metabolism by compromising key enzyme adenosylhomocysteinase (AHCY) reshapes H3K4me3 landscape, causing erythroid cell fate reprogramming. AHCY deficiency severely impaired erythroid differentiation and expansion, leading to the generation of non-erythroid lineage hematopoietic cells, including stem/progenitor cells and immune cells, as evidenced by single-cell RNA sequencing, Pseudo temporal analysis delineated a precise dedifferentiation trajectory, revealing erythroblasts transitioning back to MEPs and HSCs. Moreover, human hematopoietic system could be reconstituted in the immunodeficient NCG-X mice by transplanting AHCY deficient erythroblasts. Mechanistically, AHCY deficiency reduced global H3K4me3 levels and altered its genomic distribution, resulting in the upregulated expression of non-erythroid transcription factors and downregulated expression of erythrocyte lineage-specific transcription factors. Integrated single-cell analyses identified transitional states with diminished AHCY in the erythroblasts of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patient. Further flow cytometry confirmed the reduced H3K4me3 level in patient derived erythroid cells. Erythroblast isolated from AML patients with reduced H3K4me3 exhibited dedifferentiation potential into progenitor-like states. Our findings reveal a metabolic-epigenetic axis governing cell fate reprogramming in human erythropoiesis and provide insights into leukemia associated anemia.</p>
Project description:The importance of unanchored Ub in innate immunity has been shown only for a limited number of unanchored Ub-interactors. We investigated what additional cellular factors interact with unanchored Ub and whether unanchored Ub plays a broader role in innate immunity. To identify unanchored Ub-interacting factors from murine lungs, we used His-tagged recombinant poly-Ub chains as bait. These chains were mixed with lung tissue lysates and protein complexes were isolated with Ni-NTA beads. Sample elutions were subjected to mass spectrometry (LC-MSMS) analysis.
