Project description:Purpose: studying of immunity-related genes in CD235a erythroid cell in order to validate previous findings on the subject using single cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) and its benefits such as mRNA co-localization in a single cell and cell specific marker gating of populaions of interest. Methods: we extracted mononuclear cells from the fetal liver, the fetal thymus, the cord blood and the adult bone marrow, performed magnetic separation of CD235a (Erythroid) cells, marked magnetically separated cells with BD Sample Tags, loaded the cells on a BD Rhapsody cartridge, lysed the cells, performed reverse transcription, cDNA library preparation, QC of final cDNA libraries by BioAnalyzer 2000 and Qubit 4, pooled the final cDNA libraries, sequenced them on a Illumina NextSeq 550 sequencer. Then, we processed FASTQ R1 and R2 files using the BD Pipeline V1.9 and got final metrics in a mols_per_cell.tsv file. Results: in this work, we investigated other possible immunity-related functions on a single cell level using RNA sequencing of adult bone marrow, cord blood and fetal liver NECs and found that NECs from every studied origin expressed ARG1, CXCL5, CXCL8, DEFA3, DEFA4, IL1B, IL15, IL18, IGHE (secreted), LGALS3, LAGLS9, TGFB3 and VEGFA. Conclusions: our study allows to access new potential immunological roles of CD235a erythroid cells, both validated and discarded previous results regarding cytokine and chemokine gene expression in erythroid cells.
Project description:Ter-119 is a better murine erythroid selection marker than CD71 for bulk immunomics, murine bone marrow and fetal liver erythroid cells have different antimicrobial immune transcriptome signatures, murine bone marrow erythropoiesis is comprised of two branches In this study, we decided to benchmark erythroid cells’ selection and enrichment markers – CD71 and Ter-119 via bulk immune transcriptomics by Nanostring and perform bulk immune transcriptome profiling of Ter-119+ erythroid cells from the bone marrow and the fetal liver by Nanostring.
Project description:We used ChIP-Seq to map Ldb1, Scl and Gata1 binding sites in mouse total bone marrow cells. Together with functional studies comparing gene expression in Murine Erythroleukemia (MEL) cells expressing Ldb1 shRNA or control shRNA and bioinformatics analysis, we systematically determined the transcriptional program controlled by Ldb1 complexes in erythropoiesis. This represents the ChIP-Seq component of the study only To evaluate the role of Ldb1complexes in erythroid gene activation
Project description:Identification of cell-type specific enhancers is important for understanding the regulation of programs controlling cellular development and differentiation. Enhancers are typically marked by the co-transcriptional activator protein p300 or by groups of cell-expressed transcription factors. We hypothesized that a unique set of enhancers regulates gene expression in human erythroid cells, a highly specialized cell type evolved to provide adequate amounts of oxygen throughout the body. Using chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by massively parallel sequencing, genome-wide maps of candidate enhancers were constructed for p300 and four transcription factors, GATA1, NF-E2, KLF1, and SCL, using primary human erythroid cells. These data were combined with gene expression analyses and candidate enhancers identified. Consistent with their predicted function as candidate enhancers, there was statistically significant enrichment of p300 and combinations of co-localizing erythroid transcription factors within 1-50 kb of the TSS of genes highly expressed in erythroid cells. Candidate enhancers were also enriched near genes with known erythroid cell function or erythroid cell phenotypes. Candidate enhancers exhibited only moderate conservation with mouse and minimal conservation with nonplacental vertebrates. Candidate enhancers were mapped to a data set of erythroid-associated, biologically relevant, SNPs from the GWAS catalog of the NHGRI. Fourteen candidate enhancers, representing 10 genetic loci, mapped to sites associated with biologically relevant erythroid traits. Fragments from these loci directed statistically significant expression in reporter gene assays. Identification of enhancers in human erythroid cells will allow a better understanding of erythroid cell development, differentiation, structure, and function, and provide insights into inherited and acquired hematologic disease. CD34+-selected stem and progenitor cells were expanded for three days in the absence of EPO, and total RNA was isolated from a portion of the cells. The cells were further cultured in the presence of EPO, and RNA was isolated after cells differentiated into R3/R4 nucleated erythroid cells. There were 3 replicates of CD34 cells and 9 replicates of R3/R4 erythroid cells.
Project description:Identification of cell-type specific enhancers is important for understanding the regulation of programs controlling cellular development and differentiation. Enhancers are typically marked by the co-transcriptional activator protein p300 or by groups of cell-expressed transcription factors. We hypothesized that a unique set of enhancers regulates gene expression in human erythroid cells, a highly specialized cell type evolved to provide adequate amounts of oxygen throughout the body. Using chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by massively parallel sequencing, genome-wide maps of candidate enhancers were constructed for p300 and four transcription factors, GATA1, NF-E2, KLF1, and SCL, using primary human erythroid cells. These data were combined with gene expression analyses and candidate enhancers identified. Consistent with their predicted function as candidate enhancers, there was statistically significant enrichment of p300 and combinations of co-localizing erythroid transcription factors within 1-50 kb of the TSS of genes highly expressed in erythroid cells. Candidate enhancers were also enriched near genes with known erythroid cell function or erythroid cell phenotypes. Candidate enhancers exhibited only moderate conservation with mouse and minimal conservation with nonplacental vertebrates. Candidate enhancers were mapped to a data set of erythroid-associated, biologically relevant, SNPs from the GWAS catalog of the NHGRI. Fourteen candidate enhancers, representing 10 genetic loci, mapped to sites associated with biologically relevant erythroid traits. Fragments from these loci directed statistically significant expression in reporter gene assays. Identification of enhancers in human erythroid cells will allow a better understanding of erythroid cell development, differentiation, structure, and function, and provide insights into inherited and acquired hematologic disease. CD34+-selected stem and progenitor cells were expanded for three days in the absence of EPO. The cells were further cultured in the presence of EPO, and formaldehyde crosslinked chromatin was isolated after cells differentiated into R3/R4 nucleated erythroid cells. Chromatin Immunoprecipitation followed by sequencing (chIP-seq) was performed using antibodies against GATA1, KLF1, NFE2, TAL1, p300, H3K4me2 and H3K4me3, along with a total input control. Raw data (fastq, SRA) is missing for the TAL1 chIP-seq dataset
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>