Positive selection occurs in the thymic cortex, but critical maturation events occur later in the medulla. We defined the precise stage at which T cells acquire competence to proliferate and emigrate. Transcriptome analysis of late gene changes suggested roles for NF-B and interferon signaling. Mice lacking the IKK kinase TAK1, showed normal positive selection, but a specific block in functional maturation. NF-B signaling provided protection from TNF, and was required for proliferation and emigration. Alternatively, the interferon signature was independent of NF-B, and IFNR deficient thymocytes showed reduced STAT1 levels and phenotypic abnormality, but were competent to proliferate. Thus, both NF-B and tonic IFN signals are involved in the final maturation of thymocytes into nave T cells.
Late stages of T cell maturation in the thymus involve NF-κB and tonic type I interferon signaling.
Specimen part
View SamplesLymphocytes from spleen and lymph nodes of unimmunized adult C57BL/6 mice were isolated, stained with antibodies for flow cytometry, and sorted into the CD8+ CD44lo CD5hi and CD5lo pool
The TCR's sensitivity to self peptide-MHC dictates the ability of naive CD8(+) T cells to respond to foreign antigens.
Specimen part
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Primary EBV infection induces an expression profile distinct from other viruses but similar to hemophagocytic syndromes.
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View SamplesEpstein Barr virus causes linfectious mononucleosis and establishes lifelong infection associated with cancer and autoimmune disease. To better understand immunity to EBV, we performed a prospective study of natural infection in healthy humans. These anlyses were undertaken in order to determine what gene expression changes occur as the result of primary Epstein Barr virus infection. Samples were taken both before and following acquisition of the virus for direct comparison of samples for single subjects. These data provide an important first description of the response to natural herepesvirus infection in humans.
Primary EBV infection induces an expression profile distinct from other viruses but similar to hemophagocytic syndromes.
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View SamplesTo gain comprehensive insight into the OGT-dependent transcriptional program in Treg cells, we performed RNA-sequencing of isolated YFP+ Treg cells from Foxp3YFP-Cre/wtOgtwt/fl and healthy Foxp3YFP-Cre/wtOgtfl/fl females to avoid secondary changes in gene expression caused by inflammation. We were able to identify 269 differentially expressed genes including 154 downregulated and 115 upregulated with p values less than 0.01, OGT-deficient Treg cells had impaired suppressive function and attenuated IL2/STAT5 signaling pathway. Overall design: Examination of the function of OGT in Treg cells
The lineage stability and suppressive program of regulatory T cells require protein O-GlcNAcylation.
Specimen part, Cell line, Subject
View SamplesThis series represent several subgroups of experiments designed to investigate the role of basal immunoglobulin signaling in immature B cell development. The first subgroup of arrays (Ctrl Mhi, Cre Mhi, Cre Mlo) was done to identify the changes in gene expression in immature B cells as a consequence of inducible deletion of surface IgM expression via Cre-LoxP mediated excision of Ig heavy chain. The second subgroup of arrays (GFPneg, GFPpos, FxE Ctrl, FxE HA) was done to identify the changes in gene expression in immature B cells as a consequence of blockade of tyrosine kinase signaling with herbimycin A treatment. The third subgroup of arrays (FxD, FxE, B6 Mneg, HEL Mhi) was done to establish gene expression profiles of immature B, pre B and pro B cells as reference platforms for the other two subgroups. (Tze etal. Public Library of Science Biology, 2005)
Basal immunoglobulin signaling actively maintains developmental stage in immature B cells.
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View SamplesThe goal of the study was to sequence mRNA expression from sorted medullary thymic epithelial cell (mTEC) subsets in inducible Aire-CreERT2.R26-Stopfl-tdTomato lineage tracing mice after a pulse chase. Four cell subsets were sorted 7 days after a single 2mg pulse of tamoxifen administered by oral gavage. 4 biological replicates (1,2,3,4) were collected derived from 12 pooled thymi per replicate. From the DAPI-;CD45-;EpCAM+ TEC pool, cells were sorted as: pre-Aire (MHCIIlo;RFP-), early-Aire (MHCIIhi;RFP-), late-Aire (MHCIIhi;RFP+), and post-Aire (MHCIIlo;RFP+). The data were used to identify differentially expressed genes across the four mTEC subsets to examine mTEC heterogeneity and identify novel mTEC subpopulations. Overall design: Four biological replicates (12 pooled thymi per replicate) of each of four mTEC subsets were sorted from Aire-lineage tracing mice 7 days after pulse-chase with tamoxifen.
Thymic tuft cells promote an IL-4-enriched medulla and shape thymocyte development.
Sex, Specimen part, Cell line, Subject
View SamplesDendritic cells (DC) serve a key function in host defense, linking innate detection of microbes to the activation of pathogen-specific adaptive immune responses. Whether there is cell-intrinsic recognition of HIV-1 by host innate pattern-recognition receptors and subsequent coupling to antiviral T cell responses is not yet known. DC are largely resistant to infection with HIV-1, but facilitate infection of co-cultured T-helper cells through a process of trans-enhancement. We show here that, when DC resistance to infection is circumvented, HIV-1 induces DC maturation, an antiviral type I interferon response and activation of T cells. This innate response is dependent on the interaction of newly-synthesized HIV-1 capsid (CA) with cellular cyclophilin A (CypA) and the subsequent activation of the transcription factor IRF3. Because the peptidyl-prolyl isomerase CypA also interacts with CA to promote HIV-1 infectivity, our results suggest that CA conformation has evolved under opposing selective pressures for infectivity versus furtiveness. Thus, a cell intrinsic sensor for HIV-1 exists in DC and mediates an antiviral immune response, but it is not typically engaged due to absence of DC infection. The virulence of HIV-1 may be related to evasion of this response, whose manipulation may be necessary to generate an effective HIV-1 vaccine.
A cryptic sensor for HIV-1 activates antiviral innate immunity in dendritic cells.
Specimen part
View SamplesThousands of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been identified in the human genome, but specific biological functions and biochemical mechanisms have been discovered for only about a dozen lncRNAs. One specific lncRNA, Non-coding RNA Activated by DNA Damage (NORAD), has recently been shown by genetic deletion to be required for maintaining genomic stability, but its molecular mechanism is unknown. Here, we combine RNA antisense purification (RAP) and quantitative mass spectrometry to identify proteins that directly interact with NORAD in living cells. We show that NORAD interacts with proteins involved in DNA replication and repair in steady-state cells and localizes to the nucleus upon stimulation with replication stress or DNA damage. In particular, NORAD interacts with RBMX (an emerging component of the DNA-damage response) and encodes the strongest RBMX-binding site in the transcriptome. We demonstrate that NORAD controls the ability of RBMX to assemble a ribonucleoprotein complex, which we term NORAD-Activated Ribonucleoprotein Complex 1 (NARC1), containing known suppressors of genomic instability: topoisomerase I (TOP1), ALYREF and the PRPF19/CDC5L complex. Cells depleted of NORAD or RBMX display an increased frequency of chromosome segregation errors, reduced replication-fork velocity and altered cell cycle progression phenotypes that are mechanistically linked to TOP1 and PRPF19/CDC5L function. Expression of NORAD in trans can rescue defects caused by NORAD depletion, but rescue is significantly impaired when the RBMX-binding site in NORAD is deleted. Our results demonstrate that the interaction between NORAD and RBMX is important for NORAD function and that NORAD is required for the assembly of a previously unknown topoisomerase complex (NARC1) that contributes to maintaining genomic stability. Moreover, we uncover a novel function for lncRNAs in modulating the ability of an RNA-binding protein to assemble a higher-order ribonucleoprotein complex. Overall design: We examined gene expression changes and alternative splicing events in wildtype and NORAD depleted cells using RNA sequencing.
The NORAD lncRNA assembles a topoisomerase complex critical for genome stability.
Cell line, Subject, Time
View SamplesRNA-seq analysis of human 293 Tet-off cells depleted of PTBP1 and UPF1 alone and in tandem with specific siRNAs. Overall design: siRNA-based depletion of PTBP1, UPF1, and PTBP1/UPF1 together, with a validated non-silencing siRNA as a control.
Polypyrimidine tract binding protein 1 protects mRNAs from recognition by the nonsense-mediated mRNA decay pathway.
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