First, transcriptome analysis of purified CD31+ endothelial cells (ECs) from VEGF-treated sprouting embryoid bodies showed angiogenesis as the top affected category when Apelin is not present. In addition, loss of Apelin resulted in the modulation of pathways in ECs related to vasculogenesis, cell adhesion and response to hypoxia. Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA) further identified VEGFR pathway as the main upstream regulator affected in endothelial cells, closely followed by the TGFß1 and TNF pathways, all reduced in the absence of Apelin. The most inhibited genes from the VEGFR pathway in the absence of Apelin are angiogenesis-related genes. Second, transcriptome analysis of CD31+/CD105+ ECs sorted from Apelin wild-type and Apln-depleted tumors found a significant decrease in processes associated with endothelial cell proliferation and angiogenesis in ECs sorted out of Apelin-depleted tumors using IPA. Further, IPA predicted a decrease in the adhesion of granulocytes and upstream regulator analysis showed that proteins of the TGF-superfamily, Inhibin-ßA and TGF-ß1, as well as C/EBP-alpha, ß-Catenin, ErbB2 and EGFR are predicted to be inhibited upstream regulators in ECs isolated from Apelin-depleted tumors. Overall design: Transcriptome analysis of purified CD31+ endothelial cells from VEGF-treated in vitro sprouting vessels in Apelin presence or absence. Transcriptome analysis of tumor endothelial cells from Apelin wild-type and depleted conditions. We report the application of Smart-Seq2 sequencing to populations of 100 endothelial cells, sorted from tumors that were Apelin wild-type or depleted.
Apelin inhibition prevents resistance and metastasis associated with anti-angiogenic therapy.
Sex, Specimen part, Cell line, Treatment, Subject
View SamplesSTAT5 interacts with other factors to control transcription, and the mechanism of regulation is of interest as constitutive active STAT5 has been reported in malignancies. Here LSD1 and HDAC3 were identified as novel STAT5a interacting partners in pro-B cells. Characterization of STAT5a, LSD1 and HDAC3 target genes by ChIP-seq and RNA-seq revealed gene subsets regulated by independent or combined action of the factors and LSD1/HDAC3 to play dual role in their activation or repression. Genes bound by STAT5a alone or in combination with weakly associated LSD1 or HDAC3 were enriched for the canonical STAT5a dimer motif, and such binding induced activation or repression. Strong STAT5 binding was seen more frequently in intergenic regions, which might function as distal enhancer elements. Genes bound weakly by STAT5a and strongly by LSD1/HDAC3 present a STAT5a monomer like motif, and are differentially regulated based on their biological role, genomic binding localization and affinity. STAT5a binding in monomer like motifs was found with increased frequency in promoters, indicating a requirement for stabilization by additional factors, which might recruit LSD1/HDAC3. Our study describes an interaction network of STAT5a/LSD1/HDAC3 and a dual function of LSD1/HDAC3 on STAT5-dependent transcription, defined by protein-protein interactions, genomic binding positions-affinities and motifs. Overall design: Mouse pro-B Ba/F3 cells treated with lentiviral vectors expressing short-hairpins to knock-down various genes (STAT5a, STAT5b, LSD1 and HDAC3). All KDs were analysed versus cells treated with lentiviral construct expressing a No-Target short-hairpin at the same condition (either minus [IL3 deprivation for 6h] or plus [IL3 deprivation for 6h and IL3 stimulation for 30min]). Wild-type cells were also generated and compared between the two conditions. All samples contain biological replicates (3-5 depending on the sample).
The dual role of LSD1 and HDAC3 in STAT5-dependent transcription is determined by protein interactions, binding affinities, motifs and genomic positions.
Cell line, Treatment, Subject
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Class IIa HDAC inhibition reduces breast tumours and metastases through anti-tumour macrophages.
Sex, Specimen part
View SamplesThe aim of this study was to identify differential gene expression resulting from the inhibition of class IIa HDACs in the CD3+ or CD11b+ cells residing in MMTV-PyMT tumors.
Class IIa HDAC inhibition reduces breast tumours and metastases through anti-tumour macrophages.
Sex, Specimen part
View SamplesTo investigate the role of FoxO transcription factors as mediators of hematopoietic stem cell resistance to oxidative stress.
FoxOs are critical mediators of hematopoietic stem cell resistance to physiologic oxidative stress.
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View SamplesThe aim of this study was to identify differential gene expression resulting from the inhibition of class IIa HDACs in the CD3+ or CD11b+ cells residing in MMTV-PyMT tumors.
Class IIa HDAC inhibition reduces breast tumours and metastases through anti-tumour macrophages.
Sex, Specimen part
View SamplesPurpose: Nephron progenitor cells generate nephrons, the basic units of kidney. We developed methods to culture mouse and human NPCs in their self-renewal state in vitro with full nephrogenic potentials. The RNA-seq here is used to compare the global gene expression of long-term cultured mouse NPCs and their cognate freshly isolated primary NPCs Methods: mRNA profiles were generated by deep sequencing in duplicate from E11.5, E12.5, E13.5, E16.5 and P1 primary NPCs, and from long-term cultured NPCs derived from E11.5, E13.5, E16.5 and P1 (Passage 20 and Passage 80 for each cell line). To generate rpkm values from raw data, single-end 50bp reads were mapped to the UCSC mouse transcriptome (mm9) by STAR9, allowing for up to 10 mismatches (which is the default by STAR). Only the reads aligned uniquely to one genomic location were retained for subsequent analysis. And expression levels of all genes were estimated by Cufflink10 using only the reads with exact matches. Results: The gene expression levels of the "NPC-signature genes" were firstly transformed as logarithm scales. And then the program “prcomp”, a built-in program for principal component analysis in R packages, was employed with default parameters. We evaluated the variance percentage of each principal component, and found the top 3 components accounted for 84.1% of the total variance, where PC1 accounted for 46.42%, PC2 23.87% and PC3 13.81%. Those three PCs are therefore selected as candidate principal components in the further analysis. Another program “scatterplot3d” in the R packages was used to plot the 3D view of PCA, and “ggplot2” was used in 2D view of PCA. The PCA results indicate that cultured NPCs cluster together in PCA analysis while primary NPCs segregate into early (E11.5 to E13.5) and later (E16.5, P1) NPC groups. Interestingly, cultured NPCs are close to early NPCs in both PC1 and PC2 axes, suggesting that cultured NPCs are maintained in state close to early NPCs. The close cluster of P20 and P80 NPCs show the robustness of our culture condition in maintaining stable self-renewal state of NPCs. Conclusions: Our study represents the first analysis comparing the long-term cultured NPC lines we geneated with primary NPCs, with biologic replicates, generated by RNA-seq technology. The optimized data analysis workflows reported here should provide a framework for comparative investigations of expression profiles. Our results show that NGS offers a comprehensive and more accurate quantitative and qualitative evaluation of mRNA content within a cell or tissue. We conclude that RNA-seq based transcriptome characterization would expedite genetic network analyses and permit the dissection of complex biologic functions. Overall design: mRNA profiles were generated by deep sequencing in duplicate from E11.5, E12.5, E13.5, E16.5 and P1 primary NPCs, and from long-term cultured NPCs derived from E11.5, E13.5, E16.5 and P1 (Passage 20 and Passage 80 for each cell line)
3D Culture Supports Long-Term Expansion of Mouse and Human Nephrogenic Progenitors.
Specimen part, Cell line, Subject
View SamplesTo better understand the role of QscR in P. aeruginosa gene regulation and to better understand the relationship between QscR, LasR and RhlR control of gene expression we used transcription profiling to identify a QscR-dependent regulon. Our analysis revealed that QscR activates some genes and represses others. Some of the repressed genes are not regulated by the LasR-I or RhlR-I systems while others are. The LasI-generated 3-oxododecanoyl-homoserine lactone serves as a signal molecule for QscR. Thus QscR appears to be an integral component of the P. aeruginosa quorum sensing circuitry. QscR uses the LasI-generated acyl-homoserine lactone signal and controls a specific regulon that overlaps with the already overlapping LasR and RhlR-dependent regulons.
A distinct QscR regulon in the Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum-sensing circuit.
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View SamplesRosiglitazone (Rosi), a member of the thiazolidinedione class of drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes, activates the adipocyte-specific transcription factor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARg). This activation causes bone loss in animals and humans, at least in part due to suppression of osteoblast differentiation from marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSC). In order to identify mechanisms by which PPARg2 suppresses osteoblastogenesis and promotes adipogenesis in MSC, we have analyzed the PPARg2 transcriptome in response to Rosi. A total of 4,252 transcriptional changes resulted when Rosi (1 uM) was applied to the U-33 marrow stromal cell line, stably transfected with PPARg2 (U-33/g2), as compared to non-induced U-33/g2 cells. Differences between U-33/g2 and U-33 cells stably transfected with empty vector (U-33/c) comprised 7,928 transcriptional changes, independent of Rosi. Cell type-, time- and treatment-specific gene clustering uncovered distinct patterns of PPARg2 transcriptional control of MSC lineage commitment. The earliest changes accompanying Rosi activation of PPARg2 included adjustments in morphogenesis, Wnt signaling, and immune responses, as well as sustained induction of lipid metabolism. Expression signatures influenced by longer exposure to Rosi provided evidence for distinct mechanisms governing the repression of osteogenesis and stimulation of adipogenesis. Our results suggest interactions that could lead to the identification of a master regulatory scheme controlling osteoblast differentiation.
PPARgamma2 nuclear receptor controls multiple regulatory pathways of osteoblast differentiation from marrow mesenchymal stem cells.
Compound, Time
View SamplesHistone deacetylase 3 (HDAC3) is an epigenome-modifying enzyme that is required for normal mouse development and tissue-specific functions. In vitro, HDAC3 protein itself has minimal enzyme activity, but gains its histone deacetylation function from stable association with the conserved deacetylase activation domain (DAD) contained in nuclear receptor corepressors NCOR1 and SMRT. Here we show that HDAC3 enzyme activity is undetectable in mice bearing point mutations in the DAD of both NCOR1 and SMRT (NS-DADm), despite normal levels of HDAC3 protein. Local histone acetylation is increased, and genomic HDAC3 recruitment is reduced though not abrogated. Remarkably, the NS-DADm mice are born and live to adulthood, whereas genetic deletion of HDAC3 is embryonic lethal. These findings demonstrate that nuclear receptor corepressors are required for HDAC3 enzyme activity in vivo, and suggest that a deacetylase-independent function of HDAC3 may be required for life.
Nuclear receptor co-repressors are required for the histone-deacetylase activity of HDAC3 in vivo.
Specimen part, Time
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