PUF proteins have become a leading scaffold for designing RNA-binding proteins to contact and control RNAs at will. We analyze the effects of that reengineering across the transcriptome in vivo for the first time. We show, by HITS-CLIP and PAR-CLIP, that S. cerevisiae Puf2p, a non-canonical PUF protein, binds more than 1000 mRNA targets. Puf2p binds multiple UAAU elements, unlike canonical PUF proteins. We also perform CLIP-seq on truncations of Puf2p, showing that its prion domain is dispensable for WT binding. We design a modified Puf2p to bind UAAG rather than UAAU, which allows us to align the protein with the binding site. In vivo, the redesigned protein binds UAAG sites. Its altered specificity redistributes the protein away from 3'UTRs, such that the protein tracks with its sites and binds throughout the mRNA. We use RNA-seq to determine that R1 SNE Puf2p represses a novel RNA network. Overall design: CLIP-seq was performed in BY4742 S. cerevisiae grown in log phase, and using 2 replicates of TAP-tagged proteins. RNA-seq was performed to determine the regulatory effect of WT or mutant Puf2p, using 4 replicates of the control (no Puf2p), 3 of WT Puf2p and 4 of R1 SNE Puf2p.
Target selection by natural and redesigned PUF proteins.
Cell line, Subject
View SamplesWe sequenced mRNA from FACS purified hair follicle bulge stem cells from 21 d old control and ILK-deficient mice, 3 biological replicates each Overall design: Examination of mRNA levels in control and ILK-deficient hair follicle bulge stem cells
Integrin-linked kinase regulates the niche of quiescent epidermal stem cells.
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View SamplesThis experiment was designed to look for in vitro IL-3 gene signature in donor blood at two different time points (6 and 24 hours). RNA from lysed whole blood cells was used for the sequencing. Overall design: Lysed whole blood from seven healthy donors was stimulated with recombinant human IL-3 for 6 hours, or 24 hours, prior to RNA extraction for next-generation sequencing on the Illumina HiSeq platform. Unstimulated samples were included as controls.
A potential association between IL-3 and type I and III interferons in systemic lupus erythematosus.
Sex, Age, Specimen part, Disease, Treatment, Subject, Time
View SamplesIn addition to satisfying the metabolic demands of cells, mitochondrial metabolism helps regulate immune cell function. To date, such cell-intrinsic metabolic-immunologic cross-talk has only been described operating in cells of the immune system. Here we show that epidermal cells utilize fatty acid -oxidation to fuel their contribution to the immune response during cutaneous inflammation. By live imaging metabolic and immunological processes within intact zebrafish embryos during cutaneous inflammation, we uncover a mechanism where elevated -oxidation-fueled mitochondria-derived reactive oxygen species within epidermal cells helps guide matrix metalloproteinase-driven leukocyte recruitment. This mechanism requires the activity of a zebrafish homolog of the mammalian mitochondrial enzyme, Immunoresponsive gene 1. This study describes the first example of metabolic reprogramming operating within a non-immune cell type to help control its contribution to the immune response. Targeting of this metabolic-immunologic interface within keratinocytes may prove useful in treating inflammatory dermatoses.
Epidermal cells help coordinate leukocyte migration during inflammation through fatty acid-fuelled matrix metalloproteinase production.
Specimen part, Treatment
View SamplesComparison of Mpl-/- mouse LSK cells, either treated with control (GFP) or Mpl lentivirus. Lineage negative bone marrow cells were isolated and transduced and transplanted into Mpl-/- recipient mice. After transplantation and follow up mice were sacrificed and LSK (lineage negative, Sca-1 positive, cKit positive) cells were isolated by FACS. RNA was isolated using RNeasy Micro Kit (Qiagen GmbH, Hilden, Germany) and RNA was amplified for microarray hybridization using the Nugen Ovation system (Nugen Technologies, AC Bemmel, Netherlands). The resulting material was hybridized to Affymetrix Mouse 430 2.0 arrays. RMA normalization and summarization was performed in R 2.10 using Bioconductor packages. The aim was to show the normalization of Mpl associated gene expression.
Lentiviral gene transfer regenerates hematopoietic stem cells in a mouse model for Mpl-deficient aplastic anemia.
Specimen part
View SamplesThe adult heart contains macrophages derived from both embryonic and adult bone-marrow derived precursors. Such population diversity raises the possibility that macrophages of distinct origins occupy differing biological roles or anatomical niches within the heart. Here, we provide evidence for the latter, showing that bone-marrow derived macrophages express the chemokine receptor Ccr2 and preferentially localise to the aortic root of the heart. This targeted migration occurs via a Ccr2-Ccl7 axis, whereby Ccl7-producing cardiac fibroblasts populating the aortic root, recruit Ccr2pos macrophages. Notably, the selective recruitment of Ccr2pos macrophages renders the aortic root sensitive to inflammatory disease. In a mouse model of Kawasaki Disease, acute inflammation drives a numerical increase in bone-marrow derived Ccr2pos macrophages, which accumulate at the aorta and trigger local inflammation at this site. We propose that cardiac fibroblasts recruit Ccr2pos macrophages to the aortic root, and that this process targets inflammatory disease to the heart's major vessels. Overall design: Mice were either naïve or challenged with a Candida albicans water-soluble complex (CAWS) to induce a mouse model of Kawasaki Disease. Cardiac macrophages were extracted from three independent pools of naive mice and three independent pools of CAWS challenged mice. Splenic monocytes were extracted from three independent pools of naive mice. In each case, cardiac macrophages were divided into three subpopulations (R1, R2 and R3) based on Ccr2 and MHC-II expression.
The Selective Expansion and Targeted Accumulation of Bone Marrow-Derived Macrophages Drive Cardiac Vasculitis.
Specimen part, Treatment, Subject
View SamplesThe purpose of this experiment was to assess the genes upregulated when pDCs were stimulated with TLR7 agonist imiquimod and TLR9 agonist CpG C. Overall design: pDCs were isolated from six healthy donors by FACS sorting, and were stimulated with CpG and imiquimod for 18 hours, after which RNA was extracted for next generation sequencing on the Illumina HiSeq platform. Unstimulated samples were included as controls.
A cytotoxic anti-IL-3Rα antibody targets key cells and cytokines implicated in systemic lupus erythematosus.
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View SamplesPrimary cultures of patient tumor cells (PCPTC) were used in a cell-based cytotoxicity screen. Microarray-based mRNA profiling was used to identify the mechanism-of-action for the small molecule VLX 50.
Phenotype-based drug screening in primary ovarian carcinoma cultures identifies intracellular iron depletion as a promising strategy for cancer treatment.
Specimen part, Disease, Cell line, Treatment
View SamplesGlobal, genomic responses of erythrocytes to infectious agents have been difficult to measure, because these cells are e-nucleated. We have previously demonstrated that in vitro matured, nucleated erythroblast cells at the orthochromatic stage can be efficiently infected by the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. We now show that infection of orthochromatic cells induces change in 609 host genes. 592 of these transcripts are up-regulated and associated with metabolic and chaperone pathways unique to P. falciparum infection, as well as a wide range of signaling pathways that are also induced in related apicomplexan infections of mouse hepatocytes or human fibroblast cells. Our data additionally show that polychromatophilic cells, which precede the orthochromatic stage and are not infected when co-cultured with P. falciparum, up-regulate a small set of 35 genes, 9 of which are associated with pathways of hematopoiesis and/or erythroid cell development. These data unexpectedly predict that blood stage P. falciparum may induce host responses common to infections of other pathogens. Further P. falciparum may modulate gene expression in bystander erythroblasts and thus influence pathways of erythrocyte development.
P. falciparum modulates erythroblast cell gene expression in signaling and erythrocyte production pathways.
Specimen part
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RNA-Seq and expression microarray highlight different aspects of the fetal amniotic fluid transcriptome.
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