We report the impact of heterozygous loss of either Pdx1 or Oc1 on the developing pancreas at e15.5 Overall design: mRNA of mouse pancreata at embryonic day 15.5 from control, Pdx1Lac/+, Oc1+/- and double heterozygous (Pdx1LacZ/+;Oc1+/-) embryos
Threshold-Dependent Cooperativity of Pdx1 and Oc1 in Pancreatic Progenitors Establishes Competency for Endocrine Differentiation and β-Cell Function.
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View SamplesMissense mutations in coding region of PDX1 predispose to type-2 diabetes mellitus as well as cause MODY through largely unexplored mechanisms. Here, we screened a large cohort of subjects with increased risk for diabetes and identified two subjects with impaired glucose tolerance carrying heterozygous missense mutations in the PDX1 coding region leading to single amino acid exchanges (P33T, C18R) in its transactivation domain. We generated iPSCs from patients with heterozygous PDX1P33T/+, PDX1C18R/+ mutations and engineered isogenic cell lines carrying homozygous PDX1P33T/P33T, PDX1C18R/C18R mutations and a heterozygous PDX1 loss-of-function mutation (PDX1+/-). Using an in vitro ß-cell differentiation protocol, we demonstrated that both PDX1P33T/+, PDX1C18R/+ and PDX1P33T/P33T, PDX1C18R/C18R mutations impair ß-cell differentiation and function. Furthermore, PDX1+/- and PDX1P33T/P33T mutations reduced differentiation efficiency of pancreatic progenitors (PPs), due to downregulation of PDX1-bound genes, including transcription factors MNX1 and PDX1 as well as insulin resistance gene CES1. Additionally, both PDX1P33T/+ and PDX1P33T/P33T mutations in PPs reduced the expression of PDX1-bound genes including the long-noncoding RNA, MEG3 and the imprinted gene NEURONATIN, both involved in insulin synthesis and secretion. Our results reveal mechanistic details of how diabetes-associated PDX1 point mutations impair human pancreatic endocrine lineage formation and ß-cell function and contribute to pre-disposition for diabetes. Overall design: We performed RNA-seq of control and isogenic PDX1 mutant cell lines at PP stage
Point mutations in the PDX1 transactivation domain impair human β-cell development and function.
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Genome-wide analysis of PDX1 target genes in human pancreatic progenitors.
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View SamplesObjective: Homozygous loss-of-function mutations in the gene coding for the homeobox transcription factor (TF) PDX1 leads to pancreatic agenesis, whereas heterozygous mutations can cause Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young 4 (MODY4). Although the function of Pdx1 is well studied in pre-clinical models during insulin-producing -cell development and homeostasis, it remains elusive how this TF controls human pancreas development by regulating a downstream transcriptional program. Furthermore, many studies reported the association between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and T2DM and it has been shown that islet enhancers are enriched in T2DM-associated SNPs. Whether regions, harboring T2DM-associated SNPs are PDX1 bound and active at the pancreatic progenitor stage has not been reported so far.
Genome-wide analysis of PDX1 target genes in human pancreatic progenitors.
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Chromatin remodeling enzyme Brg1 is required for mouse lens fiber cell terminal differentiation and its denucleation.
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View SamplesGenome-wide approach to identify the cell-autonomous role of Brg1 in lens fiber cell terminal differentiation.
Chromatin remodeling enzyme Brg1 is required for mouse lens fiber cell terminal differentiation and its denucleation.
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View SamplesDifferential expression of HSF4 in null newborn mouse and wildtype lenses was examined to identify putative downstream targets of HSF4.
Chromatin remodeling enzyme Brg1 is required for mouse lens fiber cell terminal differentiation and its denucleation.
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View SamplesGenome-wide approach to identify the cell-autonomous role of Brg1 in lens fiber cell terminal differentiation.
Chromatin remodeling enzyme Brg1 is required for mouse lens fiber cell terminal differentiation and its denucleation.
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View SamplesPurpose: the goal of this experiment was to identify differentially expressed genes in Six3 null, Six6 null and Six3;Six6 compound null retinas by RNAsequencing. Method: Retinas were dissected out from the following E13.5 mouse embryos: 1) WT (Six3F/F; Six6+/+); 2) Six3 KO (Six3F/F; CAGGCre-ERTM; Six6+/+); 3) Six6 KO (Six3F/F; Six6–/–); 4) DKO (Six3F/F; CAGGCre-ERTM; Six6–/–). RNA was then extracted from the retinas and profiled using RNAsequencing. Results: RNA isolated from three pairs of retinas for each genotype group (181.2-792 ng, RIN>9) was used for library preparation using KAPA RNA HyperPrep Kit with RiboErase. Sequencing was run on Illumina HiSeq 2500 in 100-bp single-end high-output mode in the Einstein Epigenomics Core Facility. About 30 million reads were generated for each sample. Each genotype group initially had three biological replicates, but one Six6 KO replicate was later removed due to over duplication. After trimming adapters with Trim Galore (v. 0.3.7), RNA-Seq reads were aligned back to mouse genome mm10 using Tophat (v. 2.0.13). The number of reads mapped back to each gene was calculated with HTseq (v.0.6.1) using Refseq gene annotation (downloaded from the UCSC genome browser in 03/17). The Cuffdiff in Cufflinks package (v. 2.2.1) was used to generate FPKM values. We identified 13498 transcripts with FPKM value >1 in at least one of samples. Deseq2 was used to determine the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) with FDR less than 0.05 as a cutoff. Overall design: Three pairs of retinas from each genotype were analyzed (n=3 biological replicates). One Six6 KO sample was later removed due to high duplication. Six3KO, Six6KO and DKO samples were compared to WT Controls (Six3F/F) using DESeq2, respectively .
Six3 and Six6 Are Jointly Required for the Maintenance of Multipotent Retinal Progenitors through Both Positive and Negative Regulation.
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Genome-wide DNA methylation as an epigenetic consequence of Epstein-Barr virus infection of immortalized keratinocytes.
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