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Growth factor independence 1b (gfi1b) is important for the maturation of erythroid cells and the regulation of embryonic globin expression.
Specimen part
View SamplesGrowth factor independence 1b (Gfi1b) is a DNA binding repressor of transcription with vital functions in hematopoiesis. Gfi1b-null embryos die at midgestation very likely due to defects in erythro- and megakaryopoiesis. To analyze the full functionality of Gfi1b in embryonic erythropoiesis, we used conditionally deficient mice that harbor floxed Gfi1b alleles and one EpoR-Cre knock-in allele.
Growth factor independence 1b (gfi1b) is important for the maturation of erythroid cells and the regulation of embryonic globin expression.
Specimen part
View SamplesGrowth factor independence 1b (Gfi1b) is a DNA binding repressor of transcription with vital functions in hematopoiesis. Gfi1b-null embryos die at midgestation very likely due to defects in erythro- and megakaryopoiesis. To analyze the full functionality of Gfi1b in erythropoiesis, we used conditionally deficient mice that harbor floxed Gfi1b alleles and the Mx-Cre transgene inducible by pIpC treatment.
Growth factor independence 1b (gfi1b) is important for the maturation of erythroid cells and the regulation of embryonic globin expression.
Specimen part
View SamplesMouse aorta smooth muscle cells (SMCs) express TNF receptor superfamily member 1A (TNFR1) and lymphotoxin receptor (LTR). Circumstantial evidence has linked the SMC LTR to tertiary lymphoid organogenesis in diseased aortae of hyperlipidemic mice. Here, we explored potential roles of TNFR1 and LTR activation in cultured SMCs. TNFR1 signaling by TNF activated the classical RelA NF-B pathway, whereas LTR signaling by agonistic anti LTR antibody activated both the classical RelA and alternative RelB NF-B pathways. Addition of both agonists synergized to enhance p100 inhibitor processing to the p52 subunit of NF-B and promoted its nuclear translocation suggesting RelA-RelB cross-talk in transcription regulation. Correspondingly, microarrays showed that simultaneous TNFR1 and LTR activation when compared to activation of single receptors was followed by markedly elevated levels of mRNAs encoding leukocyte homeostatic chemokines CCL2, CCL5, CXCL1, and CX3CL1. Furthermore, SMCs acquired prototypical features of mesenchymal cells known as lymphoid tissue organizers (LTOs), which control tertiary lymphoid organogenesis in autoimmune diseases, through hyperinduction of CCL7, CCL9, CXCL13, CCL19, CXCL16, VCAM-1, and ICAM-1. Experiments with ltbr-/- SMCs suggested that the LTR-RelB activation component of NF-B signaling was obligatory to generate the LTO phenotype. TNFR1-LTR crosstalk also resulted in augmented synthesis and prolonged secretion of lymphorganogenic chemokine proteins into the culture medium. Thus, combined TNFR1-LTR signaling triggers SMC transdifferentiation into a phenotype that strikingly resembles LTOs. LTO-like SMCs may adopt a thus far unrecognized role in diseased arteries, i.e. to coordinate tertiary lymphoid organogenesis in atherosclerosis, aortic aneurysm, and transplant vasculopathy.
Mouse aorta smooth muscle cells differentiate into lymphoid tissue organizer-like cells on combined tumor necrosis factor receptor-1/lymphotoxin beta-receptor NF-kappaB signaling.
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View SamplesCultured mouse aorta endothelial cells (from 8-12 weeks old C57BL/6J mice, passage 2-3) were exposed to phosphate buffered saline (control) or a combination of TNFalpha plus agonistic alpha-LTR antibody for 24 hours as described in Ltzer et al. 2009. Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol., in press. Total RNA was extracted and microarrays were prepared.
Mouse aorta smooth muscle cells differentiate into lymphoid tissue organizer-like cells on combined tumor necrosis factor receptor-1/lymphotoxin beta-receptor NF-kappaB signaling.
Specimen part
View SamplesThe Krppel-like factors, KLF1 and KLF2, positively regulate embryonic -globin expression, and have additional overlapping roles in embryonic (primitive) erythropoiesis. KLF1-/-KLF2-/- double knockout mice are anemic at embryonic day 10.5 (E10.5) and die by E11.5, in contrast to single knockouts. To investigate the combined roles of KLF1 and KLF2 in primitive erythropoiesis, expression profiling of E9.5 erythroid cells was performed. A limited number of genes had a significantly decreasing trend of expression in wild-type, KLF1-/- and KLF1-/-KLF2-/-. Among these, c-myc emerged as a central node in the most significant gene network. c-myc expression is synergistically regulated by KLF1 and KLF2, and both factors bind the c-myc promoters. To characterize the role of c-myc in primitive erythropoiesis, ablation was performed specifically in mouse embryonic proerythroblast cells. After E9.5, these embryos exhibit an arrest in the normal expansion of circulating red cells and develop anemia analogous to KLF1-/-KLF2-/-. In the absence of c-myc, circulating erythroid cells do not show the normal increase in - and -like globin expression, but interestingly, have accelerated erythroid maturation, between E9.5 and E11.5. This study reveals a novel regulatory network by which KLF1 and KLF2 regulate c-myc, to control the primitive erythropoietic program.
Kruppel-like factor 1 (KLF1), KLF2, and Myc control a regulatory network essential for embryonic erythropoiesis.
Specimen part
View SamplesThe functioning of a specific tissue depends on the expression pattern of the different genes. We used microarrays to compare gene expression across different murine tissues, to get a better understanding in the expression pattern and functioning of the different tissues. With this analysis, we were not only able to identify genes that were specifically expressed in a spicific tissue but, as important, we also identified genes that were specifically repressed in a tissue, compared to al the other analysed tissues.
Tissue-specific disallowance of housekeeping genes: the other face of cell differentiation.
Sex, Specimen part
View SamplesWe used Affymetrix Gene Arrays (1.0 ST) to compare gene expression across different murine tissues.
Tissue-specific disallowance of housekeeping genes: the other face of cell differentiation.
Specimen part
View SamplesY-chromosome aneuploidy strains were generated for 2 distinct Y chromosomes (Ycongo and Yohio), and expression profile analyzed by RNA-seq. Overall design: CONTRAST 1: X^X (control) vs X^XYohio; CONTRAST 2: X^X (control) vs X^XYcongo; CONTRAST 3: X^Y (control) vs X^YYohio; CONTRAST 4: X^Y (control) vs X^YYcongo.
The Y Chromosome Modulates Splicing and Sex-Biased Intron Retention Rates in <i>Drosophila</i>.
Sex, Specimen part, Subject
View SamplesThe recent interest in the role of bone marrow derived endothelial progenitor cells in the benefits of estrogen on cardiovascular health brought us to evaluate if estrogen could affect cardiac repair more broadly by regulating biological processes involved in the functional organization of the bone marrow stem cell niche.
Estrogen-induced gene expression in bone marrow c-kit+ stem cells and stromal cells: identification of specific biological processes involved in the functional organization of the stem cell niche.
Sex, Age
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