Gene expression profile of primary human CD34+/CD38lo cells differentiating along the megakaryocyte lineage.
Gene expression profile of primary human CD34+CD38lo cells differentiating along the megakaryocyte lineage.
Specimen part, Time
View SamplesThe ubiquitin 26S proteasome system (UPS) selectively degrades cellular proteins, which results in physiological changes to eukaryotic cells. F-box proteins are substrate adaptors acting within the UPS and are responsible for the diversity of potential protein targets. Plant genomes are enriched in F-box genes, but the vast majority of these have unknown roles. This work investigated the Arabidopsis F-box gene F-BOX STRESS INDUCED 1 (FBS1) by identifying differentially expressed genes between wild type (No-0) and an fbs1 insertion line.
No associated publication
Specimen part
View SamplesPrimary human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection usually goes unnoticed, causing mild or no symptoms in immunocompetent individuals. Some rare severe clinical cases have however been reported without investigation of host immune responses or viral virulence. In this present study, we investigate, for the first time, phenotypic and functional features together with gene expression profiles in immunocompetent adults experiencing a severe primary HCMV infection. Twenty PHIP were enrolled as well as 26 HCMV-seronegative and 39 HCMV-seropositive healthy controls. PHIP had a huge lymphocytosis marked by massive expansion of NK and T cell compartments. Interestingly, PHIP mounted efficient innate and adaptive immune responses with a deep HCMV imprint, revealed mainly by the expansion of NKG2C+ NK cells, CD16+ V2- T cells and conventional HCMV-specific CD8+ T cells. The main effector lymphocytes were activated and displayed an early immune phenotype that developed toward a more mature differentiated status. We suggest that both huge lymphocytosis and excessive lymphocyte activation could contribute to a massive cytokine production known to mediate tissue damage observed in PHIP. Taken together, these findings bring new insights into the comprehensive understanding of immune mechanisms involved during primary HCMV-infection in immunocompetent individuals.
Severe Symptomatic Primary Human Cytomegalovirus Infection despite Effective Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses.
Disease
View SamplesThis SuperSeries is composed of the SubSeries listed below.
No associated publication
Specimen part
View SamplesRetinoblastoma-1 (RB1), and the RB1-related proteins p107 and p130, reside at a central node in the cell cycle regulatory network. RB1 is required for normal erythroid development in vitro, but is largely dispensable for erythropoiesis in vivo. The modest phenotype caused by RB1 deficiency in mice raises questions about redundancy within the RB1 family, and the role of RB1 in erythroid differentiation. Here we show that RB1 is the major pocket protein that regulates terminal erythroid differentiation. Erythroid cells lacking all pocket proteins exhibit the same cell cycle defects as those deficient for RB1 alone. Further, we show that RB1 broadly represses gene expression in erythroid cells, coincident with the transition from precursor to terminally differentiated cell. RB1-repressed genes are well expressed but downregulated at the final stage of erythroid development. By merging differential and time-dependent changes in expression, we define a group of approximately 800 RB1-repressed genes. As anticipated, these genes are enriched for terms such as cell cycle and DNA metabolic process, but also for terms such as mRNA processing, chromosome organization, and ubiquitin-mediated protein catabolic pro-cess. Our results suggest that RB1-mediated repression of genes involved in noncanonical processes has a central role in terminal erythroid differentiation.
No associated publication
Specimen part
View SamplesRetinoblastoma-1 (RB1), and the RB1-related proteins p107 and p130, reside at a central node in the cell cycle regulatory network. RB1 is required for normal erythroid development in vitro, but is largely dispensable for erythropoiesis in vivo. The modest phenotype caused by RB1 deficiency in mice raises questions about redundancy within the RB1 family, and the role of RB1 in erythroid differentiation. Here we show that RB1 is the major pocket protein that regulates terminal erythroid differentiation. Erythroid cells lacking all pocket proteins exhibit the same cell cycle defects as those deficient for RB1 alone. Further, we show that RB1 broadly represses gene expression in erythroid cells, coincident with the transition from precursor to terminally differentiated cell. RB1-repressed genes are well expressed but downregulated at the final stage of erythroid development. By merging differential and time-dependent changes in expression, we define a group of approximately 800 RB1-repressed genes. As anticipated, these genes are enriched for terms such as cell cycle and DNA metabolic process, but also for terms such as mRNA processing, chromosome organization, and ubiquitin-mediated protein catabolic pro-cess. Our results suggest that RB1-mediated repression of genes involved in noncanonical processes has a central role in terminal erythroid differentiation.
No associated publication
Specimen part
View SamplesExpression of the RNA-binding protein is increased upon megakaryocyte commitment, and may coordinate with mRNA stability and translation during megakaryopoiesis. Reduced expression of ATXN2 in human megakaryocytic cells decreased protein synthesis and total protein content despite equal mRNA expression. Genome-wide comparision of subpolysomal versus polysomal mRNA showed that both protein synthesis and protein degradation are derailed in absence of ATXN2. Furthermore, ATXN2 was associated with PABP and DDX6, proteins that control mRNA stability through the polyA-tail. These findings indicate that ATXN2 is involved in protein metabolism in megakaryocytes and platelet function.
No associated publication
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesMice expressing luciferase and GFP under control of the FoxP3 promoter were treated with either the DR3 agonist antibody 4C12 or the DR3 agonist fusion protein TL1A-Ig with low-dose IL-2 (or isotype control antibody), regulatory T cells were sorted from spleens on day 7, and bulk RNA sequencing was performed.
No associated publication
Sex, Specimen part, Cell line, Treatment
View SamplesCardiogenesis involves multiple biological processes acting in concert during development, a coordination achieved by the regulation of diverse cardiac genes by a finite set of transcription factors (TFs). Previous work from our laboratory identified the roles of two Forkhead TFs, Checkpoint suppressor homologue (CHES-1-like) and Jumeau (Jumu) in governing cardiac progenitor cell divisions by regulating Polo kinase activity. These TFs were also implicated in the regulation of numerous other cardiac genes. Here we show that these two Forkhead TFs play an additional and mutually redundant role in specifying the cardiac mesoderm (CM): eliminating the functions of both CHES-1-like and jumu in the same embryo results in defective hearts with missing hemisegments. Our observations indicate that this process is mediated by the Forkhead TFs regulating the fibroblast growth factor receptor Heartless (Htl) and the Wnt receptor Frizzled (Fz), both previously known to function in cardiac progenitor specification: CHES-1-like and jumu exhibit synergistic genetic interactions with htl and fz in CM specification, thereby implying function through the same genetic pathways, and transcriptionally activate the expression of both receptor-encoding genes. Furthermore, ectopic overexpression of either htl or fz in the mesoderm partially rescues the defective CM specification phenotype seen in embryos doubly homozygous for mutations in jumu and CHES-1-like. Together, these data emphasize the functional redundancy that leads to robustness in the cardiac progenitor specification process mediated by Forkhead TFs regulating the expression of signaling pathway receptors, and illustrate the pleiotropic functions of this class of TFs in different aspects of cardiogenesis.
Two forkhead transcription factors regulate the division of cardiac progenitor cells by a Polo-dependent pathway.
Specimen part
View SamplesThe development of a complex organ requires the specification of appropriate numbers of each of its constituent cell types, as well as their proper differentiation and correct positioning relative to each other. During Drosophila cardiogenesis, all three of these processes are controlled by jumeau (jumu) and Checkpoint suppressor homologue (CHES-1-like), two genes encoding forkhead transcription factors that we discovered utilizing an integrated genetic, genomic and computational strategy for identifying novel genes expressed in the developing Drosophila heart. Both jumu and CHES-1-like are required during asymmetric cell division for the derivation of two distinct cardiac cell types from their mutual precursor, and in symmetric cell divisions that produce yet a third type of heart cell. jumu and CHES-1-like control the division of cardiac progenitors by regulating the activity of Polo, a kinase involved in multiple steps of mitosis. This pathway demonstrates how transcription factors integrate diverse developmental processes during organogenesis.
Two forkhead transcription factors regulate the division of cardiac progenitor cells by a Polo-dependent pathway.
Specimen part
View Samples