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SRP161949
Homo sapiens
20 Downloadable Samples
NextSeq 500
Description
Remodeling of chromatin accessibility is necessary for successful reprogramming of fibroblasts to neurons. However, it is still not fully known which transcription factors can induce a neuronal chromatin accessibility profile when overexpressed in fibroblasts. To identify such transcription factors, we here used ATAC-sequencing to generate differential chromatin accessibility profiles between human fibroblasts and iNeurons, an in vitro neuronal model system obtained by overexpression of Neurog2 in induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). We found that the ONECUT transcription factor sequence motif was strongly associated with differential chromatin accessibility between iNeurons and fibroblasts. All three ONECUT transcription factors associated with this motif (ONECUT1, ONECUT2 and ONECUT3) induced neuronal morphology and expression of neuronal genes within two days of overexpression in fibroblasts. We observed widespread remodeling of chromatin accessibility; in particular, we found that chromatin regions that contain the ONECUT motif were in- or lowly accessible in fibroblasts and became accessible after the overexpression of ONECUT1, ONECUT2 or ONECUT3. There was substantial overlap with iNeurons, still, many regions that gained accessibility following ONECUT overexpression were not accessible in iNeurons. Our study highlights the potential of ONECUT transcription factors for direct neuronal reprogramming. Overall design: Each RNA-Seq experiment was performed in duplicate (library constructed from different wells of the same cell line in the same cell culture experiment). Bclxl controls were generated for the overexpression. experiments.
Publication Title
ONECUT transcription factors induce neuronal characteristics and remodel chromatin accessibility.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part, Cell line, Subject
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 12 Downloadable Samples
Affymetrix Murine Genome U74A Version 2 Array (mgu74av2)
Description
Obesity is an epidemic health problem worldwide that impacts the risk and prognosis of many diseases. However, not all obese patients have the same risk of developing these disorders. Individuals with peripheral obesity, i.e., fat distributed subcutaneously, are at little or no risk of the common medical complications of obesity, whereas individuals with central obesity, i.e., fat accumulated in visceral depots, are prone to these complications.
Publication Title
Evidence for a role of developmental genes in the origin of obesity and body fat distribution.
Sample Metadata Fields
Sex, Age, Specimen part
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 8 Downloadable Samples
- Illumina HiSeq 2500
Description
Although skeletal muscle cells can be generated from human iPSCs, transgene-free protocols include only limited options for their purification and expansion. In this study we found that FACS-purified myogenic progenitors generated from healthy controls and Pompe disease iPSCs can be robustly expanded as much as 5 x 1011 fold. At all steps during expansion, cells could be cryopreserved or differentiated into myotubes with a high fusion index. In vitro, cells were amenable to maturation into striated and contractile myofibers. Insertion of the acid alpha glucosidase cDNA into the AAVS1 locus in iPSCs using CRISPR/cas9 prevented glycogen accumulation in myotubes generated from a patient with classic infantile Pompe disease. In vivo, the expression of human-specific nuclear and sarcolemmar antigens indicated that myogenic progenitors engraft into murine muscle to form human myofibers. This protocol is useful for modeling of skeletal muscle disorders and for using patient-derived, gene-corrected cells to develop cell-based strategies. Overall design: Myogenic progenitors were expanded for ~15 days and harvested either in proliferation conditions or after 4 days of differentiation as described previously (van der Wal et al., 2017b). RNA was extracted using the RNeasy minikit with DNAse treatment (Qiagen, Germantown, MD). Sequencing libraries were prepared using TruSeq Stranded mRNA Library Prep Kit (Illumina, San Diego, California, USA) according to the manufacturer's instructions. Libraries were sequenced on a HiSeq2500 sequencer (Illumina, San Diego, California, USA) in rapid-run mode according to the manufacturer's instructions. Reads 50 base-pairs in length were generated. The RNA-sequencing datasets listed in table S3 were downloaded and aligned with the datasets generated in this study using the 'new Tuxedo' pipeline (Pertea et al., 2016). The processed data file includes the analysis of 30 additonal Samples from other research groups, partly from GEO and partly from other sources such as ENCODE and ENA. The header table linked below lists the origin of the other Samples.
Publication Title
Large-Scale Expansion of Human iPSC-Derived Skeletal Muscle Cells for Disease Modeling and Cell-Based Therapeutic Strategies.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part, Disease, Disease stage, Subject
View Samples- Danio rerio
- 6 Downloadable Samples
- IlluminaHiSeq2000
Description
The optic vesicle comprises a pool of bi-potential progenitor cells from which the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and neural retina fates segregate during ocular morphogenesis. Several transcription factors and signaling pathways have been shown to be important for RPE maintenance and differentiation, but an understanding of the initial fate specification and determination of this ocular cell type is lacking. We show that Yap/Taz-Tead activity is necessary and sufficient for optic vesicle progenitors to adopt RPE identity in zebrafish. A Teadresponsive transgene is expressed within the domain of the optic cup from which RPE arises, and Yap immunoreactivity localizes to the nuclei of prospective RPE cells. yap (yap1) mutants lack a subset of RPE cells and/or exhibit coloboma. Loss of RPE in yap mutants is exacerbated in combination with taz (wwtr1) mutant alleles such that, when Yap and Taz are both absent, optic vesicle progenitor cells completely lose their ability to form RPE. The mechanism of Yap dependent RPE cell type determination is reliant on both nuclear localization of Yap and interaction with a Tead co-factor. In contrast to loss of Yap and Taz, overexpression of either protein within optic vesicle progenitors leads to ectopic pigmentation in a dosagedependent manner. Overall, this study identifies Yap and Taz as key early regulators of RPE genesis and provides a mechanistic framework for understanding the congenital ocular defects of Sveinsson’s chorioretinal atrophy and congenital retinal coloboma. Overall design: 60 pooled eyes from 36 hpf wild type or vsx2:Gal4/dsRed:14xUAS:YapS87A embryos were pooled for one sample. Three wild type and three vsx2:Gal4/dsRed:14xUAS:YapS87A pools were analyzed for RNA.
Publication Title
Yap and Taz regulate retinal pigment epithelial cell fate.
Sample Metadata Fields
No sample metadata fields
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 6 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Mouse Gene 2.0 ST Array (mogene20st)
Description
JG-98 reduces migration of macrophages. We assessed how this compound affects expression of genes associated with motility and migration. A number of motility/migration genes were significantly downregulated.
Publication Title
Anticancer Effects of Targeting Hsp70 in Tumor Stromal Cells.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 18 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Mouse Genome 430 2.0 Array (mouse4302)
Description
Biased GPCR agonists are orthosteric ligands that possess pathway-selective efficacy, activating or inhibiting only a subset of the signaling repertoire of their cognate receptors. In vitro, D-Trp12,Tyr34-bPTH(7-34) (PTH-{beta}arr), a biased agonist for the type 1 parathyroid hormone receptor, antagonizes receptor-G protein coupling but activates arrestin-dependent signaling. In vivo, both PTH-{beta}arr and the conventional agonist PTH(1-34) stimulate anabolic bone formation. To understand how two PTH1R ligands with markedly different in vitro efficacy could elicit similar in vivo responses, we analyzed transcriptional profiles from calvarial bone of mice treated for 8 weeks with vehicle, PTH-{beta}arr or PTH(1-34). Treatment of wild type mice with PTH-{beta}arr primarily affected pathways that promote expansion of the osteoblast pool, notably cell cycle regulation, cell survival and migration. These responses were absent in beta-arrestin2 null mice, identifying them as downstream targets of beta-arrestin2-mediated signaling. In contrast, PTH(1-34) primarily affected pathways classically associated with enhanced bone formation, including collagen synthesis and matrix mineralization. PTH(1-34) actions were less dependent on beta-arrestin2, as might be expected of a ligand capable of G protein activation. These results illustrate the uniqueness of biased agonism in vivo and demonstrate that functional selectivity can be exploited to change the quality of GPCR efficacy.
Publication Title
β-arrestin-selective G protein-coupled receptor agonists engender unique biological efficacy in vivo.
Sample Metadata Fields
Specimen part, Treatment
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 9 Downloadable Samples
- Illumina HiSeq 2500
Description
Cell-penetrating peptides (CPP) uptake mechanism is still to be clarified to have a better understanding of their action in the mediation of oligonucleotide transfection. In this study, the effect on early events (1 h treatment) in transfection by Pepfect 14, with or without oligonucleotide cargo on gene expression, on HeLa cells, have been investigated. The RNA expression was characterized by RNA sequencing. Overall design: The quality of purified total RNA was estimated by Agilent 2200 TapeStation analysis (Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, USA). One µg of total RNA was used as an input to prepare next-generation sequencing libraries according to the Illumina TruSeq Stranded mRNA sample preparation protocol (Illumina, San Diego, USA). Final library mixtures were quantified by Qubit 2.0 Fluorometer (Life Technologies, Grand Island, USA) and validated with Agilent 2200 TapeStation analysis. Libraries were quantified by qPCR with Kapa Library Quantification Kit (Kapa Biosystems, Woburn, USA) to optimize cluster generation and sequenced on HiSeq2500 platform (Illumina, San Diego, USA) with 2 x 50 bp paired-end reads. Over 93.9% of the bases sequenced were above the quality of Q30. Demultiplexing was done with CASAVA 1.8.2. (Illumina, San Diego, USA) Allowing one mismatch in 6 bp index read. Initial data analysis was conducted by the RNA-Seq pipeline of Estonian Genome Centre, University of Tartu. Shortly, fastQ files were trimmed (removal of adapter sequences and bases below the quality Q20) with FASTX-Toolkit version 0.013 (http://hannonlab.cshl.edu/fastx_toolkit) and then aligned to the human reference genome (hg19/GRCh37) with Bowtie version 2.1.019 in combination with TopHat version 2.0.1320. Transcript quantification (measured as FPKM) was conducted with Cuffdiff program from Cufflinks version 2.2.121 with reference annotation Homo_sapiens.GRCh37.72.gtf (http://ftp.ensembl.org/pub/release-72/gtf/homo_sapiens) Cuffdiff analysis, which summarizes expression changes for all annotated gene variations, was filtered by lowest q-values (corrected p-values for multiple testing) from output file gene_exp.diff and the top list of differentially expressed genes were analyzed through the use of QIAGEN’s Ingenuity® Pathway Analysis (IPA®, QIAGEN Redwood City, www.qiagen.com/ingenuity).
Publication Title
Role of autophagy in cell-penetrating peptide transfection model.
Sample Metadata Fields
Cell line, Treatment, Subject
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 20 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array (hgu133plus2)
Description
Introduction
Publication Title
Frequent PTEN genomic alterations and activated phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase pathway in basal-like breast cancer cells.
Sample Metadata Fields
Sex, Disease stage
View Samples- Homo sapiens
- 126 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Human Gene 1.0 ST Array (hugene10st)
Description
BACKGROUND: We have previously reported gene expression changes in the bronchial airway epithelium of active chronic smokers. In this study, we investigate the effects of Acute Smoke Exposure (ASE) from cigarettes on airway epithelial gene expression. METHODS: Bronchial airway epithelial cell brushings were collected via fiberoptic bronchoscopy from 63 individuals without recent exposure to cigarette smoke (> 2 days), at baseline and at 24 hours after smoking three cigarettes. RNA from these samples was profiled on Affymetrix Human Gene 1.0 ST microarrays. Differential gene expression was assessed using linear modeling and compared to previous smoking-related gene-expression signatures using Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA). RESULTS: We identified 91 genes differentially expressed 24-hours after exposure to three cigarettes (FDR < 0.25). ASE induces genes involved in xenobiotic metabolism, oxidative stress, and inflammation; and represses genes involved in cilium morphogenesis, and cell cycle. Genes induced by in vivo ASE are concordantly altered by ASE in vitro. While many genes altered by ASE are altered similarly in the airway of chronic smokers, metallothionein genes were induced by ASE and suppressed among chronic smokers. Metallothioneins were also suppressed in the bronchial airway of current and former chronic smokers with lung cancer relative to those with benign disease. CONCLUSIONS: Acute exposure to as little as three cigarettes alters gene-expression in bronchial airway epithelium in a manner that largely resembles the changes seen in chronic active smokers. The difference in the short-term and long-term effects of smoking on metallothionein expression and its relationship to lung cancer requires further study given these enzymes role in responding to oxidative stress.
Publication Title
Impact of acute exposure to cigarette smoke on airway gene expression.
Sample Metadata Fields
Sex
View Samples- Mus musculus
- 12 Downloadable Samples
- Affymetrix Mouse Gene 1.0 ST Array (mogene10st)
Description
Bipolar disorder (BPD) is a debilitating heritable psychiatric disorder. Contemporary models for the manic pole of BPD have primarily utilized either single locus transgenics or treatment with psychostimulants. Our lab recently characterized a mouse strain, termed Madison (MSN), which naturally displays a manic phenotype, exhibiting elevated locomotor activity, increased sexual behavior, and higher forced swimming relative to control strains. Lithium chloride and olanzapine treatments attenuate this phenotype. In this study, we replicated our locomotor activity experiment, showing that MSN mice display generationally-stable mania relative to their outbred ancestral strain, hsd:ICR (ICR). We then performed a gene expression microarray experiment to compare hippocampus of MSN and ICR mice. We found dysregulation of multiple transcripts whose human orthologs are associated with BPD and other psychiatric disorders including schizophrenia and ADHD, including: Epor, Smarca4, Cmklr1, Cat, Tac1, Npsr1, Fhit, and P2rx7. RT-qPCR confirmed dysregulation for all of seven transcripts tested. Using a network analysis, we found dysregulation of a gene system related to chromatin packaging, a result convergent with recent human findings on BPD. Using a novel genomic enrichment algorithm, we found enrichment in genome regions homologous to human loci implicated in BPD in replicated linkage studies including homologs of human cytobands 1p36, 3p14, 3q29, 6p21-22, 12q24, 16q24, and 17q25. Our findings suggest that MSN mice represent a polygenic model for the manic pole of BPD showing much of the genetic systems complexity of the corresponding human disorder. Further, the high degree of convergence between our findings and the human literature on BPD brings up novel questions about evolution by analogy in mammalian genomes.
Publication Title
A new mouse model for mania shares genetic correlates with human bipolar disorder.
Sample Metadata Fields
Sex, Specimen part
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