We report ileal gene expression at diagnosis in a cohort of 210 treatment-naïve patients of pediatric Crohn''s disease and 35 non-IBD controls from the RISK study. After three years of follow-up after diagnosis, 27 of the CD patients progressed to complicated disease (B2 and/or B3). We aim to test whether Transcriptional Risk Scores helps to distinguish between patient subgroups, improving the predictive power gained from Genetic Risk Scores. Overall design: Ileal biopsies were obtained during diagnostic colonoscopies of children and adolescents (<17 years) who presented with symptoms of IBD. Non-IBD control label corresponds to those with suspected IBD, but without inflammation and normal endoscopic findings. Biopsies were stored at -80 degrees.
Transcriptional risk scores link GWAS to eQTLs and predict complications in Crohn's disease.
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View SamplesThe following abstract from the submitted manuscript describes the major findings of this work.
A role for peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator-1 in the control of mitochondrial dynamics during postnatal cardiac growth.
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View SamplesObjective: Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNA) regulate gene transcription and diverse cellular functions. We previously defined a novel core inflammatory and metabolic ileal gene signature in treatment naïve pediatric Crohn Disease (CD), however, genome-wide characterization of lncRNA expression was lacking. We now extend our analyses to define a more comprehensive view that includes lncRNA. Design: Using RNAseq, we performed a systematic profiling of lncRNAs and protein-coding genes expression in 177 ileal biopsies. Co-expression analysis was used to identify functions and tissue-specific expression. RT-PCR was used to test lncRNAs regulation by IL-1ß in Caco-2 enterocytes model. Results: We characterize a widespread dysregulation of 459 lncRNA in the ileum of treatment naïve pediatric CD patients. Unsupervised and supervised classifications using the 459 lncRNA showed comparable patients' grouping as the 2160 dysregulated protein-coding genes, linking lncRNA to CD pathogenesis. Co-expression and functional annotation enrichment analyses across several tissues and cell types showed that the up-regulated LINC01272 is associated with a myeloid pro-inflammatory signature while the down-regulated HNF4A-AS1 exhibits association with an epithelial metabolic signature. We further validated expression and regulation of prioritized lncRNA upon IL-1ß exposure in differentiated Caco-2 cells. Finally, we identified significant correlations between LINC01272 and HNF4A-AS1 expression and more severe mucosal injury. Conclusion: We define differentially expressed lncRNA in the ileum of treatment naive pediatric CD. We show lncRNA utility to correctly classify disease or healthy states and demonstrate their regulation in response to an inflammatory signal. These lncRNA, after mechanistic exploration, may serve as potential new targets for RNA-based interventions. Overall design: Using RNAseq, we performed a systematic profiling of lncRNAs and protein-coding genes expression in 21 days differentiated caco-2 cells
Long ncRNA Landscape in the Ileum of Treatment-Naive Early-Onset Crohn Disease.
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View SamplesTo understand molecular mechanisms by which reducing Id2 rescues impaired erythropoiesis and hematopoietic progenitor cell development in Gfi-1-/- mice, we compared gene expression in Gfi-1-/-;Id2+/- and Gfi-1-/- BMC using Affymetrix microarray.
Gfi-1 regulates the erythroid transcription factor network through Id2 repression in murine hematopoietic progenitor cells.
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View SamplesIn eukaryotes, the 3'' ends of RNA polymerase II-generated transcripts are made in the majority of cases by site-specific endonucleolytic cleavage, followed by the addition of a poly(A) tail. By alternative polyadenylation, a gene can give rise to multiple mRNA isoforms that differ in the length of their 3'' UTRs and hence in their susceptibility to post-transcriptional regulatory factors such as microRNAs. A series of recently conducted high-throughput studies of poly(A) site usage revealed an extensive tissue-specific control of 3’ UTR length and drastic changes in 3’ UTR length of mRNAs upon induction of proliferation in resting cells. To understand the dynamics of polyadenylation site usage, we recently identified binding sites of the major pre-mRNA 3’ end processing factors - cleavage and polyadenylation specificity factor (CPSF), cleavage stimulation factor (CstF), and cleavage factor Im (CF Im) - and mapped cleaved polyadenylation sites in HEK293 cells. Our present study extends previous findings on the role of CF Im in alternative polyadenylation and reveals that subunits of the CF Im complex generally control 3’ UTR length. More specifically, we demonstrate that the loss-of-function of CF Im68 and CF Im25 but not of CF Im59 leads to a transcriptome-wide increase of the use of proximal polyadenylation sites. Overall design: 3'' ends of transcripts were profiled by high-throughput sequencing in HEK 293 cells under normal conditions, and in HEK 293 cells depleted of 3'' end processing factors CF Im25, CF Im59, and CF Im68.
Cleavage factor Im is a key regulator of 3' UTR length.
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View SamplesThrough alternative polyadenylation, human mRNAs acquire longer or shorter 3'' untranslated regions, the latter typically associated with higher transcript stability and increased protein production. To understand the dynamics of polyadenylation site usage, we mapped transcriptome-wide both binding sites of 3'' end processing factors CPSF-160, CPSF-100, CPSF-73, CPSF-30, Fip1, CstF-64, CstF-64tau, CF Im25, CF Im59, and CF Im68 and 3'' end processing sites in HEK293 cells. We found that although binding sites of these factors generally cluster around the poly(A) sites most frequently used in cleavage, CstF-64/CstF-64tau and CF Im proteins have much higher positional specificity compared to CPSF components. Knockdown of CF Im68 induced a systematic use of proximal polyadenylation sites, indicating that changes in relative abundance of a single 3'' end processing factor can modulate the length of 3'' untranslated regions transcriptome-wide, and suggesting a mechanism behind the previously observed increase in tumor cell invasiveness upon CF Im68 knockdown. Overall design: 3'' ends of transcripts were profiled by high-throughput sequencing in HEK 293 cells under normal conditions, and in HEK 293 cells depleted of 3'' end processing factors CF Im 68 and CstF-64.
Genome-wide analysis of pre-mRNA 3' end processing reveals a decisive role of human cleavage factor I in the regulation of 3' UTR length.
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View SamplesCompelling evidence suggests that mitochondrial dysfunction contributes to the pathogenesis of heart failure, including defects in the substrate oxidation, and the electron transport chain (ETC) and oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). However, whether such changes occur early in the development of heart failure, and are potentially involved in the pathologic events that lead to cardiac dysfunction is unknown. To address this question, we conducted transcriptomic/metabolomics profiling in hearts of mice with two progressive stages of pressure overload-induced cardiac hypetrophy: i) cardiac hypertrophy with preserved ventricular function achieved via transverse aortic constriction for 4 weeks (TAC) and ii) decompensated cardiac hypertrophy or heart failure (HF) caused by combining 4 wk TAC with a small apical myocardial infarction. Transcriptomic analyses revealed, as shown previously, downregulated expression of genes involved in mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation in both TAC and HF hearts compared to sham-operated control hearts. Surprisingly, however, there were very few changes in expression of genes involved in other mitochondrial energy transduction pathways, ETC, or OXPHOS. Metabolomic analyses demonstrated significant alterations in pathway metabolite levels in HF (but not in TAC), including elevations in acylcarnitines, a subset of amino acids, and the lactate/pyruvate ratio. In contrast, the majority of organic acids were lower than controls. This metabolite profile suggests bottlenecks in the carbon substrate input to the TCA cycle. This transcriptomic/metabolomic profile was markedly different from that of mice PGC-1a/b deficiency in which a global downregulation of genes involved in mitochondrial ETC and OXPHOS was noted. In addition, the transcriptomic/metabolomic signatures of HF differed markedly from that of the exercise-trained mouse heart. We conclude that in contrast to current dogma, alterations in mitochondrial metabolism that occur early in the development of heart failure reflect largely post-transcriptional mechanisms resulting in impedance to substrate flux into the TCA cycle, reflected by alterations in the metabolome.
Energy metabolic reprogramming in the hypertrophied and early stage failing heart: a multisystems approach.
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View SamplesSingle-cell RNA-seq analysis of pre- and postnatal mouse endolymphatic sac demonstrates two types of differentiated cells distinguished by their mRNA expression signatures. Overall design: mRNA-seq profiles from 213 single cells from embryonic day 12.5, 16.5, postnatal day 5 and 30 mouse endolymphatic sac were analyzed
Molecular architecture underlying fluid absorption by the developing inner ear.
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View SamplesBreast tumorigenesis involves modulation of gene expression.
Nucleotide excision repair deficiency is intrinsic in sporadic stage I breast cancer.
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Long noncoding RNAs regulate adipogenesis.
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