scholarly journals Age-Related Modulation of the Effects of Obesity on Gene Expression Profiles of Mouse Bone Marrow and Epididymal Adipocytes

PLoS ONE ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. e72367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li-Fen Liu ◽  
Wen-Jun Shen ◽  
Masami Ueno ◽  
Shailja Patel ◽  
Salman Azhar ◽  
...  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Fairfield ◽  
Samantha Costa ◽  
Carolyne Falank ◽  
Mariah Farrell ◽  
Connor S. Murphy ◽  
...  

Within the bone marrow microenvironment, mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are an essential precursor to bone marrow adipocytes and osteoblasts. The balance between this progenitor pool and mature cells (adipocytes and osteoblasts) is often skewed by disease and aging. In multiple myeloma (MM), a cancer of the plasma cell that predominantly grows within the bone marrow, as well as other cancers, MSCs, preadipocytes, and adipocytes have been shown to directly support tumor cell survival and proliferation. Increasing evidence supports the idea that MM-associated MSCs are distinct from healthy MSCs, and their gene expression profiles may be predictive of myeloma patient outcomes. Here we directly investigate how MM cells affect the differentiation capacity and gene expression profiles of preadipocytes and bone marrow MSCs. Our studies reveal that MM.1S cells cause a marked decrease in lipid accumulation in differentiating 3T3-L1 cells. Also, MM.1S cells or MM.1S-conditioned media altered gene expression profiles of both 3T3-L1 and mouse bone marrow MSCs. 3T3-L1 cells exposed to MM.1S cells before adipogenic differentiation displayed gene expression changes leading to significantly altered pathways involved in steroid biosynthesis, the cell cycle, and metabolism (oxidative phosphorylation and glycolysis) after adipogenesis. MM.1S cells induced a marked increase in 3T3-L1 expression of MM-supportive genes including Il-6 and Cxcl12 (SDF1), which was confirmed in mouse MSCs by qRT-PCR, suggesting a forward-feedback mechanism. In vitro experiments revealed that indirect MM exposure prior to differentiation drives a senescent-like phenotype in differentiating MSCs, and this trend was confirmed in MM-associated MSCs compared to MSCs from normal donors. In direct co-culture, human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) exposed to MM.1S, RPMI-8226, and OPM-2 prior to and during differentiation, exhibited different levels of lipid accumulation as well as secreted cytokines. Combined, our results suggest that MM cells can inhibit adipogenic differentiation while stimulating expression of the senescence associated secretory phenotype (SASP) and other pro-myeloma molecules. This study provides insight into a novel way in which MM cells manipulate their microenvironment by altering the expression of supportive cytokines and skewing the cellular diversity of the marrow.


2008 ◽  
Vol 103 (4) ◽  
pp. 1198-1210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph G. Hacia ◽  
C. Chang I. Lee ◽  
Daniel F. Jimenez ◽  
Mazen W. Karaman ◽  
Vincent V. Ho ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine R. Dobbs ◽  
Paula Embury ◽  
Emmily Koech ◽  
Sidney Ogolla ◽  
Stephen Munga ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Age-related changes in adaptive and innate immune cells have been associated with a decline in effective immunity and chronic, low-grade inflammation. Epigenetic, transcriptional, and functional changes in monocytes occur with aging, though most studies to date have focused on differences between young adults and the elderly in populations with European ancestry; few data exist regarding changes that occur in circulating monocytes during the first few decades of life or in African populations. We analyzed DNA methylation profiles, cytokine production, and inflammatory gene expression profiles in monocytes from young adults and children from western Kenya. Results We identified several hypo- and hyper-methylated CpG sites in monocytes from Kenyan young adults vs. children that replicated findings in the current literature of differential DNA methylation in monocytes from elderly persons vs. young adults across diverse populations. Differentially methylated CpG sites were also noted in gene regions important to inflammation and innate immune responses. Monocytes from Kenyan young adults vs. children displayed increased production of IL-8, IL-10, and IL-12p70 in response to TLR4 and TLR2/1 stimulation as well as distinct inflammatory gene expression profiles. Conclusions These findings complement previous reports of age-related methylation changes in isolated monocytes and provide novel insights into the role of age-associated changes in innate immune functions.


2019 ◽  
Vol 120 (7) ◽  
pp. 11842-11852 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Ortiz Moura Fideles ◽  
Adriana Cassia Ortiz ◽  
Amanda Freire Assis ◽  
Max Jordan Duarte ◽  
Fabiola Singaretti Oliveira ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabiana V. Mello ◽  
Marcelo G. P. Land ◽  
Elaine. S. Costa ◽  
Cristina Teodósio ◽  
María-Luz Sanchez ◽  
...  

Blood ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 104 (11) ◽  
pp. 1281-1281
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Wagner ◽  
Rainer Saffrich ◽  
Ute Wirkner ◽  
Volker Eckstein ◽  
Jonathon Blake ◽  
...  

Abstract Cell-cell contact between stem cells and cellular determinants of the microenvironment plays an essential role in the regulation of self-renewal and differentiation. The stromal cell line derived from murine fetal liver (AFT024) has been shown to support maintenance of primitive human hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPC) in vitro. We have studied the interaction between HPC (defined as CD34+/CD38− umbilical cord blood cells) and AFT024 and the impact of co-cultivation on the behavior and gene expression of HPC. By time lapse microscopy the mobility and behavior of CD34+/CD38− cells were monitored. Approximately 30% of the CD34+/CD38− cells adhered to the cellular niche through an uropod. CD44 and CD34 were co-localized at the site of contact. Gene expression profiles of CD34+/CD38− cells were then compared upon co-cultivation either with or without AFT024. After cultivation for 16h, 20h, 48h or 72h the HPC were separated form the feeder layer cells by a second FAC-Sort. Differential gene expression was analyzed using our Human Genome cDNA Microarray of over 51,145 ESTs. Among the genes with the highest up-regulation in contact with AFT024 were several genes involved in cell adhesion, proliferation and DNA-modification including tubulin genes, ezrin, complement component 1 q subcomponent 1 (C1QR1), proto-oncogene proteins c-fos and v-fos, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), HLA-DR, gamma-glutamyl hydrolase (GGH), minichromosome maintenance deficient 6 (MCM6), uracil-DNA glycolase (UNG) and DNA-methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1). In contrast, genes that were down-regulated after contact with AFT024 included collagenase type iv (MMP2), elastin (ELN) and hemoglobin genes. Differential expression of six genes was confirmed by RT-PCR. Other authors have reported on the differential gene expression profiles of CD34+ cells derived from the bone marrow versus those from G-CSF mobilized blood. As CD34+ cells from the bone marrow might represent cells exposed to the natural HPC niche we have then compared our findings with these experiments. In these comparisons we identified several overlapping genes that are involved in regulation of cell cycle and DNA repair including PCNA, DNMT1, MCM6, MCM2, CDC28 protein kinase regulatory subunit 1B (CKS1B), Topoisomerase II (TOP2a), DNA Ligase 1 (LIG1) and DNA mismatch repair protein MLH1. All these genes were up-regulated among CD34+/CD38− cells upon co-culture with AFT024, as well as among CD34+ cells derived from the bone marrow versus those from peripheral blood. Our studies support the hypothesis that intimate contact and adhesive interaction of HPC with their niche profoundly influenced their proliferative potential and their differentiation program.


Blood ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 118 (21) ◽  
pp. 2361-2361
Author(s):  
Hui Yu ◽  
Sheng Zhou ◽  
Geoffrey A. Neale ◽  
Brian P. Sorrentino

Abstract Abstract 2361 HOXB4 is a homeobox transcription factor that can induce hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) expansion both in vivo and in vitro. An interesting feature of HOXB4-induced HSC expansion is that HSC numbers do not exceed normal levels in vivo due to an unexplained physiological capping mechanism. To gain further insight into HOXB4 regulatory signals, we transplanted mice with bone marrow cells that had been transduced with a MSCV-HOXB4-ires-YFP vector and analyzed gene expression profiles in HSC-enriched populations 20 weeks after transplant, a time point at which HSC numbers have expanded to normal levels but no longer increasing beyond physiologic levels. We used Affymetrix arrays to analyze gene expression profiles in bone marrow cells sorted for a Lin−Sca-1+c-Kit+ (LSK), YFP+ phenotype. Using ANOVA, we identified1985 probe sets with >2 fold difference in expression (FDR<, 0.1) relative to a control vector-transduced LSK cells. A cohort of genes was identified that were known positive regulators of HSC self-renewal and proliferation. Hemgn, which we identified in a previous screen as a positive regulator of expansion and a direct transcriptional target of HOXB4, was 3.5 fold up-regulated in HOXB4 transduced LSKs. Other genes known to be important for HSCs survival, self-renewal and differentiation were upregulated to significant levels including N-myc, Meis1, Hoxa9, Hoxa10 and GATA2. Microarray data for selected genes was validated by quantitative real-time PCR on HOXB4 transduced CD34low LSK cells, a highly purified HSC population, obtained from another set of transplanted mice at the 20 week time point. In contrast, other gene expression changes were noted that would potentially limit or decrease stem cell numbers. PRDM16, a set domain transcription factor critical for HSC maintenance and associated with clonal hematopoietic expansions when inadvertently activated as a result of retroviral insertion, was dramatically down-regulated on the expression array and 7.6 fold decreased in the real time PCR assay of CD34low LSK cells. TFG-beta signaling is a well defined inhibitor HSC proliferation and utilize Smad proteins as downstream effectors. Expression of Smad1 and Smad7 were significantly upregulated on the LSK expression array and 8.1 and 3.5 fold up-regulated by qPCR in CD34low LSK cells. Another potential counter-regulatory signal was down regulation of Bcl3 mRNA, a potential anti-apoptotic effector in HSCs. We hypothesize that the HOXB4 expansion program involves activation of genes that lead to increased HSC numbers with later activation of counter-regulatory signals that limit expansion to physiologic numbers of HSCs in vivo. We are now examining how this program changes at various time points after transplantation and hypothesize the capping limits are set at relatively later time points during reconstitution. We also are studying the functional effects of these gene expression changes, and in particular, whether enforced expression of HOXB4 and PRMD16 will result in uncontrolled HSC proliferation and/or leukemia. Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


2003 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 258-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hisashi Ida ◽  
Sharon A. Boylan ◽  
Andrea L. Weigel ◽  
Leonard M. Hjelmeland

To evaluate the age-related changes in gene expression occurring in the complex of retinal pigmented epithelium, Bruch’s membrane, and choroid (RPE/choroid), we examined the gene expression profiles of young adult (2 mo) and old (24 mo) male C57BL/6 mice. cDNA probe sets from individual animals were synthesized using total RNA isolated from the RPE/choroid of each animal. Probes were amplified using the Clontech SMART system, radioactively labeled, and hybridized to two different Clontech Atlas mouse cDNA arrays. From each age group, three independent triplicates were hybridized to the arrays. Statistical analyses were performed using the Significance Analysis of Microarrays program (SAM version 1.13; Stanford University). Selected array results were confirmed by semi-quantitative RT-PCR analysis. Of 2,340 genes represented on the arrays, ∼60% were expressed in young and/or old mouse RPE/choroid. A moderate fraction (12%) of all expressed genes exhibited a statistically significant change in expression with age. Of these 150 genes, all but two, HMG14 and carboxypeptidase E, were upregulated with age. Many of these upregulated genes can be grouped into several broad functional categories: immune response, proteases and protease inhibitors, stress response, and neovascularization. RT-PCR results from six of six genes examined confirmed the differential change in expression with age of these genes. Our study provides likely candidate genes to further study their role in the development of age-related macular degeneration and other aging diseases affecting the RPE/choroid.


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