A genome wide transcriptional model of the complex response to pre-TCR signalling during thymocyte differentiation
Authors
Sahni, HemantRoss, Susan
Barbarulo, Alessandro
Solanki, Anisha
Lau, Ching-In
Furmanski, Anna L.
Saldaña, José Ignacio
Ono, Masahiro
Hubank, Mike
Barenco, Martino
Crompton, Tessa
Affiliation
University College LondonIssue Date
2015-09-20Subjects
pre-TCRthymus
foetal thymic organ cultures
DP
genome wide transcriptional modelling
immunology
C550 Immunology
immune response
immunity
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Developing thymocytes require pre-TCR signalling to differentiate from CD4-CD8- double negative to CD4+CD8+ double positive cell. Here we followed the transcriptional response to pre-TCR signalling in a synchronised population of differentiating double negative thymocytes. This time series analysis revealed a complex transcriptional response, in which thousands of genes were up and down-regulated before changes in cell surface phenotype were detected. Genome-wide measurement of RNA degradation of individual genes showed great heterogeneity in the rate of degradation between different genes. We therefore used time course expression and degradation data and a genome wide transcriptional modelling (GWTM) strategy to model the transcriptional response of genes up-regulated on pre-TCR signal transduction. This analysis revealed five major temporally distinct transcriptional activities that up regulate transcription through time, whereas down-regulation of expression occurred in three waves. Our model thus placed known regulators in a temporal perspective, and in addition identified novel candidate regulators of thymocyte differentiation.Citation
Sahni, H., Ross, S.,Barbarulo, A., Solanki, A., Lau, C., Furmanski, A., Saldaña, J.I., Ono, M., Hubank, M., Barenco, M., Crompton, T.(2015) A genome wide transcriptional model of the complex response to pre-TCR signalling during thymocyte differentiation. Oncotarget 6 (30) pp 28646-60Publisher
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26415229Additional Links
https://www.oncotarget.com/article/5796/Type
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1949-2553Sponsors
This work was funded by the Wellcome Trust, MRC, BBSRC and UCL Graduate School; HS was supported by UCL-ORS/CHRAT Studentship; AB by an Istituto Pasteur/Cenci Bolognetti Foundation fellowship; MO by BBSRC David Phillips fellowship; AF by Asthma UK fellowship; MB by MRC Methodology fellowship; and AS and TC by Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity.ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.18632/oncotarget.5796
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