Journal: eLife
Article Title: A lncRNA identifies Irf8 enhancer element in negative feedback control of dendritic cell differentiation
doi: 10.7554/eLife.83342
Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) Genomic anatomy of lncIrf8 locus determined by 3’ and 5’ RACE PCR. Blue box, exon 2 and 3 (48 bp and 468 bp, respectively). The 1010 bp intron and polyA tail are shown. Data of RNA-seq, ATAC-seq, ChIP-seq of H3K27ac (enhancer mark) and H3K4me3 (active promoter mark, near TSS) are visualized by IGV browser for the indicated cell populations (pDC, all cDC, cDC1 and cDC2). Grey box, lncIrf8 promoter KO region; open box, cDC1 specific +32 kb enhancer by . Irf8 +32 kb enhancer based on the H3K27ac enhancer mark is indicated with a purple line. Scale bar: 1 kb. ( B ) Gene expression of lncIrf8 and Irf8 in lncIrf8 promoter KO and control at day 0, 5, and 7 of Flt3L directed DC differentiation. Gene expression was determined by RT-qPCR and normalized to GAPDH . n=4. ( C ) Representative flow cytometry analysis of Flt3L directed DC differentiation of lncIrf8 promoter KO HoxB8 MPP and control ( ; ). pDC, all cDC, cDC1, and cDC2 were gated as in and are shown. Bar diagrams depict quantification of pDC, cDC1 and cDC2 normalized to living single cells on DC differentiation day 0, 3, 5, 7, and 9. n=6–7. ( D ) Representative phase-contrast microscopy images of lncIrf8 promoter KO HoxB8 MPP and control on day 7 of Flt3L directed DC differentiation. Scale bar: 200 μm. ( E ) Representative flow cytometry analysis of spontaneous DC differentiation of lncIrf8 promoter KO HoxB8 MPP and control with growth factors but without E2 ( ; ) at day 8. Gr1 + monocytes and CD11c + DC are shown. Quantification of Gr1 + monocytes of living single cells on day 3, 6, 8, and 10 of spontaneous DC differentiation. n=6, lncIrf8 promoter KO; n=4, control. Empty gRNA vector or non-targeting gRNA vector HoxB8 MPP were used as controls. Data represent mean ± SD of at least three independent experiments with different HoxB8 MPP clones of lncIrf8 promoter KO and control without deletion. *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001, multiple t-tests. Data that have no difference (p>0.05) are not labeled.
Article Snippet: Antibody , PerCP/Cyanine 5.5 anti-mouse Gr1 (rat monoclonal) , eBioscience , Cat# 45-5931-80; RRID: AB_906247 , FACS (1:400).
Techniques: RNA Sequencing, ChIP-sequencing, Gene Expression, Control, Quantitative RT-PCR, Flow Cytometry, Microscopy, Plasmid Preparation, Clone Assay, Labeling