Journal: JCI Insight
Article Title: TNF- α represses fibroblast to myofibroblast transition through the histone methyltransferase Setdb2
doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.190836
Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) Setdb2 gene expression in wound fibroblasts isolated from unwounded dermis of wild-type mice following 72 hours of siRNA transfection with nontargeting, negative control (siNTC) or siRNA specific to Setdb2 (40 nM) ( n = 5 mice/group, run in triplicate). ( B ) Acta2 , Tagln , Myl9 , and Cald1 gene expression in wound fibroblasts isolated from day 7 of wild-type mice following 72 hours of siRNA transfection with siNTC or siRNA specific to Setdb2 (40 nM) ( n = 5 mice/group, run in triplicate). ( C ) Acta2 , Tagln , Myl9 , and Cald1 gene expression in dermal fibroblasts isolated from Setdb2 fl/fl ColCreERT – / – and Setdb2 fl/fl ColCreERT +/+ ( n = 5 mice/group, run in triplicate). ( D ) Real-time qPCR values for chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) for H3K9me3 at the promoters of Acta2 , Tagln , Myl9 , and Cald1 genes following 6 hours of TNF-α stimulation of Setdb2 fl/fl ColCreERT – / – and Setdb2 fl/fl ColCreERT +/+ dermal fibroblasts ( n = 5 mice/group, run in triplicate). ( E ) Cluster analysis UMAP of single-cell RNA sequencing from Setdb2 fl/fl ColCreERT – / – and Setdb2 fl/fl ColCreERT +/+ day 7 wounds showed 5 unique fibroblast cell clusters (representative). Dot plots detailing ACTA2 , TAGLN , CALD1 , and MYL9 gene expression between Setdb2 fl/fl ColCreERT – / – and Setdb2 fl/fl ColCreERT +/+ day 7 murine wound fibroblasts ( n = 3 per group). ( F ) Histograms showing the proportion of fibroblasts by subtype in day 7 wounds isolated from Setdb2 fl/fl ColCreERT – / – and Setdb2 fl/fl ColCreERT +/+ ( n = 3 per group). * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001, **** P < 0.0001. Data are presented as the mean ± SEM. Data were first analyzed for normal distribution, and if data passed the normality test, 2-tailed Student’s t test was used. Panel A utilized Tukey’s multiple-comparison test, with a single pooled variance. Representative figures are displayed for panel A – D , which were repeated 3 times independently.
Article Snippet: Addition of etanercept (4 μM, MedChemExpress), a TNF-α decoy receptor that decreases TNF-α receptor signaling to the activated BMDM supernatants for 4 hours prevented the increase in expression of Setdb2 , suggesting that Setdb2 is regulated by TNF-α in the inflammatory macrophage supernatants ( ).
Techniques: Gene Expression, Isolation, Transfection, Negative Control, Chromatin Immunoprecipitation, RNA Sequencing, Comparison