2 items tagged with 'scRNA-Seq'.
Projects: SP-Z: NGS-based approaches for systematic analysis of genomic and chromosome instability Bernd Wollnik, Göttingen, SP-5: Impaired chromosome integrity caused by mutations in members of the BTR complex
Institutions: University of Göttingen University Medical Center (UMG) Institute of Human Genetics
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2262-9056
Expertise: Bioinformatics, Data Management, Data Science, RNA-Seq, scRNA-Seq, scDNA-Seq
Dipom-bioinformatician and Post-Doc at the Institute for Human Genetics at the Bioinformatics Group of Dr. Arne Zibat.
Abstract (Expand)
Bloom syndrome (BS) is an autosomal recessive disease clinically characterized by primary microcephaly, growth deficiency, immunodeficiency, and predisposition to cancer. It is mainly caused by biallelic … loss-of-function mutations in the BLM gene, which encodes the BLM helicase, acting in DNA replication and repair processes. Here, we describe the gene expression profiles of three BS fibroblast cell lines harboring causative, biallelic truncating mutations obtained by single-cell (sc) transcriptome analysis. We compared the scRNA transcription profiles from three BS patient cell lines to two age-matched wild-type controls and observed specific deregulation of gene sets related to the molecular processes characteristically affected in BS, such as mitosis, chromosome segregation, cell cycle regulation, and genomic instability. We also found specific upregulation of genes of the Fanconi anemia pathway, in particular FANCM, FANCD2, and FANCI, which encode known interaction partners of BLM. The significant deregulation of genes associated with inherited forms of primary microcephaly observed in our study might explain in part the molecular pathogenesis of microcephaly in BS, one of the main clinical characteristics in patients. Finally, our data provide first evidence of a novel link between BLM dysfunction and transcriptional changes in condensin complex I and II genes. Overall, our study provides novel insights into gene expression profiles in BS on a single-cell level, linking specific genes and pathways to BLM dysfunction.
Authors: Ipek Ilgin Gönenc, Alexander Wolff, Markus Räschle, Bernd Wollnik
Date Published: 1st Oct 2021
Publication Type: Journal
DOI: 10.1101/2021.10.01.462717
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Created: 5th Jan 2022 at 11:00, Last updated: 14th Mar 2023 at 14:55