Differential Transcriptome Networks between IDO1-Knockout and Wild-Type Mice in Brain Microglia and Macrophages.
Microglia in the brain and macrophages in peripheral organs are cell types responsible for immune response to challenges. Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) is an immunomodulatory enzyme of the tryptophan pathway that is expressed in the brain. The higher activity of IDO1 in response to immune challenge has been implicated in behavioral disorders. The impact of IDO1 depletion on the microglia transcriptome has not been studied. An investigation of the transcript networks in the brain microglia from IDO1-knockout (IDO1-KO) mice was undertaken, relative to peripheral macrophages and to wild-type (WT) mice under unchallenged conditions. Over 105 transcript isoforms were differentially expressed between WT and IDO1-KO within cell type. Within microglia, Saa3 and Irg1 were over-expressed in IDO1-KO relative to WT. Within macrophages, Csf3 and Sele were over-expressed in IDO1-KO relative to WT. Among the genes differentially expressed between strains, enriched biological processes included ion homeostasis and ensheathment of neurons within microglia, and cytokine and chemokine expression within macrophages. Over 11,110 transcript isoforms were differentially expressed between microglia and macrophages and of these, over 10,800 transcripts overlapped between strains. Enriched biological processes among the genes over- and under-expressed in microglia relative to macrophages included cell adhesion and apoptosis, respectively. Detected only in microglia or macrophages were 421 and 43 transcript isoforms, respectively. Alternative splicing between cell types based on differential transcript isoform abundance was detected in 210 genes including Phf11d, H2afy, and Abr. Across strains, networks depicted a predominance of genes under-expressed in microglia relative to macrophages that may be a precursor for the different response of both cell types to challenges. The detected transcriptome differences enhance the understanding of the role of IDO1 in the microglia transcriptome under unchallenged conditions.
Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America.
Dianelys
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Gonzalez-Pena
Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America.
Scott E
SE
Nixon
Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America.
Bruce R
BR
Southey
Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America.
Marcus A
MA
Lawson
Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America.
Robert H
RH
McCusker
Department of Symptom Research, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America.
Alvaro G
AG
Hernandez
High-Throughput Sequencing and Genotyping Unit, Roy J. Carver Biotechnology Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America.
Robert
R
Dantzer
Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America.
Keith W
KW
Kelley
Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America.|Department of Statistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America.|Carle Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America.
Sandra L
SL
Rodriguez-Zas
D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D050503:Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase / Q000235:genetics*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D017628:Microglia / Q000378:metabolism; D059467:Transcriptome / Q000235:genetics*
C583637:IDO1 protein, mouse; D050503:Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase