TY - JOUR
T1 - Identifying regulatory pathways of spleen tyrosine kinase expression in human basophils
AU - Peng, Xia
AU - Zhao, Mingming
AU - Gao, Li
AU - Sen, Ranjan
AU - MacGlashan, Donald
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
PY - 2020/3
Y1 - 2020/3
N2 - Background: Expression levels of spleen tyrosine kinase (SYK), a critical signaling tyrosine kinase in basophils, are uniquely low relative to all other circulating leukocytes, and levels are highly variable in the population. Objective: We sought to determine whether transcriptional regulation of SYK through unique silencing of the SYK gene determines its basophil-specific expression patterns. Methods: Culture-derived basophils (CD34B cells) were derived from cultures of CD34+ progenitor cells by using 2 methods (G1 or G3). Peripheral blood basophils (PBBs; relative SYK protein level = 1), B cells (SYK = 8), CD34B-G1 cells (SYK = 11), and CD34B-G3 cells (SYK = 5) were examined by using assay for transposase-accessible chromatin sequencing (ATAC-seq) methods. In addition, the transcriptomes of 6 cell types, PBBs, peripheral blood eosinophils (SYK = 11), plasmacytoid dendritic cells (SYK = 30), CD34+ progenitors (SYK = 11), CD34B-G1 cells, and CD34B-G3 cells, were analyzed for patterns that matched patterns of SYK expression in these cells, with a focus on transcription factors. Results: ATAC-seq showed that PBBs have multiple open regions in the SYK gene, suggesting a nonsilenced state with 1 region unique to PBBs (low SYK expression), 1 region unique to both PBBs (low SYK expression) and both G1 and G3 CD34B cells (high and moderate SYK expression, respectively), and 5 regions unique to B cells (high SYK expression). SYK expression across the 6 cell types explored showed a unique pattern that was matched to expression patterns of 3 transcription factors: Kruppel-like factor 5 (KLF5), zinc-finger protein 608 (ZNF608), and musculoaponeurotic fibrosarcoma protein (c-MAF). Conclusions: Two new potential regulatory pathways for SYK expression were identified. One appears independent of transcriptional regulation, and one appears to be dependent on transcriptional control in the SYK gene.
AB - Background: Expression levels of spleen tyrosine kinase (SYK), a critical signaling tyrosine kinase in basophils, are uniquely low relative to all other circulating leukocytes, and levels are highly variable in the population. Objective: We sought to determine whether transcriptional regulation of SYK through unique silencing of the SYK gene determines its basophil-specific expression patterns. Methods: Culture-derived basophils (CD34B cells) were derived from cultures of CD34+ progenitor cells by using 2 methods (G1 or G3). Peripheral blood basophils (PBBs; relative SYK protein level = 1), B cells (SYK = 8), CD34B-G1 cells (SYK = 11), and CD34B-G3 cells (SYK = 5) were examined by using assay for transposase-accessible chromatin sequencing (ATAC-seq) methods. In addition, the transcriptomes of 6 cell types, PBBs, peripheral blood eosinophils (SYK = 11), plasmacytoid dendritic cells (SYK = 30), CD34+ progenitors (SYK = 11), CD34B-G1 cells, and CD34B-G3 cells, were analyzed for patterns that matched patterns of SYK expression in these cells, with a focus on transcription factors. Results: ATAC-seq showed that PBBs have multiple open regions in the SYK gene, suggesting a nonsilenced state with 1 region unique to PBBs (low SYK expression), 1 region unique to both PBBs (low SYK expression) and both G1 and G3 CD34B cells (high and moderate SYK expression, respectively), and 5 regions unique to B cells (high SYK expression). SYK expression across the 6 cell types explored showed a unique pattern that was matched to expression patterns of 3 transcription factors: Kruppel-like factor 5 (KLF5), zinc-finger protein 608 (ZNF608), and musculoaponeurotic fibrosarcoma protein (c-MAF). Conclusions: Two new potential regulatory pathways for SYK expression were identified. One appears independent of transcriptional regulation, and one appears to be dependent on transcriptional control in the SYK gene.
KW - Human
KW - allergy
KW - basophil
KW - development
KW - signal transduction
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jaci.2019.10.005
DO - 10.1016/j.jaci.2019.10.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 31629804
AN - SCOPUS:85075357085
SN - 0091-6749
VL - 145
SP - 947
EP - 957
JO - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
JF - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
IS - 3
ER -