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Application of a translational profiling approach for the comparative analysis of CNS cell types

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Doyle, Joseph P., Dougherty, Joseph D., Heiman, Myriam, Schmidt, Eric F., Stevens, Tanya R., Ma, Guojun, Bupp, Sujata, Shrestha, Prerana +5 more·2008·Cell

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Comparative analysis can provide important insights into complex biological systems. As demonstrated in the accompanying paper, translating ribosome affinity purification (TRAP) permits comprehensive studies of translated mRNAs in genetically defined cell populations after physiological perturbations. To establish the generality of this approach, we present translational profiles for 24 CNS cell populations and identify known cell-specific and enriched transcripts for each population. We report thousands of cell-specific mRNAs that were not detected in whole-tissue microarray studies and provide examples that demonstrate the benefits deriving from comparative analysis. To provide a foundation for further biological and in silico studies, we provide a resource of 16 transgenic mouse lines, their corresponding anatomic characterization, and translational profiles for cell types from a variety of central nervous system structures. This resource will enable a wide spectrum of molecular and mechanistic studies of both well-known and previously uncharacterized neural cell populations.

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  • Crossing these mice to microglia-specific Cre mice allows for the isolation of ribosome-associated mRNAs in a cell-type-specific fashion using eGFP-based immunoaffinity purification.

    “Crossing these mice to microglia-specific Cre mice allows for the isolation of ribosome-associated mRNAs in a cell-type-specific fashion using eGFP-based immunoaffinity purification28,91,93.”

    From Lymphoid gene expression supports neuroprotective microglia function (2025) · cites this paper as [93]

    The Results section on BACarray polysome purification reports recovery of an EGFP-ribosomal fusion protein with cell-specific mRNAs, and Experimental Procedures describes anti-EGFP immunoprecipitation. But the paper describes BAC transgenic lines bred to wild-type mice, not crossing to microglia-specific Cre mice; the microglia-specific crossing is unsupported by this source. Page numbers were not available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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  • Comparison of cerebellar data with cerebellar cell-type-specific microarray data found a 3- to 5-fold enrichment for astrocyte and Bergmann glia genes and a depletion of other cell types.

    “We further compared the cerebellar data with cerebellar cell-type-specific microarray data (Doyle et al., 2008), finding a 3- to 5-fold enrichment for astrocyte and Bergmann glia genes and a depletion of other cell types (Figure S1C).”

    From The aging astrocyte transcriptome from multiple regions of the mouse brain. (2018) · cites this paper as Doyle et al., 2008

  • Ribo-tag restricts analysis to ribosome-associated mRNAs, which are more likely to be actively being made into proteins, providing a representation of the translational state of the cells.

    “Ribo-tag restricts analysis to ribosome-associated mRNAs, which are more likely to be actively being made into proteins, providing a representation of the translational state of the cells, a similar approach to that used by others (Chai et al., 2017; Doyle et al., 2008; Morel et al., 2017).”

    From The aging astrocyte transcriptome from multiple regions of the mouse brain. (2018) · cites this paper as Doyle et al., 2008

  • Adult astrocyte gene expression datasets are in broad agreement with other microarray and RNA-seq profiles of astrocytes from the developing and adult brain.

    “Our adult astrocyte gene expression datasets are in broad agreement with other microarray and RNA-seq profiles of astrocytes from the developing and adult brain (Cahoy et al., 2008; Chai et al., 2017; Doyle et al., 2008; Morel et al., 2017; Zhang et al., 2014).”

    From The aging astrocyte transcriptome from multiple regions of the mouse brain. (2018) · cites this paper as Doyle et al., 2008

  • Purifying cell populations or performing single-cell transcriptional analyses can identify important changes not apparent in whole-tissue transcriptomes.

    “Purifying cell populations or carrying out transcriptional analyses on single cells158–163 can identify important changes that are not apparent in whole-tissue transcriptomes141,142.”

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Doyle, J. P., Dougherty, J. D., Heiman, M., Schmidt, E. F., Stevens, T. R., Ma, G., Bupp, S., Shrestha, P., Shah, R. D., Doughty, M. L., Gong, S., Greengard, P., & Heintz, N.
Affiliations
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
  • Rockefeller University (US)
Corresponding author
Heintz, Nathaniel
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2008-11
Volume
135
Issue
4
Pages
749-762
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2115155255
Cited by
912
References
37
Citations by year
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FWCI
12.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • National Institutes of Health (1f32da021487-01)
  • National Institute on Aging (AG09464, P01AG009464)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (MH-074866, P50MH074866)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (5F32DA021487, DA10044, P01DA010044, F32 DA021487)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA Research and Splicing
Keywords
translating ribosome affinity purification, translational profiling, transgenic mouse lines
MeSH terms
Animals, Brain, Central Nervous System, Genetic Techniques, Immunohistochemistry, Mice, Transgenic, Models, Biological, Neurons, Ribosomes, Protein Biosynthesis, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial, Green Fluorescent Proteins, Mice

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