Age-dependent transcriptional and epigenetic alterations in mouse hepatocytes
Aging is associated with declining body function and heightened risks of various diseases. The liver is the largest solid internal organ responsible for functions ranging from metabolism to detoxification. Hepatocytes perform most liver functions and hepatocyte polyploidization is a characteristic f...
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| author | Sharma, Ankur |
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| description | Aging is associated with declining body function and heightened risks of various diseases. The liver is the largest solid internal organ responsible for functions ranging from metabolism to detoxification. Hepatocytes perform most liver functions and hepatocyte polyploidization is a characteristic feature of adult liver. This thesis presents the first integrative study of age-dependent transcriptomic changes in mouse hepatocytes and their epigenetic regulation. Using purified mouse hepatocytes of different ploidy, we first established differences in their gene expression patterns by RNA sequencing. Similarly, we identified age-associated molecular signatures in hepatocytes of different age groups. ChIP-sequencing of multiple histone post-translational modifications revealed a differential signal pattern of H3K27me3 at genic and non-genic regions in 8-week and 32-week hepatocytes which may be key in age-associated gene regulation. Moreover, we observed that A/B chromatin compartment is largely invariant suggesting the robustness of spatial genome organisation at Mb-scale in these age groups. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1553902023-02-28T18:49:18Z Age-dependent transcriptional and epigenetic alterations in mouse hepatocytes Sharma, Ankur Amartya Sanyal School of Biological Sciences asanyal@ntu.edu.sg Science::Biological sciences::Biochemistry Science::Biological sciences::Molecular biology Aging is associated with declining body function and heightened risks of various diseases. The liver is the largest solid internal organ responsible for functions ranging from metabolism to detoxification. Hepatocytes perform most liver functions and hepatocyte polyploidization is a characteristic feature of adult liver. This thesis presents the first integrative study of age-dependent transcriptomic changes in mouse hepatocytes and their epigenetic regulation. Using purified mouse hepatocytes of different ploidy, we first established differences in their gene expression patterns by RNA sequencing. Similarly, we identified age-associated molecular signatures in hepatocytes of different age groups. ChIP-sequencing of multiple histone post-translational modifications revealed a differential signal pattern of H3K27me3 at genic and non-genic regions in 8-week and 32-week hepatocytes which may be key in age-associated gene regulation. Moreover, we observed that A/B chromatin compartment is largely invariant suggesting the robustness of spatial genome organisation at Mb-scale in these age groups. Doctor of Philosophy 2022-02-21T04:53:45Z 2022-02-21T04:53:45Z 2021 Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy Sharma, A. (2021). Age-dependent transcriptional and epigenetic alterations in mouse hepatocytes. Doctoral thesis, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155390 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155390 10.32657/10356/155390 en This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). application/pdf Nanyang Technological University |
| spellingShingle | Science::Biological sciences::Biochemistry Science::Biological sciences::Molecular biology Sharma, Ankur Age-dependent transcriptional and epigenetic alterations in mouse hepatocytes |
| title | Age-dependent transcriptional and epigenetic alterations in mouse hepatocytes |
| title_full | Age-dependent transcriptional and epigenetic alterations in mouse hepatocytes |
| title_fullStr | Age-dependent transcriptional and epigenetic alterations in mouse hepatocytes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Age-dependent transcriptional and epigenetic alterations in mouse hepatocytes |
| title_short | Age-dependent transcriptional and epigenetic alterations in mouse hepatocytes |
| title_sort | age dependent transcriptional and epigenetic alterations in mouse hepatocytes |
| topic | Science::Biological sciences::Biochemistry Science::Biological sciences::Molecular biology |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155390 |
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