RNA sequencing analysis of gene expresssion profiles in Cic-null MZB cells

Purpose: The goal of this study is to compare and examine the transcriptional profiles in Cd19-Cre (control) versus Cicf/f;Cd19-Cre (Cic-null) MZB cells,by mRNA sequencing. Methods: MZB cells (CD19+CD93-CD21+CD23-) were sorted by a MoFlo-Astrios (Beckman Coulter). Total RNA was extracted using TRIzol Reagent (GeneAll), according to the manufacturer’s instructions. . A library for mRNA sequencing was prepared using the Truseq Stranded mRNA/Total Library Prep Kit (Illumina) according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Sequencing was performed with Novaseq 6000 (Illumina). Results: Tophat (v2.0.13) was used to map reads for each sample to the mm10 RefSeq reference genome. The aligned results were then added to Cuffdiff (v2.2.0) to identify the differentially expressed genes (DEGs). In total, 775 genes were differentially expressed in Cic-null MZB cells (505 upregulated and 270 downregulated) compared to control cells (Log2 fold-change > 0.5 and P < 0.01). Conclusions: Our study presents the first comparative gene expression analysis of MZB cells from control and B cell-specific Cic-deficient mice. We concluded that CIC deficiency attenuates MZB cell development through downregulation of the NOTCH signaling pathway. The data reported here also provide references for the gene expression profiles of murine MZB cells through TPM.