Major transcriptional changes observed in the Fulani, an ethnic group less susceptible to malaria
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Characteristics of P.falciparum infection in Mossi and Fulani.
(a) Table describing study population. (b) Rate of infection with P.falciparum (Mossi n = 11/22 and Fulani n = 7/34, *p=0.0388). (c) Plasma levels of IgG antibodies to P.falciparum schizont extract antigens. Uninfected (- P.fal) and Infected (+P.fal). n = 11 Mossi – P.falw, 11 Mossi +P.falx, 27 Fulani – P.faly, 7 Fulani +P.falz (median ±min to max; w vs x n.s. p=0.4385, y vs z *p=0.0189, w vs y *p=0.0141, x vs z n.s. p=0.0693, w and x vs y and z ****p<0.001).
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Schematic representation of workflow.
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Differential gene expression in Mossi and Fulani following P.falciparum infection.
(a) Volcano plot of expression of individual genes in CD14+ cells (monocytes) of Fulani –P.fal (n = 7) relative to Mossi –P.fal (n = 4). (b) qRT-PCR analysis of selected DE genes (Up: P2RX7, CPVL, FAM26F. Down: ADAM28, ADGRG3, EPBH1) in validation cohort Mossi –P.fal (n = 4) and Fulani –P.fal (n = 10) (mean ±SD). (c) Table of significantly DE genes in CD14+ cells (monocytes) of Fulani –P.fal (n = 7) relative to Mossi –P.fal (n = 4). (d,e) Volcano plot of expression of individual genes in CD14+ cells (monocytes) of Fulani +P.fal (n = 2) relative to Fulani -P.fal (n = 7) (d), and Mossi +P.fal (n = 3) relative to Mossi -P.fal (n = 4) (e). (f) Table of number of DE genes in CD14+ cells (monocytes) of Mossi +P.fal relative to Mossi –P.fal and Fulani +P.fal relative to Fulani –P.fal. (g,h) Volcano plot of expression of individual genes in CD14- cells (lymphocytes) of Fulani +P.fal (n = 3) relative to Fulani -P.fal (n = 5) (g), and Mossi +P.fal (n = 3) relative to Mossi –P.fal (n = 5) (h).
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Heat map of Pearson correlation between FPKM (fragments per kilobase of transcript per million mapped reads) values of for all CD14+ (monocytes) samples.
Mossi –P.fal (n = 4), Mossi +P.fal (n = 3), Fulani –P.fal (n = 7), Fulani + P.fal (n = 2).
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Multidimension scaling for all CD14+ (monocytes) samples.
Mossi –P.fal (n = 4), Mossi +P.fal (n = 3), Fulani –P.fal (n = 7), Fulani + P.fal (n = 2).
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Characteristics and validation of significantly DE genes in CD14+ cells (monocytes) of Fulani+P.fal relative to Fulani -P.fal.
(a) Classification of the most significantly DE genes in CD14+ cells (monocytes) of Fulani +P.fal relative to Fulani –P.fal (adjusted p-value<0.01, 171 genes). (b,c,d) qRT-PCR analysis of selected DE genes, with individual genes relative to –P.fal individuals (b), and combined genes relative to –P.fal (c) or Mossi (d) individuals (Genes: ALDOA, ARID3A, DUSP8, FES, FURIN, GAA, GAPDH, IRF3, IRF5, NFKBIE, OSM, RFXANK, SQSTM1, STRA13, TOLLIP, TRAF7), in validation cohort of Mossi –P.fal (n = 4), Fulani –P.fal (n = 10), Mossi +P.fal (n = 8) and Fulani + P.fal (n = 5) (mean ±SD) (Also see Figure 3—source data 1). (e,f,g) Cytokine levels in blood plasma of Mossi and Fulani individuals following P.falciparum infection. Uninfected (-P.fal) and Infected (+P.fal). n = 11 Mossi –P.falw, 11 Mossi +P.falx, 25 Fulani –P.faly, 9 Fulani + P.falz(e) Inflammasome cytokines IL-1β (mean ±SD; w vs x n.s. p>0.9999, y vs z ***p=0.0005, w vs y n.s. p=0.9285, x vs z **p=0.0081) and IL-18 (mean ±SD; w vs x n.s. p=0.4813, y vs z *p=0.0106, w vs y n.s. p>0.9999, x vs z n.s p=0.0947). (f) Pro-inflammatory cytokines IFNγ (mean ±SD; w vs x *p=0.0456, y vs z *p=0.0343, w vs y *p=0.0409, x vs z *p=0.0243) and IL-6 (mean ±SD; w vs x n.s. p=0.0862, y vs z n.s. p=0.3023, w vs y n.s. p=0.7166, x vs z *p=0.0359) (g) TGFβ (mean ±SD; w vs x n.s. p=0.5287, y vs z n.s. p=0.5735, w vs y *p=0.0122, x vs z n.s. p=0.2619, w and x vs y and z **p=0.0059) and IL-10 (mean ±SD; w vs x **p=0.032, y vs z n.s. p=0.0659, w vs y n.s. p=0.7154, x vs z n.s. p=0.2014)
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Figure 3—source data 1
qRT-PCR analysis of selected DE genes in monocytes of validation cohort of Mossi –P.fal (n = 4), Fulani –P.fal (n = 10), Mossi +P.fal (n = 8) and Fulani +P.fal (n = 5) (mean ±SD).
- https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.29156.011
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Volcano plot of expression of individual genes in Fulani +P.fal (n = 2) relative to Mossi +P.fal (n = 3) CD14 +PBMCs (monocytes).
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ELISA of blood plasma in Mossi and Fulani individuals following P.falciparum infection.
Uninfected (-P.fal) and Infected (+P.fal). (n = 11 Mossi –P.falw, 8 Mossi +P.falx, 23 Fulani –P.faly, 9 Fulani +P.falz.) a. IL-1Ra (mean ±SD; w vs x *p=0.0257, y vs z **p=0.0048, w vs y n.s. p=0.5673, x vs z n.s. p=0.4807). b. IL-1RII (mean ±SD; w vs x n.s. p=0.5305, y vs z *p=0.0149, w vs y n.s. p=0.6179, x vs z n.s. p=0.4807). c. IL-18BPa (mean ±SD; w vs x n.s. p=0.3100, y vs z *p=0.0149, w vs y n.s. p=0.2038, x vs z n.s. p=0.2766).
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Regulation of chromatin in Mossi and Fulani monocytes.
(a) Table of selected DE chromatin regulation factors. (b and c) qRT-PCR analysis of selected DE chromatin regulation genes (Genes: SETD1A, CXXC1, KDM4B, KDM6B, BRG1, RUVBL2, SUV39H1, SIRT7, PHC2, PPP4C) in validation cohort of Mossi -P.fal (n = 4), Fulani -P.fal (n = 10), Mossi +P.fal (n = 8) and Fulani +P.fal (n = 5) relative to –P.fal (b) and Mossi (c) individuals (mean ±SD). (Also see Figure 4—source data 1). (d) Difference in DNA methylation at DE genes (Fulani +P.fal (n = 3) relative to Fulani –P.fal (n = 3)). (e and f) Examples of clusters of DE genes. (e) Change in expression of all significantly DE genes, in selected regions that include cytobands enriched in DE genes (Fulani +P.fal relative to Fulani –P.fal, adjusted p-valued < 0.05). Genes indicated in red are also DE in Fulani +P.fal relative to Mossi +P.fal (FDR < 0.1). * Indicates location of uncharacterised loci associated with resistance to severe P.falciparum malaria. (f) Difference in DNA methylation in selected regions that include cytobands enriched in DE genes (Fulani +P.fal relative to Fulani –P.fal, adjusted p-valued < 0.05), showing individual probes (black) and binned values (300 probes; red).
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Figure 4—source data 1
qRT-PCR analysis of selected DE chromatin regulation genes in monocytes of validation cohort of Mossi –P.fal (n = 4), Fulani –P.fal (n = 10), Mossi +P.fal (n = 8) and Fulani +P.fal (n = 5) (mean ±SD).
- https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.29156.014
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Difference in DNA methylation at between Mossi –P.fal (n = 3), Mossi +P.fal (n = 3), Fulani –P.fal (n = 3), and Fulani +P.fal (n = 3).
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Primer sequences used for QRT-PCR analysis
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.29156.015Gene | F | R |
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ADGRG3 | CGAAGGGCCAAGAAACACCT | CGTAGTTTAGCCAGTATCTCTGC |
ALDOA | ATGCCCTACCAATATCCAGCA | GCTCCCAGTGGACTCATCTG |
ARID3A | AGCTGCAGCCGCCTGACCAC | TGTTGGGAGCAGAGGTTGGC |
BRG1 (SMARCA4) | AGGCAAAATCCAGAAGCTGA | CGCTTGTCCTTCTTCTGGTC |
CATSPER2 | ATGGCCGCTTACCAACAAGAA | TGCAAATGCTCAATGAGAGAGAA |
CPVL | TGGAAGGTGATTGTTTCGCTG | GTCTCCCTTAGGTGGCATGGA |
CXXC1 | GCAAACCGGACATCAACTGC | GCACTCCCGACAGTACCAC |
DACH1 | GGGGCTTGCATACGGTCTAC | CGAACTTGTTCCACATTGCACA |
DUSP8 | CGAACTTGTTCCACATTGCACA | CGAACTTGTTCCACATTGCACA |
EPBH1 | GGCTGCGATGGAAGAAACG | CTGGTTGGGCTCGAAGACATT |
FAM26F | TGTCACCCGATGCCTATCTC | TGGCCCTTCGGATTGAAAGTA |
FES | GGCCGAGCTTCGTCTACTG | GTCCTGCATACTCCCTGTCAC |
FURIN | CCTGGTTGCTATGGGTGGTAG | AAGTGGTAATAGTCCCCGAAGA |
GAA | CATCCTACTCCATGATTTCCTGC | AGCTGGGTGAGTCTCCTCC |
GAPDH | TGCACCACCAACTGCTTAGC | GGCATGGACTGTGGTCATGAG |
IRF3 | IRF3 Set #VHPS-4629 purchased from Realtimeprimers.com | |
IRF5 | IRF5 Set #6 purchased from Realtimeprimers.com | |
KDM4B | KDM4B Set #6 purchased from Realtimeprimers.com | |
KDM6B | KDM6B Set #1 purchased from Realtimeprimers.com | |
NFKBIE | TCTGGCATTGAGTCTCTGCG | AGGAGCCATAGGTGGAATCAG |
OSM | CACAGACTGGCCGACTTAGAG | AGTCCTCGATGTTCAGCCCA |
P2R × 7 | CTCCCATCTCAACTCCCTGA | TCCTGGTAGAGCAGGAGGAA |
PHC2 | AGGGAACGGAAACTCTGCCT | TCGATAACATGCGTCAGGATTTG |
PP1A | AGACAAGGTCCCAAAGAC | ACCACCCTGACACATAAA |
PPP4C | AAGGTTCGCTATCCTGATCGC | AGCCATAGACCTGCGTGATCT |
RFXANK | GTGACAACCTCGTCAACAAGC | CGAACGGTCTCAATCTCTCCAA |
RUVBL2 | RUVBL2 Set #1 purchased from Realtimeprimers.com | |
SETD1A | SETD1A Set #1 purchased from Realtimeprimers.com | |
SIRT7 | GTGGACACTGCTTCAGAAG | CACAGTTCTGAGACACCACA |
SQSTM1 | GCACCCCAATGTGATCTGC | CGCTACACAAGTCGTAGTCTGG |
STRA13 | CCTCCTGGCCACATTCCTG | GATTTATTGATGTTGCTTTGTGAGAA |
SUV39H1 | SUC39H1 Set #2 purchased from Realtimeprimers.com | |
TOLLIP | AGA ATC CCC GCT GGA ATA AG | GCG TAG GAC ATG ACG AGG TT |
TRAF7 | TCTGCGCTCCACATTCTCAC | ACCGCGATGTTGTTCACCA |
Additional files
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Supplementary file 1
(A) Significantly differentially DNA methylated genes in monocytes of Fulani -P.fal relative to Mossi –P.fal. (B) Significantly differentially DNA methylated genes in monocytes of Fulani +P.fal relative to Fulani –P.fal.
- https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.29156.016
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Supplementary file 2
(A) List of all significantly DE genes in monocytes for all comparisons (adjusted p-value<0.05, shown in red). Where gene symbol is listed in red, gene is not significantly DE in Fulani +P.fal relative to Fulani –P.fal. (B) List of significantly DE genes in monocytes of Fulani +P.fal relative to Fulani –P.fal (adjusted p-value<0.05). (C) List of significantly DE genes in monocytes of Mossi +P.fal relative to Mossi –P.fal (adjusted p-value<0.05). (D) List of significantly DE genes in monocytes of Fulani +P.fal relative to Mossi +P.fal (adjusted p-value<0.05). (E) List of inflammasome related significantly DE genes in monocytes of Fulani + P.fal relative to Fulani –P.fal (adjusted p-value<0.05). (F) List of transcription factor binding sites enriched at significantly DE genes in monocytes of Fulani +P.fal relative to Fulani –P.fal. (G) qRT-PCR analysis of selected DE genes in Fulani cohort for RNA-sequencing analysis. Fulani –P.fal (n=7) and Fulani +P.fal (n=3) (mean ± SD).
- https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.29156.017
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Transparent reporting form
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