Characterization of in vitro cultured alveolar macrophages (AM) transcriptomes [bulk RNA-seq]

To identify molecular characteristics of WT AM without Wnt3a, and WT, b-catenin-deficient or HIF-1a-deficient AM with Wnt3a stimulation in vitro, we isolated RNA from AMs with various treatments and examined by bulk RNA-seq. We found a large number of gene profiles were altered following Wnt3a treatment in WT AMs, while b-catenin and HIF-1a deficiency largely abolished the effects of Wnt3a treatment on AM transcription, suggesting that b-catenin and HIF-1a mediates most downstream effects of Wnt3a in AMs. Indeed,HIF-1a-deficient AMs essentially phenocopied those of b-catenin-deficient AMs, with more than 80% of differentially expressed genes in HIF-1a-deficient AMs overlapping with b-catenin-deficient AMs following Wnt3a treatment. Examined with bulk WT, b-catenin-deficient or HIF-1a-deficient AM treated with or without Wnt3a in vitro for overnight