RNA-seq of H2afj-ko and isogenic WT C57/Bl6-N mouse embryonic fibroblasts in proliferation and after etoposide-induced senescence.

Determine the effect of knocking out the H2afj gene on the transcriptome of MEFs induced into senescence with etoposide. MEFs were produced from individual H2A.J-ko or isogenic WT C57BL/6-N embryos. 3 different female WT and H2A.J-ko MEFs were used for the transcriptome analyses. MEFs were cultivated in DMEM + Gluta-Max (Gibco 31966) + 10%FBS + pen/strep in a 5% carbon dioxyde and 5% oxygen incubator. MEFs were passed twice before inducing senescence by treatment with 2.5 µM etoposide for 6 days (with media changed after 3 days), followed by 3 days incubation in fresh medium without etoposide.