ATF7ip targets transposable elements for H3K9me3 deposition to modify CD8+ T cell effector and memory responses

Method: To study the effector response of Atf7ip, a) we infected Atf7ip+/fl and Atf7ipfl/fl mice with lcmv . RNAseq was performed using CD8 T cells isolated from Lymph node and Spleen of Het and KO mice. RNA was isolated using Qiagen RNeasy Mini Kit as per manufacturers protocol. The RNA-Seq was performed by UCSF core using Illumina Platform. RNAseq was also carried out using naive CD8 T cells isolated from Atf7ip+/fl and Atf7ipfl/fl mice along with Atf7ip+/fl and Atf7ipfl/fl CD8 T cells stimulated for 72 hrs. This set of samples were sequenced using commercial facility from Genewiz, USA. Results: Our transcriptome analysis (RNA-seq) identified, Il7r, Runx3 etc. to be upregulated in the Atf7ipfl/fl CD8 T cells as compared to the Atf7ip+/fl CD8 T cells. Spleenocyte and lymph node mRNA profiles of Atf7ip+/fl and Atf7ipfl/fl mice