Transcriptomic analysis of lungs with mesnchyme-specific deletion of Sin3a transcriptional regulator

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a common and severe congential malformation characterized by defects in diaphragm, lung, and pulmonary vascular developent. Despite the frequency and severity of CDH, the underlying developmental mechanisms are not understood. We identified SIN3A loss of function sequence variants in two patients with CDH. To understand the genetic and developmental mechanisms of CDH, we generated Sin3a conditional knockout mice that lack Sin3a expression in the lung mesenchyme. SIN3A plays a critcal role during development, directing cell lineage specification and cell cycling. Despite this role, SIN3A sequence variants have not been reported in patients with CDH or other congential malformations. We found that Sin3a CKO mice have abnormal lung stucture at birth into adulthood. To determine the role of Sin3a in lung mesenchymal development, we performed transcriptomic analysis of Sin3a CKO and control lungs at embryonic day 16 (E16) when cell cycling defects were first evident, postnatal day 0 (P0) when lung defects were first evident, and P3 when lung phenotyopes worsened. In this dataset are expression data from dissected embryonic and postnatal lungs of Sin3a CKO and control mice. Sin3a CKO mice have conditional deletion of Sin3a in the lung mesenchyme directed by Tbx4rtta; tetocre (Tbx4rtta; tetocre; Sin3a flox/flox CKO). Control mice are heterozygous for Sin3a in the lung mesenchyme (Tbx4rtta; tetocre; Sin3a flox/WT). These data were used to identify transcriptional changes due to loss of Sin3a in the lung mesenchyme. 4 controls and 4 Sin3a CKO lungs were collected at each timepoint (E16, P0, and P3). We generated comparisons in differential gene expression between control and Sin3a CKO samples at each stage. contributor University of Wisconsin-Madison Gene Expression Center contributor University of Wisconsin-Madison Gene Bioinformatics Center