Multi-omic profiling of primary mouse neutrophils predicts a pattern of sex and age-related functional regulation

Nat Aging. 2021 Aug;1(8):715-733. doi: 10.1038/s43587-021-00086-8. Epub 2021 Jul 19.

Abstract

Neutrophils are the most abundant human white blood cell and constitute a first line of defense in the innate immune response. Neutrophils are short-lived cells, and thus the impact of organismal aging on neutrophil biology, especially as a function of biological sex, remains poorly understood. Here, we describe a multi-omic resource of mouse primary bone marrow neutrophils from young and old female and male mice, at the transcriptomic, metabolomic and lipidomic levels. We identify widespread regulation of neutrophil 'omics' landscapes with organismal aging and biological sex. In addition, we leverage our resource to predict functional differences, including changes in neutrophil responses to activation signals. To date, this dataset represents the largest multi-omics resource for neutrophils across sex and ages. This resource identifies neutrophil characteristics which could be targeted to improve immune responses as a function of sex and/or age.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Aging / genetics
  • Animals
  • Female
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Humans
  • Immunity, Innate
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Multiomics*
  • Neutrophils*