Project description:Endothelial cells from nine steady state tissues and two regenerating tissues (bone marrow and liver) were intravitally labeld, isolated via flow sorting, and immediately processed for RNA extraction. When of sufficient quality, the RNA was amplified and hybridized. For comparison, Human Emybryonic Stem Cell-derived Endothelial cells (hESC-ECs) were differentiated and isolated based on similarities to the adult mouse counterparts. Endothelial cells were labeled via intravitally labeling of the vascular bed 8 minutes prior to sacrifice with minimally three markers to identify endothelial cells followed by flow sorting.
Project description:Comparasion of each cell mRNA expression pattern Mouse fibroblasts were directly converted into brown adipocytes (dBAs) by transducing some transcription factors. To characterize the dBAs more in detail, RNA extracted from the mouse brown adipose tissue, mouse dBAs, and mouse iPS-derived brown adipocytes (iBAs) were subjected to DNA microarray analysis, and global gene expression profiles of the cells were compared. 3 samples
Project description:Comparison of each cell mRNA expression pattern. We generated osteoblasts like cell by direct reprogramming technique from human fibroblast. To confirm dOB gene expression pattern similarity to osteoblasts, we analyzed and compared the gene expression profiles of the samples by cDNA microarry. These analysis revealed that dOB are similar to osteoblats in comparative level to MSC-OB. 6 samples.
Project description:Comparasion of each cell mRNA expression pattern Human fibroblasts were directly converted into brown adipocytes (dBAs) by transducing some transcription factors. To characterize the dBAs more in detail, RNA extracted from the human WAs, human dBAs, and human iPS-derived brown adipocytes (iBAs) were subjected to DNA microarray analysis, and global gene expression profiles of the cells were compared. 6 samples
Project description:The transcription factor c-MYC intron binding protein 1 (MIBP1) binds to various genomic regulatory regions, including intron 1 of c-MYC. This factor is highly expressed in post-mitotic neurons in the fetal brain and may be involved in various biological steps, such as neurological and immunological processes. In this study, we globally characterized the transcriptional targets of MIBP1 and proteins that interact with MIBP1. Microarray hybridization followed by Gene Set Enrichment Analysis revealed that genes involved in the pathways downstream of MYC, NF-M-NM-:B, and TGF-M-NM-2 were downregulated when HEK293 cells stably overexpressed MIBP1. In silico transcription factor binding site analysis of the promoter regions of these downregulated genes showed that the NF-M-NM-:B binding site was the most overrepresented. The upregulation of genes known to be in the NF-M-NM-:B pathway after the knockdown of endogenous MIBP1 in HT1080 cells supports the view that MIBP1 is a downregulator of the NF-M-NM-:B pathway. We also confirmed the binding of the MIBP1 to the NF-M-NM-:B site. By immunoprecipitation and mass spectrometry, we detected O-linked M-NM-2-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) transferase (OGT) as a prominent binding partner of MIBP1. Analyses using deletion mutants revealed that a 154-amino acid region of MIBP1 was necessary for its OGT binding and O-GlcNAcylation. A luciferase reporter assay showed that NF-M-NM-:B-responsive expression was repressed by MIBP1, and stronger repression by MIBP1 lacking the 154-amino acid region was observed. Our results indicate that the primary effect of MIBP1 expression is the downregulation of the NF-M-NM-:B pathway, and that this effect is attenuated by O-GlcNAc signaling. Six total samples were analyzed. Three of empty vector transfectant and three of MIBP1 expressing HEK293 cell clones
Project description:Although information on the molecular pathogenesis of Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia (WM) has greatly improved in recent years, the exact cellular origin and the mechanisms behind WM transformation from IgM MGUS remain undetermined. Here, we undertook an integrative phenotypic, molecular and genomic approach to study clonal B-cells from newly-diagnosed patients with IgM MGUS (n=22), smoldering (n=17), and symptomatic WM (n=10). Through principal-component-analysis of multidimensional flow cytometry data, we demonstrated overlapping phenotypic profiles between clonal B-cells from IgM MGUS, smoldering and symptomatic WM patients. Similarly, virtually no genes were significantly deregulated between FACS-sorted clonal B-cells from the three disease stages. Interestingly, while the transcriptome of the Waldenström’s clone was highly deregulated as compared to CD25-CD22+ normal B-cells, significantly less genes were differentially expressed and specific WM pathways down-regulated while comparing the transcriptome of the Waldenström’s clone vs. its normal phenotypic counterpart: CD25+CD22+dim B-cells. The frequency of specific copy number abnormalities [+4, del(6q23.3-6q25.3), +12, and +18q11-18q23] progressively increased from IgM MGUS and smoldering WM vs. symptomatic WM (18% vs. 20% and 73%, respectively; P =.008), suggesting a multistep transformation of clonal B-cells that albeit benign (i.e.: IgM MGUS and smoldering WM), already harbor the phenotypic and molecular signatures of the malignant Waldenström’s clone. Normal bone marrow CD25+ B-cells, Clonal B-Cells from IgM Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance, and Clonal B-Cells from Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia
Project description:Xenograft ovarian tumors are useful model to test therapeutic candidates in vivo. We used microarrays to gain insight into the expression changes during tumor growth and induced by the vitamin D analog, MT19C at multiple time points. SKOV-3 cells were grown in 10% FBS/DMEM before injection into mice. Total RNA was collected using standard methods.
Project description:Analysis of estrogen receptor (ER)-positive MCF7 cell total RNA expression and polysome-assiciated RNA expression following treatment with estradiol (E2) and vehicle (etoh). We used expression microarrays to measure polysome association and total RNA abundance in E2 treated MCF7. These data, along with previously published data, show that genes that are upregulated by estrogen treatment are biased towards association with polysomes. MCF7 cells were grown in hormone depleted media for three days before a 1 hour treatment with E2 or 0.1 % ethanol (vehicle). Total RNA was collected using standard methods and polysome-association RNA from the same cells were collected using sucrose gradient fractionation. Both RNA populations were purified, labeled, and hybridized to Affymetrix Human Genest arrays.
Project description:We characterized the genetic copy number and expression differences between matched ovarian primary tumors and omental metastases. Differentially expressed genes revealed that metastases proliferate more and are less apoptotic. Differentially expressed genes revealed a predictive expression signature when applied to other gene expression datasets. 18 samples from 9 matched pairs of primary ovarian tumors and metastases from the omentum were collected.