MRNA Expression data from A549 cell line post non-thermal plasma treatment
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ABSTRACT: Although accumulated evidence suggests that NTP induces death of various cancer cell types, thus offering a promising alternative treatment, the mechanism of its therapeutic effect is little understood. To understand basic molecular and cellular mechanisms triggered by plasma treatment, we firstly investigated biological effects of helium plasma on human non-small cell lung cancer A549 cell line. The presented data of the tumor transcriptome help identifying the key players of modulated gene expression following exposure to plasma at the molecular level and interpreting the downstream process. We set several groups including 1 min plasma treatment, 3 min plasma treatment and sham control. In 1 min group, we collected samples at 4 hr postr the stimulation, and in 3 min group, the samples at 1, 2, 4 h after treatment have been collected for analysis.
Project description:Although accumulated evidence suggests that NTP induces death of various cancer cell types, thus offering a promising alternative treatment, the mechanism of its therapeutic effect is little understood. To understand basic molecular and cellular mechanisms triggered by plasma treatment, we firstly investigated biological effects of helium plasma on human non-small cell lung cancer A549 cell line. The presented data of the tumor transcriptome help identifying the key players of modulated gene expression following exposure to plasma at the molecular level and interpreting the downstream process.
Project description:Radioadaptive response (RAR) in mammalian cells refers to the phenomenon where a low-dose ionizing irradiation alters the gene expression profiles, and protects the cells from the detrimental effects of a subsequent high dose exposure. We focused on mRNA microarray studies, and aimed to characterize the transcriptome for RAR in AG 1522 human skin fibroblasts and to examine the functional regulatory networks at the genetic level. AG 1522 cells were exposed at a specific time point to a challenging dose of 2 Gy in the RAR group, or a priming dose of 5 cGy in the low-dose group. We aimed to have a comprehensive investigation on the RAR induced in the AG 1522 human fibroblasts first exposed to 5 cGy (priming dose) and then followed by 2 Gy (challenge dose) of X-ray through comparisons to those cells which had only received a single 2 Gy dose.
Project description:Resto6 stromal cells support the long-term survival of human plasma cells differentiated in vitro. Whole genome gene expression microarrays made it possible to pick up genes whose products could be involved in a biological pathway inducing long-term survival of plasma cells.
Project description:To identify the miRNA expressing profiles of Platelet microparticlesï¼PMPs, we have employed the Agilent Human miRNA 8Ã60K (Design ID:046064) microarray. Platelet microparticles. The platelets were derived from citrated blood of healthy human donors under an Institutional Review Board-approved protocol. Platelets were isolated after centrifugation of blood (1200r for 30 min at 21â), then the supernatant (platelet-rich plasma) was centrifuged at 2000r for 30 min at 21â, and the pellet containing platelets was resuspended in RPMI-1640 medium (HyClone, Logan, UT). Platelets were counted (Clinical Laboratory, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Shanghai) and adjusted to a density of 150 à 106 cells/mL before supplement with 1.5% ACD(sigma ) and stimulated with thrombin (1.0 u/mL; Takeda Austria) for 1 h. PMPs were in the supernatant after centrifugation at 4000r for 10 min at 4â,then the supernatants were centrifuged at 50,000 à g for 60 min at 4 °C. The pellets containing MPs were resuspended in RPMI-1640 medium and quantified by BCA method. The gene expressions of three independent paired PMPs from platelets stimulated by thrombin or apoptosis.
Project description:To identify low abundance autocrine growth factors in CHO cell conditioned media, we utilized a label-free shotgun proteomics approach. CHO cell conditioned media were harvested from fed batch bioreactors and concentrated using methanol/chlorofrom precipitation. Proteins in the samples were then subjected to proteolysis with trypsin, and then subjected to primary fractionation using a SCX column, followed by RP liquid chromatography MS (LC-MS) with a LTQ Orbitrap Velos instrument using the data dependent acquisition (DDA) method. The MS system was set up and run with a method which enabled fast acquisitions of high quality peptide precursor and fragment ion data, with the desired precursor mass accuracy of ±5 ppm. For the LTQ Orbitrap Velos MS, the data-dependent MS/MS analytical workflow in positive ion mode was used. Each precursor survey scan (m/z: 300 to 1800) by the Orbitrap mass analyzer (resolution = 60,000 FWHM) was linked to 10 MS/MS events using the 2D ion trap CID approach, with dynamic ion exclusion set at 60 s. This value was determined based on the observed mean peptide chromatographic peak width. All other instrument parameters were set up according to the manufacturer’s suggested values for complex peptide samples. The nano-ESI source was fitted with a 30-µm stainless steel nano-bore emitter (Thermo Fisher Scientific) with 1.7 kV applied near the tip. Raw data files from the LTQ Orbitrap Velos MS were processed using the Proteome Discoverer 1.3 software (Thermo Fisher Scientific). The LC-MS data were searched against the human (Homo sapiens; UniProtKb, updated in August 2012, 45 848 entries), mouse (Mus musculus; UniProtKb, updated in August 2012, 31 528 entries) and chinese hamster (Cricetulus griceus; UniprotKb, updated in August 2012, 24 609 entries) protein databases using the Sequest search engine for the LTQ Orbitrap Velos LC-MS data, assuming tryptic digestion with precursor ions to fall within 10 ppm of projected m/z values and a fragment ion mass tolerance of 0.5 m/z. The specified search parameters were carbamidomethylation of cysteine as fixed modification, oxidation of methionine as dynamic modification and a maximum of two missed cleavage events. Reverse database searching resulted in a specific false discovery rate (FDR) of 1% at the peptide and protein level.
Project description:T cell activation following antigen binding to the T cell receptor (TCR) involves the mobilization of intracellular calcium (Ca2+) to activate the key transcription factors NFAT and NF-κB. The mechanism of NFAT activation by Ca2+ has been determined; however, the role of Ca2+ in controlling NF-κB signaling is poorly understood and the source of Ca2+ required for NF-κB activation is unknown. We demonstrate that TCR- but not TNF- induced NF-κB signaling upstream of IκB kinase (IKK) activation absolutely requires the influx of extracellular Ca2+ via STIM1-dependent CRAC/Orai channels. We further show that Ca2+ influx controls phosphorylation of the NF-κB protein p65 on Ser536 and that this post- translational modification controls its nuclear localization and transcriptional activation. Notably our data reveal that this role for Ca2+ is entirely separate from its upstream control of IκBα degradation, thereby identifying a novel Ca2+- dependent distal step in TCR-induced NF-κB activation. Finally, we demonstrate that this control of distal signaling occurs via Ca2+-dependent PKCk-mediated phosphorylation of p65. Thus, we establish the source of Ca2+ required for TCR induced NF-kB activation and we define a new distal Ca2+-dependent checkpoint in TCR-induced NF-kB signaling that has broad implications for the control of immune cell development and T cell functional specificity. 3 treatments were analyzed, with biological replicates for each treatment. In addition, three timepoints (1 hour, 4 hour, and 8 hour) were examined for each treatment, as well as an untreated control. In total 19 samples were analyzed
Project description:In vitro infection experiment with genetically modified human metapneumovirus (HMPV) to study the function of the viral small hydrophobic (SH) protein.
Project description:Expression of the forkhead transcription factor FOXP1 is essential for early B cell development, whereas downregulation of FOXP1 at the germinal center (GC) stage is required for GC B cell function. Aberrantly high FOXP1 expression is frequently observed in diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma, being associated with poor prognosis. Here, by gene expression microarray [GSE51382] and quantitative RT-PCR analysis upon ectopic overexpression of FOXP1 in primary human memory B cells (MBCs) and B-cell lines, combined with chromatin immunoprecipitation-sequencing (ChIP-seq), we established that FOXP1 directly represses expression of PRDM1, IRF4, and XBP1, transcriptional master regulators of plasma cell (PC) differentiation. In accordance, FOXP1 is prominently expressed in primary human naive and MBCs but expression strongly decreases during plasma PC differentiation. Moreover, as compared to IgM+ MBCs, IgG+ MBCs combine lower expression of FOXP1 with an enhanced intrinsic PC differentiation propensity, and constitutive (over)expression of FOXP1 in B cell lines and primary human MBCs represses their ability to differentiate into PCs. Taken together, our data indicate that proper control of FOXP1 expression plays a critical role in PC differentiation, whereas aberrant overexpression of FOXP1 might contribute to lymphomagenesis by blocking terminal B cell differentiation. OXP1 ChIP-seq profile in primary human memory B cells (MBCs) and B-cell lines
Project description:Prostate cancer is the leading type of cancer diagnosed and the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide each year in men. The limitations of the current prostate cancer screening test demands new biomarkers for early diagnosis of prostate cancer metastasis to bone. In this study, we performed a deep proteomic analysis of secreted proteins from the prostate cancer bone metastasis cell line, PC-3, and normal prostate cell line, RWPE-1. Here, we quantified 917 proteins and found 68 highly secreted in PC-3 versus RWPE-1 cells using LC-MS/MS. To characterize the highly secreted proteins in the PC-3 cell line to identify biomarker proteins, the quantifiable proteins were divided into four quantitative categories (Q1-Q4). The KEGG pathways of lysine degradation and osteoclast differentiation were enriched in Q4, the highly secreted group. Transforming growth factor (TGF) beta family proteins related to osteoclast differentiation were identified as key regulators in PC-3 cells. Among the 68 highly secreted proteins, pentraxin, follistatin, and TGF-beta family members were confirmed by immunoblots. In particular, serpin B3, modulated by TGF-beta, was detected and its selective expression and secretion in PC-3 cells was confirmed. In the present study, we suggest that serpin B3 is a novel biomarker candidate for diagnosis of prostate cancer metastasis to the bone.