Project description:We wished to investigate the role of E-cadherin loss in our mouse parietal cell/pre-parietal cell E-cadherin knock-out, p53 knock-out, oncogenic Kras induced model of gastric cancer. As such, we isolated RNA from stomach tissue from our E-cadherin knock-out model (Atp4b-Cre;Cdh1(fl/fl);Kras(LSL-G12D/+);Trp53(fl/fl);Rosa26(LSL-YFP/LSL-YFP)) and our E-cadherin heterozygous model (Atp4b-Cre;Cdh1(fl/+);Kras(LSL-G12D/+);Trp53(fl/fl);Rosa26(LSL-YFP/LSL-YFP)). We then performed a microarray on this stomach tissue from four independent mice of each genotype. Differentially expressed genes were identified and gene set overlap analysis was used to identify pathways enriched in one model over the other.
Project description:Activation of endogenously expressed KRas[G12D] in the pancreas of mice gives rise primarily to early stage PanIN lesions, however such lesions can occasionally progress to end-stage ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Progression of KRas[G12D]- initiated lesions to PDAC is accelerated by modest expression of MYC from the Rosa26 locus. Deletion of 1 copy of endogenous c-Myc or both copies of endogenous Zbtb17 (aka Miz1), slows progression to PDAC and extends healthful survival of Pdx1-Cre;lsl-KRas[G12D];Rosa26-lsl-MYC[DM] (KMC) mice. Tumours were removed from mice with all 4 genotypes and validated by histological examination prior to RNA-SEQ analysis.
Project description:To explore transcriptomic mechanisms underlying the cooperative effect in the proliferative phenotype, we harvest MEFs of different genotypes (KA, K, A, WT) recombined and un-recombined. We performed RNA-seq analysis on 5 recombined (Ad-CMV-Cre) cell lines of each genotypic conditions (WT, Arid1a L/L , Kras-LSL-G12D, and Kras-LSL-G12D; Arid1a L/L) as well as 2 or 3 un-recombined (Ad-CMV-GFP) or mock-infected MEF cell lines.
Project description:We investigated the effect of GNAS(R201C) expression in the Kras;Gnas model of pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms where transgenic mutant GNAS is doxycycline inducible (LGKC; p48(Cre), Kras(LSL-G12D), Rosa26(LSL-rtTA)), Tg(TetO-GNAS(R201C)) using scRNA-seq of dissociated pancreatic tissues.
Project description:We investigated the transcriptomic effect of GNAS(R201C) expression in murine cell lines derived from the Kras;Gnas model of pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms where transgenic mutant GNAS is doxycycline inducible (LGKC; p48(Cre), Kras(LSL-G12D), Rosa26(LSL-rtTA)), Tg(TetO-GNAS(R201C)) using bulk RNA-seq.
Project description:MYC is varyingly thought to either complement KRAS or to act as a downstream KRAS effector - here we compared the transcriptomic impact of MYC depletion with that of KRas depletion in a cell line derived from PDAC driven by lsl-KRas^G12D + Rosa26-lsl-MYC^DM. A second question addressed related to the mechanism of MYC-dependent transcriptional repression, which in many instances requires MYC binding to Miz1. We therefore included analysis of Miz1-depleted KMC cells in this experiment
Project description:Global mRNA expression profiles of murine primary PDAC cells following JQ1 or SAHA monotherapy as well as JQ1-SAHA combination therapy were collected using Affymetix mouse whole genome array (Mouse Genome 430A 2.0 Array) . Primary PDAC cells isolated from Ptf1aCre/+;Kras+/LSL-G12D;p53lox/lox (Kras;p53) mice were treated either with JQ1 (100 nM) or SAHA (2000 nM) or vehicle 10% (2-Hydroxypropyl)-β-cyclodextrin (Sigma-Aldrich) or as combination therapy with the indicated dosage for monotherapy. Total RNA isolation was performed after 6 hours of treatment. Primary PDAC cells from Ptf1aCre/+;Kras+/LSL-G12D;p53lox/lox (Kras;p53) mice treated either with JQ1, SAHA, vehicle or JQ1-SAHA combination were analyzed by global gene expression analysis.
Project description:We sought to compare the transcriptomic output of Kras activation with that of modestly overexpressed cMYC, to better understand the mechanism of oncogenic cooperation. We isolated fibrobalsts from mouse embryos carrying CRE-inducible alleles for KRasG12D (LSL-KRasG12D) and MYC (Rosa26-LSL-MYC), alongside double positive and wild-type control MEFs. All MEFs were infected at early passage with Adeno-CMV-CRE, to induced expression of conditional alleles, where present, and RNA was isolated 24hrs post infection.
Project description:Evaluation of the role of RIP4 in lung adenocarcinoma revealed that RIP4 inhibits IL6 mediated STAT3 signaling in vitro and in vivo. Repression of RIP4 enhanced IL6 signaling activation in KRAS LSL/G12D/wt; p53flox/flox murine tumors. This promoted cancer dedifferentiation through ECM remodeling Investigation of transcriptional changes in KP tumors expressing shRNA against RIP4 or p53 (control) by microarray (Mouse gene 2.0 ST array from affymetrix)