Project description:The peptide-level analysis of proteome and secretome changes of mouse trachea cells upon denatonium treatment (in comparison to Ringer lactate solution control).
Project description:The pseudostratified epithelium of the mouse trachea and human airways contains a population of basal cells expressing Trp-63 (p63) and cytokeratins 5 (Krt5) and Krt14. Using a KRT5-CreER(T2) transgenic mouse line for lineage tracing, we show that basal cells generate differentiated cells during postnatal growth and in the adult during both steady state and epithelial repair. We have fractionated mouse basal cells by FACS and identified 627 genes preferentially expressed in a basal subpopulation vs. non-BCs. Analysis reveals potential mechanisms regulating basal cells and allows comparison with other epithelial stem cells. To study basal cell behaviors, we describe a simple in vitro clonal sphere-forming assay in which mouse basal cells self-renew and generate luminal cells, including differentiated ciliated cells, in the absence of stroma. The transcriptional profile identified 2 cell-surface markers, ITGA6 and NGFR, which can be used in combination to purify human lung basal cells by FACS. Like those from the mouse trachea, human airway basal cells both self-renew and generate luminal daughters in the sphere-forming assay.
Project description:Mouse lung epithelial subpopulations (alveolar type 2, basal and airway luminal cells) freshly dissociated from mouse lung and trachea were isolated by FACS. RNA-seq gene expression profiling was used to determine gene signature from each population.
Project description:To further identify the transcriptional changes underlying congenital tracheal malformation in a1H knockout mice, the differential gene expression panel was examined by Affymetrix microarray. To investigate the roles of a1H-regulated genes in tracheal development, we characterize the unique transcriptional changes of early trachea in kockout mice, and compare the expression profiles of knock out trachea with those of wild type trachea. We used microarrays to detail the global programme of gene expression underlying cellularisation and identified distinct classes of up or down-regulated genes during this process. Mouse embryos trachea were collected at embryo day 16 (E16) for RNA extraction and hybridization on Affymetrix microarrays. We sought to obtain homozygous mouse embryos trachea in order to compare with gene expression profile of wild type mouse tracheal.
Project description:In experiments using tissue recombinants and mesenchyme-free culture, we have demonstrated that the entire embryonic respiratory tract epithelium, from the trachea to the distal lung tips, exhibits substantial plasticity in its eventual phenotype that is dependent on the inductive cues it receives from its associated mesenchyme. This observation led us to speculate that the differences between embryonic trachea and lung are defined by limited subset of genes, and that the molecular comparison of these two tissues might provide new information on genes that are important for both lung and trachea development. Microarray experiments designed to identify genes differentially expressed in the E11.5 lung and trachea showed that melanoma inhibitory activity (Mia1) was expressed only in the lung. Mia1 was abundantly expressed during early lung development, but was virtually absent by the end of gestation. Bitransgenic mice expressing MIA under the control of the SFTPC promoter after E16.5, the age when Mia1 is normally silenced, died from respiratory failure at birth with morphologically immature lungs associated with reduced levels of saturated phosphatidylcholine and mature SP-B. Microarray analysis showed significant reductions expression of Sftpa, Sftpb, Abca3, Aqp5, Lzp-s, Scd2, and Aytl2 in lungs misexpressing MIA. Experiment Overall Design: To identify genes differentially expressed in the embryonic lung and trachea, we used microarray analysis to compare RNA from day E11.5 mouse lung and trachea. Experiment Overall Design: To assess the effect of misexpressing MIA on overall lung gene expression, we analyzed RNA from day E18.5 lungs of bitransgenic and control littermates by microarray (Affymetrix MOE430 chip).
