Effect of ATRX deficiency on gene expression of RCAS-nTva derived murine gliomas [RNA-seq: ATRX_Immuno_Tumor]
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ABSTRACT: To investigate the impact of ATRX loss on tumor microenvironment we generated ATRX-intact and -deficient tumors in immune competent mice with the RCA-nTva system. Mice were injected with a tumorigenic RCAS construct (PDGFa and shTP53) and an RCAS bearing CRE recombinase. This was performed in mice that were ATRX wt and ATRX floxed.
Project description:To investigate the impact of ATRX loss on tumor microenvironment we generated ATRX-intact and -deficient tumors in immune competent mice with the RCA-nTva system. Mice were injected with a tumorigenic RCAS construct (PDGFa and shTP53) and an RCAS bearing CRE recombinase. This was performed in mice that were ATRX wt and ATRX floxed. Tumors were then harvested, processed, and cell lines were generated and cultured for downstream analysis.
Project description:Pediatric high-grade gliomas (pHGGs) are an aggressive pediatric CNS tumor, often characterized by mutations in H3F3A, the gene that encodes Histone H3.3 (H3.3). Substitution of the Glycine at position 34 of H3.3 with either Arginine or Valine (H3.3G34R/V), was recently described and characterized in a large cohort of pHGG samples as occurring in 5-20% of pHGGs. We developed a genetically engineered mouse model (GEMM) that incorporates PDGF-A activation, TP53 loss and the H3.3G34R mutation both in the presence and loss of Alpha thalassemia/mental retardation syndrome X-linked (ATRX), which is commonly mutated in H3.3G34 mutant pHGGs. Nestin Tv-a; p53 fl/fl and Nestin Tv-a; p53 fl/fl; ATRX fl/fl mice were injected with DF-1 cells transfected with RCAS-Cre, RCAS-PDGFA, and either RCAS-H3.3WT-GFP or RCAS-H3.3G34R-GFP. By 210 days old, a majority of mice develop symptoms of tumor growth (erratic behavior, domed head, ataxia) or have 20% weight loss and are euthanized. Our goal is to develop a biologically relevant animal model of pHGG in order to probe the downstream effects of the H3.3G34R mutation in the context of vital co-occurring mutations.
Project description:Using the RCAS/tv-a system, we induced murine brainstem gliomas (PDGF-B; p53 loss using RCAS-Cre with and without H3.3K27M) in Nestin tv-a; p53 floxed mice
Project description:Here we describe the use of a high-throughput pipeline coupled to the commonly used tissue-specific retroviral RCAS-TVA mouse tumor model system. Utilizing next generation sequencing, we show that retroviral integration sites can be reproducibly detected in malignant stem cell lines generated from RCAS-PDGFB-driven glioma biopsies.
Project description:Recently, we have shown that disturbed flow caused by partial ligation of mouse carotid artery rapidly induces endothelial dysfunction and atherosclerosis within two weeks. To understand the molecular mechanisms by which disturbed flow induces atherosclerosis, we carried out genome-wide microarray study using endothelial RNAs isolated from the flow-disturbed left and the contralateral right common carotid artery (LCA and RCA) in C57BL/6 mice. Total intimal RNAs were obtained from LCA and RCA at 12hr and at 48hr post-ligation. Intimal RNAs from three LCAs or RCAs were pooled to obtain ~30ng total RNA.