Project description:Before sorting, cells were washed twice in 1X PBS buffer (DPBS without calcium chloride and magnesium chloride; Sigma Aldrich, D8537) and labelled with 7-AAD (BD Pharmingen, 51-68981E) for live/dead differentiation and FITC-conjugated antibody [anti-CD47 (BD Pharmingen, 556045) for A375 and anti-CD81 (BD Pharmingen, 551108) for Jurkat].
Project description:Amino acids conjugated with even number carbon fatty acids using a coupling of the chloride fatty acids onto amine end of amino acids
Project description:The survival of isolated metastatic cells and expansion into macroscopic tumour has been recognized as a limiting step for metastasis formation in several cancer types yet the determinants of this process remain largely uncharacterized. In colorectal cancer (CRC), we identify a transcriptional programme in tumour-associated stromal cells, which is intimately linked to a high risk of developing recurrent disease after therapy. A large proportion of CRCs display mutational inactivation of the TGF-beta pathway but paradoxically they are characterized by high TGF-beta production. In these tumours, TGF-beta instructs a transcriptional programme in stromal cells, which confers a high risk of developing metastatic disease. We purified by FACS CD31(+), CD45(+), FAP(+) and Epcam(+) populations from fresh CRC samples and assessed their gene expression profiles Freshly obtained tumours from 6 CRC patients treated at Hospital del Mar or Hospital Clinic (Barcelona, Spain) were minced and incubated with Collagenase IV (100 U mL-1). Enzymatic reaction was stopped by adding 10% FBS, single cells were collected by sequential filtering and resuspended in ammonium chloride (0.15M) to lyse erythrocytes. Cells were stained with FAP unconjugated rabbit antibody. After two washes with HBSS, cells were stained with an APC conjugated anti-rabbit antibody; anti-hEPCAM/TROP1-FITC, anti-CD31-PE and anti-CD45-PE-Cy7 conjugated antibody. Dead cells were labelled with Propidium Iodide. Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting (FACS) was used to separate 2000 cells from each population; [CD45(+), EPCAM(-), CD31(-), FAP(-)], [CD45(-) EPCAM(+), CD31(-), FAP(-)], [CD45(-), EPCAM(-), CD31(+),FAP(-)] and [CD45(-), EPCAM(-), CD31(-), FAP(+)].
Project description:As a humanized mouse antibody, SM5-1 can target a membrane protein of about 230kDa over-expressed in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), melanoma and breast cancer and it has been found to inhibit the progress of tumor cells. In this study, SM5-1 conjugated gold nanoparticles were prepared to study the antitumor efficacy in the treatment of HCC-LM3-fLuc tumor. The results showed that AU-SM5-1 could inhibit HCC-LM3 hepatocellular carcinoma cell proliferation up to 71.26% at the concentration of 0.5mg/ml contrast with SM5-1 and gold nanoparticles. In order to address the mechanism of the antiproliferative effects of AU-SM5-1, we examined the gene expression in HCC-LM3-fLuc tumor cells based on gene-chip screening. The gene chip results showed that some cycle-related and reactive oxygen species (ROS) related genes including up-regulated P21 and down-regulated duox2 and nox1 genes which were validated by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
Project description:Screening of 22 novel proteins derived from Campylobacter jejuni NCTC 11168 identified prior via screening of cDNA libraries. The full-length proteins were attached using a specific HaloTag to their corresponding ligand surface, HaloLink. Screening was performed using three different polyclonal antibodies to Campylobacter jejuni and detection was achieved by goat polyclonal antibody to rabbit IgG conjugated with Chromeo-546. In order to assess their potential immungenic nature and rank the proteins investigated, comparative analysis using already described antigens from C. jejuni were used in the assay.
Project description:Screening of 14 novel proteins derived from Klebsiella pneumoniae MGH 78578 identified prior via screening of cDNA libraries. The full-length proteins were attached using a specific HaloTag to their corresponding ligand surface, HaloLink. Screening was performed using two different polyclonal antibodies to Klebsiella pneumoniae (Acris AP00792PU-N and Abcam ab20947) and detection achieved by Goat polyclonal to rabbit IgG conjugated with Chromeo-546 (Abcam ab60317). In order to assess their potential immungenic nature and rank the proteins investigated, comparative analysis using already described antigens from K. pneumoniae were used in the assay.
Project description:Amino acids conjugated with even number carbon fatty acids using a coupling of the chloride fatty acids onto amine end of amino acids
Project description:Molecular networking has become a key method to visualize and annotate the chemical space in non-targeted mass spectrometry data. We present feature-based molecular networking (FBMN) as an analysis method in the Global Natural Products Social Molecular Networking (GNPS) infrastructure that builds on chromatographic feature detection and alignment tools. FBMN enables quantitative analysis and resolution of isomers, including from ion mobility spectrometry.