Project description:This report provides data on ferroptosis induced proteomic response in immortalized mouse embryonic fibroblasts which are 4-OH-TAM-inducible Gpx4−/− (referred to as Pfa1 cells). Pfa1 cells are a valuable, widespread and well characterized model for ferroptosis research. In the first part of this batch, we used Erastin to induce ferroptosis and collected samples at 0h, 24h and 48h after treatment. Untreated cells were used as a control. In the second part, we tested Liproxtatin-1 ferroptosis inhibitor on Tamoxifen-induced Pfa1 cells after 0h, 24h, 48h. Tamoxifen-induced ferroptosis activation of these cells are in PRIDE PXD040094. Pfa1 cells (a kind gift from Marcus Conrad, Munich) were cultured in RPMI-1640 media (2 g/L glucose, 10% FBS, 2 mM Gibco GlutaMAX Supplement, 1% pen/strep) at 37C with 5% CO2 in a humidified incubator. Cells (300k) were seeded on Corning 100 mm tissue-culture treated culture dishes and incubated overnight. On the next day Pfa1 cells were treated with or without 0.5 µM erastin (E7781, Sigma-Aldrich). For experiment on ferroptosis inhibition Pfa1 cells were treated with or without 1 µM Tamoxifen and 0.5 µM Liproxtatin-1 simultaneously.
Project description:This report provides data on ferroptosis induced proteomic response in immortalized mouse embryonic fibroblasts which are 4-OH-TAM-inducible Gpx4−/− (referred to as Pfa1 cells). Pfa1 cells are a valuable, widespread and well characterized model for ferroptosis research. We used ML210 (SML0521, Sigma-Aldrich) to induce ferroptosis and collected samples at 0h, 24h and 48 h after treatment. Untreated cells were used as a control. Pfa1 cells (kind gift from Marcus Conrad, Munich) were cultured in RPMI-1640 media (2 g/L glucose, 10% FBS, 2 mM Gibco GlutaMAX Supplement, 1% pen/strep) at 37C with 5% CO2 in a humidified incubator. Cells (300k) were seeded on Corning 100 mm tissue-culture treated culture dishes and incubated overnight. On the next day Pfa1 cells were treated with or without 0.3 µM ML210.
Project description:BackgroundMorphometric quantification of subtle craniofacial variation in studies of experimentally modified embryonic mice has proved valuable in determining the effects of developmental perturbations on craniofacial morphogenesis. The direct comparison of landmark coordinate data from embryos of many different mouse strains and mouse models can advance our understanding of the bases for craniofacial variation. We propose a standard set of craniofacial surface landmarks, for use with embryonic day (E) 10.5-12.5 mice, to serve as the foundation for this type of data compilation and analysis. We quantify the intra- and inter-observer landmark placement variation associated with each landmark and determine how the results of a simple ontogenetic analysis might be influenced by selection of landmark set.ResultsIntraobserver landmark placement error for experienced landmarkers generally remains below 0.1 mm, with some landmarks exhibiting higher values at E11.5 and E12.5. Interobserver error tends to increase with embryonic age and those landmarks defined on wide inflections of curves or facial processes exhibit the highest error. Landmarks with highest intra- or inter-observer are identified and we determine that their removal from the dataset does not significantly change the vectors of craniofacial shape change associated with an ontogenetic regression.ConclusionsOur quantification of landmark placement error demonstrates that it is preferable for a single observer to identify all landmark coordinates within a single study and that significant training and experience are necessary before a landmarker can produce data for use in larger meta-analyses. However, we are confident that this standard landmark set, once landmarks with higher error are removed, can serve as a foundation for a comparative dataset of facial morphogenesis across various mouse populations to help identify the developmental bases for phenotypic variation in the craniofacial complex.
Project description:This report provides data on ferroptosis induced proteomic response in immortalized mouse embryonic fibroblasts which are 4-OH-TAM-inducible Gpx4−/− (referred to as Pfa1 cells). Pfa1 cells are a valuable, widespread and well characterized model for ferroptosis research. We used L-Buthionine-sulfoximine (BSO) to induce ferroptosis and collected samples at 0h, 24h and 48 h after treatment. Untreated cells were used as a control. Pfa1 cells (kind gift from Marcus Conrad, Munich) were cultured in RPMI-1640 media (2 g/L glucose, 10% FBS, 2 mM Gibco GlutaMAX Supplement, 1% pen/strep) at 37C with 5% CO2 in a humidified incubator. Cells (300k) were seeded on Corning 100 mm tissue-culture treated culture dishes and incubated overnight. On the next day Pfa1 cells were treated with or without 30 µM BSO.
Project description:We previously reported that partial disruption of the Ankrd26 gene in mice leads to hyperphagia and leptin-resistant obesity. To determine whether the Ankrd26 mutation can affect the development of adipocytes, we studied mouse embryo fibroblasts (MEFs) from the mutant mice. We found that Ankrd26(-/-) MEFs have a higher rate of spontaneous adipogenesis than normal MEFs and that adipocyte formation is greatly increased when the cells are induced with troglitazone alone or with a mixture of troglitazone, insulin, dexamethasone, and methylisobutylxanthine. Increased adipogenesis was detected as an increase in lipid droplet formation and in the expression of several markers of adipogenesis. There was an increase in expression of early stage adipogenesis genes such as Krox20, KLF5, C/EBPβ, C/EBPδ, and late stage adipogenesis regulators KLF15, C/EBPα, PPARγ, and aP2. There was also an increase in adipocyte stem cell markers CD34 and Sca-1 and preadipocyte markers Gata2 and Pref-1, indicating an increase in both stem cells and progenitor cells in the mutant MEFs. Furthermore, ERK was found constitutively activated in Anrd26(-/-) MEFs, and the addition of MEK inhibitors to mutant cells blocked ERK activation, decreased adipogenesis induction, and significantly reduced expression of C/EBPδ, KLF15, PPARγ2, CD34, and Pref-1 genes. We conclude that Ankrd26 gene disruption promotes adipocyte differentiation at both the progenitor commitment and differentiation steps and that ERK activation plays a role in this process.
Project description:Analysis of embryonic fibroblasts from GFP reporter mice indicates that the fibroblast cell type harbors a large collection of developmentally and phenotypically heterogeneous subtypes. Some of these cells exhibit multipotency, whereas others do not. Multiparameter flow cytometry analysis shows that a large number of distinct populations of fibroblast-like cells can be found in cultures initiated from different embryonic organs, and cells sorted according to their surface phenotype typically retain their characteristics on continued propagation in culture. Similarly, surface phenotypes of individual cloned fibroblast-like cells exhibit significant variation. The fibroblast cell class appears to contain a very large number of denumerable subtypes.
Project description:We compared mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells and fibroblasts (MEFs) for their ability to metabolically activate the environmental carcinogens benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), 3-nitrobenzanthrone (3-NBA) and aristolochic acid I (AAI), measuring DNA adduct formation by (32)P-postlabelling and expression of xenobiotic-metabolism genes by quantitative real-time PCR. At 2 μM, BaP induced Cyp1a1 expression in MEFs to a much greater extent than in ES cells and formed 45 times more adducts. Nqo1 mRNA expression was increased by 3-NBA in both cell types but induction was higher in MEFs, as was adduct formation. For AAI, DNA binding was over 450 times higher in MEFs than in ES cells, although Nqo1 and Cyp1a1 transcriptional levels did not explain this difference. We found higher global methylation of DNA in ES cells than in MEFs, which suggests higher chromatin density and lower accessibility of the DNA to DNA damaging agents in ES cells. However, AAI treatment did not alter DNA methylation. Thus mouse ES cells and MEFs have the metabolic competence to activate a number of environmental carcinogens, but MEFs have lower global DNA methylation and higher metabolic capacity than mouse ES cells.