Project description:Bapx1 was endogenously tagged with S-Peptide and dissected vertebral columns from these tagged embryos at E12.5 were subjected to immunoprecipitation by S-peptide antibody. Simultaneously V5 tagged Bapx1 was also over expressed in NIH_3T3 cells and immunoprecipitated with V5 antibody. Concurrently vertebral column fro E12.5 mouse embryos were subjected to immunoprecipitation with Sox9 antobody to compare binding sites of Sox9 and BApx1 in the vertebral column of developing mouse embryo
Project description:This study aims to look at gene expresion profiles between wildtype and Sox9 knockout cells of the vertebral column in a E12.5 mouse embryo. Instead of looking at the whole vertebral column, only cells expressing Sox9 were sorted by Fluroscent Activated Cell Sorting (FACS) and subjected to expression profiling by microarray.
Project description:This study aims to look at gene expresion profiles between wildtype and Bapx1 knockout cells of the vertebral column in a E12.5 mouse embryo. Instead of looking at the whole vertebral column ,only cells expressing Bapx1 were sorted by Fluroscent Activated Cell Sorting (FACS) and subjected to expression profiling by microarray.
Project description:The aim of this experiment was to investigate the dysregulation of gene expression in whole E12.5 embryos containing a gene trap (CH) or point mutation (H275R) within the Klf3 gene Affymetrix microarrays were performed on RNA from wildtype, Klf3 H275R/H275R, Klf3 H275R/+, Klf3 CH homozygous and Klf3 CH heterozygous E12.5 embryos Four wildtype replicates, three Klf3 H275R/H275R replicates, four Klf3 H275R/+ replicates, four Klf3 CH homozygous replicates and two Klf3 CH heterozygous replicates of whole E12.5 embryos, litter-matched where possible.
Project description:The aim of this experiment was to investigate the dysregulation of gene expression in whole E12.5 embryos containing a gene trap (CH) or point mutation (H275R) within the Klf3 gene Affymetrix microarrays were performed on RNA from wildtype, Klf3 H275R/H275R, Klf3 H275R/+, Klf3 CH homozygous and Klf3 CH heterozygous E12.5 embryos
Project description:The main purpose of this project is to conduct expression profiling of primary lung fibroblasts from homozygous (HOMO) mice compared to wildtype (WT) mice to identify genes and pathways regulated by hIGFBP-5 in primary lung fibroblasts. The GO or KEGG enrichment analysis will be helpful for us to discover the DEG's function and the biological processes, pathways, molecular functions, and cellular components involved
Project description:Heart valve formation initiates when endothelial cells of the heart transform into mesenchyme and populate the cardiac cushions. The transcription factor, SOX9, is highly expressed in the cardiac cushion mesenchyme, and is essential for heart valve development. Loss of Sox9 in mouse cardiac cushion mesenchyme alters cell proliferation, embryonic survival, and disrupts valve formation. Despite this important role, little is known regarding how SOX9 regulates heart valve formation or its transcriptional targets. Therefore, we mapped putative SOX9 binding sites by ChIP-Seq in embryonic day (E) 12.5 heart valves, a stage at which the valve mesenchyme is actively proliferating and initiating differentiation. Embryonic heart valves have been shown to express a high number of genes that are associated with chondrogenesis, including several extracellular matrix proteins and transcription factors that regulate chondrogenesis. Consequently, we compared regions of putative SOX9 DNA-binding between E12.5 heart valves and E12.5 limb buds. We identified context-dependent and contextâindependent SOX9 interacting regions throughout the genome. Analysis of context-independent SOX9 binding suggests an extensive role for SOX9 across tissues in regulating proliferation-associated genes including key components of the AP-1 complex. Integrative analysis of tissue-specific SOX9 interacting regions and gene expression profiles on Sox9-deficient heart valves demonstrated that SOX9 controls the expression of several transcription factors with previously identified roles in heart valve development, including Twist1, Sox4, Mecom/Evi1 and Pitx2. Together, our data identifies SOX9 coordinated transcriptional hierarchies that control cell proliferation and differentiation during valve formation. Examination of SOX9 binding sites in E12.5 atrioventricular canal (AVC) and E12.5 embryonic limb and mRNA expression profiling in E12.5 WT and Sox9 mutant AVCs, in duplicate.
Project description:We have generated scRNA-seq data from embryonic day (E)10.5 and E12.5 atrioventricular canals (primitive heart valves) to assess cellular diversity during the distinct epithelial-to-mesenchymal transitions (EMTs) from endocardium and epicardium that guide the formation of valve mesenchyme. Alongside, wildtype atrioventricular canals, we generated scRNA-seq data from Sox9 conditional knockouts (Sox9fl/fl;Tie2-cre) to explore the role of SOX9 in EMT. Atrioventricular canals were microdissected from cardiac chambers and outflow tract, enriching for heart valve progenitor lineages.