Project description:Experimental V4020 is derived from VEEV TC-83, a vaccine with a long track record of use in lab and military personnel at risk. V4020 was generated from an infectious DNA clone, secured genetic stability by employing stabilizing mutation at position 120 in the E2 protein, and by rearrangement of structural genes. In this study, serial passages in brain tissues of mice were performed to compare safety and genetic stability of V4020 and TC-83 experimental vaccines. During five serial passages in brain, less severe clinical manifestations and lower viral load were observed in V4020 mice and all animals survived. In contrast, 13.3% of mice met euthanasia criteria during the passages in TC-83 group. At 2 DPI, RNA-Seq analysis of brain tissues revealed that V4020 mice had lower rates of mutations throughout five passages. Higher synonymous mutation ratio was observed in the nsP4 (RdRP) gene of TC-83 compared to V4020 mice. At 2 DPI, both viruses induced different expression profiles of host genes involved into neuro-regeneration. Taken together, these results provide evidence for the improved safety and genetic stability of the experimental V4020 VEEV vaccine in a murine model. While no single nucleotide polymorphisms that have been previously linked to virulence were identified, more neuro-virulence markers were observed in serial passaged TC-83 compared to V4020. This study suggests a complex polygenic basis for neuro-virulent reversion in VEEV live attenuated vaccines and provides evidence for the advanced safety and genetic stability of V4020.
Project description:We carried out the analysis using human skin fibrobllast HCA2 (MJ90) cells. Cells were indcued to be senescent cells by treatment with doxorubicin for 24 hrs, tert-butyl-hydroperoxide for 24 hrs, or serial passages as well as nultin3a + RO3306. As a result, we found simailar transcriptome signatures among senescent cells induced by various stimuli
Project description:Comparison of DNA copy number changes between human sarcomas and corresponding xenografts, as well as between xenograft serial passages. Array CGH was performed using a homemade 1 Mb BAC/PAC microarray on 15 cases with a total of 36 samples.
Project description:We established a large panel of preclinical models of human RCC directly from patients, faithfully reproducing the biological features of the original tumor. RCC tissues were collected for 8 years from 336 patients undergoing surgery, xenografted subcutaneously in nude mice, and serially passaged into new mice up to 13 passages. Tissue samples from the primary tumor and tumors grown in mice through passages were analyzed at the histology, genetic and for of them at the molecular levels for biological tissue stability. We established a large panel of 30 RCC models and 5 them of the clear cell type (clear cell renal cell carcinoma, CCC) were characterized at the mRNA expression level. We used Affymetrix whole genome microarrays to analyze the stability of the PDX models comparing the primary tumor (P0) with the subsequent passages in mice (P1 â¦).
Project description:This study assessed proteomic profile of Candida albicans after serial systemic infection in a murine model. The animals were infected initially by wild-type C. albicans SC5314 (WT) with an inoculum of of 3.5x105 cells via lateral tail vein. Then, five days post-infection, the animals were euthanized and their kidneys were removed, homogenized in lysis buffer, plated on SDA and incubated for 24 h at 35 °C. Colonies recovered from infected kidney were used to prepare inoculum for the subsequent infections as described for WT, totalizing five serial passages (P1-P5) and they were also used to protein extraction. By LC-MS/MS, 479 proteins were identified, with 56 proteins statistically significant in abundance in P1, 29 proteins in P3 and 97 proteins in P4. Regarding biological processes, the majority of proteins were related to carbohydrate metabolism, stress response and amino acid metabolism. The proteins were also categorized according to their potential role in virulence factors such as biofilm production, yeast-to-hyphae transition, phenotypic switching, proteins related to stress response and uncharacterized proteins. Therefore, serial infection associated with proteomic approach enabled to deepen the knowledge about host-pathogen interaction.
Project description:Mouse embryonic stem cells containing a Sox17-GFP construct were differentiated using growth factors (Activin A and Wnt3A) to definitive endoderm. Sox17-GFP(+) cells were sorted using fluorescence activated cell sorting and either used for total RNA harvest OR continued in culture in the presence of primary pancreatic mesenchymal cell lines. At the end of 6 serial passages on mesenchyme, the Sox17-GFP(+) cells were again sorted and the RNA was harvested for arrays.