Project description:We here profiled the transcriptional changes imparted by knockdown of Tlr7 in spheroids formed by the murine breast cancer cell line 4T1. Knockdown of Tlr7 in 4T1 spheroids led to downregulation of genes implicated in cancer cell invasion, proliferation, and metastasis.
Project description:These samples are derived from tissues obtained from 4T1 spheroids transplanted orthotopically into the mammary fat pads of SRG OncoRats. 4T1 cell lines were established by viral transduction that stably express either a non-targeting control shRNA (NT4) or an shRNA targeting Angptl-7. 4T1 cells were cultured as spheroids in suspension for 24-hours prior to transplantation in 2% matrigel. 600,000 cells in a 1:1 mixture of matrigel and DMEM/F12 were transplanted orthotopically into the right T4 fat pads of SRG rats. At day 27 post transplanation, primary tumors. The primary tumors were cut in half to expose the cross-section, and the tumors were dissected to isolate the necrotic core region and the non-necrotic rim region. Samples were snap frozen and sent to Genewiz-Azenta for RNA extraction, library prep, and next-gen sequencing.
Project description:Nucleic acid sensing by endolysosomal TLR7-9 results in the induction of antiviral and proinflammatory transcriptional responses. We recently identified TASL as the innate immune adaptor mediating TLR7-9-induced IRF5 activation via the interaction with SLC15A4, but its relevance in primary murine cells remained unexplored. Here we assessed the impact of deficiency in TASL and/or its previously uncharacterized paralogue Gm6377, named here TASL2, on endolysosomal TLR responses in primary bone-marrow-derived pDCs and splenic B cells. Double knockout TASLxTASL2 (TASLDKO) phenocopied the strong impairement observed in cells from SLC15A4-deficient feeble mice, while single TASL or TASL2 deficiency showed partial effect. Altogether, this study demonstrates that the SLC15A4-TASL/TASL2 complex play a critical role for TLR7-9-driven inflammatory responses.
Project description:Molecular comparison between control 4T1 cells with MMP3-low 4T1 cells RNA extracted from biological triplicates of each of the above mentioned cell populations were subjected to microarray analysis
Project description:In this project, 4T1 parental cells (4T1/WT) were exposed to increasing concentrations of epirubicin (EPB) to establish a novel multi-drug resistant CSC-like breast cancer cell line (4T1/EPB). The ubiquitinated proteins were enriched from 4T1/WT or 4T1/EPB derived cell lysate using a-Al2O3-Vx3 nanoparticles to produce the covalently linked product UPs nanovaccine. Label-free LC-MS/MS mass spectrometry was used to detect the type and amount of enriched proteins of UPs from the 4T1/WT cells and the 4T1/EPB cells.
Project description:Novel therapies targeting cancer stem cells (CSCs), which play critical roles in chemo- and radio-resistance, metastasis, and possibly resistance against cancer immunotherapy including granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) gene-transduced tumor cell vaccines, may provide beneficial clinical outcomes. Here, we used syngeneic immunocompetent mice that allowed precise evaluation of the immunogenicity of the side population (SP) isolated from 4T1 murine breast carcinoma (4T1-SP) cells as putative CSCs. 4T1-SP cells showed various stem cell properties including high capacities for colony formation and tumorigenicity as well as high expression of phosphorylated signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 and vascular endothelial growth factor that are inductive of immune tolerance. Despite these progressive malignant characteristics of 4T1-SP cells, subcutaneous injection of non-transmissible Sendai virus-mediated GM-CSF gene-transduced 4T1-SP (4T1-SP/GM) cells remarkably impaired their tumorigenicity compared with that of the controls. This impairment of tumorigenicity was partially dependent on CD8+ T cells in concert with CD4+ T cells and natural killer cells. Notably, therapeutic vaccinations using irradiated 4T1-SP/GM cells markedly suppressed tumor development of subcutaneously transplanted 4T1-SP cells compared with that of the controls including irradiated 4T1-non-SP/GM cells. Tumor suppression was accompanied by robust accumulation of mature dendritic cells at vaccination sites and systemic Th1-based cellular immunity. Moreover, vaccinations comprising primary 4T1-SP cells isolated from transplanted 4T1-SP tumors elicited antitumor effects. cDNA microarray analysis showed that 4T1-SP cells predominantly expressed genes of cancer-related antigens including cancer/testis antigens. Collectively, we demonstrate that SP cell-based vaccinations induce effective antitumor immunity that may improve the efficacy of SP cell-based immunotherapy. Gene expression profiles were compared between sorted 4T1-SP and 4T1-NSP cells.
Project description:The goal of this experiment was to determine differences in RNA expression between the central necrotic tumor core and the non-necrotic rim region in orthotopic xenograft models of 4T1 cells transplanted into immunocompromised rat hosts. These samples are derived from tissues obtained from 4T1 spheroids transplanted orthotopically into the mammary fat pads of SRG OncoRats. 4T1 cells were cultured as spheroids in suspension for 24-hours prior to transplantation in 2% matrigel. 600,000 cells in a 1:1 mixture of matrigel and DMEM/F12 were transplanted orthotopically into the right T4 fat pads of SRG rats. At day 27 post transplanation, primary tumors and lungs were collected. The primary tumors were cut in half to expose the cross-section, and the tumors were dissected to isolate the necrotic core region and the non-necrotic rim region. Samples were snap frozen and sent to Genewiz-Azenta for RNA extraction, library prep, and next-gen sequencing.