Project description:Orthotopic tumors were previously generated from parental Prostate Luminal (PLum) cells under androgen‑dependent (PLum-AD) and androgen‑independent (PLum-AI) conditions in order to establish cellular models of prostate cancer progression (Abou-Kheir et al., 2011; doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026112). We used microarrays to evaluate the differential gene expression profiles underlying progression of prostate cancer from primary androgen-dependent stage to advanced androgen-independent stage using newly isolated murine prostate cancer cell lines. Those cell lines represent novel in vitro models of androgen‑dependent and –independent prostate cancer, recapitulating the progression of the disease to a more invasive phenotype upon androgen deprivation.
Project description:Prunus persica (peach) trees carrying the ‘Pillar’ or ‘Broomy’ trait (br) have vertically oriented branches caused by loss of function mutations in a gene called TILLER ANGLE CONTROL 1 (TAC1). TAC1 encodes a protein in the IGT gene family that includes LAZY1 and DEEPER ROOTING 1 (DRO1), which regulat lateral branch and root orientations, respectively. Here, we found that some of the native TAC1 alleles in the hexaploid plum species Prunus domestica, which has a naturally more upright stature, contained a variable length trinucleotide repeat within the same exon 3 region previously found to be disrupted in pillar peach trees. RNAi silencing of TAC1 in plum resulted in trees with severely vertical branch orientations similar to those in pillar peaches but with an even narrower profile. In contrast, PpeTAC1 over-expression in plum led to trees with wider branch angles and more horizontal branch orientations. Pillar peach trees and transgenic plum lines exhibited pleiotropic phenotypes including differences in trunk and branch diameter, stem growth, and twisting branch phenotypes. Expression profiling of pillar peach trees revealed differential expression of numerous genes associated with biotic and abiotic stress, hormone responses, plastids, reactive oxygen, and secondary and cell wall metabolism. Collectively, the data provide important clues for understanding TAC1 function and show that alteration of TAC1 expression may have broad applicability to agricultural and ornamental tree industries.
Project description:Many Luminal breast cancers are heterogeneous, containing substantial numbers of estrogen (ER-) and progesterone (PR-) receptor-negative cells among the ER+PR+ ones. Currently, the Basal-like ER-PR- Luminobasal subpopulation in Luminal disease is not targeted for treatment. To address the relationships between ER+PR+ and ER-PR- cells in Luminal cancers and tightly control their ratios, we have generated isogenic pure Luminal (pLUM) and pure Luminobasal (pLB) cells from the same parental Luminal human breast cancer cell line. We show that pLUM suppress proliferation of pLB cells in mixed-cell 3D colonies in vitro and in pLUM:pLB mixed-cell xenografts in mice. High-throughput screening of FDA-approved oncology drugs reveal pLB cells are sensitive to the EGFR inhibitors Gefitinib and Erlotinib. In mixed-cell 3D colonies and mixed-cell solid mouse tumors, combination therapy with the antiestrogen Fulvestrant and the EGFRi Gefitinib constitutes a robust treatment strategy. We propose that response to combination endocrine/EGFRi therapies in heterogeneous Luminal cancers will improve long-term survival in patients whose primary tumors have been preselected for the appropriate biomarkers.
Project description:This DATASET collection includes the mass spectrometry files for proteomics venom investigation of island and mainland V. ammodytes populations from North Macedonia.
Sample list:
1. Island - adult - male
2. Island - adult - female
3. Island - juvenile
4. Island - subadult
5. Mainland - adult
6. Mainland - subadult
7. Mainland - juvenile
Folders 01-07 - BOTTOM-UP PROTEOMICS: The venom pools were investigated by the bottom-up "snake venomics" (labelled as SVX) approach and in short: separated by RP-HPLC, followed by SDS-PAGE separation and the single bands were in-gel processed by DTT, IAC and finally o/n tryptic digested. Samples submitted to HPLC-MS/MS. Early peptidic fractions of the first HPLC run were directly submitted to HPLC-MS/MS analytic w/o further gel procession. Folders 01 to 07 include the MS and MS/MS spectra of the V. ammodytes sample pools from different populations. Files are included as RAW and MZML format.
Used instrument: LTQ Orbitrap XL mass spectrometer (Thermo, Bremen, Germany) with an Agilent 1260 HPLC system (Agilent Technologies, Waldbronn, Germany) using a reversed-phase Grace Vydac 218MS C18 (2.1 x 150 mm; 5 um particle size) column.
Modifications: UNIMOD:4 - \"Iodoacetamide derivative.\"
Used protein database: Uniprot_8750_serpentes_CanNIso_2674_entries_220210_cRAP_220210.fasta
2024-06-18 | MSV000095060 | MassIVE
Project description:Molecular analysis of the complete genomes of apricot and plum isolates of Plum pox virus detected in a Prunus germplasm collection in Almaty’s Pomological Gardens, Kazakhstan
Project description:Interventions: treatment group:modification of dark plum pill;Control:Routine treatment under endoscope
Primary outcome(s): occurrence rate of colorectal adenoma
Study Design: Randomized parallel controlled trial
| 2663100 | ecrin-mdr-crc
Project description:Plum pox virus populations in peach and American plum