Project description:The aim was to examine changes in gene expression of the endometrium exposed to long-term tamoxifen treatment in comparison to age matched controls. To achieve this, endometrial tissues were obtained from women receiving tamoxifen treatment who were undergoing a hysterectomy. Using cDNA microarrays, gene expression changes in the postmenopausal endometrium of these women was compared with that in endometrium of age matched women not receiving tamoxifen. Keywords: Gene expression changes in the postmenopausal endometrium of women following tamoxifen treatment
Project description:Background: Endometrial organoids are useful tools for studying endometrial biology but are derived from endoemtrial tissue obtained invasively from biopsies and mostly from women not taking hormonal medication. To increase the proportion of women from which endometrial organoids can be obtained, we sought to compare endometrial organoids derived from menstrual fluid and hormone-treated endometrium with standard endometrial organoids. Purpose: To determine if organoids derived from menstrual fluid and hormone-treated endometrium share features with standard endometrial organoids. Methods: RNA sequencing was performed on passage 3 day 7 menstrual fluid organoids (MFO), endometrial organoids from women taking hormonal medication (EMO-H) and standard endometrial organoids (EMO) Results: to determine if organoids derived from menstrual fluid and hormone-treated endometrium share features with staandard endometrial organoids. Conclusions: MFO and EMO-H did not cluster distinctly to EMO, indicating that they share features with EMO and may enable population-wide disease modelling. This is the first publicly available data set demonstrating the transcriptome of EMO-H.
Project description:The aim was to examine changes in gene expression of the endometrium exposed to long-term tamoxifen treatment in comparison to age matched controls. To achieve this, endometrial tissues were obtained from women receiving tamoxifen treatment who were undergoing a hysterectomy. Using cDNA microarrays, gene expression changes in the postmenopausal endometrium of these women was compared with that in endometrium of age matched women not receiving tamoxifen. Endometrial tissue from post-menopausal women was obtained following ethical approval from the Leicester NHS Trust. None of the women had received any hormonal treatment for two months prior to the procurement of the specimens. Tissues were taken from untreated women (n=6) or those treated for 4 to 5 years with tamoxifen (20mg/day) (n=4), aged 58-82 (65 ± 9.1, mean ± SD). Total RNA was extracted. Controls were pooled. RNA labelling, hybridisation and analysis of fluorescence was carried out as described by Turton et al (2001). Cy3/Cy5 Dye swap labelling was carried out on samples from each patient. Reference: Turton NJ et. al. (Oncogene (2001) 20, 1300-1306