Project description:PRDM16 is a 140 kDa transcriptional coregulatory protein. PRDM16 has been shown to function as a bi-directional switch in brown fat cell fate by stimulating the development of brown fat cells from myf-5 positive myoblastic precursors. We used microarrays to detail the global programme of gene expression underlying the myoblasts-brown fat conversion induced by PRDM16. undifferentiated C2C12 myoblasts were stably expressed with retroviral PRDM16 or vector control. Total RNAs were isolated by Trizol, and subjected to Affymetrix microarrays.
Project description:C2C12 mouse myoblasts were transduced with either PAX3-FOXO1 expression vector (P3F-C2C12), a system that is commonly used to study the more aggressive alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma subtype, or empty vector (Ctrl-C2C12). Exosomes were isolated from both cell lines by differential centrifugation, and exosomal markers were characterized by western blot. Then, the Affymetrix GeneChip miRNA 3.0 array was used to identify the miRNA content of the extracted exosomes where the differentially deregulated miRNA (either enriched or depleted) in P3F-C2C12 exosomes were determined relative to Ctrl-C2C12 exosomes. Results showed that PAX3-FOXO1 fusion gene alters the content of exosomes and that the enriched miR-486-5p is a downstream effector of PAX3-FOXO1 in mediating the oncogenic effects of exosome-mediated paracrine signaling in this setting.
