Project description:The menin tumor suppressor protein (Men1) is deficient in many endocrine tumors and forms an active complex with MLL family histone methyltransferases. This Men1 complex promotes histone H3 lysine 4 trimethylation at target loci including homeobox genes and cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor genes. The loss of Men1 may be tumorigenic because it leads to decreased histone H3 lysine 4 trimethylation resulting in expressional changes of specific genes. Reversing tumorigenesis induced by a Men1 deficiency might be achieved by inhibition of histone H3 lysine 4 demethylase Rbp2 (Kdm5a). To this end, pancreatic islets from Men1f|f, Rbp2f|f and Men1f|f Rbp2f|f mice were expression profiled to determine what transcriptional changes induced by a Men1 deficiency are reversed by the loss of Rpb2. Pancreatic islets were isolated from Men1flf RIP-Cre mice, Rbp2flf RIP-Cre mice, Men1flf Rbp2flf RIP-Cre mice and two month old matched control mice. Total mRNA was extracted from islets and expression profiled on microarrays.
Project description:mRNA of pancreatic islets from Rip-Cre CDK8fl/fl and CDK8fl/fl mice were sequenced to investigate the consequence of genetic CDK8 ablation on genome wide transcript levels. Additionally, Rip-Cre CDK8fl/fl and CDK8fl/fl mice were stressed with STZ and then islets from those mice were sequenced to describe the transcriptome-wide regulation of beta-cells under stress condition.
Project description:RNA-Seq was performed on pancreatic islets from four transgenic mouse strains affecting LKB1 and AMPK. A conditional LKB1 knockout strain was generated. Double conditional knockouts for AMPK alpha1 and AMPK alpha2 were also generated. These conditional strains were crossed with RIP-Cre (driven by rat insulin promoter) or Ins1-Cre mice to generate LKB1 knockout and AMPK double knockout strains.
Project description:We report our results from two runs of RNA-seq analysis on islets isolated from female C57Bl/6J mice with a constitutive deletion of O-GlcNAc Transferase (OGT) specifically in pancreatic β-cells (Rip-cre; Ogt f/f) and controls (Ogt f/f or Ogt f/+)
Project description:The aim of this study was to determine the effect of transgenic Aire expression on the transcriptional profile of a tissue that normally does not express Aire: pancreatic islets. The transcriptional profile of transgenic RIP-Aire27 islets was compared to non-transgenic littermate islets as well as to archival NOD thymic medullary epithelial cells (MEC) data. All data were from non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice Experiment Overall Design: 3-wk-old individual male RIP-Aire27 or non-transgenic littermates islets were isolated by gradient purification followed by hanpicking under a microscope for subsequent RNA purification, labeling and hybridization to Affymetrix arrays.
Project description:The aim of this study was to determine the effect of transgenic Aire expression on the transcriptional profile of a tissue that normally does not express Aire: pancreatic islets. The transcriptional profile of transgenic RIP-Aire27 islets was compared to non-transgenic littermate islets as well as to archival NOD thymic medullary epithelial cells (MEC) data. All data were from non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice Keywords: RIP-Aire transgenic vs non-transgenic comparison
Project description:ABSTRACT: The human growth hormone (hGH) minigene is frequently used in the derivation of transgenic mouse lines to enhance transgene expression. Although this minigene is present in the transgenes as a secondcistron, and thus not thought to be expressed, we found that three commonly used lines, Pdx1-CreLate, RIP-Cre, and MIP-GFP, each expressed significant amounts of hGH in pancreatic islets. Locally secreted hGH binds to prolactin receptors on β cells, activates STAT5 signaling, and induces pregnancy-like changes in gene expression, thereby augmenting pancreatic β cell mass and insulin content. In addition, islets of Pdx1-CreLate mice have lower GLUT2 expression and reduced glucose-induced insulin release and are protected against the β cell toxin streptozotocin. These findings may be important when interpreting results obtained when these and other hGH minigene-containing transgenic mice are used. Data obtained for the Pdx1-creLate and control samples were compaired to investigate the effect of hGH on the mRNA profile of islets. The data obtained from the islets of pregnant mice was added to the analysis to confirm the pregnacy-like phenotype in the Pdx1-creLate islets. The data of the different days of pregnancy was already described in Schraenen et al. 2010 (PMID: 20886204 and PMID: 20938637).
Project description:Tead1 is a transcription factor downstream of the hippo pathway. Gene expression is compared between whole islets from beta cell specific tead1 KO (using Rip-Cre) and Floxed control islets
Project description:To characterise their gene expression, wild type pancreatic pericytes were isolated based on the YFP-labeling from Nkx3.2-Cre;EYFP mice. As control, whole isolated islets were analysed.To identify Tcf7l2-depenedent genes, pancreatic pericytes were isolated from Nkx3.2-Cre;EYFP;Tcf7l2 flox/flox transgenic mice, and compared to wild type cells.
