Project description:Investigation of whole genome gene expression level changes in mouse 4T1 mammary tumors expressing Cebpb shRNA, compared to 4T1 tumors expressing control shRNA. Analysis of mouse 4T1 mammary tumors expressing Cebpb shRNA compared to control shRNA are further described in Johansson & Berg et al 2012.
Project description:Investigation of whole genome gene expression level changes in mouse 4T1 mammary tumors expressing Cebpb shRNA, compared to 4T1 tumors expressing control shRNA. Analysis of mouse 4T1 mammary tumors expressing Cebpb shRNA compared to control shRNA are further described in Johansson & Berg et al 2012. A 10 chip study using total RNA recovered from five separate 4T1 tumors expressing Cebpb shRNA and five separate 4T1 tumors expressing control shRNA. All tumors were surgically removed after subcutaneous implantation in syngeneic BALB/c mice two weeks earlier. Each chip measures the expression level of 44,170 genes from Mus Musculus with fourteen 24-mer probe pairs (PM/MM) per gene, with three-fold technical redundancy.
Project description:4T1 is a mammary tumor cell line to which the NFAT1 transcription factor is essential for tumorigenesis and metastasis. control or shRNA transduced 4T1 cells growing in culture were collected and RNA was extracted from each sample and processed for hybridization to Affymetrix arrays.
Project description:4T1 mouse mammary carcinoma cells have an autocrine FGFR active loop leading to constitutive activation of downstream signaling pathways. We found that FGFR inhibitors have a strong effect on 4T1 tumors in-vivo. We used microarray to understand the contribution of FGFR signaling to the tumor formation upon TKI258 treatment. 4T1 cells were injected in the 4th mammary gland of Balb/C mice. After 7 days, daily treatment with TKI258 or water was performed for 14 days. At the end of the experiment, the RNA were extracted from three individual tumors per condition and hybridized on Affimetrix microarrays.
Project description:PAPAS is an antisense transcript of rRNA genes and mediates silencing of the locus in non-dividing cells. Here, we have analyzed PAPAS function in lactogenic differentiation of mammary epithelial cells (HC11 cells) and in mammary cancer cells (4T1). Using doxycycline (Dox) inducible shRNA against PAPAS, we found that the knockdown perturbs differentiation and inhibits expression of lactogenic genes. In contrast, Dox-inducible overexpression of PAPAS in 4T1 cells suppresses genes required for ribosome biogenesis and slows down the neoplastic growth.
Project description:4T1 mouse mammary carcinoma cells have an autocrine FGFR active loop leading to constitutive activation of downstream signaling pathways. We found that FGFR inhibitors have a strong effect on 4T1 tumors in-vivo. We used microarray to understand the contribution of FGFR signaling to the tumor formation upon TKI258 treatment.
