Project description:Smad2/3 binding regions in mouse mammary gland epithelial cells (NMuMG) treated with TGF-beta for 1.5 h were determined by ChIP-seq to evaluate the transcriptional mechanism of TGF-beta-Smad signaling.
Project description:EGFR expression in primary mammary tumors predicts for decrease patient surival, but targeted EGFR inhibitors have failed to improve patient outcomes. To identifiy mediators of resistance to EGFR inhibition in breast cancer, normal murine mammary gland (NMuMG) cells specifcally transformed by overexpression of EGFR (NME) were cultured under 3D conditions in the presence of the EGFR inhibitor AG1478. Using this approach we were able to isolate a cell conlony that demonstrated sponaneous resistance to inhibition of EGFR. These AG1478 resistant (AGR) cells were expanded in vitro and analysed by microarray.
Project description:Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and mesenchymal-epithelial transition (MET) facilitate breast cancer (BC) metastasis, however stable molecular changes that result as a consequence of these processes remain poorly defined. Therefore, we sought to identify molecular markers that could distinguish tumor cells that had completed the EMT:MET cycle in the hopes of identifying and targeting unique aspects of metastatic tumor outgrowth.Therefore, normal murine mammary gland (NMumG) cells transformed by overexpression of EGFR (NME) cells were cultured in the presence of TGF-beta1 (5 ng/ml) for 4 weeks, at which point TGF-beta1 supplementation was discontinued and the cells were allowed to recover for an additional 4 weeks (Post-TGF-Rec). Total RNA was prepared from unstimulated cells (Pre-TGF) of similar passage and compared by microarray analysis. The two groups were analyzed in triplicate, three Pre-TGF samples and three Post-TGF-Rec samples.
Project description:Salts of aluminium, a chemical element devoid of biological function, are added to many industrial products of frequent use because of aluminium's chemical versatility. As a result of lifetime exposure, aluminium accumulates in several organs including the mammary gland. At concentrations in the range of those measured in the breast of women living in industrialised countries, aluminium chloride transforms human and mouse mammary epithelial cells in vitro. These results challenge the safety commonly ascribed to aluminium and suggest that it could be a human carcinogen. NMuMG is a spontaneously immortalised, non tumorigenic mouse mammary epithelial cell line originally derived from NAMRU mice that, following chronic culture in the presence of aluminium - in the form of AlCl3 x 6H2O - becomes able to form tumors and metastasis in NOD-scid and nude mice. As a part of our investigations on the mechanisms by which aluminium might transform mammary epithelial cells, we analysed the mRNA profile of NMuMG cells transformed in vitro by aluminium or the corresponding untreated controls cultured in parallel by cDNA microarray. We used the Clariom S microarray from Thermofisher, that covers more than 20'000 well annotated mRNAs. The cell culture experiment analyzed in this microarray is referred to as \\"NMuMG series I\\" in the citing manuscript (Mandriota et al., submitted).
Project description:Salts of aluminium, a chemical element devoid of biological function, are added to many industrial products of frequent use because of aluminium's chemical versatility. As a result of lifetime exposure, aluminium accumulates in several organs including the mammary gland. At concentrations in the range of those measured in the breast of women living in industrialised countries, aluminium chloride transforms human and mouse mammary epithelial cells in vitro. These results challenge the safety commonly ascribed to aluminium and suggest that it could be a human carcinogen. NMuMG is a spontaneously immortalised, non tumorigenic mouse mammary epithelial cell line originally derived from NAMRU mice that, following chronic culture in the presence of aluminium - in the form of AlCl3 x 6H2O - becomes transformed in vitro. In this specific experiment - referred to as NMuMG series III in the citing manuscript (Mandriota et al., submitted) - transformation was assessed in vitro, by the soft agar assay. As a part of our investigations on the mechanisms by which aluminium might transform mammary epithelial cells, we analysed the mRNA profile of NMuMG cells transformed in vitro by aluminium or the corresponding untreated controls cultured in parallel by cDNA microarray. We used the Clariom S microarray from Thermofisher, that covers more than 20'000 well annotated mRNAs.
Project description:Chromatin immunoprecipitation of Klf4 in NMuMG cells identifies gene promoter sequences that are directly bound by Klf4. Chromatin immunoprecipitation using a Klf4-specific antibody in NMuMG cells followed by next generation sequencing (ChIP-Seq).
Project description:Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and mesenchymal-epithelial transition (MET) facilitate breast cancer (BC) metastasis, however stable molecular changes that result as a consequence of these processes remain poorly defined. Therefore, we sought to identify molecular markers that could distinguish tumor cells that had completed the EMT:MET cycle in the hopes of identifying and targeting unique aspects of metastatic tumor outgrowth.Therefore, normal murine mammary gland (NMumG) cells transformed by overexpression of EGFR (NME) cells were cultured in the presence of TGF-beta1 (5 ng/ml) for 4 weeks, at which point TGF-beta1 supplementation was discontinued and the cells were allowed to recover for an additional 4 weeks (Post-TGF-Rec). Total RNA was prepared from unstimulated cells (Pre-TGF) of similar passage and compared by microarray analysis.
Project description:EPR, a lncRNA present in the chromatin fraction of NMuMG cells, controls proliferation and fate determination in mammary gland cells. We wanted to define if EPR overexpression in NMuMG cells affects the landcape of two histone activation marks (H3K4me3 and H3K27ac).