Project description:Inherited genetic variants of insulin receptor induced cellular signaling have long been suspected to contribute to the development of type-2- diabetes mellitus. In this report we discuss a heterozygous mutation in the first coding exon of the proto-oncogene Ha-Ras (Ha-RasA11P) that we have identified in a patient with familial premature aging syndrome. The patient has atopic sklerodermic skin alterations, insulin resistance as well as disturbances in lipid metabolism. In vitro analyzes have shown that this mutation disrupted not only the signal transduction of the insulin receptor but also other receptor tyrosine kinases, such as IGF-1, EGF, PDGF. These results demonstrate that HA-Ras has a significant role in insulin sensitivity in humans. We used microarrays to determine differences in gene expression due to a deactivating Ha-Ras mutation reducing c-fos expression in a patient with lipodystrophy and a Werner-like syndrome. Cultued fibroblasts of non diabetic controls and a patient with deactivating Ha-Ras mutation were analyzed at identical passage number and growth conditions without further additional treatment.
Project description:Inherited genetic variants of insulin receptor induced cellular signaling have long been suspected to contribute to the development of type-2- diabetes mellitus. In this report we discuss a heterozygous mutation in the first coding exon of the proto-oncogene Ha-Ras (Ha-RasA11P) that we have identified in a patient with familial premature aging syndrome. The patient has atopic sklerodermic skin alterations, insulin resistance as well as disturbances in lipid metabolism. In vitro analyzes have shown that this mutation disrupted not only the signal transduction of the insulin receptor but also other receptor tyrosine kinases, such as IGF-1, EGF, PDGF. These results demonstrate that HA-Ras has a significant role in insulin sensitivity in humans. We used microarrays to determine differences in gene expression due to a deactivating Ha-Ras mutation reducing c-fos expression in a patient with lipodystrophy and a Werner-like syndrome.
Project description:The c-H-ras proto-oncogene undergoes alternative splicing of the exon termed IDX giving rise to a novel protein of the Ras family, p19 (H-RasIDX). The experiment tests the effect on the transcriptome of overexpressing the wild type and W164A mutated forms of p19. Keywords: genetic modification
Project description:The process of hepatocarcinogenesis in the diethylnitrosamine (DEN) initiation/phenobarbital (PB) promotion mouse model involves the selective clonal outgrowth of cells harboring oncogene mutations in Ha-ras, B-raf, or Ctnnb1. Here, we have characterized mouse liver tumors harboring either Ctnnb1 or Ha-ras mutations via integrated molecular profiling at the transcriptional and translational and post-translational levels. In addition, metabolites of the intermediary metabolism were quantified by high resultion 1H magic angle nuclear magnetic resonance (HR-MAS NMR). We have identified tumor characteristic genotype-specific differences in mRNA and miRNA expression, protein levels, and post-translational modifications and in metabolite levels that facilitate the molecular and biochemical stratification of tumor phenotypes. Bioinformatic integration of these data at the pathway level led to novel insights into tumor genotype-specific aberrant cell signaling and in particular to a better understanding of alterations in pathways of the cell intermediary metabolism, which are driven by the constitutive activation of the β-Catenin and Ha-ras oncoproteins in tumors of the two genotypes.
Project description:The process of hepatocarcinogenesis in the diethylnitrosamine (DEN) initiation/phenobarbital (PB) promotion mouse model involves the selective clonal outgrowth of cells harboring oncogene mutations in Ha-ras, B-raf, or Ctnnb1. Here, we have characterized mouse liver tumors harboring either Ctnnb1 or Ha-ras mutations via integrated molecular profiling at the transcriptional and translational and post-translational levels. In addition, metabolites of the intermediary metabolism were quantified by high resultion 1H magic angle nuclear magnetic resonance (HR-MAS NMR). We have identified tumor characteristic genotype-specific differences in mRNA and miRNA expression, protein levels, and post-translational modifications and in metabolite levels that facilitate the molecular and biochemical stratification of tumor phenotypes. Bioinformatic integration of these data at the pathway level led to novel insights into tumor genotype-specific aberrant cell signaling and in particular to a better understanding of alterations in pathways of the cell intermediary metabolism, which are driven by the constitutive activation of the β-Catenin and Ha-ras oncoproteins in tumors of the two genotypes.
Project description:The process of hepatocarcinogenesis in the diethylnitrosamine (DEN) initiation/phenobarbital (PB) promotion mouse model involves the selective clonal outgrowth of cells harboring oncogene mutations in Ha-ras, B-raf, or Ctnnb1. Here, we have characterized mouse liver tumors harboring either Ctnnb1 or Ha-ras mutations via integrated molecular profiling at the transcriptional and translational and post-translational levels. In addition, metabolites of the intermediary metabolism were quantified by high resultion 1H magic angle nuclear magnetic resonance (HR-MAS NMR). We have identified tumor characteristic genotype-specific differences in mRNA and miRNA expression, protein levels, and post-translational modifications and in metabolite levels that facilitate the molecular and biochemical stratification of tumor phenotypes. Bioinformatic integration of these data at the pathway level led to novel insights into tumor genotype-specific aberrant cell signaling and in particular to a better understanding of alterations in pathways of the cell intermediary metabolism, which are driven by the constitutive activation of the β-Catenin and Ha-ras oncoproteins in tumors of the two genotypes.
Project description:The process of hepatocarcinogenesis in the diethylnitrosamine (DEN) initiation/phenobarbital (PB) promotion mouse model involves the selective clonal outgrowth of cells harboring oncogene mutations in Ha-ras, B-raf, or Ctnnb1. Here, we have characterized mouse liver tumors harboring either Ctnnb1 or Ha-ras mutations via integrated molecular profiling at the transcriptional and translational and post-translational levels. In addition, metabolites of the intermediary metabolism were quantified by high resultion 1H magic angle nuclear magnetic resonance (HR-MAS NMR). We have identified tumor characteristic genotype-specific differences in mRNA and miRNA expression, protein levels, and post-translational modifications and in metabolite levels that facilitate the molecular and biochemical stratification of tumor phenotypes. Bioinformatic integration of these data at the pathway level led to novel insights into tumor genotype-specific aberrant cell signaling and in particular to a better understanding of alterations in pathways of the cell intermediary metabolism, which are driven by the constitutive activation of the M-NM-2-Catenin and Ha-ras oncoproteins in tumors of the two genotypes. Male C3H/HeJ mice received a single i.p. injection of DEN (10 or 90M-BM-5g/g body weight) at 2, or 6 weeks of age. After a treatment-free interval of 2 weeks, the C3H/HeJ mice were either kept on a diet containing 0.05% PB or on a PB-free control diet for 28 to 36 weeks before they were sacrificed. Ha-ras- or Ctnnb1-mutated tumors and control tissues were isolated and either flash frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at -80M-BM-0C, or prepared for immunohistochemistry.
Project description:The process of hepatocarcinogenesis in the diethylnitrosamine (DEN) initiation/phenobarbital (PB) promotion mouse model involves the selective clonal outgrowth of cells harboring oncogene mutations in Ha-ras, B-raf, or Ctnnb1. Here, we have characterized mouse liver tumors harboring either Ctnnb1 or Ha-ras mutations via integrated molecular profiling at the transcriptional and translational and post-translational levels. In addition, metabolites of the intermediary metabolism were quantified by high resultion 1H magic angle nuclear magnetic resonance (HR-MAS NMR). We have identified tumor characteristic genotype-specific differences in mRNA and miRNA expression, protein levels, and post-translational modifications and in metabolite levels that facilitate the molecular and biochemical stratification of tumor phenotypes. Bioinformatic integration of these data at the pathway level led to novel insights into tumor genotype-specific aberrant cell signaling and in particular to a better understanding of alterations in pathways of the cell intermediary metabolism, which are driven by the constitutive activation of the ?-Catenin and Ha-ras oncoproteins in tumors of the two genotypes. Male C3H/HeJ mice received a single i.p. injection of DEN (10 or 90µg/g body weight) at 2, or 6 weeks of age. After a treatment-free interval of 2 weeks, the C3H/HeJ mice were either kept on a diet containing 0.05% PB or on a PB-free control diet for 28 to 36 weeks before they were sacrificed. Ha-ras- or Ctnnb1-mutated tumors and control tissues were isolated and either flash frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at -80°C, or prepared for immunohistochemistry.
Project description:The process of hepatocarcinogenesis in the diethylnitrosamine (DEN) initiation/phenobarbital (PB) promotion mouse model involves the selective clonal outgrowth of cells harboring oncogene mutations in Ha-ras, B-raf, or Ctnnb1. Here, we have characterized mouse liver tumors harboring either Ctnnb1 or Ha-ras mutations via integrated molecular profiling at the transcriptional and translational and post-translational levels. In addition, metabolites of the intermediary metabolism were quantified by high resultion 1H magic angle nuclear magnetic resonance (HR-MAS NMR). We have identified tumor characteristic genotype-specific differences in mRNA and miRNA expression, protein levels, and post-translational modifications and in metabolite levels that facilitate the molecular and biochemical stratification of tumor phenotypes. Bioinformatic integration of these data at the pathway level led to novel insights into tumor genotype-specific aberrant cell signaling and in particular to a better understanding of alterations in pathways of the cell intermediary metabolism, which are driven by the constitutive activation of the β-Catenin and Ha-ras oncoproteins in tumors of the two genotypes. Male C3H/HeJ mice received a single i.p. injection of DEN (10 or 90µg/g body weight) at 2, or 6 weeks of age. After a treatment-free interval of 2 weeks, the C3H/HeJ mice were either kept on a diet containing 0.05% PB or on a PB-free control diet for 28 to 36 weeks before they were sacrificed. Ha-ras- or Ctnnb1-mutated tumors and control tissues were isolated and either flash frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at -80°C, or prepared for immunohistochemistry.
Project description:The c-H-ras proto-oncogene undergoes alternative splicing of the exon termed IDX giving rise to a novel protein of the Ras family, p19 (H-RasIDX). The experiment tests the effect on the transcriptome of overexpressing the wild type and W164A mutated forms of p19. Keywords: genetic modification Three-condition experiment, where wild type p19 H-ras transfection or transfection with a mutated form (p19W164A) were compared to transfection with the negative control (empty pRK5 expression vector) which was used as the common reference. Biological replicates: 3 of each set of treatments, independently grown and harvested. Two technical replicates with dye swapping per comparison.