Project description:Global microRNA expression analysis in HaCaT human keratinocytes transfected with siRNA(s) for p72, NF2/LATS2, DROSHA/DGCR8, or negative control
Project description:This transcriptome study is intended to discover the effects of MYC and TP63 on human keratinocytes differentiation at the genome level. Human keratinocyte cell line, HaCaT cells were transfected by siRNAs with the help of transfection reagent, INTERFERin. 48 hours post-transfection, total RNA was extracted from cells. We used a non-targeting siRNA as a negative control. siRNA targeting MYC or TP63 was obtained from QIAGEN, and RNAs from wild type HaCaT cells were used as reference samples. We did 3 biological replicates and 2 'dye swap' for each sample. Totally we got 12 samples, with 2 dye-swap for each sample, and 48 arrays used for all hybridization.
Project description:The Hippo pathway is an emerging signaling cascade involved in the regulation of organ size control. It consists of evolutionally conserved protein kinases that are sequentially phosphorylated and activated. The active Hippo pathway subsequently phosphorylates a transcription coactivator, YAP, which precludes its nuclear localization and transcriptional activation. Identification of transcriptional targets of YAP in diverse cellular contexts is therefore critical to the understanding of the molecular mechanisms in which the Hippo pathway restricts tissue growth. We used microarrays to profile the gene expression patterns upon acute siRNA knockdown of Hippo pathway components in multiple mammalian cell lines and identified a set of genes representing immediate transcriptional targets of the Hippo/Yap signaling pathway. Three mammalian cell lines (HEK293T, HepG2, HaCaT) were transfected with scramble siRNA controls or siRNAs against NF2 and LATS2, two core components of the Hippo pathway, simultaneously. Total RNAs were harvested four days after transfection to reveal the gene expression pattern unsing microarry. YAP and TAZ siRNAs were also transfected along with NF2 and LATS2 siRNAs to identify YAP/TAZ-dependent transcriptional targets upon loss of NF2/LATS2.
Project description:The T lymphoma invasion and metastasis inducing protein 1 (TIAM1) is a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) that activates the small GTPase RAC1 and regulates a plethora of functions such as cell proliferation, migration, apoptosis and polarity. Recently, we demonstrated that TIAM1 shuttles between the cytoplasm and nucleus. To determine the nuclear role of TIAM1, we performed RNA-seq on SW620 cells transfected either with a specific pre-validated siRNA for TIAM1 (siTIAM1) or a negative control siRNA (siNT) and generated a list of TIAM1 differentially expressed genes. GSEA revealed significant enrichment among TIAM1-regulated genes for YAP-associated molecular signature. To investigate the interplay of TIAM1 with YAP/TAZ we used RNA-seq, generated a list of YAP/TAZ differentially expressed genes from SW620 cells transfected either with specific siRNAs for YAP/TAZ or a negative control siRNA and compared it with the siTIAM1 RNA-seq dataset. Interestingly, we found that 50% of the TAZ/YAP regulated genes were also TIAM1 dependent.
Project description:RAW264.7 cell was stably transfected with Tim-3 siRNA(SI) or negative control(NC) and were analyzed for microRNA expression Differerently expressed microRNA in Tim-3 knockdown RAW264.7 cells were summarized and were used for further analysis
Project description:Global microRNA expression analysis in HaCaT human keratinocytes transfected with p72 or control EGFP in addition to siRNAs for NF2 and LATS2.
Project description:RAW264.7 cell was stably transfected with Tim-3 siRNA(SI) or negative control(NC) and were analyzed for microRNA expression Differerently expressed microRNA in Tim-3 knockdown RAW264.7 cells were summarized and were used for further analysis RAW264.7 cells stably transfected with Tim-3 siRNA(SI) or negative control(NC) and were used to collect microRNA without any other treatment
Project description:YAP1 (Yes-associated protein 1) and TAZ (transcriptional coactivator with PDZ-binding motif, or WWTR1) are nucleo-cytoplasmic shuttling proteins that can function in the nucleus as transcriptional coactivators. Here we sought to evaluate which genes are regulated by endogenous levels of YAP/TAZ. We compared SK-N-MC cells transfected with a control non-targeting siRNA with cells transfected with a mix of siRNA targeting both YAP and TAZ.
Project description:REDD1 KO affects basal global gene expression profile and transcriptomic response to wounding and glucocorticoid treatment in HaCaT human keratinocytes
Project description:Primary and metastatic human melanoma cells were transfected with control siRNA or siSTAT3 to silence its expression. The global gene expression was evaluated after 48 h and related to gene levels in cells transfected with siRNA control.