Project description:Transcriptional profiling of H1299 non-small cell lung carcinoma cells transfected with either wt p53 or mut(175) p53 driven by the 5xHRE promoter (5 repeats of hypoxia-inducible factor response elements) and treated for 16 h with normoxia (21% O2) or hypoxia(<0.1% O2). 5xHRE promoter ensures that p53 expression is induced in hypoxic conditions only. Goal was to determine the transcriptional response of p53 in hypoxia and the 175 p53 mutant was used as a control as it is DNA-binding defective and transcription-incompetent mutant. Four-condition experiment: wt p53-transfected H1299 cells treated with normoxia, mut p53-transfected H1299 cells treated with normoxia, wt p53-transfected H1299 cells treated with hypoxia, mut p53-transfected H1299 cells treated with hypoxia. Biological replicates: 1 normoxic sample with wt p53, 1 normoxic sample with mut p53, 3 hypoxic samples with wt p53, 3 hypoxic samples with mut p53.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of human mesenchymal stem cells comparing normoxic MSCs cells with hypoxic MSCs cells. Hypoxia may inhibit senescence of MSCs during expansion. Goal was to determine the effects of hypoxia on global MSCs gene expression.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of human mesenchymal stem cells comparing normoxic MSCs cells with hypoxic MSCs cells. Hypoxia may inhibit senescence of MSCs during expansion. Goal was to determine the effects of hypoxia on global MSCs gene expression. Two-condition experiment, Normoxic MSCs vs. Hypoxic MSCs.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of H1299 non-small cell lung carcinoma cells transfected with either wt p53 or mut(175) p53 driven by the 5xHRE promoter (5 repeats of hypoxia-inducible factor response elements) and treated for 16 h with normoxia (21% O2) or hypoxia(<0.1% O2). 5xHRE promoter ensures that p53 expression is induced in hypoxic conditions only. Goal was to determine the transcriptional response of p53 in hypoxia and the 175 p53 mutant was used as a control as it is DNA-binding defective and transcription-incompetent mutant.
Project description:Proteome of exosomes purified from H1299-p53R273H (mutant) and H1299-p53-/- cells, which found the levels of Podocalyxin altered in p53-mutant cells.
Project description:Gene expression profiling of immortalized human mesenchymal stem cells with hTERT/E6/E7 transfected MSCs. hTERT may change gene expression in MSCs. Goal was to determine the gene expressions of immortalized MSCs.
Project description:Kynureninase is a member of a large family of catalytically diverse but structurally homologous pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP) dependent enzymes known as the aspartate aminotransferase superfamily or alpha-family. The Homo sapiens and other eukaryotic constitutive kynureninases preferentially catalyze the hydrolytic cleavage of 3-hydroxy-l-kynurenine to produce 3-hydroxyanthranilate and l-alanine, while l-kynurenine is the substrate of many prokaryotic inducible kynureninases. The human enzyme was cloned with an N-terminal hexahistidine tag, expressed, and purified from a bacterial expression system using Ni metal ion affinity chromatography. Kinetic characterization of the recombinant enzyme reveals classic Michaelis-Menten behavior, with a Km of 28.3 +/- 1.9 microM and a specific activity of 1.75 micromol min-1 mg-1 for 3-hydroxy-dl-kynurenine. Crystals of recombinant kynureninase that diffracted to 2.0 A were obtained, and the atomic structure of the PLP-bound holoenzyme was determined by molecular replacement using the Pseudomonas fluorescens kynureninase structure (PDB entry 1qz9) as the phasing model. A structural superposition with the P. fluorescens kynureninase revealed that these two structures resemble the "open" and "closed" conformations of aspartate aminotransferase. The comparison illustrates the dynamic nature of these proteins' small domains and reveals a role for Arg-434 similar to its role in other AAT alpha-family members. Docking of 3-hydroxy-l-kynurenine into the human kynureninase active site suggests that Asn-333 and His-102 are involved in substrate binding and molecular discrimination between inducible and constitutive kynureninase substrates.