Project description:Local renin antiotensin systems have been identified for many extra-renal sites. Bone marrow has been proposed as one such site, although the nature of the renin-expressing cell type(s) has not been established. Affymetrix microarrays were used to characterize the expression profile of renin-expressing GFP positive cells. Green fluorescent protein positive cells were sorted from whole bone marrow collected from adult transgenic mice. Bone marrow from several mice was collected and pooled on the day of a FACS sort. A portion of this was reserved for RNA extraction while the remainder was sorted. RNA was prepared with Trizol. Bone marrow collection and sorting was performed 3 times so that microarrays could be run in triplicate.
Project description:We have identified a population of adipocytes in fat tissue that arise from bone marrow-derived progenitor cells. We used microarrays to compare the global gene expression patterns of the bone marrow progenitor-derived adipocytes as well as conventional white and brown adipocytes to evaluate the relationship between these adipocyte subpopulations. Gonadal fat tissue (for white adipocytes) and intrascapular fat tissue (for brown adipocytes) was digested with collagenase and adipocytes were recovered by centrifugation/flotation. Bone marrow derived adipocytes were isolated from the adipocyte fraction of gonadal fat tissue from mice receiving bone marrow tranplants from donors expressing either green fluorescent protein (GFP) or beta-galactosidase (LacZ) by flow cytometry.
Project description:Local renin antiotensin systems have been identified for many extra-renal sites. Bone marrow has been proposed as one such site, although the nature of the renin-expressing cell type(s) has not been established. Affymetrix microarrays were used to characterize the expression profile of renin-expressing GFP positive cells.
Project description:Bone marrow Hdc-GFP+/hi and Hdc-GFP-/loCD11b+Gr1+ cells were isolated from bones from histidine decarboxylase (Hdc) green fluorescent protein (Hdc-GFP) mice Hdc-GFP+/hiCD11b+Gr1+ cells and Hdc-GFP-/loCD11b+Gr1+ cells were sorted by combinations of GFP and myeloid cell surface markers CD11b and Gr1 and their differential mRNA expression compared with Affymetrix microarrays.
Project description:Bone marrow Hdc-GFP+/hiCD11b+Gr1lo vs Hdc-GFP+/hiCD11b+Gr1hi myeloid cells were isolated from bones from histidine decarboxylase (Hdc) green fluorescent protein (Hdc-GFP) mice. Hdc-GFP+/hiCD11b+Gr1hi cells and Hdc-GFP+/hiCD11b+Gr1/lo cells were sorted by combinations of GFP and myeloid cell surface markers CD11b and Gr1 and their differential mRNA expression compared with Affymetrix microarrays.
Project description:We identified four transcriptional factors, Runx2, Osx, Dlx5, and ATF4, that rapidly and efficiently reprogram mouse fibroblasts derived from 2.3 kb type I collagen promoter-driven green fluorescent protein (Col2.3GFP) transgenic mice into induced osteoblast cells (iOBs). The global transcriptome profiling validated that iOBs resemble primary osteoblasts. Genome-wide DNA methylation analysis demonstrates that within differentially methylated loci, the methylation status of iOBs more closely resembles primary osteoblasts than mouse fibroblasts. We further demonstrate that Col2.3GFP+ iOBs have transcriptome profiles similar to GFP+ cells derived from Col2.3GFP transgenic mouse bone chips.
Project description:Using culture conditions similar to those defined for bone marrow derived mesenchymal stromal cells (BMMSCs), peripheral blood derived mesenchymal stromal cells (PBMSCs) from green fluorescent protein (GFP) transgenic rats were isolated and expanded. Despite the highly similar profile in the putative mesenchymal characteristics including fibroblastic morphology, molecular markers such as CD90, CD44, CD106, vimentin, etc., osteogenic and adipogenic differentiation potentials, significant differential expression between PBMSCs and BMMSCs was discovered in 167 genes by Affymetrix microarray. Of the 167 sequences, were there 81 genes up-regulated and 86 genes down-regulated in the PBMSCs vs BMMSCs. The gene ontological (GO) analysis further revealed that ontology terms such as cell differentiation, development, cell communication, extracellular region, etc., were significantly enriched in these 167 genes, implying potential different biological function of PBMSCs from their counterpart BMMSCs. These genes and associated proteins may also be used as markers for defining PBMSCs from BMMSCs, and more important, may provide further direction to study this elusive cell population. Keywords: mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs), peripheral blood (PB), bone marrow (BM), green fluorescent protein (GFP) transgenic rat, microarray
Project description:To identify gene products expressed in S100A4-producing cells in Peyer's patches, we used transgenic mice expressing enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) under the control of the mouse S100A4 promoter (S100A4-GFP mice) and analyzed gene expression profiles using microarray. As a result, we found that S100A4-producing cells expressed many genes characteristic of LysoMac/DCs and ILC3s.
Project description:Bone marrow Hdc-GFPhi and Hdc-GFPlo HSPC (SLAM-LSK, Lin-c-kit+Sca-1+CD150+CD48-) HSCs were isolated from mouse femur and tibia from histidine decarboxylase (Hdc) green fluorescent protein (Hdc-GFP) mice. Hdc-GFPhi HSC and Hdc-GFPlo HSC cells were sorted by combinations of GFP and the cell surface markers of HSC. total RNA was isolated from sorted 2,500 HSPCs using ARCTURUS PicoPure RNA isolation kit (Life Technologies). cDNA was amplified and libraries were constructed by using SMARTer Ultra Low Input RNA kit (Clontech Laboratories) and Nextera XT DNA Library Preparation kit (Illumina) according to manufacturer’s instructions respectively. Sequencing was performed on the Illumina HiSeq2000 platform.