Project description:LNCaP prostate cancer cells were infected by lentivirus expressing either ctrl or HOTAIR, and the cells were cultured in hormone-deprived condition (Ethl) or in the presence of androgen (R1881). C4-2B prostate cancer cells were infected by lentivirus expressing either shCtrl or shHOTAIR, and the cells were cultured in hormone-deprived condition (Ethl) or in the presence of androgen (R1881).
Project description:LNCaP prostate cancer cells were infected by lentivirus expressing either ctrl or HOTAIR. The cells were cultured either in hormone-deprived condition (Ethl) or in the presence of androgen( R1881).
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:MDA-MB-231 Breast Cancer Cells were infected by retroviral expression with either VECTOR or HOTAIR. To test the role of polycomb in HOTAIR mediated gene expression, MDA-MB-231 HOTAIR cells were infected with short hairpin retroviral vectors targeting SUZ12 or EZH2. A genetic modification design type is where an organism(s) has had genetic material removed, rearranged, mutagenized or added, such as knock out.
Project description:MDA-MB-231 Breast Cancer Cells were infected by retroviral expression with either VECTOR or HOTAIR. To test the role of polycomb in HOTAIR mediated gene expression, MDA-MB-231 HOTAIR cells were infected with short hairpin retroviral vectors targeting SUZ12 or EZH2. A genetic modification design type is where an organism(s) has had genetic material removed, rearranged, mutagenized or added, such as knock out. genetic_modification_design
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.