Project description:To induce a differentiated phenotype, primary colorectal TIC cultures were grown in 10% FBS containing conditions. To analyze gene expression changes upon induction of a differentiated phenotype, total RNA of cells cultured in FBS containing conditions and control cells cultured under serum-free conditions was isolated and comparative gene expression profiling was performed.
Project description:To induce a differentiated phenotype, primary colorectal TIC cultures were grown in 10% FBS containing conditions. To analyze gene expression changes upon induction of a differentiated phenotype, total RNA of cells cultured in FBS containing conditions and control cells cultured under serum-free conditions was isolated and comparative gene expression profiling was performed. RNA was obtained from five different patient derived spheroid cultures grown in serum-free or 10% FBS containing culture medium.
Project description:To induce a differentiated phenotype, primary pancreatic TIC cultures were grown in 10% FBS containing conditions. To analyze gene expression changes upon induction of a differentiated phenotype, total RNA of cells cultured in FBS containing conditions and parallel control cells cultured under serum-free conditions was isolated and comparative gene expression profiling was performed.
Project description:To induce a differentiated phenotype, primary pancreatic TIC cultures were grown in 10% FBS containing conditions. To analyze gene expression changes upon induction of a differentiated phenotype, total RNA of cells cultured in FBS containing conditions and parallel control cells cultured under serum-free conditions was isolated and comparative gene expression profiling was performed. RNA was obtained from four different patient derived cultures grown in serum-free or 10% FBS containing culture medium at passage 3 and passage 8
Project description:Derivation and expansion of human umbilical cord blood-derived endothelial colony forming cells under serum-free conditions - a transcriptome analysis. Endothelial colony forming cells (ECFCs) were isolated from term umbilical cord blood units. ECFCs were expanded under standard, fetal bovine serum (FBS) containing endothelial medium, or transferred to chemically defined endothelial media without FBS. Microarray expression profiling was applied to compare the transcriptome profiles in FBS-containing versus FBS-free culture.
Project description:The main objectives of the project are as follows: 1) Deciphering the TIC specific secretome signature. The secretome collected from four different TICs and their corresponding differentiated cell cultures will be subjected to label-free quantitative proteomic analysis to identify a TIC specific secretome signature. 2) Validation and functional characterization of selected molecules from TIC specific secretome signature. Selected molecules based on the level of regulation and literature information will be validated at the level of transcript and protein. The importance of a set of validated proteins will be studied both in vitro using neurosphere cultures and angiogenesis assays, and in vivo using an intracranial glioma model in nude mice 3) Characterizing of GBM specific serum proteome signature. Using label-free quantitative proteomics, we will compare the serum proteome of tumor bearing mice (xenotransplantated with TICs), early after tumor establisment and after the tumor has reached its maximum size.We will also explore by targeted quantitative proteomics whether the level of “specific” TIC-secreted proteins is increased in the serum of TIC initiated GBM bearing mice and verify, using the same strategy, proteins found to be differentially expressed in serum in both mice groups. These studies will reveal whether TIC-secreted proteins (and/or other GBM-derived proteins) can be retrieved in serum and thus be considered as candidate biomarkers of GBM.
Project description:Mouse spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) continuously self-renew on the feeder layers in serum-free culture medium supplemented with glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor and fibroblast growth factor 2. To identify novel nuclear proteins involved in SSC maintenance, comparative proteomic profiling of nuclear proteins was performed between self-renewing and differentiation-initiated SSCs in culture. The self-renewing SSC cultures were established from C57BL/6 mouse testes. Nuclear fractions from self-renewing SSC cultures treated with ethanol as a vehicle control (spermatogonial stem cells) and differentiation-initiated SSC cultures treated with 0.3 μM retinoic acid for 24 h (spermatogonial progenitor cells) were isolated for proteomic analysis.
Project description:In the research field of extracellular vesicles (EVs), the use of EV-depleted fetal bovine serum (FBS) for in vitro studies is highly recommended to eliminate the confounding effects of media derived EVs. EV-depleted FBS may either be prepared by ultracentrifugation or bought commercially, nevertheless these depletion methods do not guarantee an RNA-free preparation. In this study we have addressed the RNA contamination issue in FBS, ultracentrifuged EV-depleted FBS, commercially available EV-depleted FBS, and also from our recently developed filtration based EV depleted FBS. Commercially available serum-free, xeno-free defined media were also screened for RNA contamination.
Project description:Derivation and expansion of human umbilical cord blood-derived endothelial colony forming cells under serum-free conditions - a transcriptome analysis. Endothelial colony forming cells (ECFCs) were isolated from term umbilical cord blood units. ECFCs were expanded under standard, fetal bovine serum (FBS) containing endothelial medium, or transferred to chemically defined endothelial media without FBS. Microarray expression profiling was applied to compare the transcriptome profiles in FBS-containing versus FBS-free culture. Comparison of the expression patterns of ECFCs that were either cultured in FBS-containing medium or in serum-free medium (five replicates each).
