Project description:Dysregulated expression of microRNA (miRNA) has been extensively detected in human cancer tissues and has shown promise in defining tumor status. It, however, is little known whether and when expression of miRNAs can be changed in normal tissues after carcinogen exposure. To explore possible time-course changes of miRNA expression induced by carcinogens, we treated mice with one dose of 120 mg/kg body weight model genotoxic carcinogen N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU) and vehicle control. The miRNA expression profiles were determined in the mouse livers in a time-course manner. MiRNAs were isolated from the livers of ENU-treated and control mice at days 1, 3, 7, 15, 30 and 120 after the treatment. The miRNA expressions were determined using RT2-mouse miRNA PCR Array. Principal component analysis of the gene expression profiles showed that miRNA expression at post-treatment days 7 and 15 were different from those at the other time points and the controls. The numbers of the dysregulated miRNAs changed with time, being 3, 5, 14, 32, 5 and 5 at post-treatment days 1, 3, 7, 15, 30 and 120, respectively. Functional analysis of the differentially expressed miRNA at post-treatment days 7 and 15 indicated that the major functions of these ENU-induced dysregulated miRNAs were mainly associated with DNA repair and tumorigenesis, suggesting the microRNA expression is related to genotoxicity of ENU. These results propose that one to two weeks after ENU exposure is the best time for miRNA expression sampling; and that a large number of miRNAs whose expression is dysregulated after carcinogen exposure could be an indicator for carcinogenic damage. Series type: Non-coding RNA profiling by RT-PCR
Project description:Using (conditional) Gfi1 knock-out mice we show that ablation of the transcriptional repressor Gfi1 cures mice from lymphoid leukemia and reduces the expansion of primary human T-ALL xenografts in mice. We find that Gfi1 alters the p53 dependent transcriptional activation of a substantial subset of known p53 target genes and thus sets a threshold for cell death. We used Affymetrix mouse Gene-1.0-ST arrays to define the changes in the gene expression pattern of wt or Gfi1-KO thymocytes (Gfi1-fl/fl X MX-CRE, induced by pIpC) that were either untreated (WT, GfiKO thymocytes), irradiated (WT_irr, Gfi1KO_irr), ENU transformed (WT_Tum, Gfi1KO_Tum), or transformed by Notch1-CT and ENU-induced to enhance tumorigenesis (WT_Notch_Tum, Gfi1KO_Notch_Tum).
Project description:Identification of differentially expressed genes in ENU induced MPNSTs and normal tissue from rat Nervus trigeminus by expression profiling
Project description:Using (conditional) Gfi1 knock-out mice we show that ablation of the transcriptional repressor Gfi1 cures mice from lymphoid leukemia and reduces the expansion of primary human T-ALL xenografts in mice. We find that Gfi1 alters the p53 dependent transcriptional activation of a substantial subset of known p53 target genes and thus sets a threshold for cell death. We used Affymetrix mouse Gene-1.0-ST arrays to define the changes in the gene expression pattern of wt or Gfi1-KO thymocytes (Gfi1-fl/fl X MX-CRE, induced by pIpC) that were either untreated (WT, GfiKO thymocytes), irradiated (WT_irr, Gfi1KO_irr), ENU transformed (WT_Tum, Gfi1KO_Tum), or transformed by Notch1-CT and ENU-induced to enhance tumorigenesis (WT_Notch_Tum, Gfi1KO_Notch_Tum). The study should determine how loss of Gfi1 alters the gene expression pattern in irradiated or tumor derived thymocytes
Project description:Loss and heterozygosity for NDR1 predisposes mice to T-cell lymphoma development. To analyze mechanisms of tumor development in these mice chemically (ENU)-induced tumors were collected and RNA was extracted. Tumors were collected from mice upon tumor development or 9 months after ENU treatment. Tumors were flash frozen and parts of the tumors were analyzed for RNA, proteins and histology.
Project description:To explore the possible changes of gene expression induced by a carcinogen, we treated wild-type and Dicer1-KO mice with one dose of 120 mg/kg N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU), a model genotoxic carcinogen, and vehicle control. The gene expression profiles were assessed in the mouse livers in wild-type and Dicer1-KO mice design. Total RNA were isolated from the livers at days 15 after the treatment and their expression was determined using Gene Array. Gene expression in treated wild-type and Dicer1-KO mice was measured at 15 days after exposure to one dose of 120 mg/kg N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU). Each treatment duplex ,Drug-ko-a,Drug-ko-b,Drug-wt-a,Drug-wt-b,Control-ko-a,Control-ko-b,Control-wt-a,Control-wt-b.
Project description:Loss and heterozygosity for NDR1 predisposes mice to T-cell lymphoma development. To analyze mechanisms of tumor development in these mice chemically (ENU)-induced tumors were collected and RNA was extracted.
Project description:To determine the effect of Mll3 deletion on H3K4me3 Chip signals in intestinal stem cell populations. This data has been described in the following article : Discovery of candidate disease genes in ENU-induced mouse mutants by large-scale sequencing, including a splice-site mutation in nucleoredoxin. Boles MK et al PLoS Genet. 2009 Dec;5(12) and its further analysis can be freely submitted for publication. For information on the proper use of data shared by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (including information on acknowledgement), please see http://www.sanger.ac.uk/datasharing/ Abstract: Briefly we wanted to determine the effect of Mll3 deletion on H3K4me3 binding in cells of the intestine and to compare these to the H3K4me3 pattern found in wildtype animals.
Project description:To explore the possible changes of gene expression induced by a carcinogen, we treated wild-type and Dicer1-KO mice with one dose of 120 mg/kg N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU), a model genotoxic carcinogen, and vehicle control. The gene expression profiles were assessed in the mouse livers in wild-type and Dicer1-KO mice design. Total RNA were isolated from the livers at days 15 after the treatment and their expression was determined using Gene Array.