Project description:1205Lu Metastatic Human melanoma cell lines with knockdown of Shp2 (PTPN11) were grown as xenograft tumors in NSG mice. RNA was extracted from the tumors and analyzed on [HuGene-2_0-st] Affymetrix Human Gene 2.0 ST Array [transcript (gene) version]
Project description:1205Lu Metastatic Human melanoma cell lines with knockdown of Shp2 (PTPN11) were grown as xenograft tumors in NSG mice. RNA was extracted from the tumors and analyzed on [HuGene-2_0-st] Affymetrix Human Gene 2.0 ST Array [transcript (gene) version] Shp2 knockdown compared with non-target controls
Project description:Pluripotent stem cells are defined by their self-renewal capacity, which is the ability of the stem cells to proliferate indefinitely while maintaining the pluripotent identity essential for their ability to differentiate into any somatic cell lineage. However, understanding the mechanisms that control stem cell fitness versus the pluripotent cell identity is challenging. To investigate the interplay between these two aspects of pluripotency, we performed four parallel genome-scale CRISPR-Cas9 loss-of-function screens interrogating stem cell fitness in hPSC self-renewal conditions, and the dissolution of the primed pluripotency identity during early differentiation. Comparative analyses led to the discovery of genes with distinct roles in pluripotency regulation, including mitochondrial and metabolism regulators crucial for stem cell fitness, and chromatin regulators that control pluripotent identity during early differentiation. We further discovered a core set of factors that control both stem cell fitness and pluripotent identity, including a network of chromatin factors that safeguard pluripotency. Our unbiased and systematic screening and comparative analyses disentangle two interconnected aspects of pluripotency, provide rich datasets for exploring pluripotent cell identity versus cell fitness, and offer a valuable model for categorizing gene function in broad biological contexts.
Project description:Chavez2009 - a core regulatory network of OCT4 in human embryonic stem cells
A core OCT4-regulated network has been identified as a test case, to analyase stem cell characteristics and cellular differentiation.
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In silico identification of a core regulatory network of OCT4 in human embryonic stem cells using an integrated approach.
Chavez L, Bais AS, Vingron M, Lehrach H, Adjaye J, Herwig R
BMC Genomics, 2009, 10:314
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: The transcription factor OCT4 is highly expressed in pluripotent embryonic stem cells which are derived from the inner cell mass of mammalian blastocysts. Pluripotency and self renewal are controlled by a transcription regulatory network governed by the transcription factors OCT4, SOX2 and NANOG. Recent studies on reprogramming somatic cells to induced pluripotent stem cells highlight OCT4 as a key regulator of pluripotency.
RESULTS: We have carried out an integrated analysis of high-throughput data (ChIP-on-chip and RNAi experiments along with promoter sequence analysis of putative target genes) and identified a core OCT4 regulatory network in human embryonic stem cells consisting of 33 target genes. Enrichment analysis with these target genes revealed that this integrative analysis increases the functional information content by factors of 1.3 - 4.7 compared to the individual studies. In order to identify potential regulatory co-factors of OCT4, we performed a de novo motif analysis. In addition to known validated OCT4 motifs we obtained binding sites similar to motifs recognized by further regulators of pluripotency and development; e.g. the heterodimer of the transcription factors C-MYC and MAX, a prerequisite for C-MYC transcriptional activity that leads to cell growth and proliferation.
CONCLUSION: Our analysis shows how heterogeneous functional information can be integrated in order to reconstruct gene regulatory networks. As a test case we identified a core OCT4-regulated network that is important for the analysis of stem cell characteristics and cellular differentiation. Functional information is largely enriched using different experimental results. The de novo motif discovery identified well-known regulators closely connected to the OCT4 network as well as potential new regulators of pluripotency and differentiation. These results provide the basis for further targeted functional studies.
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Project description:Analysis of human embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells depleted for DDX6. Results provide insight into the regulation of human stem cell self-renewal and differentiation by the RNA-binding protein DDX6
Project description:Analysis of human embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells depleted for DDX6. Results provide insight into the regulation of human stem cell self-renewal and differentiation by the RNA-binding protein DDX6
Project description:Analysis of human embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells depleted for DDX6. Results provide insight into the regulation of human stem cell self-renewal and differentiation by the RNA-binding protein DDX6
Project description:We performed proteomic and phosphoproteomic profiling of cells derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) using our previously described distal lung directed differentiation protocol to generate alveolar epithelial type 2 cells (iAEC2s). We used the SPC2 human iPSC line and specifically the SPC2-ST-B2 (SFTPCtdT/WT) and SPC2-ST-C11 (SFTPCI73T/tdT) clones containing a SFTPCtdTomato knock-in reporter. SFTPCtdTomato+ cells were sorted on day 41 and again on day 79 of differentiation. iAEC2s were single-cell passaged in self-renewing 3D alveolosphere cultures approximately every 2 weeks through day 113. Live SFTPCtdTomato+ iAEC2s were sorted on day 113 and processed for mass spectrometry. We find that mutant (SFTPCI73T/tdT) iAEC2s display a less proliferative and more mature AEC2 phenotype compared to their corrected (SFTPCtdT/WT) counterparts with a concomitant upregulation of lysosomal and autophagy related pathways and activation of the NF-κB pathway in mutant cells.